PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dalton Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dalton Austin looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Austin
vs
Watson

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

200 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dalton Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Watson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Watson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Austin looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Watson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
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 work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Austin, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson working the ground and pound.

Watson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson lands with a good body shot.

Watson takes the fight into the clinch.

Watson breaks the clinch.
Watson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown by Watson or perhaps it was just good defense by Austin which made him look bad.
Watson cracks Austin with a good jab.

Austin is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Watson.
Oh Austin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Watson dives in and scores a takedown into Austin's guard.

Watson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Watson lands with a thumping leg kick.

Watson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Austin, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Watson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.

Watson clinches up against the cage.

Watson manages to pull guard.
Austin seems to have got his legs back now.
Austin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Watson on the ground.
Watson is adopting a defensive guard.

Watson has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Austin should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Watson has tightened it up now! Austin should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Frank Watson!