PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Con Waterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waterson comes to the cage accompanied by Oasis - Roll With It. Washington is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Queen - I Want It All. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Waterson
vs
Washington

198 cm
33
220 lbs
26 - 10 - 1

185 cm
34
223 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160
Hellbent

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Con Waterson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leonard Washington!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington is trying hard to land a takedown here. Waterson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Washington digs a good hook to Waterson's body.
Waterson avoids the body shot from Washington.
Washington swings widly with a right hand
enabling Waterson to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Leonard Washington has been cut.
Washington misses with a body kick.
Leonard Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington throws a body shot but no joy.
Washington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Washington misses with an uppercut.
Waterson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Waterson misses with a straight left.
Washington fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Waterson on the side of the head.
Washington misses the shot to the body.

A big head kick from Washington and Waterson is sent sprawling to the canvas!

It looks like Con Waterson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington trying to control but Waterson is working from the bottom.
Waterson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waterson wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Washington is now in half guard.
Waterson wants to get back to full guard.
Washington missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Washington is looking to stall here but Waterson recovers full guard.
Washington forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Washington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Waterson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Washington with the ground and pound but Waterson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Washington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Washington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Washington wants to pass the guard but Waterson is keeping the position.
Washington throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Waterson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Waterson wants to hit a switch here but Washington passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Waterson there!
Waterson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Washington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Washington working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Washington thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Waterson is squirming around, avoiding Washington's attempts to control the action.
Washington controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waterson tries to reverse the position but Washington maintains control.
Waterson is working hard here to advance position.
Waterson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Waterson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Washington tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Waterson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Washington punching from mount but Waterson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Washington dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Washington.
Waterson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
Washington takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Washington feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Waterson's calf.
Nice shot by Waterson.
Washington misses with a wild body shot.
Washington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Waterson.
A head kick from Washington lands but Waterson takes it in his stride.
Waterson lands with a straight right. Washington didn't see that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Waterson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Washington.
Waterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Washington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Waterson swivels and escapes.
Waterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Washington.
A nice inside leg kick there by Waterson. That's going to slow Washington down.
We've been told by Waterson's head coaches at The Barracks - LOD that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington lands with a slapping head kick.
Waterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Washington lands with a shot to the body.
Washington shoots in for a takedown but Waterson shows good takedown defense.

Washington decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Washington is trying to control. Waterson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Waterson is pressing down on Washington's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Washington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Waterson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Washington is looking to work some ground and pound but Waterson has wrist control.
Waterson is trying to keep Washington in close.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Washington working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington throwing strikes but missing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Waterson has control of Washington's left arm, preventing Washington from doing any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Washington throws a body shot but no joy.
Washington misses with a hook.
Washington lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Washington. Waterson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Washington looks to score with a jab to the body but Waterson is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington looks to score with a jab to the body but Waterson is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Washington there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Washington tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Washington throws a push kick but Waterson slaps the foot to one side.
Waterson checks a leg kick.
Washington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Waterson.
Washington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Waterson checks it well.
Waterson throws a jab when Washington was well out of range.
Washington tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Washington is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Waterson rather than just go for the knockout.
A punch lands to the side of Washington 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Washington tries a head kick but it misses.
Washington throws an overhand right that lands on Waterson's shoulder, as Waterson tries to avoid the shot.
Washington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Waterson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Washington has his takedown stuffed
letting Waterson counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Leonard Washington's cut even more.
Con Waterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leonard Washington.

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!
Washington fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Waterson avoids it really well and circles away.
Good work by Waterson as he checks the leg kick.
Washington misses with a hook. Waterson ducked under it nicely.
Washington swings for the body but Waterson moves out of range.
Waterson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crunch! Waterson slams his shin into Washington's torso.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Washington takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Waterson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Waterson dips to his left and cracks Washington with an uppercut!
Waterson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Washington! Waterson dives in looking to finish! Washington is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Con Waterson!
Con Waterson retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Con Waterson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.