PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Splinter Yoshi (ranked 2074 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Watne (ranked 4267 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Yoshi
vs
Watne

190 cm
27
220 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

165 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Splinter Yoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Watne!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshi throws a chopping leg kick but Watne manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A nice side step and Watne releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yoshi defending well as Watne loads up on a big left hand.
Yoshi is looking to counter the offense by Watne and move into the clinch.
Watne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshi moves away.
Yoshi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Watne scores with a body shot.
Yoshi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Donk. Watne catches Yoshi right on the button with a cross.
Watne misses with a straight left.
Watne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watne takes a swing at Yoshi's ribcage but misses.
Yoshi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Watne wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watne misses with a straight right.
Yoshi throws a leg kick but Watne moved away.
Yoshi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watne checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watne misses the body punch
and Yoshi counters with a nice leg kick.
Yoshi ducks under a wild hook from Watne.
Yoshi moves out of range as Watne strikes.
Yoshi connects with a solid leg kick.
Yoshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.
Watne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Watne misses with a shot to the body
and Yoshi counters with a nice leg kick.
Yoshi avoids the body shot from Watne.
Watne throws a body punch but Yoshi moves out of range.
Yoshi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yoshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.
Yoshi thows a body kick. Watne tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Watne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watne cracks a nice hook into Yoshi's ribs.
Watne moves out of range of the leg kick from Yoshi.
Watne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshi.
Watne misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshi misses with a leg kick.
Watne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yoshi misses with a body shot.
Watne looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Watne misses with a right hand
and Yoshi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Watne checks the leg kick.
Watne takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yoshi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshi throws a leg kick but Watne moved away.
Yoshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watne misses the jab.
Watne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good work by Watne as he checks the leg kick.
Yoshi misses with a leg kick
and Watne counters with a straight right hand.
Watne connects with a nice looking jab.
Yoshi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watne.
Watne thuds his right hand into Yoshi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yoshi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Watne scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watne.
Watne looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshi is just out of range.
Yoshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshi throws a leg kick but Watne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Watne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yoshi tries to land a leg kick but Watne saw it coming and moves away.
Yoshi throws a push kick but Watne slaps the foot to one side.
Watne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yoshi is looking to counter with a body kick.
Watne looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshi is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Watne misses.
Watne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yoshi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watne takes a swing at Yoshi's ribcage but misses.
Yoshi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yoshi is looking to score with low kicks.
Watne throws out a loose jab but Yoshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Watne dominated that 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.

Watne cracks Yoshi with a good jab.
Watne looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshi is just out of range.
Tom Watne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshi moves away from the strike by Watne.
Yoshi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshi.
Watne misses with a left hand
and Yoshi counters with a good low kick that Watne was not able to check.
Watne throws a shot from downtown. Yoshi moves away and avoids it.
Yoshi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Yoshi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watne blocks a low kick nicely.
Yoshi looks to land a left hand but Watne moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Watne misses.
Watne throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoshi.
Yoshi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Watne misses with an uppercut
and Yoshi counters with a leg kick.
Watne with a hook.
Watne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Watne as he checks the leg kick.
Watne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yoshi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tom Watne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watne looks to land a right hand but Yoshi moved out of range.
Yoshi thinks about countering with a head kick.

Watne fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yoshi, pushing him back against the cage.
Watne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watne misses with the head strike.
Yoshi looking to slow down the pace here.
Yoshi is trying to push Watne away but Watne has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Watne misses with a punch on the inside.
Watne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yoshi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Watne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watne tries to throw a body punch but Yoshi avoids it by throwing Watne back against the cage.

Yoshi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yoshi misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Watne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yoshi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Watne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watne. Yoshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoshi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yoshi thows a leg kick but Watne checks it
and Watne counters with a left to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Watne. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshi looks to land a body kick but Watne moved away.
Yoshi tries to work over Watne's front leg with a kick but Watne checks it.
Watne throws a body shot but no joy.
Yoshi tries to counter by clinching up but Watne breaks away and moves out of range.
A cross from Watne lands.
Watne moves out of range of the body kick from Yoshi.
It seemed like Watne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshi throws a head kick but Watne moves out of range.
Jab from Watne.
Yoshi thumps Watne with a low kick.
Watne swings for the body but Yoshi moves out of range.
Watne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yoshi counters with an inside leg kick.
Yoshi tries to clinch up.
Watne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yoshi needs to keep his hands up - Watne had a free shot at his head there.
Yoshi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Watne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yoshi is looking to chop away at Watne's legs.
Watne misses with an uppercut.
Yoshi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Watne clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Watne - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Watne.
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!
Watne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Watne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yoshi tries a body shot but Watne blocks it.
Yoshi scores a nice knee to the body.
Yoshi blocks a body shot from Watne.
Watne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watne avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Watne.
Watne tries a body shot but Yoshi blocks it.
Yoshi blocking some punches.
Watne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watne throws a head punch that misses.
Yoshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Watne avoids the damage to the body.
Watne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tom Watne seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Watne has a couple of punches blocked by Yoshi.
Yoshi lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Watne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Watne checks a low kick from Yoshi.
Watne misses with a looping right.
Watne throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshi's shoulder, as Yoshi tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Yoshi misses the target.
Watne punishes Yoshi's body with a nice straight punch.
Watne misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Watne throws a jab when Yoshi was well out of range.
Yoshi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Watne swings for the body but Yoshi moves out of range.
Yoshi misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yoshi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Watne is out of range.
Watne throws a body shot but no joy.
And Yoshi counters with a quick kick to the body but Watne blocks it.
Yoshi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice side step and Watne releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshi slips a jab from Watne.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watne. Yoshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watne. Yoshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watne looks to throw the jab but Yoshi is out of range.
Yoshi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watne's calf.
Watne throws a good cross that connects.
Yoshi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yoshi throws a leg kick but Watne checks it.
Yoshi misses with a low kick as Watne jumps back.
Yoshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.
Watne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshi.
Yoshi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yoshi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watne.
Splinter Yoshi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshi throws out a leg kick but Watne moves out of range and Yoshi only half commits.
Yoshi scoring well with a low kick there.
Yoshi misses with a low kick.
Watne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Watne checks the leg kick.
Watne throws a right hand that misses
and Yoshi counters with a body kick.
Watne misses with a right hand
and Yoshi counters with a thumping low kick.
Watne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yoshi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watne looks to land a combination but Yoshi avoids it well.
Watne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Yoshi.
Watne lands a jab-cross combination.
Watne just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshi cracks the inside of Watne's front leg.
Watne takes a swing at Yoshi's ribcage but misses.
Watne misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Watne.
Watne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yoshi throws a low kick but Watne avoids it.
Yoshi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watne.
Watne lands with a good body shot.
Watne checks a low kick from Yoshi.
Watne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yoshi's hands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Watne.
Yoshi defending well as Watne loads up on a big left hand.
Yoshi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yoshi tries to counter by clinching up but Watne breaks away and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watne throws a jab when Yoshi was well out of range.
Watne lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yoshi.
Yoshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watne.
Watne just misses with a punch to the body.
Watne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yoshi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Yoshi throws a sloppy head kick and Watne moves out of range easily.
Watne appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Yoshi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Watne has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Yoshi.
Yoshi blocks a jab.
Yoshi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watne.
Tom Watne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshi sees it coming and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Watne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Watne has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 David Hoff scores the fight for Tom Watne!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Tom Watne!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Tom Watne!

Tom Watne wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Tom Watne thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.