PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Scheisse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. B. Pumper - I'm Comin Wit It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Scheisse
vs
Watson

195 cm
30
202 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

179 cm
24
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Resistance
Next Level Nutrition 159q $60 (video proof)

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 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Scheisse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Watson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Watson clinches up against the cage.
Watson can't find room to land a body shot as Scheisse controls the action.
The referee calls for Scheisse to work.
Watson misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scheisse.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Scheisse backwards.
A shot in the inside from Scheisse.
Watson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Scheisse misses with a knee to the head.
Scheisse misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Watson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Watson has Scheisse up against the cage in a clinch.
Scheisse looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watson has had enough of the clinch but Scheisse keeps him there for the moment.
Watson is pushing Scheisse up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice right hand lands inside from Watson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scheisse takes an elbow to the temple.
Watson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Scheisse backwards.
Scheisse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scheisse misses with a punch to the body.
Scheisse avoiding damage as Watson throws knees to the body.
Scheisse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scheisse looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Scheisse looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Scheisse misses with a body punch.
Scheisse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scheisses head.
Scheisse blocking some punches.
Scheisse has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scheisse tries to land knees in the clinch but Watson avoids the damage to the body.
Scheisse tries to land knees in the clinch but Watson avoids the damage to the body.
Scheisse misses with an elbow over the top.
A short left from Watson.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Watson manages to break the clinch.
Scheisse throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
Scheisse takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Scheisse throws a big shot that misses.
Watson punishes Scheisse's body with a nice straight punch.
Scheisse throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scheisse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scheisse takes one to the chin there.
Scheisse on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Scheisse is breathing heavily.
Watson scores with a nice body kick.
Watson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Scheisse doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Watson throws a good cross that connects.

Scheisse is rocked!
Nice straight punches there by Watson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Watson.
Oh Scheisse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson cracks the inside of Scheisse's front leg.
Watson connects with a body shot that sends Scheisse's belly button to the back.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Watson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Watson takes the fight into the clinch.
Watson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Scheisse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watson is looking to control Scheisse's arms but Scheisse gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watson has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Scheisse tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Watson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scheisse backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Watson.
Watson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watson lands a left hand.
Watson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watson tries to land knees in the clinch but Scheisse avoids the damage to the body.
Watson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Watson prevents a body shot from Scheisse.
Watson slowing the pace effectively.
Watson works on Scheisse's body with a couple of short punches.
Watson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Watson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watson.
A hook to the body from Watson.
Watson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scheisses head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scheisse avoids the elbow strike from Watson, against the cage.

Watson drops Scheisse onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Scheisse is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Watson presses Scheisse against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Watson working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Watson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A nice leg kick lands there from Watson.
Thomas Watson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Watson has Scheisse up against the cage in a clinch.
Watson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scheisse backwards.

Watson drops Scheisse onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Scheisse is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watson throws a head punch that misses.
Scheisse has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Watson pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Scheisse! Watson unloads with more strikes and Scheisse sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Watson!
In his post fight interview, Thomas Watson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.