PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kublai Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Congo comes to the cage accompanied by Lil' Jamal - Genetic For Terror. Watts has chosen Xxplosive as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Congo
vs
Watts

179 cm
33
199 lbs
30 - 17 - 1

180 cm
32
200 lbs
31 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent 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 30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kublai Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Watts!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts scores with a punch to the head.
No luck for Watts with that takedown attempt.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Watts darts in and clinches Congo up against the cage.
Watts has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Congo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Congo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Watts is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Congo is keeping busy.
Congo lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watts.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Congo.
Congo misses with some punches.
Congo gets through Watts's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Watts - that landed with a thud.
Congo lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Watts fails to land.
Watts lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Congo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watts backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Congo.
Congo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watts backwards.

Congo breaks the clinch.
Congo closes the distance and clinches up with Watts, looking for a takedown. Congo pushes Watts against the cage but Watts circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Congo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Congo thows a leg kick but Watts checks it
and Watts counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Watts gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Congo misses with a body punch.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Congo blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Congo as Watts tries to tie him up.
Congo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Watts misses with a punch on the inside.
Watts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Congo lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Congo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Congo breaks from the clinch.
Watts wants to clinch up but Congo keeps it at a distance.
Congo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kublai Congo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Congo swings for the body but Watts moves out of range.
Watts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Congo scores with a leg kick.

Congo has closed the distance and engaged Watts in a clinch.
Congo digs a right hand underneath Watts's ribcage. Watts let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Watts misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Congo.
A short right from Congo.
Congo lands with a light punch inside.
Congo gets through Watts's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Congo blocks a body shot from Watts.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.

Congo has Watts pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Congo pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Watts tumbling to the mat - Congo dives into Watts's guard.
Congo throwing strikes but missing.
Congo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Watts is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Congo advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Congo 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Congo there.
Congo winds up and cracks Watts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Watts keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Watts desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Watts on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Congo lands strikes from half guard.
Watts keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kublai Congo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Watts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Congo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Congo throws a lazy uppercut

and Watts counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Congo 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.
Congo tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Congo working for a triangle but Watts defends it easily.
Watts is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Congo wants to control the position but Watts says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Congo is looking for a sweep. Watts is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Congo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Congo taking some punishment here, with Watts in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Congo's head.
Watts working Congo over with strikes.
Congo wants to control but Watts is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Congo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Watts is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Congo!
Congo is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Congo tries to hold on but Watts postures up.
Watts tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Watts lands a big elbow.
Kublai Congo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Congo wants to control but Watts is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Congo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo working to try and regain half guard.
Watts takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Watts with good strikes from the mount here!
Watts working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Congo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Congo is working hard here to advance position.
Watts connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Congo tries to lock up and control but Watts gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Watts lands with some strikes.
Watts avoids the attempt from Congo to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Congo wants to hold on but Watts pushes him away.
Watts looking to finish Congo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Congo!
Watts trying to control but Congo is having none of it.
Watts raining down shots from the mount!
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!
Congo wants to hold on but Watts pushes him away.
Watts wants to control the pace but Congo is squirming around nicely.
Watts postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Congo looks a forlorn figure.
Watts cracks Congo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watts landing strikes, looking to finish!
Watts raining down shots from the mount!
Watts lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Congo hang on?
Congo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Watts working over Congo with some ground and pound. Congo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Congo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Watts's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Watts's back!
Congo controlling well, preventing Watts from escaping the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Congo scores with punches to the body.
Congo throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

Congo tightening his grip on Watts, looking for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Watts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Congo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Congo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Congo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Congo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Watts down.
Watts tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Congo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watts keeps working.
Congo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Congo throws an elbow but Watts slips to the side and avoids it well.
Watts is working to avoid the ground and pound but Congo connects with a decent elbow.
Congo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Watts takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Watts tries to bench press Congo off him but Congo keeps the position.

Congo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts can't do much from the bottom here.
Congo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Watts works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Watts tries to get to full guard but Congo has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo is just content to waste time from the top position. Watts takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Watts controls Congo momentarily but Congo frees himself.
Congo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Watts is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Congo throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Congo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Watts is pulling down on Congo's head. It's preventing any offense from Congo, at least for the moment.
Congo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Congo trying to control the position from guard on top but Watts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Congo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kublai Congo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Congo 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kublai Congo!
A relieved looking Kublai Congo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.