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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariano Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Black's choice of entrance music: the rich beats. Christian Black has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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24
279 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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200 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariano Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Black!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Watts closes the distance and clinches up with Black, looking for a takedown. Watts pushes Black against the cage but Black circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Black lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And Black tries to counter it with a takedown but Watts pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Black manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Black wants to stand but Watts is controlling the position.
Watts throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watts could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Black utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Watts is controlling him.
Watts might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Black manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Black gets control of Watts's arms and successfully pulls guard. Black will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Watts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watts seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Watts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Watts's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Watts throws a strike but Black rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Watts has a closed guard, preventing Black from standing up.
Watts trying to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts is trying to control the position but Black postures up.
Watts pulls Black in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Watts looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Watts wants to clinch but Black slips to the side
and Black counters with a three punch combo that has Watts backing up. Watts nods at Black to acknowledge the strikes.
Watts gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Black counters with a three punch combo that has Watts backing up. Watts nods at Black to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Black dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Watts tries to clinch
and Black counters with a left and a right that stings Watts.
Watts tries to clinch but Black moves away
and Black counters with a left and a right that stings Watts.
Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Watts. Watts gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts looks to clinch
and Black counters with a crisp one two that drops Watts! Black thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Watts to his feet! Watts is in big trouble!
Watts is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Black counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Watts to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Black!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Christian Black!
After the fight, Christian Black was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
26% |
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