PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter La Fleur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

La Fleur
vs
Watson

200 cm
22
219 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

171 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Watson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Fleur throws and low kick but Watson moves out of range easily.
La Fleur defending well as Watson loads up on a big left hand.
La Fleur lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
La Fleur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
La Fleur scores with a jab to the body.
La Fleur stuffs the takedown attempt from Watson. Watson gets slowly back to his feet.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says La Fleur as he avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Fleur.
Peter La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. La Fleur does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Fleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Fleur, right into the meat.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but La Fleur slips the punch.
La Fleur misses with a low kick.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peter La Fleur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Watson.
Watson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Fleur will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La Fleur lands with a thumping leg kick.
La Fleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
La Fleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watson's calf.
La Fleur lands a head shot.
La Fleur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.
La Fleur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Watson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Fleur was well out of range. Poor timing from Watson.
La Fleur throws a low kick, looking for Watson's leg but Watson calmly moves out of range.
Watson blocks a leg kick.
Watson walks forward, straight into a front kick from La Fleur.
La Fleur goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Watson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La Fleur rather than just go for the knockout.
Watson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Fleur. La Fleur obviously looking to wear him down.
Watson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La Fleur can pounce on him.
La Fleur moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Watson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watson is trying desperately to land a takedown but La Fleur is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Watson.
Watson looks gassed!
La Fleur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

La Fleur gets caught flat footed, as Watson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
La Fleur controls Watson momentarily but Watson frees himself.
Watson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
La Fleur wants to get back to his feet but Watson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
La Fleur looking to hit a scissor sweep but Watson is one step ahead there.
Watson distracts La Fleur with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Watson is working La Fleur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson thows a big elbow that misses.
La Fleur will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
La Fleur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watson.
La Fleur wants to get back to his feet but Watson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
La Fleur on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if La Fleur tries to get out of the position.
Watson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson throws a strike but La Fleur rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Watson has his hands on La Fleur's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
La Fleur trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Fleur is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Watson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter La Fleur dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

La Fleur misses with a low kick.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Watson swings for the body but La Fleur moves out of range.
La Fleur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Peter La Fleur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La Fleur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick from La Fleur misses.
La Fleur misses with a series of wild punches.
La Fleur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La Fleur throws a right hand that Watson ducks under and follows up with a left that Watson also avoids with ease.
La Fleur is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Fleur connects with a high kick.
La Fleur shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Watson pinned against the cage. Watson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
La Fleur cracks the inside of Watson's front leg.
Watson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La Fleur looks to land a body kick but Watson moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by La Fleur!
La Fleur throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
Watson takes a swing at La Fleur's ribcage but misses.
Watson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Fleur turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La Fleur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Watson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La Fleur. That one must have hurt.
Watson looks to score with a jab to the body but La Fleur is just out of range.
La Fleur throws a leg kick which misses Watson's front leg but catches the back leg as Watson tries to avoid it.
Watson misses with a body shot.
La Fleur goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
La Fleur fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watson.
La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
La Fleur looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
La Fleur throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur thumps Watson with a low kick.
La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
La Fleur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Watson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Watson scores a takedown into full mount!
Watson unloading with bombs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Fleur taking shots to the head.
La Fleur keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
La Fleur is trying to stand.
Watson working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson landing shots from mount.
Watson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Watson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish La Fleur?
Watson looking to finish La Fleur with some ground and pound. This is bad for La Fleur!
Watson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Watson unloading with bombs!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Watson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Watson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can La Fleur hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson working away from the top, dropping strikes.

La Fleur is rocked!
Watson lands a big shot to the head and La Fleur winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark Watson!
Mark Watson is the new light heavyweight champion!