PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts comes into the arena with Xxplosive blaring out of the sound system. Grande comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Drove All Night kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watts
vs
Grande

180 cm
30
200 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

181 cm
32
198 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Grande!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts lands a jab to the nose.
Grande looks winded!
Some wild striking there from Watts.
Watts takes a swing at Grande's ribcage but misses.
Watts lands a glancing blow to the side of Grande's head.
Watts lunges at Grande with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grande's hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Watts misses the target.
Watts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grande circles away quickly and effectively.
Grande throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A cross from Watts lands.
Watts getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Watts stuns Grande with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tyrone Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Watts.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts throws a body punch but Grande moves out of range.
Watts lands with a right hand.

Grande gets caught flat footed, as Watts shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Grande avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watts distracts Grande with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Watts stands up over Grande, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watts working some strikes from top position.
Watts trying to control the position from guard on top but Grande is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watts postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Watts trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts connects with a couple of short punches.
Watts trying to stand up but can't free himself from Grande's guard.
Watts lands a couple of elbows.
Watts controls from within his opponent's guard.
Watts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grande preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watts pushes down on Grande's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nice strikes from Watts there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts drops an elbow to the side of Grande's head.
Watts missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Watts is nestled in close to Grande, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Watts is controlling the pace.
Grande won't allow Watts to pass to mount.
Watts looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Watts wants to control but Grande is keeping him busy.
Watts 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.
Watts slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Watts missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Watts is taking a breather. Grande says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande is refusing to be controlled, as Watts sits in half guard.
Watts perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tyrone Watts wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Watts stuns Grande with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Watts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Watts dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Watts throws a hook but Grande blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Watts.
Watts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watts misses with a series of wild punches.
Grande has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Watts finds it's way round the side to connect with Grande's head.
Grande takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Watts throws a body punch but Grande moves out of range.
Grande moves away from the strike by Watts.
Grande avoids the body shot from Watts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Watts misses.
Watts tries to bum rush Grande with a series of wild strikes but Grande uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice cross by Watts.
Grande moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts jabs Grande right on the nose. Grande blinks but takes it well.
Watts lands an overhand right.
Watts throws a jab when Grande was well out of range.
Watts just misses with a punch to the body.
Grande drops his hands momentarily and Watts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Watts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grande can do to turn this around?
Grande on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grande on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jab by Watts.
Watts throws a series of punches but Grande avoids them all with ease.
Watts ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Watts moves in looking to clinch but Grande pushes him off.
A punch lands to the side of Grande 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Grande misses the shot to the body.
Watts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watts cracks the inside of Grande's front leg.
Grande defending well as Watts loads up on a big left hand.
Watts fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grande ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Watts misses with a wild combination.
Watts throws a series of punches but Grande avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grande thuds a left hand into Watts's body.
Watts scores with a decent looking hook.
Watts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts scores with a jab to the head.
Grande takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grande ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Watts throws an overhand right that lands on Grande's shoulder, as Grande tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Watts misses.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grande was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts throws a shot to the body.
Watts tries to clinch but Grande moves out of range.
Watts scores with a punch to the head.
Watts scores with a nice strike.
Grande throws out a loose jab but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Watts. Beautiful body shot.
Tyrone Watts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande throws a big shot that misses.
Grande gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Watts.
Watts sizes up Grande with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Watts misses with a two punch combination.
Watts throws a series of punches but Grande avoids them all with ease.
Tyrone Watts is winning the standup battle so far.
Grande scores with a one two! Watts had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Watts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watts connects with a jab.
Watts is looking to clinch.
Watts lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grande takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watts lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Grande looks to score with a jab to the body but Watts is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Watts dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grande.
Jab from Watts.
A big left from Grande misses.
Grande has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grande was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grande's head backwards.
Grande looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Watts closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Grande quickly recovers to half guard.
Grande has hold of Watts's hands but Watts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Watts landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Watts thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grande's head.
Watts thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grande's head.
Grande is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande blocking the ground and pound attempt from Watts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Watts working the head and body with strikes.
Watts stalling.
Grande avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Watts.
Grande keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Watts looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Grande keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grande is looking for a sweep. Watts is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watts wants to control but Grande is keeping him busy.
Watts works his way into full mount!
Watts connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Watts breaks from Grande's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Watts cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Watts has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Grande's face.
BOOM! Watts connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Watts controlling his opponent.
Jacques Grande has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrone Watts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Watts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watts 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Watts!
Tyrone Watts was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.