PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenshi Zuko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Roll Right. Zuko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wu Tang- Hellz Wind Staff kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Watson
vs
Zuko

180 cm
35
180 lbs
35 - 19 - 1

181 cm
36
184 lbs
27 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kenshi Zuko!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zuko wants to clinch.
Zuko scores with a jab to the body.
Watson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zuko sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zuko throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.
Zuko throws a low kick, looking for Watson's leg but Watson calmly moves out of range.
Watson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Zuko misses with a low kick.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Zuko throws a big shot that misses.
Watson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Brian Watson has been cut.
Watson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zuko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watson wants to clinch.

Watson gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watson blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Watson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zuko's brow.
Watson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zuko is defending well for now.
Zuko tries to throw a body punch but Watson avoids it by throwing Zuko back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Zuko.
Zuko trying to land knees to the body.
Zuko swings wildly with an uppercut but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson is pushing Zuko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zuko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zuko scores with a shot to the side of Watson's head.
A right hand to the body from Zuko.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Zuko has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Zuko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Zuko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuko tries a body shot but Watson blocks it.
A short left from Zuko.
A head punch on the inside from Watson fails to land.
Zuko is pressed up against the cage. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zuko down to the mat. Zuko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson checks a leg kick.
Zuko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Zuko does it's job there.
Watson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice takedown defense from Zuko. No joy for Watson on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zuko jabs Watson right on the nose. Watson blinks but takes it well.
Watson wants to clinch.
Zuko misses with an uppercut.
Zuko misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is looking to clinch but Zuko is avoiding it.
Kenshi Zuko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zuko scores with a nice head shot.
Zuko lands an overhand right.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown. Zuko tries to sprawl out of it but Watson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zuko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Watson checks a low kick from Zuko.
Zuko scores with a jab. Watson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zuko throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.

Watson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Zuko napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Watson trying to control the position but Zuko is working away.
Zuko is trying to get back to half guard.
Watson working away.

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!
Watson wants to control for a moment but Zuko uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Watson thows a huge punch but Zuko dodges it nicely.
Watson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Watson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zuko keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson trying to control the action but Zuko is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenshi Zuko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
That's time! Watson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice takedown defense from Zuko. No joy for Watson on that attempt.
Watson doesn't manage to clinch there - Zuko circles away.
Watson with a poor takedown

and Zuko counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Watson's guard now.
Zuko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zuko trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Zuko looking to sit in guard and control but Watson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Watson stays in close to Zuko's body and controls the position.
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 postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko is trying to keep Watson in close.
Watson is working Zuko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but Zuko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zuko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Watson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Zuko is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Watson lands a nice uppercut.
Watson is trying to maintain a safe position but Zuko gets an underhook and turns Watson into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zuko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zuko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zuko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Watson is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zuko swings wildly with an uppercut but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zuko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zuko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zuko throws an elbow that misses.
Watson trying to control the position but instead, Zuko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Watson into the cage.
Zuko misses with the head strike.
Watson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zuko landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Watson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zuko blocking some punches.
Watson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Watson controlling the action here for a moment.
Watson tries to land knees in the clinch but Zuko avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Zuko.
Zuko lands a body shot.
Watson prevents a body shot from Zuko.
Nice elbow from Zuko.
Kenshi Zuko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Zuko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Watson is looking to control Zuko's arms but Zuko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watson has his back to the cage.
Zuko lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zuko lands an elbow that stopped Watson in his tracks for a moment.
Watson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watson works on Zuko's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zuko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watson is defending well for now.
Zuko throws a head punch that misses.
Watson misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zuko throws an elbow but misses.
Watson presses Zuko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zuko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zuko lands a nice knee to the body.
Zuko lands with a right to the head.
Watson is trying to stall.
Zuko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zuko misses with a punch on the inside.
Zuko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Zuko lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenshi Zuko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zuko throws a right hand that misses
and Watson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watson takes one to the chin there.
Watson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Watson darts in looking for a takedown but Zuko gets double underhooks and turns Watson into the cage.
Zuko lands an elbow that stopped Watson in his tracks for a moment.
Zuko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Zuko.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watson.
Watson lands with a right to the head.
Zuko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Watson or not.
Zuko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Zuko backwards.
Zuko misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuko gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watson.
Zuko digs a right hand into Watson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Watson's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Zuko pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Watson is working for takedown but Zuko is calmly controlling the position for now.
A short uppercut from Zuko.
Zuko misses with a knee to the head.
Zuko scores with a shot to the side of Watson's head.
Zuko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zuko lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson is trying to stall.
Zuko misses with a punch to the body.
Watson tries to work over Zuko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zuko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zuko gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watson.
Watson blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson misses with a body punch.
Zuko lands a nice knee to the body.
Zuko lands with a right to the head.
Zuko lands a right hand.
Zuko misses with a body punch.
Zuko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zuko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zuko obliges.
Zuko lands a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zuko.
Watson tries a body shot but Zuko blocks it.
Watson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zuko lands an uppercut.
Zuko is working Watson over against the cage.
Zuko scores a nice knee to the body.
Watson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuko gets through Watson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zuko misses with a punch to the body.
Watson is looking to control Zuko's arms but Zuko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watson has his back to the cage.
A short right from Zuko on the inside.
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A shot in the inside from Zuko.
Watson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zuko gets through Watson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Watson is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Zuko fails to land.
Zuko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson has a couple of punches blocked by Zuko.
Zuko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zuko blocks a body shot from Watson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watson.
Zuko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watsons head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zuko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zuko is working Watson over against the cage.
Watson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Zuko.
Oh Watson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zuko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson seems to have got his legs back now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zuko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zuko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short left from Zuko.
Zuko missing with knees to the body.
Zuko misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zuko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zuko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zuko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zuko scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenshi Zuko really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zuko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zuko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zuko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zuko just misses with a punch to the body.
Zuko jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zuko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watson's hands.

Zuko moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Watson goes down! Can Zuko finish him!?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson is looking to stand up but Zuko isn't so interested in that idea.
Zuko wants to pass the guard but Watson is keeping the position.
Watson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko with a nice head shot there.
Watson 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.
Zuko stands and throws Watson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kenshi Zuko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Watson parries the strikes from Zuko easily there. Zuko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Watson to escape.
Watson pushes Zuko away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Zuko gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson is not content to let Zuko control the position.
Zuko staying calm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zuko goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Watson has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Zuko but great work by Watson.
Watson with the ground and pound but Zuko regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Zuko is not content to let Watson control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson prevents Zuko from improving his position.
Watson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zuko is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zuko keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Watson misses with a head shot. Zuko uses the momentum to regain guard.
Watson throws a strike but Zuko rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zuko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zuko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zuko lands a couple of decent looking shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson wants to stand and escape but Zuko is having none of it.
Zuko keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Watson's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenshi Zuko dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Zuko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zuko.
Kenshi Zuko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson lands a right hook to the body.
Zuko loads up on a big right hand but Watson slips the punch.
Zuko with a hook.
Watson slips a straight right by Zuko.
Zuko scores with a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Zuko misses.
Zuko jabs at Watson's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Watson, as that shot connected.
Zuko throws a right hand that Watson ducks under and follows up with a left that Watson also avoids with ease.
Watson throws a chopping leg kick but Zuko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zuko keeps the fight on the outside.
Watson wants to clinch but Zuko slips to the side

and Zuko counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zuko is looking to stall here but Watson recovers full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuko passes into half guard.
Zuko is trying to control the action in half guard but Watson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Watson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zuko.
Zuko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuko works his way into side control.
Brian Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zuko controls the position.
Zuko tries to score with some ground and pound. Watson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Zuko trying to control the position but Watson is working away.
Zuko cracks Watson with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuko trying to control the position but Watson is working away.
Watson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Watson parries the strikes from Zuko easily there. Zuko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Watson to escape.
Kenshi Zuko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Watson is trying to get back to his feet.
Watson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zuko taking a breather here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenshi Zuko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zuko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenshi Zuko!
Kenshi Zuko is the new welterweight champion!
A victorious Kenshi Zuko thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.