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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Wilkens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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240 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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 New York, Devin Wilkens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buck Watson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Wilkens on that attempt.
A head kick misses from Watson.
Wilkens fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Watson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilkens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson throws a one two combo.
Watson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wilkens's sensitive parts.
Watson lands with a hook. Wilkens tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Watson misses with an uppercut.
Watson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wilkens is rocked!
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!
Wilkens shoots for a double leg takedown but Watson sprawls well. He's pushed Wilkens's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devin Wilkens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wilkens looks for a takedown but Watson sprawls well.
Wilkens is breathing heavily.
Watson scores with a three punch combo!
Oh Wilkens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson tries to bum rush Wilkens with a series of wild strikes but Wilkens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wilkens seems to have got his legs back now.
Watson tries to clinch up.
Watson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Watson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Buck Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilkens scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Watson dodges the ground and pound from Wilkens.
Wilkens is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Watson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wilkens throws an elbow but Watson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Wilkens in side control, throwing shots but Watson defends.
Wilkens lands some shots froms side control.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wilkens throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wilkens on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Watson is looking to chop away at Wilkens's legs.
Watson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilkens misses with a body shot
and Watson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Watson misses with a body shot.
Wilkens looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Watson!
Watson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wilkens lands a nice shot to the head.
Watson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Watson can't escape the position.
Watson somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watson misses with a wild combination.
Wilkens takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Wilkens moves out of range easily.
Wilkens shoots in looking for a takedown. Watson tries to sprawl out of it but Wilkens 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.
No joy there for Watson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilkens.
A combination from Watson does no damage.
Watson drops Wilkens with a left right combo! Watson follows him down to the ground into side control.
It looks like Devin Wilkens has been cut.
Watson stands up and beckons Wilkens to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkens blocks a low kick nicely.
Watson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Watson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Watson avoids the head kick by Wilkens.
Wilkens looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watson is fending him off so far but Wilkens persists. Nope, Watson circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson throws a right hand that Wilkens ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilkens also avoids with ease.
Wilkens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wilkens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilkens will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wilkens keeps the fight on the outside.
Watson misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buck Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devin Wilkens's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wilkens counters with a good low kick that Watson was not able to check.
Watson connects with a single shot there.
Wilkens fails with the takedown.
Wilkens looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watson is fending him off so far but Wilkens persists. Nope, Watson circles away and we're back to standing.
Buck Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson misses with a kick to the body.
Wilkens shoots for a double leg takedown but Watson sprawls well. He's pushed Wilkens's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devin Wilkens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilkens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wilkens shoots in but Watson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Watson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Wilkens with that takedown attempt.
Wilkens avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wilkens bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wilkens wants to control but Watson is keeping him busy.
Watson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wilkens.
Wilkens tries to score with some ground and pound. Watson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wilkens working the head and body with strikes.
Wilkens scoring with punches and elbows.
Wilkens scores with punches from side control.
Wilkens creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ground and pound from Wilkens seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wilkens scoring with punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkens in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wilkens is looking to take a break and control but Watson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wilkens misses with the ground and pound.
Wilkens works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Watson dodges the ground and pound from Wilkens.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Watson tries a low kick but Wilkens avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Wilkens.
Watson throws the kick towards the body but Wilkens avoids it.
Wilkens avoids the head kick by Watson.
Watson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Devin Wilkens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watson motions for Wilkens to come forward. Watson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watson swinging wilding here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkens staying out of range there.
Watson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilkens misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wilkens shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Watson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Watson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Wilkens shoots in.
Wilkens shoots in but Watson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wilkens looks for a takedown but Watson sprawls well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wilkens checks a leg kick.
Watson throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilkens is just out of range.
Watson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wilkens is out of range and Watson settles back down.
Wilkens shoots in but Watson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wilkens misses with a double jab
and Watson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wilkens checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Watson throws and low kick but Wilkens moves out of range easily.
Watson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wilkens stands and throws Watson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
Watson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wilkens connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Watson some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devin Wilkens dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Devin Wilkens's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Wilkens looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watson is fending him off so far but Wilkens persists. Nope, Watson circles away and we're back to standing.
Watson throws a nice looking combination but Wilkens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilkens looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Watson moves in looking to clinch but Wilkens pushes him off.
Watson throws a combination that misses
and Wilkens counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Watson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Watson.
Devin Wilkens overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Wilkens from controlling successfully.
Wilkens with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilkens makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wilkens working some strikes from top position.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wilkens stands and steps away. Watson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wilkens scores with a takedown into Watson's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throws out a leg kick but Wilkens moves out of range and Watson only half commits.
Watson throws a series of strikes that have Wilkens backpedaling.
Wilkens takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watson motions for Wilkens to come forward. Watson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watson misses with a head kick.
Watson moves in looking to clinch but Wilkens pushes him off.
Wilkens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Buck Watson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick
and Wilkens counters with a nice double leg into side control. Watson won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkens in side control, throwing shots but Watson defends.
Wilkens cracks Watson with a big right hand but Watson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The strikes coming from Wilkens are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Wilkens scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkens in side control, throwing shots but Watson defends.
Check out the look on Wilkens's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wilkens in side control, throwing shots but Watson defends.
Wilkens working the ground and pound from side control.
Wilkens scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Watson to see if he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by Wilkens.
Watson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Wilkens is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Watson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Watson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wilkens is controlling him well.
Watson is looking to reverse the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wilkens shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Watson as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devin Wilkens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice shot by Watson.
Wilkens misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Watson to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws a right hand that Wilkens ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilkens also avoids with ease.
Wilkens shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Watson as he avoids it easily.
Wilkens tries for a takedown but Watson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Watson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Watson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wilkens misses with a head kick.
Watson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Watson throws a body kick that misses.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wilkens shoots in but no luck this time.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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.
Watson stuffs the takedown.
Watson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wilkens checks the leg kick.
Wilkens shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Watson as he avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Wilkens on that attempt.
Wilkens 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 Wilkens off to one side.
Wilkens has a takedown stuffed.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wilkens.
Watson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson takes a swing at Wilkens's ribcage but misses.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wilkens shoots in for a double leg but Watson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Devin Wilkens.
I think Wilkens 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devin Wilkens!
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