PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Vegas (ranked 3128 p4p, 327 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 2356 p4p, 257 weight class). Vegas comes to the cage accompanied by Ace Of Spades by Motorhead. Watt has chosen Edmund Fitzgerald as his entrance music. Johnny Vegas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vegas
vs
Watt

175 cm
35
170 lbs
14 - 17 - 1

185 cm
42
165 lbs
23 - 37 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 14 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Vegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegas misses with a two punch combination.
Watt throws a shot from downtown. Vegas moves away and avoids it.
Watt takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vegas swinging wildly here.
Watt's corner calls for a 1-2. Watt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Watt misses with a wild combination.
Watt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vegas throws a hook but Watt avoids it easily.
Vegas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vegas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watt slips a jab and a cross from Vegas.
Vegas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Watt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watt throws a right hand that misses
and Vegas counters with a series of strikes. Watt will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vegas staying out of range there.
Watt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Vegas does no damage.
Watt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vegas.
Vegas misses with a wild body shot.
Watt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vegas shoots in but no luck this time.
Watt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Watt shoots in but Vegas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Watt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watt tries a head kick but it misses.
Vegas appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Watt sizes up Vegas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Watt misses with a double jab
and Vegas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watt throws a series of strikes that have Vegas backpedaling.
Watt just misses with a punch to the body.
Vegas throws a head kick but Watt moves out of range.
Watt misses with a right hand

so Vegas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Watt pushes Vegas off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas misses with a wild combination.
Watt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vegas scores with a three punch combo!
Vegas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watt.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Vegas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vegas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vegas.
Vegas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vegas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vegas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas walks into a straight right hand from Watt.
Watt lands with a nice body punch.
Watt misses with a lunging right hand
and Vegas counters with a nice uppercut.
Watt shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vegas sprawls well. Vegas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Watt gets slowly back to his feet.
Watt slips a jab from Vegas.
A nice combination there by Vegas.
Vegas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watt.
Vegas throws a head kick but Watt moves out of range.
Vegas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watt throws a right hand that Vegas ducks under and follows up with a left that Vegas also avoids with ease.
Watt misses with an uppercut. Vegas saw that one coming.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Watt misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vegas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegas dives in for a single leg takedown but Watt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Vegas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Watt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Watt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Watt shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vegas napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Watt grinds an elbow into Vegas's temple.
A lull in the action here.
Watt landing a few strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vegas is trying to get back to half guard.
Vegas is working hard here to advance position.
Watt looks up at the clock and then as Vegas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Watt smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Scott Watt will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vegas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vegas slips under a jab from Watt.
Watt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vegas fails to land the takedown.
Watt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vegas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Johnny Vegas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watt throws a leg kick but Vegas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Watt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vegas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Despite the aggression on Watt's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watt wants to counter the offense by Vegas and move into the clinch position.
Vegas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vegas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vegas looks to land a left hand but Watt moved out of range nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watt lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vegas avoids a kick to the body.
Watt scores with the left hand. Vegas knows he should have avoided that one.
Vegas misses with a double jab.

Watt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vegas to the ground. Watt is now in Vegas's guard.
Vegas trying to control the position here.
Scott Watt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vegas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Watt throws a big right hand that misses.
Vegas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vegas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watt's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt controls Vegas momentarily but Vegas frees himself.
Vegas trying to control but Watt is working from the bottom.
Vegas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vegas tries to free his leg and advance position but Watt is retaining full guard.
Vegas wants to control from the top but Watt keeps moving.
Vegas looking to sit in guard and control but Watt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watt is in close to Vegas's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas working a defensive guard here.
Vegas striking off his back but it's not causing Watt any problems.
Watt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vegas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watt looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Vegas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Watt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Watt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Watt is working Vegas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vegas is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Vegas working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Watt has passed into half guard!
Watt wants to pass the guard but Vegas is defending well.
Watt passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Vegas!
Vegas wants to hold on but Watt pushes him away.
Watt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Watt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vegas's face.
Watt unloads with some shots from mount but Vegas bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Watt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A slow jab from Vegas misses its intended target.
Watt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watt displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vegas.
Vegas slips a straight right by Watt.
Vegas looks to score with a jab to the body but Watt is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vegas.
Watt moves out of range of the strikes.
Vegas scores with a three punch combo!
Vegas fails to land with a series of punches.
Watt tries to bum rush Vegas with a series of wild strikes but Vegas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vegas misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watt dodges the punch combination from Vegas.
Watt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vegas's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas misses with the combination.
Vegas dodges the punch combination from Watt.

Watt manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Vegas on his heels. He'll look to pass Vegas's guard now, I'm sure.
Watt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Watt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watt engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Vegas looking for a sweep. Not yet Vegas, not yet.
Watt stays in close to Vegas's body and controls the position.
Vegas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Watt manages to get himself to full guard.

Johnny Vegas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vegas's guard.

Watt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vegas's head.
Watt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vegas swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Vegas isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Watt stacks Vegas on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Watt!

Watt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vegas has escaped the position, nice work 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!
Vegas tries to bench press Watt off him but Watt keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Watt is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vegas's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vegas's back!
Watt punches the canvas rather than the man.
Vegas is taking damage to the body and head.
Watt loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Vegas hold on?

Watt is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Watt is working for a rear naked choke. Vegas is not defending it well and Watt has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Vegas refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Vegas's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Scott Watt!
A very excited looking Scott Watt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.