PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karter Kinshaw (ranked 1744 p4p, 206 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 3194 p4p, 360 weight class). Watt has chosen Edmund Fitzgerald as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kinshaw
vs
Watt

177 cm
35
166 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

185 cm
39
165 lbs
20 - 33 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karter Kinshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Watt.

Kinshaw darts in and clinches Watt up against the cage.
Kinshaw lands an elbow that stopped Watt in his tracks for a moment.
Kinshaw lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watt has a couple of punches blocked by Kinshaw.
Kinshaw lands with a right to the head.
Kinshaw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kinshaw has him pressed against the cage.
Kinshaw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Watt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kinshaw scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kinshaw lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watt backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Kinshaw.
Kinshaw tries to throw a body punch but Watt avoids it by throwing Kinshaw back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kinshaw with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kinshaw stalling against the cage.
Kinshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Watt breaks the clinch.
Kinshaw scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinshaw swings for the body but Watt moves out of range.
Kinshaw has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mello MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Watt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Watt swinging wildly here.
Watt looks to throw the jab but Kinshaw is out of range.
Kinshaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watt.
The fighters circling - Kinshaw throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watt misses with a head kick.
Watt doesn't manage to clinch there - Kinshaw circles away.
We've been informed that Watt has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Karter Kinshaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Kinshaw.
Watt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kinshaw tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watt was well out of range. Poor timing from Kinshaw.
Watt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kinshaw.
Kinshaw misses with a hook. Watt ducked under it nicely.
Watt is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kinshaw tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kinshaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Watt is looking to clinch but Kinshaw is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinshaw scores with a nice strike.
Kinshaw misses with a head kick.
Kinshaw takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watt is looking to clinch.
Watt tries to work over Kinshaw's front leg with a kick but Kinshaw checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kinshaw has taken the fight to the clinch.
Watt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kinshaw prevents Watt from breaking the clinch.

Watt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kinshaw closes the distance and clinches.
Kinshaw working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Watt manages to break the clinch.
Kinshaw checks the leg kick.
Watt walks into a left hand.
Kinshaw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kinshaw looks to score with a jab to the body but Watt is just out of range.
Kinshaw throws a sloppy head kick and Watt moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt throws a head kick but Kinshaw moves out of range.
Kinshaw dodges the punch combination from Watt.

Watt clinches with his opponent.
Kinshaw swings wildly with an uppercut but Watt uses good head movement to avoid it.

Watt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kinshaw throws a hook to the side of Watt's head but Watt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kinshaw throws a lazy right hand but Watt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kinshaw gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Watt misses.
Watt scores with a nice head shot.
Kinshaw misses with a looping left.
Watt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kinshaw fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watt appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Watt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kinshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watt throws a low kick, looking for Kinshaw's leg but Kinshaw calmly moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinshaw scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Watt gets tackled into the cage by Kinshaw. Kinshaw maintains the clinch.
Kinshaw throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watt throws an elbow but it misses.
Kinshaw is stalling here.
Watt tries to pull guard but Kinshaw forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kinshaw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kinshaw softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kinshaw goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kinshaw.
Kinshaw trying to control the position but instead, Watt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kinshaw into the cage.
Kinshaw tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watt avoids it.
Watt stalls.
Kinshaw lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karter Kinshaw dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Watt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kinshaw can pounce on him.
Watt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Watt is rocked!

Watt has managed to clinch.
Watt is still on wobbly legs! Can Kinshaw finish him?
Kinshaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watt seems to have recovered his senses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Watt as Kinshaw tries to tie him up.

Watt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Watt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watt lands with a nice combination. Kinshaw backs away looking to recover.
Kinshaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Watt drives through and clinches with Kinshaw against the cage.

Watt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Kinshaw lands with a hook. Watt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Watt is looking to score with low kicks.

Kinshaw closes the distance and clinches.
Kinshaw tries to throw a body punch but Watt avoids it by throwing Kinshaw back against the cage.
Watt effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Karter Kinshaw has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Watt breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Watt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watt tries to clinch there but Kinshaw circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kinshaw lands with a right to the head.
Kinshaw lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kinshaw keeps control of Watt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kinshaw avoids the elbow strike from Watt, against the cage.
Kinshaw misses with the head strike.
Kinshaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watt tries to circle away but Kinshaw has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kinshaw creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watt blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinshaw lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watt backwards.
Kinshaw throws 2 knees - Watt can't escape Kinshaw's clinch. As Watt tries to escape again Kinshaw whips his head left to meet with another knee! That's knocked out Watt's gum shield and as Watt falls to the floor, the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Karter Kinshaw!