PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luis Alberto Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Perez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gangnam Style by PSY. Watts has chosen Xxplosive as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Alberto Perez
vs
Watts

185 cm
27
200 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

180 cm
31
200 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Alberto Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Watts!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts blocks a head kick by Perez.
Perez scores with a head kick. Watts tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
Watts changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Perez tries to avoid it but Watts manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Perez to the ground. Perez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Perez is looking to chop away at Watts's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Watts. Those never looked like landing.
Watts throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Luis Alberto Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez fakes the leg kick and cracks Watts in the body.
Perez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Watts blocks a leg kick.
Watts lands a slapping body shot.
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!
Perez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watts's calf.
Perez throws a head kick but Watts moves out of range.
Perez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perez throws a head kick that misses.

Watts has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Watts avoids the head kick by Perez.
Watts fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Watts tries to clinch but Perez is having none of it.
Perez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Watts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watts takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Perez misses with a head kick.
Watts fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perez is looking to land body kicks.
Perez lands with a kick to the temple. Watts shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Watts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Watts darts in and clinches Perez up against the cage.
Perez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Watts.
Perez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Perez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Watts lands a shoulder strike.

Perez manages to break the clinch.
Watts feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Perezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Perez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watts.
Watts tries to clinch but Perez moves out of range.
Watts blocks a head kick by Perez.
Watts throws a right hand that Perez ducks under and follows up with a left that Perez also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Watts looks to land a right hand but Perez moved out of range.
Perez throws a head kick that half lands.
Perez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice combination there by Watts.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watts misses with a hook. Perez ducked under it nicely.
Perez keeps the fight on the outside.
Watts doesn't manage to clinch there - Perez circles away.
Watts takes a swing at Perez's ribcage but misses.
Perez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Perez moves out of range of the strikes.
Watts tries to clinch but Perez is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Watts missing with a left hand there. Perez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Perez moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Watts fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Watts fails to land.
Perez swings wildly with an uppercut but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perez works on Watts's body with a couple of short punches.
Watts looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Perez.
Perez is struggling to control the position.

Perez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watts.
Perez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perez throws a head kick but Watts moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Alberto Perez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Perez closes the distance and clinches.
Perez has a couple of punches blocked by Watts.
Perez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Perez.
Perez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Perez throws a punch but it's blocked by Watts.
Perez swings wildly with an uppercut but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Perez lands a good knee to the midsection. Watts won't want to take too many of those.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.

Perez breaks from the clinch.
Watts shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perez pinned against the cage. Perez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Perez tries to clinch but Watts moves out of range.

Watts moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Perez obliges.
Watts is breathing heavily.
Perez lands with a right to the head.
Perez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watts lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Perez.

Perez manages to break the clinch.
Perez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Watts tries to clinch there but Perez circles away.
Watts misses with an uppercut
and Perez counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez is looking to chop away at Watts's legs.
Watts takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Perez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Watts.
Perez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Perez has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts cracks Perez with a nice body shot.
Perez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luis Alberto Perez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perez lands with a right to the head.
Watts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Watts struggles to land a body shot inside as Perez controls his hands.
Watts managing to block the knees to the body from Perez.
Perez tries a body shot but Watts blocks it.
Perez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Watts blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watts tries to clinch up but Perez circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Perez.
Perez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watts checks it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perez.
Watts misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A chopping leg kick lands by Perez.
Perez moves in looking to clinch but Watts pushes him off.
Perez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Perez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Perez moves into the clinch.
Watts misses with some punches.
Perez struggles to land a body shot inside as Watts controls his hands.
Perez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watts lands a right hand.
Perez lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Watts on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez blocks an uppercut.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Perez looking to throw knees to the head but Watts is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Watts fails to land.
Perez is looking to control Watts's arms but Watts gets an underhook and turns him. Now Perez has his back to the cage.
Perez lands with a right to the head.
Perez is pushing Watts up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Perez misses with a punch on the inside.
Watts lands a nice shot to the body.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts lands a right hand.
Perez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perez misses with a punch on the inside.
Watts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Alberto Perez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Watts shoots for a takedown but Perez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Watts. That snapped Perez's head back.
Watts throws a right hand that misses
enabling Perez to counter with a crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Watts checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Perez ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Watts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perez keeps Watts at a distance using the push kick.
Watts slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Watts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A head kick from Perez lands but Watts takes it in his stride.
Perez misses with a head kick.
Watts might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perez. That's going to slow Watts down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Luis Alberto Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
Watts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watts's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Perez connects with a solid leg kick.
Perez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Watts slips a straight right by Perez.
Watts swings for the body but Perez moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perez.
Watts misses with a straight left.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Perez - that will leave a mark!

Watts tries to keep at a distance but Perez has taken the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Perez.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Perez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perez lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Perez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Perez.
Perez trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Perez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perez scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Perez.

Perez breaks from the clinch.
Watts tries to clinch but Perez moves away
and Perez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Watts throws the left hand but Perez avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws out a loose jab but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perez throws out a leg kick but Watts moves out of range and Perez only half commits.
Perez throws a head kick that Watts semi-blocks.
Perez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Watts is out of range and Perez settles back down.
Luis Alberto Perez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watts walks into a jab.
Luis Alberto Perez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perez lands a front kick.
Nice sprawl there from Perez as Watts shoots in.
Tyrone Watts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luis Alberto Perez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
No joy there for Perez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watts lands with a nice combination. Perez backs away looking to recover.
Perez throws a head kick that misses.
Watts misses with the combination.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez lands with a straight right. Watts didn't see that one coming.
Perez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Watts.
Watts has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Perez.

Watts takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts tries to throw a body punch but Perez avoids it by throwing Watts back against the cage.
Watts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Perez pushes Watts back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts struggles to land a body shot inside as Perez controls his hands.
Watts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Alberto Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perez 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Alberto Perez!
Luis Alberto Perez decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.