PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kublai Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Congo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Genetic For Terror. Waters is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hip Hop. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Congo
vs
Waters

179 cm
27
199 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

189 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kublai Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derek Waters!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waters.
Congo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Congo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Waters feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Congos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Waters dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good exchange - Waters coming out on top.
Waters thows a body kick. Congo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Derek Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waters throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Congo throws the left hand but Waters avoids the punch easily.
Waters catches Congo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Congo misses with an uppercut
and Waters counters with a left to the body.
Waters throws a low kick but Congo avoids it.
Waters misses the shot to the body.
Waters throws a looping overhand right but Congo ducks down to avoid it.
Waters lands a jab.
Waters lands a jab.
Derek Waters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Congo.
Congo misses with a wild body shot.
Congo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Waters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Congo.
Waters takes a swing at Congo's ribcage but misses.
Waters tries to clinch up.
Waters has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Waters is looking to clinch.
Waters fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Congo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Waters to score with a decent uppercut.
Waters misses with a series of wild punches.
Congo takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo takes one to the chin there.
Congo takes a swing at Waters's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Congo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Congo throws a big shot that misses.
Congo closes the distance and clinches up with Waters, looking for a takedown. Congo pushes Waters against the cage but Waters circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Waters scores with a jab.
Congo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Waters does it's job there.
Waters misses with an uppercut.
Congo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Waters slips under a jab from Congo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Congo is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Waters's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Waters swats away the attempt to clinch by Congo.
Waters misses with an uppercut

and Congo counters with a shoot takedown. Waters fights it but they end up in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Congo wants to pass the guard but Waters is keeping the position.
Congo wants to control from the top but Waters keeps moving.
Congo looking to pass the guard.
Congo looking to sit in guard and control but Waters gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Waters won't allow Congo to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Waters stalks Congo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Congo's face. Congo staggers backwards, shaken.
Waters tries to clinch up but Congo circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Congo takes the fight into the clinch.
Waters has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Congo tries a body shot but Waters blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Congo.
Congo trying to land knees to the body.
Waters scores with a hook to the body.
Waters can't find room to land a body shot as Congo controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Waters dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Waters works the jab nicely.
Congo connects with an inside leg kick.
Waters throws a right and a left that Congo avoids nicely.
Congo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Waters swings for the body but Congo moves out of range.
Waters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Congo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Waters keeping moving, preventing Congo from controlling successfully.
Congo looking to pass the guard.
Congo wants to control from the top but Waters keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Congo trying to control the position from guard on top but Waters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Congo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Kublai Congo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Waters throws a body punch but Congo moves out of range.
Waters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Congo.
Waters throws a poor cross that misses
and Congo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Congo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Waters throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Waters throws a shot from downtown. Congo moves away and avoids it.
Waters with a nice cross.
Derek Waters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waters connects with a solid leg kick.
Congo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Waters.
Congo blocks a leg kick.
Waters thows a body shot but no joy.
Waters digs a good hook to Congo's body.
Waters connects with a body shot that sends Congo's belly button to the back.
Congo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Congo connects with an inside leg kick.
Congo stalks Waters and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Waters's face. Waters staggers backwards, shaken.
Waters throws an off balance right hand
and Congo counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters takes a swing at Congo's ribcage but misses.
Waters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Waters moves out of range as Congo strikes.
Congo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A big right from Congo misses.
Congo fails with the takedown.
Waters fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Waters tries to clinch but Congo is having none of it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Congo is defended easily by Waters.
Congo misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Waters. Those never looked like landing.
Waters connects with a right hand. Congo shakes it off.
Waters moves out of range of the leg kick from Congo.
Congo misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Congo. Waters does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Waters scores with a jab.
Congo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo avoids the body shot from Waters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Waters. Congo does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waters ducks under a wild hook from Congo.
Congo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Waters is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Derek Waters will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Waters swings widly with a right hand

and Congo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Congo wants to free his trapped foot but Waters is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Waters moves into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Congo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Congo trying to control the position from guard on top but Waters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Waters being controlled here, momentarily.
Congo throws a strike but Waters rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Waters must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Waters controls the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kublai Congo just wasn't active enough.
Waters throws a poor cross that misses
and Congo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Waters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Waters tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Congo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Congo avoids the body shot from Waters.
Waters lands with a straight right. Congo didn't see that one coming.
Waters paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Congo circles away quickly and effectively.
Waters stalks Congo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Congo's face. Congo staggers backwards, shaken.
Congo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Waters connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kublai Congo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That kick from Waters tenderised Congo's leg. Congo is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waters throws an off balance right hand
and Congo counters with a solid body kick.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Congo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Congo misses with a hook. Waters ducked under it nicely.
Waters misses with a body shot.
A combination from Congo does no damage.
Waters pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Waters throws a nice looking combination but Congo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Congo misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Waters counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Congo doesn't manage to clinch there - Waters circles away.
Waters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Congo manages to avoid it.
Congo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Waters. Those never looked like landing.
Waters throws out a loose jab but Congo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Congo checks the leg kick.
Waters ducks under a wild hook from Congo.
Congo thows a body shot but no joy.
Waters avoids the body shot from Congo.
Waters fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Congo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Congo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Congo looks to land a right hand but Waters moved out of range.
Waters throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Congo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Waters jabs at Congo's body.
Waters lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Congo at a distance.
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!
Waters on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Waters lands with a nice body punch.
Derek Waters is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Waters lands with a cross.
Waters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Congo manages to avoid it.
Waters throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A low kick from Congo misses
and Waters counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Congo throws the left hand but Waters avoids the punch easily.
Waters with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Waters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Waters winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Waters!
An out of breath Derek Waters thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.