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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faber has chosen 2pac - California Love as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zachary Watson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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150 lbs
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168 cm
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153 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zachary Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Christopher Faber!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Faber - just one landing.
Watson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Faber moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Watson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Watson closes the distance and pushes Faber back into the cage.
Watson is stalling here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Faber as Watson tries to tie him up.
Faber lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Faber not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Watson is looking for a sweep. Faber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Faber.
Faber is nestled in close to Watson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson tries to roll over but Faber keeps him under control.
Faber is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Watson still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Watson has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Watson controlling the position from side mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson wants to control but Faber is keeping him busy.
Watson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Faber is not content to let Watson control the position.
Faber is trying to get back to half guard.
Watson wants to control but Faber is keeping him busy.
Watson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Faber's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Faber gets back to half guard.
Watson trying to control the pace.
Faber gets back to full guard.
Faber throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Faber looking for a sweep. Not yet Faber, not yet.
Watson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but Faber gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber passes into half guard.
Watson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Faber's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Faber's back!
Faber breaks Watson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Watson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Faber tries to free his leg and advance position but Watson is retaining full guard.
Faber prevents Watson from getting back to his feet.
Faber landing with the ground and pound.
Watson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Faber manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Watson wants to control from the top but Faber keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Faber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Faber doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Faber throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christopher Faber dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Watson takes one on the button.
Watson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Faber tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
Faber shoots in but Watson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch but Faber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Faber circles away quickly and effectively.
Faber fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Faber.
Zachary Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christopher Faber.
Faber closes the distance and clinches up with Watson, looking for a takedown. Faber pushes Watson against the cage but Watson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson jabs Faber right on the nose. Faber blinks but takes it well.
Watson wants to clinch.
Faber feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Faber is breathing heavily.
Watson working for a triangle but Faber defends it easily.
Watson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Watson blocks the strikes from Faber.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faber is defending against the submission attempts here by Watson.
Faber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Watson trying to control the action but Faber is working from the bottom.
Faber works his way to full guard. Good work.
Faber trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Watson stopping the sweep attempt from Faber.
Watson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Faber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt
so Faber counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Watson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Faber manages to get himself to full guard.
Faber is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Watson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Faber works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Watson preventing the sweep.
Watson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Watson gets to his feet. Faber looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Christopher Faber will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Watson thows a body shot but no joy.
Watson closes the distance and clinches.
Watson goes for a takedown attempt but Faber pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Faber tries for a takedown but Watson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Faber tries to clinch up.
Watson looks to throw the jab but Faber is out of range.
Faber shoots in looking for a takedown. Watson tries to sprawl out of it but Faber keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Watson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Watson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson just misses with a punch to the body.
Faber shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Watson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Watson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson looking for a guillotine here but Faber defends easily.
Watson wants to stand but Faber is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Faber throwing strikes but missing.
Watson looking for a sweep. Not yet Watson, not yet.
Faber is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Watson is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Faber stands up over Watson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watson looking for a sweep. Not yet Watson, not yet.
Faber working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Faber drops back looking for a leg! Watson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Watson manages to kick Faber off! Faber jumps back into Watson's guard.
Watson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Faber's guard.
Faber keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Faber is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Christopher Faber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber keeping full guard, as Watson tries to pass.
Faber trying to strike off his back.
Watson is in close to Faber's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Christopher Faber has got the better of the ground game so far.
Watson is looking to stand up but Faber won't let him.
Faber throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Faber throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Watson's waist but Watson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Faber off to one side.
Zachary Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christopher Faber.
Watson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Watson lands a jab to the head.
Watson is looking to wear down Faber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Watson moves in looking to clinch but Faber pushes him off.
Watson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson closes the distance and pushes Faber back into the cage.
Watson is pushing Faber up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zachary Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short uppercut from Watson.
Faber tries for a takedown but Watson manages to get underhooks.
Watson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Faber tries for a takedown. No joy.
Watson pulls guard effortlessly.
Faber preventing the sweep.
Watson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Faber scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Watson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Faber defends it easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Faber accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zachary Watson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Faber has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Christopher Faber!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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