PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Watkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Whittaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dick Whittaker has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Watkins
vs
Whittaker

192 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

177 cm
25
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Nicolas Watkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dick Whittaker!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whittaker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watkins. Whittaker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whittaker blocks a head kick by Watkins.

Whittaker gets a takedown into half guard.
Whittaker not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Watkins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Whittaker trying to control the action but Watkins is working from the bottom.
Whittaker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whittaker is trying to control. Watkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whittaker is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whittaker is thwarting Watkins's attempts to control the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Whittaker working Watkins over with strikes.
Whittaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Whittaker slips a nice elbow through Watkins's hands, connecting with Watkins's forehead.

Watkins is rocked!

It looks like Nicolas Watkins has been cut.
Whittaker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Watkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Watkins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whittaker lands a big elbow - Watkins is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Whittaker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Whittaker!