PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinn's entrance music is Boats & Hoes. A fine choice. Watson has chosen The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Quinn
vs
Watson

192 cm
27
253 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
270 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160
Grand Royal Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buster Quinn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Watson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Watson. That snapped Quinn's head back.
Quinn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watson checks it well.
Watson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Buster Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quinn just misses with a punch to the body.
Watson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sloppy strikes from Quinn. Those never looked like landing.
Watson lands a high kick!
Watson misses with a straight right.

Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Watson works over Quinn with some ground and pound from guard.
Watson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Watson postures up in Quinn's guard and throws a big left but Quinn blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Quinn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quinn is on top in guard.

Watson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Watson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Watson seems keen to control Quinn's posture.

Watson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Quinn trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Quinn avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Quinn trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Watson wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Quinn trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Quinn throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Watson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Quinn doesn't seem phased though.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt - Quinn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Watson blocks the leg kick.

Watson forces Quinn back against the cage and clinches.
Watson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Buster Quinn has been cut.
Quinn is pressed up against the cage. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Quinn down to the mat. Quinn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Quinn misses with a jab to the body
and Quinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.

Watson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Watson lands in his opponent's guard.
Watson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Quinn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Watson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Buster Quinn's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Watson looks to land a left hand but Quinn moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Quinn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Quinn misses the body punch
and Watson counters with a stiff right hand.
Quinn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Quinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quinn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Quinn throws a body shot but no joy.
Watson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Watson clinches up with Quinn and pushes him back against the cage.
Watson tries a body shot but Quinn blocks it.
Quinn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Watson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Watson lands a nice elbow.

Watson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Quinn is trying to keep an underhook but Watson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson moves nicely into side control.

Watson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Quinn is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Watson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Quinn keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Quinn can't do much from the bottom here.
Watson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Quinn is trying to get back to half guard.
Watson just content to control the position.
Quinn is not content to let Watson control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Quinn on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Watson is working Quinn over with some ground and pound from side control.
Watson trying to control the action but Quinn is working from the bottom.
Watson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Quinn's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sean Watson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Watson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Watson advances to full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Quinn is bucking up trying to escape but Watson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Watson tries to control but Quinn wriggling away.
Poor strikes thrown by Watson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Watson landing strikes from the mount.
Watson lands a heavy elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Watson!
Sean Watson is the new heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Sean Watson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.