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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariano Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Bombardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bombardo has chosen All of the lights as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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279 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariano Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Cain Bombardo!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bombardo is trying to defend but Watts finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bombardo desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Bombardo has hold of Watts's hands but Watts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Watts not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bombardo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Watts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bombardo trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts with shots to the head and body - Bombardo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Watts scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Watts with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts breaks from Bombardo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Watts lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Watts landing strikes from the mount and Bombardo is in trouble!
Watts cracks Bombardo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Bombardo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Watts forces the positional change into back control.
Bombardo looks winded!
Watts has Bombardo flattened out and is raining down punches.
Watts scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Bombardo is looking for a way out.
Can Bombardo hold on?! Watts is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts scores with punches from the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts is punishing Bombardo with some ground and pound.
Bombardo tries to escape the position.
Watts is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts controlling well, preventing Bombardo from escaping the position.
Watts gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Watts lands a shot to the head.
Watts lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Watts is landing with strikes. Bombardo can't take much more of this.
Watts has good solid back control here.
Watts punishes Bombardo with strikes from the back mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts is riding his opponent, not letting Bombardo buck him off.
Bombardo is trying to remain composed but Watts is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
I would not like to be Bombardo right now.
Watts lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Bombardo.
Watts lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Bombardo hold on?!
Watts landing with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mariano Watts dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Watts shoots in for a takedown but Bombardo shows good takedown defense.
Bombardo wants to counter with a clinch but Watts pushes him away.
Watts changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bombardo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Watts cracks Bombardo with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bombardo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Watts scoring with punches from side control.
Mariano Watts overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bombardo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Watts wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Watts is putting a hurting on Bombardo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Watts landing a few strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Watts scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bombardo is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts landing a few strikes.
Watts decides to stand back up. Watts steps back and let's Bombardo get back to his feet.
Watts circles away from the clinch attempt
and Watts counters with a one-two to the body.
Bombardo gets tackled into the cage by Watts. Watts maintains the clinch.
Watts tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Watts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Watts leaning against his opponent.
Bombardo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bombardo tries to pull guard but Watts won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bombardo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Watts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bombardo can do to turn this around?
Watts manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Watts controlling the position.
Bombardo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bombardo looking to sit in guard and control but Watts gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Watts stands up and waves to Bombardo to follow him.
Watts gets a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts slips a nice elbow through Bombardo's hands, connecting with Bombardo's forehead.
Watts is taking a breather. Bombardo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Watts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bombardo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Watts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Watts seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Watts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Watts slips a nice elbow through Bombardo's hands, connecting with Bombardo's forehead.
Watts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Watts is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Watts seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Watts lands strikes from half guard.
Watts is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mariano Watts 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bombardo misses with a takedown attempt - Watts sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bombardo or perhaps it was just good defense by Watts, which made it look bad.
Bombardo tries a head kick but it misses.
Watts tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bombardo manages to circle out of the way.
Watts instigates a clinch.
Watts looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts misses with a knee strike.
Bombardo stops a takedown attempt from Watts.
Watts wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mariano Watts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bombardo breaks from the clinch.
Bombardo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bombardo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watts wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Bombardo with that takedown attempt.
Watts is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bombardo.
Bombardo throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
As Bombardo tries to get set, Watts tries to push him back and clinch up but Bombardo manages to avoid the attempt.
Bombardo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Watts counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bombardo won't be happy with that.
Bombardo wants to get back to his feet but Watts is dominant here and he's now got Bombardo's back!
Watts scores with punches from the back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Watts controlling the positon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Watts scores with punches from the back.
Watts is working the ground and pound. Can Bombardo escape?
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!
Watts has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Bombardo's body.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Watts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bombardo is taking damage to the body and head.
Watts could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Watts is punishing Bombardo with some ground and pound.
Bombardo is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Watts lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Bombardo hold on?!
Watts looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Watts is punishing Bombardo with some ground and pound.
Watts throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Bombardo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts is working the ground and pound. Can Bombardo escape?
Bombardo covers up after that shot from Watts.
Bombardo is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Watts.
Watts is punishing Bombardo with some ground and pound.
Watts has Bombardo flattened out and is raining down punches.
Watts is riding his opponent, not letting Bombardo buck him off.
Watts lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watts lands strikes to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mariano Watts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watts has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mariano Watts!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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