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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Usain Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts comes to the cage accompanied by Remain Calm. Sanchez has chosen In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Oswaldo Sanchez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Usain Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Oswaldo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts thuds a left hand into Sanchez's body.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Watts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Watts tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Watts tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Watts checks a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Watts - that will leave a mark!
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watts bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watts throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Watts scores with a kick to the body.
Sanchez lands with a right hand.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Watts catches Sanchez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Watts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - Watts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Watts misses with a straight left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Watts checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Watts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watts.
Watts swinging wildly here.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Watts.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Watts saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.
Watts blocks the body kick.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Watts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Watts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watts lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanchez's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Watts avoids it.
Watts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watts looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Watts is looking to score with low kicks.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Watts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Watts counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Watts throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Watts closes the distance and clinches.
Watts is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sanchez can't fight it off and eventually Watts manages to take the fight to the floor. Sanchez looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Watts trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Watts is one step ahead there.
Watts trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez has Watts pulled in close to control his posture.
Watts showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Usain Watts.
Watts cracks Sanchez with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts throws a big shot that misses.
Watts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Watts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Watts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Usain Watts dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice straight punches there by Watts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Watts.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Watts scores with a jab to the head.
Watts scores with a shot to the body.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Watts closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sanchez quickly recovers to half guard.
Watts works his foot free and advances to mount.
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!
Watts controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts wants to control but instead Sanchez manages to regain half guard.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
Watts perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts is looking to take a break and control but Sanchez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sanchez tries to roll over but Watts keeps him under control.
Watts performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Watts is thwarting Sanchez's attempts to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Usain Watts wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez throws a lazy body kick
and Watts counters with a nice uppercut.
A cross from Watts lands.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Usain Watts is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy body kick from Sanchez
and Watts counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watts won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Watts showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Watts sitting in guard here, content to control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Oswaldo Sanchez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Watts lands with a hook. Sanchez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Watts scores with a jab to the head.
Watts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Sanchez finds it's way through Watts's defenses.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez defending well as Watts loads up on a big left hand.
Watts moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Usain Watts dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Usain Watts has been cut.
Watts lands with a good body shot.
Watts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Watts looks for the body kick but Sanchez saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Watts.
Sanchez is looking to slow Watts down with leg kicks.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Watts moved out of range.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Watts slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Watts throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez cracks Watts with a good jab.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Watts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watts.
Watts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Watts has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Watts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watts misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Watts.
Sanchez is working Watts over against the cage.
Watts is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez goes for a takedown attempt but Watts pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watts counters with a nice kick to the body.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
A head kick by Watts misses
and Sanchez counters with a one-two to the body.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that misses.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Watts just misses with a punch to the body.
Watts throws a big shot that misses.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watts. Watts obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Watts.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez takes one to the side of the head.
Watts scores with a hook.
Watts staying out of range there.
Watts moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Watts.
Watts scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Watts swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Watts throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sanchez.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Watts slips the punch.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Watts throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez swings for the body but Watts moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Usain Watts did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Watts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Watts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Watts scores with a head kick. Sanchez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watts.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Watts is out of range.
A head kick by Sanchez misses
and Watts counters with a left and a right that stings Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Watts swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Watts avoids the punch easily.
Donk. Sanchez catches Watts right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watts moves away.
Watts is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Watts.
Watts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watts connects with an inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Watts finds it's target.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sanchez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sanchez is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watts.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watts connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Watts.
Watts blocks a low kick nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Watts!
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.
Watts uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sanchez has time to react.
Watts tries to score with a low kick but Sanchez moves his leg out of the way.
Nice shot by Watts.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
and Watts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Watts. That snapped Sanchez's head back.
Sanchez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wattss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Watts moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Watts checks it.
Watts throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watts feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Watts lands with a hook. Sanchez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A bone on bone clash there as Watts blocks the leg kick.
Watts blocks a jab.
That kick from Sanchez tenderised Watts's leg. Watts is trying to keep his angry face on.
Watts lands a high kick!
Sanchez scores with a nice head shot.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Watts circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Watts lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sanchez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanchez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Watts throws a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Watts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Watts. That's going to slow Sanchez down.
Watts moves to clinch but Sanchez breaks away
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Watts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts lands a nice shot to the body.
Watts lands with a kick to the temple. Sanchez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sanchez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Watts is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Usain Watts had his way with Oswaldo Sanchez in that round.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sanchez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watts on the side of the head.
Watts throws a sloppy body shot
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick.
Sanchez throws a combination that misses
and Watts counters with a leg kick.
Watts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Watts lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanchez takes a step back to recover.
Watts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Watts walks into a jab.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Watts avoids nicely.
Sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Watts avoids it.
Watts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Watts. That one must have hurt.
Sanchez is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanchez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sanchez wants it to stay on the feet.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Watts.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Watts checks a leg kick.
Watts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Watts dips to his left and cracks Sanchez with an uppercut!
A head kick from Watts lands but Sanchez takes it in his stride.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Watts takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Watts can pounce on him.
Oswaldo Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Watts bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez is looking to regain half guard here but Watts keeps moving and retains side control.
Sanchez trying to remain calm as Watts controls from the top position.
Watts is looking to take a break and control but Sanchez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watts is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sanchez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sanchez manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Watts has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sanchez is working away from the top position though.
Usain Watts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We're going to have a standup here because Usain Watts wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Watts shoots in for a takedown but Sanchez shows good takedown defense.
Sanchez tried to score with a low kick but Watts checks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Watts. That snapped Sanchez's head back.
Watts throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Watts backing up. Watts nods at Sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
Watts throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Watts's head but Watts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Watts slaps the foot to one side.
Watts connects with an inside leg kick.
Watts checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts moves out of range of the leg kick from Sanchez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sanchez. Watts shrugs it off though.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Sanchez ducks right into an uppercut from Watts.
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 Usain Watts.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 50:45
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Usain Watts!
In his post fight interview, Usain Watts started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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