PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kasper Kessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kessler comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - I Got A Feeling. Watson has chosen Three Six Mafia - It's A Fight as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kessler
vs
Watson

185 cm
34
180 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

179 cm
26
173 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Next Level Nutrition
5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kasper Kessler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Watson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kessler drops his hands momentarily and Watson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Kessler scores a takedown into full mount!
Kessler thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kessler sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kessler trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kessler controlling the position easily from mount.
Watson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kessler tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kessler takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kessler is thwarting Watson's attempts to control the position.
Kessler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kessler tries to pass the half guard into mount. Watson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kessler is keen to just control but Watson is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kessler 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.
Watson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kessler stalling away here and it's allowed Watson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Watson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kessler is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson controlling the position easily from mount.
Kessler tries to reverse the position but Watson maintains control.
Watson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kessler is looking to escape.
Kessler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kessler is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Kessler tries to lock up and control but Watson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Watson takes Kessler's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Kessler is in trouble.
Kessler looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kasper Kessler will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Watson closes the distance and clinches.
Kessler is trying to drag Watson to the mat but Watson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Watson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kessler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kessler is looking to break free of the clinch but Watson has double underhooks.

Kessler breaks from the clinch.
Watson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watson throws a right hand that misses
and Kessler counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kessler takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kessler ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Kessler slips under a jab.
Kessler paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kessler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watson cracks the inside of Kessler's front leg.
Watson misses with a left hand
and Kessler counters with a body kick that stops Watson in his tracks momentarily.
Kessler misses the shot to the body.
Kessler lands a right hook to the body.
Watson misses with an uppercut.
Kessler tests Watson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kessler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watson.
Kessler keeps the fight on the outside.
Kessler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.
Kessler takes one to the side of the head.
Watson thows a leg kick but Kessler checks it
and Kessler counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
Kessler will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A chopping leg kick lands by Watson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Kessler off balance momentarily.
Watson throws a low kick, looking for Kessler's leg but Kessler calmly moves out of range.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kessler throws a series of punches but Watson moves out of range.
Watson misses with a low kick.
Kessler throws a big shot that misses.
Watson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kessler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Watson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kessler moves out of range of the body kick.
Watson throws a body punch but Kessler moves out of range.
Kessler throws a right and a left that Watson avoids nicely.
Kessler wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessler is looking to chop away at Watson's legs.
Kessler scoring well with a low kick there.
Watson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kessler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
Watson lands the left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Watson, right into the meat.
Watson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Kessler.
Kessler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kessler.
Watson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Watson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Kessler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Kessler off balance momentarily.
Kessler looks to score with a jab to the body but Watson is just out of range.
Kessler takes a swing at Watson's ribcage but misses.
Watson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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!
Kessler keeps the fight on the outside.
Kessler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Watson to score with a decent uppercut.
Thomas Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson misses with a body shot.
A big left from Watson misses.
Kessler is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Kessler finds it's way through Watson's defenses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kessler misses with a looping right.
Thomas Watson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson tries to work over Kessler's front leg with a kick but Kessler checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Watson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kessler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kessler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watson.
Kessler takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kessler fails with a takedown attempt.
Watson misses with a straight left.
Watson lands with a straight right. Kessler didn't see that one coming.
A shot to the liver by Watson. Beautiful body shot.
Kessler fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Watson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Watson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Watson blocks a head kick by Kessler.
Kessler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watson slips under a jab from Kessler.
Kessler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessler misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Kessler.
Kessler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kessler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Watson misses.
Watson wants to land a leg kick but Kessler is out of range.
Watson throws a leg kick that misses.
Kessler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watson at a distance.
Watson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Kessler counter with a right hand.
Watson misses with a hook. Kessler ducked under it nicely.
Watson is looking to slow Kessler down with leg kicks.
Watson throws a leg kick
and Kessler makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Watson connects with a single shot there.
Watson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kessler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler looks to score with a jab to the body but Watson is just out of range.
Watson is looking to chop away at Kessler's legs.
Watson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Watson checks a low kick from Kessler.
Kessler connects with a single shot there.
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!
Kessler slips under a jab.
Watson wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Kessler.
Kessler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Watson throws a chopping leg kick but Kessler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Watson throws a low kick but Kessler moves out of range easily.
Kessler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kessler.
Kessler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Watson can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kessler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kessler.
Kessler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Kessler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kessler lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Watson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kessler. That did some damage!
Watson feints and then cracks Kessler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kessler down.
Kessler is looking to wear down Watson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Watson feints and then cracks Kessler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kessler down.
Watson thows a leg kick but Kessler checks it
and Kessler counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kessler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
Watson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Kessler misses the target.
Watson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kessler in his tracks.
A big left from Kessler misses.
Kessler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kessler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Watson connects with a leg kick. Kessler looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kessler, as that shot connected.
A clash of legs there as Watson blocks the low kick.
Kessler ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Watson throws a leg kick but Kessler checks it.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kessler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Watson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kessler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Watson is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Watson really dominated that round.
That's time! Kessler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kessler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watson avoids the body shot from Kessler.
Kessler throws a wild body kick that Watson sees coming a mile off.
Watson throws a body punch but Kessler moves out of range.
Watson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Watson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Watson moves out of range of the leg kick from Kessler.
A right-left combo lands from Kessler.
Kessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kessler.

Kessler tries to keep at a distance but Watson has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Watson.
A right hand to the body from Watson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson gets through Kessler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watson.
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kessler blocks an elbow strike.
Kessler blocks an elbow strike.
Watson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kessler has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Watson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Watson gets through Kessler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kessler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kessler backwards.
Kessler is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kessler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Watson is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kasper Kessler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Watson.
Kessler tries to break the clinch but Watson is controlling the position.
Watson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kessler blocks an uppercut.
Watson trying to land knees to the body.
Watson lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kessler.
Kessler blocking some punches.
Watson lands with a left to the head.
Watson lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Watson.
Watson lands a nice uppercut.
Watson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kessler is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Watson.
Oh Kessler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watson lands a big right hand that drops Kessler! The killer instinct kicks in and Watson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Watson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Watson!
Thomas Watson is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Thomas Watson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.