PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Pentti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Xxplosive. Pentti has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pentti
vs
Watts

184 cm
28
197 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

180 cm
32
200 lbs
30 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arvo Pentti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Watts!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pentti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watts.
Watts throws a right hand that Pentti ducks under and follows up with a left that Pentti also avoids with ease.
Pentti slips a jab from Watts.
Watts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pentti walks into a straight right hand from Watts.

Watts takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Pentti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watts misses with a wild combination.
Watts fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pentti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Watts fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pentti, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pentti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pentti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watts avoiding damage as Pentti throws knees to the body.
Watts working aggressively here.
Watts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watts lands a body shot.
Pentti blocks an uppercut.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watts prevents a body shot from Pentti.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
Watts swings wildly with an uppercut but Pentti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watts tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pentti just stands there and leans against the cage.
Watts working aggressively here.

Pentti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentti throws a jab but it's blocked by Watts.
Watts tries to clinch but Pentti is having none of it.
Pentti throws out a loose jab but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watts drops his hands momentarily and Pentti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pentti misses with a looping left.
Pentti's jab looks to have found its range, popping Watts under the eye.
Watts tries to clinch but Pentti is having none of it.
Watts bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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!
Watts misses with an uppercut. Pentti saw that one coming.

Watts moves into the clinch.
Pentti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pentti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pentti tries to break free but Watts pushes him back against the cage.
Pentti lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watts misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watts has a couple of punches blocked by Pentti.
Pentti blocks a body shot from Watts.
A hook to the body from Watts.
Pentti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watts lands with a light punch inside.
Watts working aggressively here.
Watts tries to throw a body punch but Pentti avoids it by throwing Watts back against the cage.
A short left from Watts.
Watts lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pentti is trying to break the clinch but Watts is controlling him.
Pentti is breathing heavily.
Pentti blocks a body shot from Watts.
Watts's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pentti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watts avoids it.
Pentti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watts lands a nice uppercut.
Pentti 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.
Watts taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pentti tries to circle away but Watts has him pinned against the cage.
Pentti misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Watts scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Watts dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Watts scores with a jab to the body.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pentti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pentti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pentti moves in looking to clinch but Watts pushes him off.
Watts throws a nice looking combination but Pentti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pentti walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Watts is looking to clinch.
Watts connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pentti. Pentti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Watts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pentti throws a head kick that misses.

Watts closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pentti did well to prevent Watts getting side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pentti has hold of Watts's hands but Watts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watts working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watts wants to take a breather but Pentti is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts wants to stand up but Pentti is controlling the position.
Watts wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pentti keeps working.
Nice strikes from Watts there.
Nice strikes from Watts there.
Watts is looking to take a break and control but Pentti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pentti wants to get back to his feet.
Watts not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pentti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Watts.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Pentti is trying to stand up here but Watts is controlling him well.
Watts frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The referee warns Pentti that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries to control but Pentti wriggling away.
Watts won't let Pentti get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts with good strikes from the mount here!

Pentti is rocked!
Pentti takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Watts's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Watts!
After winning the bout, Tyrone Watts thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.