PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shun Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Bremner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bremner has chosen Superbeast by Rob Zombie as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Shun Watanabe has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Shun Watanabe seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Watanabe
vs
Bremner

174 cm
20
172 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

186 cm
28
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

On Tap (Laundry Available)
Voodoo Nutrition

GREEN!160

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shun Watanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Bremner!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bremner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watanabe's hands.
Bremner has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Bremner forces Watanabe back against the cage and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bremner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A bit of stalling here from Bremner.
Bremner continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Our sources have told us that Watanabe has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A head punch on the inside from Watanabe fails to land.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Bremner has double underhooks.
Bremner lands an uppercut.
Watanabe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bremner's elbow.
Watanabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Bremner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bremner lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watanabe tries to pull guard but Bremner won't allow it.
Watanabe tries to pull guard but Bremner forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bremner prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shun Watanabe. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bremner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bremner misses the target.
Bremner misses with a left hand
enabling Watanabe to counter with a crisp jab.
Bremner tries to clinch but Watanabe is having none of it.
Bremner throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Bremner misses.
Bremner tries to clinch there but Watanabe circles away.
Watanabe throwing a counter right hand but Bremner manages to avoid it.

Bremner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Watanabe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bremner is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Watanabe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bremner lands a left hand.
Watanabe goes for a takedown attempt but Bremner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bremner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bremner moves into the clinch successfully.
Watanabe is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Bremner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Watanabe there.
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!
Bremner throws a body punch but Watanabe moves out of range.
Bremner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bremner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bremner tries to clinch but Watanabe moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Watanabe tries to keep at a distance but Bremner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Watanabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bremner misses with a hook to the ribs.

Bremner breaks the clinch.

Bremner clinches up against the cage.
Bremner prevents a takedown attempt there.

Bremner breaks the clinch.
Bremner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watanabe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Watanabe was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Watanabe swats away the attempt to clinch by Bremner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bremner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Watanabe under the eye.

Bremner has Watanabe up against the cage in a clinch.
Bremner is struggling to control the position.
Bremner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watanabe tries to score a body lock takedown but Bremner shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Watanabe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bremner gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bremner is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Bremner dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bremner misses with a kick to the body.
Bremner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watanabe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bremner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watanabe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bremner cracks Watanabe with a good jab.
Bill Bremner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crunch! Bremner slams his shin into Watanabe's torso.
A big left from Bremner misses.

Bremner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bremner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bremner clinches with his opponent.

Bremner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bremner tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bremner looks to throw a body kick

and Watanabe counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bremner!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watanabe fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Watanabe tries for a kimura but Bremner is defending well.
Watanabe working away.

Watanabe is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bremner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bremner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watanabe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bremner regains half guard.
Bremner has his hands clasped together around Watanabe's back. He's all about the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bremner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Watanabe wants to work for an arm triangle but Bremner is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bremner is looking to improve his position.
Bremner is concentrating on defense, preventing Watanabe from advancing position.
Bremner wants to get back to his feet.
Bremner is looking to improve his position.
Watanabe wants to free his trapped foot but Bremner is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Watanabe looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Watanabe is trying to control the action in half guard but Bremner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Watanabe uses his free foot to push down on Bremner's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bremner.
Bremner wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Watanabe throwing strikes here but Bremner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bremner is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Watanabe works his way to his opponent's back.

Bremner defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Watanabe's arms.

Watanabe is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bremner has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Bremner rolls, trying to escape but Watanabe keeps control of the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Watanabe has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Bremner has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Watanabe patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shun Watanabe dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Watanabe lands with a straight right. Bremner didn't see that one coming.
Watanabe swats away the attempt to clinch by Bremner.
Bremner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Watanabe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Bremner has closed the distance and engaged Watanabe in a clinch.
Bremner is pressed up against the cage. Watanabe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bremner down to the mat. Bremner avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bremner wants to clinch up but Watanabe keeps it at a distance.
Bremner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A counter left hand to the body from Watanabe misses its target.
Watanabe takes a swing at Bremner's ribcage but misses.
Watanabe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bremner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bremner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bremner controlling the action here for a moment.
Bremner digs a right hand underneath Watanabe's ribcage. Watanabe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Bremner is controlling him.
Bremner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watanabe's elbow.
Bremner is pressed up against the cage. Watanabe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bremner down to the mat. Bremner avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bremner scores with the left hand. Watanabe knows he should have avoided that one.
Bremner delivers a nice body kick.
Bremner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bremner changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bremner scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Shun Watanabe has been cut.
Bremner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bremner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bremner throws a nice head kick!
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Watanabe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Bremner moves into the clinch.
Watanabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bremner gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watanabe.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shun Watanabe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watanabe tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bremner just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bremner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bremner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bremner tries to clinch but Watanabe is having none of it.
Watanabe throwing a counter right hand but Bremner manages to avoid it.
Bremner wants to clinch.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bremner was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.

Bremner rushes Watanabe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bremner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watanabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe stalling in the clinch but Bremner improves position.
A right handed body shot lands from Bremner.
Watanabe drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bremner pulls his leg out and moves away.
Watanabe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bremner follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bremner.
Bremner darts in trying to clinch
and Watanabe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bremner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bremner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Bremner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bremner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Bremner!
Bill Bremner decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.