PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Conrad looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Watson
vs
Conrad

183 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

196 cm
25
272 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Conrad!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Watson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Conrad is trying to defend but Watson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Conrad is trying to stand.
Watson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Watson is nestled in close to Conrad, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Watson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Watson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Watson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Conrad does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Watson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Watson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Watson looking to control but Conrad is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Watson with shots to the head and body - Conrad looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Conrad can do anything to dispel that myth.
Watson with the ground and pound from mount.
Watson lands a big elbow.
Watson with a couple of short strikes.
Watson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Conrad's face.
Watson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Conrad looks gassed!
Watson with good strikes from the mount here!
Watson breaks from Conrad's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Watson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Watson with a couple of short strikes.
Watson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson lands a big shot there that rocks Conrad but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Watson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Conrad's face.
Watson cracks Conrad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Conrad is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Conrad in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson landing shots from mount.
Watson trying to control but Conrad is having none of it.
Watson controlling the pace for now.
Watson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Watson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Watson working the ground and pound effectively.
Conrad really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Watson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Watson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Conrad's face.
Watson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Watson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Watson lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Conrad is squirming around, avoiding Watson's attempts to control the action.
Watson is landing with some decent strikes but Conrad is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Watson lands a big elbow.
Watson cracks Conrad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Conrad is bucking up trying to escape but Watson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Watson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Conrad is in a horrible position here. Watson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Watson dominating with strikes here.
Watson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Conrad?
Watson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Watson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Watson landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Watson.
Watson trying to control but Conrad is having none of it.
Watson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Watson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Watson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Conrad in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Watson with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson dominating with strikes here.
Watson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Watson controlling from mount.
Conrad is in a horrible position here. Watson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Watson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Watson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conrad tries to bum rush Watson with a series of wild strikes but Watson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Watson. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Watson misses.
Watson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Conrad checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Conrad blocks a jab.

Watson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Watson grinds an elbow into Conrad's temple.
Watson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Conrad can do to turn this around?
Watson working the ground and pound from side control.
Watson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Conrad down.
Watson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Watson wants to control but Conrad is keeping him busy.
Conrad is breathing heavily.
Watson lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Watson scoring with punches from side control.
Conrad wants to get back to his feet but Watson is dominant here and he's now got Conrad's back!
Watson lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Watson.
Watson lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Good control from Watson.
Watson lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson is punishing Conrad with strikes - can he finish him?!
Watson lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee is taking a good look at Conrad as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Watson!
Conrad is trapped and Watson is scoring with shots to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson scores with strikes from the back.
I would not like to be Conrad right now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Conrad is trying to get back to his feet but Watson has full control of the position and if anything, Conrad has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Watson is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Conrad up.
Eric Watson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson is punishing Conrad with strikes - can he finish him?!
Conrad is trying to break free.
Watson just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Conrad is trying to remain composed but Watson is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad staying busy and making it hard for Watson to control.
Conrad is covering up but some of the strikes from Watson are getting through and doing damage.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Watson.
Watson is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Watson gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Watson gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Watson apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Conrad avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Watson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Conrad is out of range.
Watson misses with a leg kick.
Watson throws a low kick, looking for Conrad's leg but Conrad calmly moves out of range.
Conrad avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Watson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conrad is able to avoid easily.
Conrad slips under a jab.

Watson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Conrad sprawls well initially but Watson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Watson there.
Watson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Conrad with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Conrad is trying to stand.
Watson lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Conrad is staying active underneath Watson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Watson slips a nice elbow through Conrad's hands, connecting with Conrad's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Watson connects with a nice short shot to Conrad's temple.
Watson lands strikes from half guard.
Watson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Watson controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conrad taking some punishment here, with Watson in his half guard.
Watson lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Watson connects with a nice short shot to Conrad's temple.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Watson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Conrad with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Watson dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Conrad tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Conrad fails with the takedown.
A bone on bone clash there as Conrad blocks the leg kick.
Watson misses with a wild combination.
Conrad shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Watson as he jumps to the side.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Watson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Watson advances to half guard.
Watson trying to control the pace.
Watson winds up and cracks Conrad with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Conrad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad is refusing to be controlled, as Watson sits in half guard.
Conrad wants to control the action here but instead Watson manages to pass to full mount!
BOOM! Watson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Conrad tries to lock up and control but Watson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Watson.
Watson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Watson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Conrad is squirming around, avoiding Watson's attempts to control the action.
Conrad is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson with shots to the head and body - Conrad looks very uncomfortable down there.
Watson cracks Conrad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Watson lands a nice shot to the head.
Watson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Conrad is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
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 looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Watson with shots to the head and body - Conrad looks very uncomfortable down there.
Watson with the ground and pound from mount.
Watson landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Watson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Conrad that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad wants to try and get back to his feet.
Watson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Conrad takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Watson lands a big shot there that rocks Conrad but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Watson lands a heavy elbow.
Conrad takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Conrad is trying to stand.
Watson breaks from Conrad's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Conrad really wants to buck Watson off and get back to his feet.
Watson landing strikes from the mount.
Conrad taking shots to the head.
Watson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Conrad looks a forlorn figure.
Watson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Watson landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Conrad is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Watson is landing with some decent strikes but Conrad is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Watson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Conrad is squirming around, avoiding Watson's attempts to control the action.
Watson lands a heavy elbow.
Shane Conrad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Conrad is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Conrad that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Watson landing punches.
Conrad really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Eric Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watson controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Watson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watson 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Watson!