PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Meighen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Watson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lil Wayne feat. Drake and Jadakiss - It's Good. This should be a great matchup!

Watson
vs
Meighen

179 cm
27
182 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

175 cm
34
177 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
Next Level Nutrition

Legion of Pain Nutrition
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Meighen!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Watson. Meighen shrugs it off though.
Meighen tries a head kick but it misses.
Watson lands with a nice body punch.
Meighen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watson counters with a nice uppercut.
Meighen throws the left hand but Watson avoids the punch easily.
Meighen scores with a leg kick.
Meighen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Watson if he has to take too many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Meighen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Meighen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Watson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watson throws the left hand but Meighen avoids the punch easily.
Meighen throws out a leg kick but Watson moves out of range and Meighen only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Watson.
A head kick by Meighen misses
and Watson counters with a left to the body.
Watson throws a right hand that Meighen ducks under and follows up with a left that Meighen also avoids with ease.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson connects with a solid leg kick.
Watson with a nice cross.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Meighen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Meighen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watson's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meighen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watson throws out the jab.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Meighen slips under a jab.
Watson checks a leg kick.
Watson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watson takes a swing at Meighen's ribcage but misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Watson as he connects with a hook.
Meighen scores with a punch to the head.
Meighen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen throws a lazy uppercut
and Watson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Meighen's knee momentarily.
Meighen throws a leg kick that misses.
Meighen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Meighen tries to land a front kick but Watson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Watson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Watson blocks the body kick.
Watson scoring well with a low kick there.
Meighen misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen lands a head shot.
Watson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meighen.
Watson blocks a jab.
Watson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meighen.

Meighen gets a clinch.
Meighen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Meighen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meighen struggles to land a body shot inside as Watson controls his hands.
Meighen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Meighen trying to land knees to the body.
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 Thomas Watson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Watson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Watson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Watson misses.
Arthur Meighen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Watson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watson lands with a kick to the temple. Meighen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Meighen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Watson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meighen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meighen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meighen throws a push kick but Watson slaps the foot to one side.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen throws a head kick that misses.
Meighen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Meighen closes the distance and clinches.
Meighen trying to land knees to the body.
Meighen tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Watson avoiding damage as Meighen throws knees to the body.
Meighen tries a body shot but Watson blocks it.
Watson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meighen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Meighen prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
Meighen looking to slow down the pace here.
Watson lands an elbow inside that Meighen shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Meighen trying to control the position but instead, Watson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Meighen into the cage.
Watson is trying to force a seperation but Meighen has the dominant position.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meighen backwards.
Watson has had enough of the clinch but Meighen keeps him there for the moment.
Watson lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Watson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meighen has him pressed against the cage.

Watson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watson looks to land a right hand but Meighen moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Watson.
Meighen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Meighen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Meighen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Meighen checks a low kick from Watson.
Meighen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Meighen is rocked!
Meighen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meighen is still on wobbly legs! Can Watson finish him?
Meighen gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Watson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Watson!
During a confident post fight interview, Thomas Watson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.