PBP Commentary

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

Watson
vs
Paredes

190 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
19
236 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sandro Paredes!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paredes tries to clinch
and Watson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paredes blocks a head kick by Watson.
Paredes closes the distance but Watson moves to the side
and Paredes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watson cracks Paredes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Paredes tries to clinch
letting Watson counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Watson.
A head kick misses from Watson.
Watson misses with a head kick.
Watson misses with a wild combination.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paredes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sandro Paredes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Paredes has managed to clinch.
Paredes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paredes is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Paredes can't get the takedown.
Josh Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandro Paredes.
Paredes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Watson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Paredes tries to clinch up
and Watson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Paredes.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paredes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paredes avoids the head kick by Watson.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Paredes is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Paredes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Watson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Paredes darts in and clinches Watson up against the cage.
Paredes has Watson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Watson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Paredes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paredes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Watson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

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 throws a sloppy head kick and Paredes moves out of range easily.
Paredes closes the distance but Watson moves to the side
and Watson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Paredes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Paredes tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.

Paredes pushes Watson up against the cage in a clinch.
Watson is pressed up against the cage. Paredes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paredes is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Paredes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Watson counters with a two punch combo.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Watson gets tackled into the cage by Paredes. Paredes maintains the clinch.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Paredes is controlling him.
Paredes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Watson prevents it.
Paredes tries to score a body lock takedown but Watson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Paredes is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Watson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paredes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick from Watson lands but Paredes takes it in his stride.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paredes tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
Watson throws a series of punches but Paredes avoids them all with ease.

Paredes moves into the clinch.
Watson is pressed up against the cage. Paredes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watson throws a head kick that half lands.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Paredes moves out of range easily.
Paredes tries to clinch up.
Watson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Paredes doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
Paredes slips a jab and a cross from Watson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paredes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paredes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watson lands a head kick!
Watson scores with a head kick.
Paredes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paredes ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Paredes.
Paredes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Watson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paredes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paredes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paredes avoids the head kick by Watson.
Paredes doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
Watson throws a head kick that Paredes semi-blocks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Watson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Paredes tries to clinch but Watson moves away
and Watson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Paredes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watson tries a head kick but it misses.
Paredes tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Paredes moves out of range easily.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paredes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Paredes moves into the clinch.
Paredes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Watson is pressed up against the cage. Paredes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Josh Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paredes wants to clinch.

Paredes moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Watson prevents it.
Josh Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandro Paredes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paredes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Watson prevents it.
Watson wants to get back to striking at distance but Paredes won't allow it.
Paredes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Watson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Paredes prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
Watson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paredes has Watson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Watson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Watson wants to get back to striking at distance but Paredes won't allow it.
Paredes tries for a takedown but Watson manages to get underhooks.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Watson breaks the clinch.
Paredes is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Paredes tries to clinch up
and Watson counters with a head kick.

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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Watson.
Paredes looks to clinch
and Watson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Paredes moves out of range easily.
Paredes darts in trying to clinch
and Watson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Paredes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Paredes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paredes tries to clinch but Watson moves away
and Watson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paredes moves to clinch but Watson breaks away
letting Watson counter with a right hand.
Paredes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Watson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watson connects with a high kick.
Paredes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Watson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paredes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paredes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Watson counters with a head kick. That will keep Paredes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws a head kick but Paredes moves out of range.
Paredes tries to clinch up
and Watson counters with a head kick. That will keep Paredes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Paredes closes the distance but Watson moves to the side
and Watson counters with a big head kick but Paredes shrugs it off.
Paredes avoids the head kick by Watson.
Watson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Paredes tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paredes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Paredes.
Paredes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watson throws a head kick that Paredes semi-blocks.

Paredes has managed to clinch.
Paredes is working for takedown but Watson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Watson stops a takedown attempt from Paredes.
Paredes is working for takedown but Watson is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paredes wants a takedown but no success here.
Watson wants to get back to striking at distance but Paredes won't allow it.
Paredes can't get the takedown.
Watson has had enough of the clinch but Paredes keeps him there for the moment.
Paredes has Watson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Watson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Watson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Paredes has him pressed against the cage.
Paredes goes for a takedown attempt but Watson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Paredes tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
Paredes avoids the head kick by Watson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Paredes moves out of range easily.
Paredes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paredes moves in looking to clinch but Watson pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Watson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Watson misses with the combination.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Watson counters with a big head kick but Paredes shrugs it off.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paredes tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
Watson lands a two punch combo.

Paredes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Watson, pushing him back against the cage.
Watson is pressed up against the cage. Paredes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paredes tries to clinch
and Watson counters with a head kick.
Paredes tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson throws a head kick but Paredes moves out of range.
Paredes tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paredes is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paredes fails with an attempt to clinch.

Paredes rushes Watson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Paredes is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Watson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Watson is trying to push Paredes away but Paredes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.

Paredes has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Watson regains guard immediately.
Paredes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paredes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Watson is looking to stand up but Paredes isn't so interested in that idea.
Paredes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Paredes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watson wants to stand and escape but Paredes is having none of it.
Paredes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Paredes is controlling him.
Paredes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paredes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paredes.
Paredes postures up in Watson's guard and throws a big left but Watson blocks it.
Paredes stops Watson from standing up.
Paredes throwing strikes but missing.
Watson is looking to stand up but Paredes isn't so interested in that idea.
Watson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paredes looking to pass the guard.
Paredes prevents Watson from getting back to his feet.
Paredes throws a big right hand that misses.
Paredes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paredes.
Watson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paredes on the ground.
Paredes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Paredes postures up in Watson's guard and throws a big left but Watson blocks it.
Paredes thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paredes prevents Watson from getting back to his feet.
Paredes throwing strikes but missing.
Watson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paredes.
Paredes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paredes throwing strikes but missing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paredes cracks Watson with a solid left hand.
Sandro Paredes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Josh Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paredes cracks Watson with a solid left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sandro Paredes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Watson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Watson!