PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Ditka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Watson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Ditka's chin.

Watson
vs
Ditka

171 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

191 cm
21
221 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Ditka!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ditka lands a nice shot that snaps Watson's head back.
Ditka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Watson throws a looping overhand right but Ditka ducks down to avoid it.
Ditka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watson.
Ditka punishes Watson's body with a nice straight punch.
Ditka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watson misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Watson misses the body punch
and Watson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ditka.
Watson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Watson throws a jab when Ditka was well out of range.
Ditka tests Watson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ditka lands a jab to Watson's midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ditka lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson slips a jab and a cross from Ditka.
Ditka cracks Watson with an open hand slap.
Watson slips under a jab.
Ditka misses with a straight left.
Ditka misses with a hook.
Ditka thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Ditka does it's job there.
A punch combination from Ditka misses.
Mike Ditka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson misses with a body shot.
Ditka misses with a series of wild punches.
Ditka throws a series of punches but Watson moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Watson misses
and Ditka counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ditka shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Watson as he jumps to the side.
Watson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ditka was well out of range. Poor timing from Watson.
Ditka throws a jab when Watson was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Ditka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ditka dips to his left and cracks Watson with an uppercut!
Ditka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ditka is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Watson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ditka misses with an uppercut.
Watson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Watson is looking to wear down Ditka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Watson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ditka but Ditka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ditka moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ditka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Ditka.
Ditka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ditka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ditka scores with a nice strike.
Ditka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Ditka misses its intended target.
Watson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ditka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ditka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ditka throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.
Ditka connects with a right hand. Watson shakes it off.
Ditka ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
A punch combination from Ditka misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ditka lands with an overhand left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Watson.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ditka misses with a hook to the body
and Watson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Watson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ditka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watson at a distance.
Ditka throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ditka misses the shot to the body.
Ditka swats away the attempt to clinch by Watson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson looks to score with a jab to the body but Ditka is just out of range.
Watson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Ditka dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Watson moves out of range as Ditka strikes.
Watson misses with a straight left.
Watson swings for the body but Ditka moves out of range.
Ditka misses with a double jab.
A big right from Ditka misses.
Mike Ditka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ditka shoots and misses

and Watson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ditka!
Ditka is trying desperately to improve position.
Watson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Watson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Watson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Watson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ditka?
Watson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Ditka is rocked!
Watson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Ditka in real trouble here! The ref calls for Ditka to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Watson!