PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bat Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bat Perry has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Watson
vs
Perry

200 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bat Perry!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Watson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Perry!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Watson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Perry really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Perry is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perry takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Watson looks up at the clock and then as Perry takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Watson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Perry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perry is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Perry is not content to let Watson control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Watson lands a few punches from side control.
Perry tries to escape but Watson is in control.
Watson misses with the ground and pound.
Watson landing a few strikes.
Watson is putting a hurting on Perry here, landing some big shots from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Watson stands up and beckons Perry to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Watson has closed the distance and engaged Perry in a clinch.
Perry wants to get back to striking at distance but Watson won't allow it.
Perry wants to break free but Watson has control.
Watson is looking for a takedown.
Watson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Watson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Perry.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Perry as he avoids it easily.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Perry sprawls well. Perry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Watson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson tries for a takedown but Perry sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Perry. That snapped Watson's head back.
Perry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perry cracks Watson with a good jab.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Perry.
Watson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perry. That's going to slow Watson down.

Oooooh!!! Perry has knocked Watson down with a huge combo! Perry steps away and waves a wobbly Watson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Frank Watson has been cut.
Perry scores with a nice head shot.

Watson is rocked!
Perry closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Watson out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bat Perry!