PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunner Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunner Rage could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tom Watson's chin.

Rage
vs
Watson

195 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
197 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gunner Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tom Watson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage lands with a good body shot.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rage stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rage wants it to stay on the feet.
Rage misses with a hook. Watson ducked under it nicely.
Watson slips under a jab from Rage.
Rage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
Rage misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown by Watson or perhaps it was just good defense by Rage which made him look bad.
Rage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
Rage throws a hook to the side of Watson's head but Watson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Watson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rage really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rage tries to kick Watson off but Watson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Watson trying to pass the guard but Rage defending well.
Watson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson trying to pass the guard but Rage defending well.
Rage looks like he's trying to stand up.
Watson moves into full mount! Rage won't be happy about that!
Watson working Rage over with strikes here.
Watson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Watson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Watson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The referee warns Rage that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Watson has hold of Rage's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rage manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Watson working Rage over with strikes here.
Rage on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rage tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rage defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Watson.
Watson looks gassed!
Rage is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Watson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Watson lands a big elbow.
Watson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rage avoids a series of strikes thrown by Watson.
Rage wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Rage blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rage is trying to stand.
Rage holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Watson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Watson looking to ground and pound but Rage is blocking nicely.
Rage trying desperately to get to his feet.
Watson with shots to the head and body - Rage looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rage wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Watson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rage looks a forlorn figure.
Watson with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Watson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rage?
Watson has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rage's face.
Watson cracks Rage with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Watson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Watson unloading with bombs!
Rage wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Watson looking to finish Rage with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rage!
Rage takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Watson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rage wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Watson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Watson dominated that round.
That's time! Rage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watson.
Rage displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Watson.
Watson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watson fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Rage does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage misses the jab.
Rage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Watson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gunner Rage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Rage looks to land a right hand but Watson moved out of range.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rage as he avoids it easily.
Gunner Rage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Watson.
Rage throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Watson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rage swings for the body but Watson moves out of range.
Rage lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rage moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rage Rushes Watson and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Watson is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Rage Piles on the pressure and Watson crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunner Rage!