PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tweedle Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Usain Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dee kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Chumbawamba - Tubthumping. Watts has chosen 9000 Watts as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dee
vs
Watts

180 cm
26
195 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

185 cm
31
194 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tweedle Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Usain Watts!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Dee misses the target.
Watts slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Watts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watts scores with a leg kick.
Dee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watts moves out of range of the strikes.
Watts walks into a straight right hand from Dee.
Dee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Watts stuns Dee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Watts cracks Dee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watts misses with a body shot.
Dee cracks Watts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Watts throws a jab but it's blocked by Dee.
Watts misses with a left hand
and Watts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Watts throws a jab but it's blocked by Dee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Dee misses.
Watts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watts is looking to chop away at Dee's legs.
Watts checks a leg kick.
Watts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Dee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A leg kick checked by Dee.
Watts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dee misses with a looping right.
Watts feints and then cracks Dee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dee down.
Dee throws a leg kick which misses Watts's front leg but catches the back leg as Watts tries to avoid it.
Watts fails to land with a series of punches.
Dee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watts misses with a looping left.
Dee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee walks into a left hand.
Dee misses with a low kick.
Dee fails with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.
Dee throws out a loose jab but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watts connects with a body shot.
Watts moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dee 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 Watts has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Watts and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dee throws a body punch but Watts moves out of range.
Watts misses with a wild body shot.
Dee misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Watts dives in and scores a takedown into Dee's guard.

Dee looking for a guillotine here but Watts defends easily.
Watts trying to control but Dee is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watts looking to pass the guard.
Dee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watts stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Watts trying to control but Dee is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Watts thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Watts passes into half guard.
Watts passes to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dee is looking to improve his position but Watts isn't that keen on the idea.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dee tries to hold on but Watts pushes him away.
Dee is looking to get to half guard.
Dee wants to control but Watts is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Watts working for a guillotine from mount but Dee is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Usain Watts dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Watts slips a straight right by Dee.
Horrible takedown by Dee or perhaps it was just good defense by Watts which made him look bad.
Watts misses with a head kick.

Dee moves into the clinch.
Watts scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Tweedle Dee has been cut.
Watts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watts blocks an elbow strike from Dee.
Dee lands a left hand.
Dee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dee missing with knees to the body.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dee's elbow.
Watts slows down the pace here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watts's face.

It looks like Usain Watts has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Dee.
Watts tries to stall but Dee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dee lands with a light punch inside.

Watts turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Watts manages to end up in side control.

Watts thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dee gets back to half guard.
Watts is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

Dee is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watts stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dee swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee keeping moving, preventing Watts from controlling successfully.
Watts tries to free his leg and advance position but Dee is retaining full guard.
Watts is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Watts has gone for a leg lock! Dee slips out almost immediately though and dives into Watts's guard.
Watts is trying to keep Dee in close.
Watts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee trying to control the position from guard on top but Watts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watts is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Usain Watts.
Watts lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Watts.
Watts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dee.
Watts throws the kick towards the body but Dee avoids it.
Dee thows a body shot but no joy.
Dee connects with a single shot there.
Watts misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts stuns Dee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Watts thows a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Watts.
Dee throws a hook but Watts avoids it easily.
Dee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dee, as that shot connected.
The fighters circling - Dee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dee ducks right into an uppercut from Watts.
Dee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Watts can pounce on him.
Watts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dee checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dee lands with a shot to the body.
Dee misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Usain Watts will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Dee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dee throws a body punch but Watts moves out of range.
Watts misses with a body shot.
Dee throws the kick towards the body but Watts avoids it.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Watts connects with the punch.
Dee goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dee.
Watts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Watts.
Watts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts jabs Dee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice straight punches there by Watts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Watts.
Dee looks to throw the jab but Watts is out of range.
Dee swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee checks the leg kick.
Watts lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Dee.
Watts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dee.
Watts swings for the body but Dee moves out of range.
Dee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Watts is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dee.
Watts lands a body shot.
Watts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Watts throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dee counters with a nice body shot.
Dee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Watts's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee misses the jab.
Dee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dee slips a jab from Watts.
Dee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A cross from Watts lands.
Dee fails with a takedown attempt.
Watts throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Watts checks the leg kick.
Dee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watts.
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick from Watts lands but Dee takes it in his stride.
Dee misses with a wild body shot.
Watts throws a wild body kick that Dee sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Watts throws a shot to the body.
Dee takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dee throws a looping overhand right but Watts ducks down to avoid it.
Watts cracks a nice hook into Dee's ribs.
Dee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watts misses with a looping right.
Watts dips to his left and cracks Dee with an uppercut!
Usain Watts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Watts to score with a decent uppercut.
Watts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watts. Dee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watts lands an overhand right.
Dee wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee moves out of range as Watts strikes.
Watts takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dee on the side of the head.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watts takes a swing at Dee's ribcage but misses.
Watts has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dee finds it's way round the side to connect with Watts's head.

That has opened up Usain Watts's cut even more.
Watts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts scoring well with a low kick there.
Dee takes a swing at Watts's ribcage but misses.
Tweedle Dee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Usain Watts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Watts fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dee to the ground. Watts is now in Dee's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Usain Watts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Watts 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Usain Watts!
A less than humble Usain Watts misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.