PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Linderoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts comes into the arena with Xxplosive blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watts
vs
Linderoth

180 cm
25
200 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

183 cm
31
197 lbs
21 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Canadian Fighter Clothing

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 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyrone Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tobias Linderoth!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Watts misses with a jab to the body
letting Linderoth counter with a right hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Watts.
Watts on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Linderoth misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Linderoth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linderoth moves away.
Linderoth moves forwards but Watts connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Linderoth moves away from the strike by Watts.
Watts shoots in but Linderoth avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Watts connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linderoth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watts at a distance.
Linderoth fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Linderoth moves out of range as Watts strikes.
Linderoth misses the shot to the body.
Watts shoots in for a takedown but Linderoth shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Watts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Linderoth has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Watts finds it's way round the side to connect with Linderoth's head.
Watts on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Linderoth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Linderoth misses with a wild body shot.
Linderoth showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watts.
Linderoth fails with the takedown
and Watts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Linderoth ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Linderoth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watts.
Linderoth misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Watts counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Linderoth!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Watts prevents Linderoth from getting the reversal.
Linderoth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Linderoth holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Watts tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Watts is landing with some decent strikes but Linderoth is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Linderoth tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Watts landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linderoth is in a horrible position here. Watts smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Linderoth is working to get back to half guard.
Watts tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Watts prevents Linderoth from getting the reversal.
Watts working Linderoth over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts wants to control the pace but Linderoth is squirming around nicely.
Watts throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Linderoth really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Linderoth tries to hold on but Watts postures up.
Watts prevents Linderoth from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linderoth wants to control but Watts is having none of it.
Watts lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Watts dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Linderoth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watts misses with a hook.
Watts tries to score a power double leg takedown but Linderoth sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Watts somewhat.
The fighters circling - Watts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watts misses with an uppercut.
Linderoth ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Watts.
Linderoth closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watts circles away.
Watts looks to score with a jab to the body but Linderoth is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts slips under a jab from Linderoth.
Linderoth is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Watts rather than just go for the knockout.
Linderoth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Watts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Watts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Linderoth.
Watts takes one to the chin there.
Horrible takedown by Linderoth or perhaps it was just good defense by Watts which made him look bad.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watts. Linderoth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Linderoth misses with a body shot.
Watts misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Jab, jab by Linderoth - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linderoth looks to score with a jab to the body but Watts is just out of range.
Watts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Linderoth thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watts looks to throw the jab but Linderoth is out of range.
Watts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Linderoth tries to sprawl but Watts drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linderoth wants to get back to full guard.
Linderoth keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Linderoth actively working from the bottom here.
Linderoth is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Watts passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Linderoth!
Tyrone Watts overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Linderoth working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linderoth wants to hold on but Watts pushes him away.
Watts controlling from mount.
Linderoth can't escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watts scoring with strikes but Linderoth is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Watts dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Linderoth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watts.
Watts slaps away a takedown attempt from Linderoth, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Linderoth takes a swing at Watts's ribcage but misses.
Tyrone Watts is winning the standup battle so far.
Linderoth displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Watts gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Linderoth.
Watts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Watts.
Left hook, right uppercut from Watts.
Linderoth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watts ducks right into an uppercut from Linderoth.
Linderoth misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linderoth slips under a jab from Watts.
Nice defenses there by Linderoth.
Watts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Watts punishes Linderoth's body with a nice straight punch.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Linderoth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Linderoth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Watts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Linderoth circles away quickly and effectively.

Linderoth shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Watts manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Linderoth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linderoth slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Watts is trying to get back to half guard.

Linderoth wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Watts, who protects the arm well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linderoth tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Tobias Linderoth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Watts tries to buck Linderoth off but Linderoth is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Linderoth is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Watts is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Linderoth postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Linderoth misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Linderoth in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Linderoth looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Watts is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Linderoth looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Watts is in trouble now - Linderoth has advanced to mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tobias Linderoth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Watts has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Watts!