PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson comes to the cage accompanied by Till I Collapse- Eminem. Toney has chosen Wicked as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. James Toney told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Watson
vs
Toney

182 cm
25
210 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

179 cm
26
220 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Toney!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Toney.
Toney misses with a straight left.
Watson throws a low kick but Toney moves out of range easily.
James Toney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson lands with a straight right. Toney didn't see that one coming.
Watson throws a shot to the body.
Toney lands a right hook to the body.
Toney scores with a jab to the jaw.
Watson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Toney bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Watson's head backwards.
Toney misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
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!
Watson walks into a straight right hand from Toney.
Toney throws a lazy right hand but Watson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Watson throws a leg kick but Toney sees it coming and moves out of range.
Toney looks to land a left hand but Watson moved out of range nicely.
Toney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toney scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Toney misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Watson misses.
Watson misses with a low kick.
Toney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Toney.
Watson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Watson takes a swing at Toney's ribcage but misses.
Watson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watson throws the left hand but Toney avoids the punch easily.
Toney wants to clinch.
Watson throws a head kick that Toney semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Toney.
Toney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watson throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws an overhand right that lands on Toney's shoulder, as Toney tries to avoid the shot.
Toney lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Watson throws a body kick that misses.
Watson scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Watson, right into the meat.
Toney misses with a looping left.
Watson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Toney misses with a straight left.
Toney loads up on a big right hand but Watson slips the punch.
Watson ducks under a wild hook from Toney.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watson lands a nice hook to Toney's body. Toney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Watson connects with a looping right hand.
Toney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toney 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.
Toney scores with a sloppy right hand. Watson should have avoided that one.
A jab from Toney does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Toney jabs at Watson's body.
Watson works the jab nicely.
Toney throws a poor cross that misses

and Watson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Watson.
Watson tries to work over Toney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Toney.
Toney blocking some punches.
Toney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toney throws a punch but it's blocked by Watson.
Toney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Watson scores with a shot to the side of Toney's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watson is trying to stall.
Toney swings wildly with an uppercut but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watson backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Toney backwards.
Toney misses with a body punch.
Watson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Toney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.
Watson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toney is defending well for now.
Watson throws a punch but it's blocked by Toney.
Watson misses with the head strike.
Watson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Toney is working Watson over against the cage.
Watson landing knees to the body.
Toney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Watson fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Watson will probably get the nod.
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.

Toney stuns Watson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Watson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Toney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Watson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Toney off balance momentarily.
Toney throws out a loose jab but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James Toney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toney manages to avoid it.
A jab from Toney misses.
Watson misses the jab.
Toney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Watson.
Toney feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Watsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Toney lands a right hook to the body.
Toney takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Toney throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Toney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watson.
Toney takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Watson lands a nice looking body shot.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toney.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Watson, right into the meat.
Watson misses with a body kick.
Watson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Toney throws a shot from downtown. Watson moves away and avoids it.
Good exchange - Toney coming out on top.
Toney dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
A jab lands there for Toney.
Toney connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Watson.
Toney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws a combination. Toney tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Toney throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Watson is looking to wear down Toney with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Toney cracks Watson with a good jab.
Toney connects with a single shot there.
Toney keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Toney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Watson counters with a thumping low kick.
Toney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good shot there by Watson.
Watson scores with a jab to the body.
Toney just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Watson.
Toney misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Watson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Toney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watson was well out of range. Poor timing from Toney.
Watson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toney.
Toney misses with a hook. Watson ducked under it nicely.
Toney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.
Watson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Toney tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
Watson lands a nice shot to the body.
Toney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Watson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Toney.
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!
Toney throws an off balance right hand
and Watson counters with a straight right hand.
Toney loads up on a big right hand but Watson slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a few strikes there.
Toney takes a swing at Watson's ribcage but misses.
Watson connects with a nice looking jab.
Watson throws a big shot that misses.
Toney throws a hook but Watson blocks it.
Toney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watson manages to avoid it.
Toney needs to keep his hands up - Watson had a free shot at his head there.
Toney throws a hook but Watson blocks it.
Watson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Watson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Toney checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Toney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toney moves away.
Watson blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but James Toney will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Toney misses with a kick to the body
and Watson counters with a leg kick.
Watson lands with a shot to the body.
Toney fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Watson on the side of the head.
Watson works Toney's body with a nice hook.
Toney throws a body punch but Watson moves out of range.
Watson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Toney moves out of range as Watson throws a body kick.
Good leg kick by Watson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Toney's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Toney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watson lands a slapping body shot.
Toney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Watson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Toney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toney throws an off balance right hand
and Watson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Toney's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Toney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Watson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Watson works Toney's body with a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Watson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watson connects with a nice looking jab.
Watson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson lands a nice looking body shot.
Watson throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Toney has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Watson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Watson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toney.
Toney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watson scores with a spinning back kick!
Watson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Watson.
Watson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Watson connects with a single shot there.
Watson lands a jab to the nose.
Watson connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Watson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Watson with a nice cross.
Watson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Toney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Watson.
Watson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Watson jabs at Toney's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a nice shot that snaps Toney's head back.
Watson misses with a leg kick.
Toney throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Toney is predictable there
and Watson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Watson lands a nice shot that snaps Toney's head back.
Watson scores with the left hand. Toney knows he should have avoided that one.
Toney on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watson. Watson obviously looking to wear him down.
Watson connects with a body shot.
Watson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Toney looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.
Watson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Toney under the eye.
Toney throws an off balance right hand

and Watson counters by clinching up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson has a couple of punches blocked by Toney.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.
Watson misses with the head strike.
Watson taking a breather.
Toney misses with a body punch.
Toney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Watson has a couple of punches blocked by Toney.
John Watson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Toney blocking some punches.
Toney blocks an uppercut.
Watson misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Toney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson lands a body shot.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Toney backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Watson clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Watson connects with a single shot there.
A combination from Watson does no damage.
A jab from Watson finds it's way through Toney's defenses.
Watson swings for the body but Toney moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watson thumps Toney with a low kick.
Watson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Good leg kick by Watson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Toney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toney throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Toney walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Toney moves in looking to clinch but Watson pushes him off.
Toney misses with a lunging right hand
and Watson counters with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson misses with a lunging right hand

and Toney decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Watson's guard.
Toney is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Watson looking for a sweep. Not yet Watson, not yet.
Toney is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Watson wants to sweep but no luck.
Toney's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Toney trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. James Toney hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Watson connects with a looping right hand.
Watson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Toney takes a step back to recover.
Toney stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Watson connects with a body shot that sends Toney's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Watson. Beautiful body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Watson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Toney does a little dance to reset his feet.
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!
Watson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Watson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Watson slips a jab and a cross from Toney.
Watson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toney.
Toney throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
Toney lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Toney throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watson counters with a leg kick.
Watson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Watson cracks the inside of Toney's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands with a good body shot.
Toney looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.
Toney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watson scores with a spinning back kick!
Toney misses with a left hand
and Watson counters with an outside leg kick.
Watson lands a jab to the nose.
Watson throws a wild body kick that Toney sees coming a mile off.
Toney scores with a hook.
Toney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Watson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Watson connects with a right hand. Toney shakes it off.
Toney takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson takes a swing at Toney's ribcage but misses.
Toney moves out of range of the body kick from Watson.
Toney takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney throws a series of punches but Watson moves out of range.
Watson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Watson lands a right hook to the body.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Toney off balance momentarily.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toney.
Toney 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.
Watson connects with a body shot.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Toney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watson misses with a body shot.
Toney keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Toney scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toney blocks a head kick by Watson.
Toney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Watson is looking to slow Toney down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Watson had his way with James Toney in that round.
That's time! Watson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Watson does no damage.
Toney shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Watson thows a body shot but no joy.
Watson misses with a low kick.
Toney throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Watson counters with a straight right hand.
Watson looks to land a combination but Toney avoids it well.
Toney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jab by Toney.
Toney takes a kick to the side of the head.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Toney.
Toney swings for the body but Watson moves out of range.
Toney takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toney fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Watson's head.
Toney moves into range and connects with a jab.
Toney swinging wildly here.
Toney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toney connects with a looping right hand.
Watson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Watson wants it to stay on the feet.
Toney is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Watson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toney misses with a hook.
Watson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toney.
James Toney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Toney misses the body punch
and Watson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Toney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Watson can pounce on him.
Watson thows a body shot but no joy.
Watson tests Toney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Watson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Toney ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Watson looks to land a body kick but Toney moved away.
Watson avoids the body shot from Toney.
Watson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toney was well out of range. Poor timing from Watson.
Toney connects with a looping right hand.
Toney misses the jab.
Toney connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Watson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watson misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Toney counters with a takedown into side control.
Watson wants to control but Toney postures up.
Toney is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson is not content to let Toney control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toney thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The referee asks Toney politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Toney prefers to stall for the moment though.
Toney trying to control the action but Watson is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Watson is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Toney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Watson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 48:47
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 48:47
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Watson!
John Watson very nearly forgot to thank Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.