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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Bailey (ranked 3172 p4p, 333 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 1302 p4p, 152 weight class). Bailey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Go Hard Or Go Home. Watt has chosen Edmund Fitzgerald as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Scott Watt enters the cage!
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166 lbs
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165 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bailey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bailey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Watt lands with a nice combination. Bailey backs away looking to recover.
Bailey slips a jab from Watt.
Bailey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watt.
Watt scores with a nice head shot.
Bailey tries to clinch up but Watt circles away and keeps his distance.
Watt is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bailey missing with a left hand there. Watt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bailey works over Watt's head and body with a nice combination.
Watt is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey throws a body punch but Watt moves out of range.
Bailey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Watt counters with a low kick, right behind Bailey 's knee.
Watt stalks Bailey and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bailey's face. Bailey staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from Watt.
Bailey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bailey prevents Watt from breaking the clinch.
Watt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt takes one to the chin there.
Watt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bailey shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Watt's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bailey wants to control from the top but Watt keeps moving.
Bailey won't allow Watt to get back to his feet.
Bailey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watt pulls Bailey in to control the position.
Watt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bailey.
Watt 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.
Watt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bailey preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey is looking to work some ground and pound but Watt has wrist control.
Watt wants to sweep but no luck.
Watt throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bailey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bailey stands up over Watt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watt has his hands on Bailey's head, controlling the position.
Bailey throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bailey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bailey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bailey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt is trying to control the position but Bailey postures up.
Bailey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bailey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bailey with a nice head shot there.
Bailey trying to control but Watt is working from the bottom.
Bailey stands up over Watt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bailey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bailey postures up in Watt's guard and throws a big left but Watt blocks it.
Watt is looking to sweep but instead, Bailey has passed into half guard.
Bailey tries to pass the half guard into mount. Watt knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Watt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bailey.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bailey throwing shots but Watt is blocking nicely.
Bailey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Watt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bailey wants to take a breather but Watt is having none of it.
Watt actively working from the bottom here.
Bailey is keen to just control but Watt is a slippery customer.
Bailey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bailey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bailey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watt defending well though.
Bailey seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Watt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Bailey dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bailey misses with an uppercut. Watt saw that one coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A right-left combo lands from Bailey.
Watt is still on wobbly legs! Can Bailey finish him?
Bailey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bailey shoots for a takedown but Watt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Watt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bailey has time to react.
Watt throws a series of punches but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey digs a good body shot into Watt's ribs.
Bailey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Scott Watt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bailey shoots in for a takedown but Watt shows good takedown defense.
Watt seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Bailey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watt stuffs the takedown.
Watt feints a counter leg kick.
Watt misses with the combination.
Bailey defending well as Watt loads up on a big left hand.
Watt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bailey circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey misses with a double jab.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch but Watt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watt is looking for the big counter here.
Bailey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watt can do to turn this around?
Watt lands with a nice combination. Bailey backs away looking to recover.
Bailey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Watt as he jumps to the side.
Watt appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey drives through and clinches with Watt against the cage.
Bailey is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bailey tries to pull guard but Watt won't allow it.
Watt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watt swings for the body but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey moves in looking to clinch but Watt pushes him off.
Watt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bailey shoots in but no luck this time.
Watt lunges at Bailey with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bailey's hand.
Watt cracks Bailey with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Watt.
Bailey checks a low kick from Watt.
Watt throws out a powerful jab.
Bailey misses with a takedown attempt - Watt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bailey instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watt is trying to break the clinch but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.
Bailey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Watt. Those never looked like landing.
Bailey walks into a stiff left hand from Watt.
Bailey goes for a double leg but Watt avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Watt continues to drive forward.
Bailey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bailey moves away from the strike by Watt.
Bailey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watt throws a sloppy head kick and Bailey moves out of range easily.
Watt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Watt.
Bailey misses with an uppercut. Watt saw that one coming.
Watt misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey moves in looking to clinch but Watt pushes him off.
Watt lands a head kick. Bailey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Watt leaves Bailey with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Watt throws the kick towards the body but Bailey avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Watt misses.
Bailey fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Watt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watt loads up on a big right hand but Bailey slips the punch.
Bailey is looking to counter punch.
Bailey wants to clinch up but Watt keeps it at a distance.
Watt lands with a straight right. Bailey didn't see that one coming.
Bailey tries to clinch up but Watt circles away and keeps his distance.
Bailey misses the shot to the body.
Watt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Watt misses with a combination
letting Bailey counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watt stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Watt wants it to stay on the feet.
Bailey tries for a takedown but Watt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bailey misses with a takedown attempt - Watt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bailey tries to clinch there but Watt circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Watt.
Watt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bailey momentarily.
Watt lands a lovely overhand right.
A punch combination from Watt misses.
Bailey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Watt misses with a body kick.
Bailey just misses with a punch to the body.
Watt shapes to counter with a head kick.
Watt has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bailey is trying hard to land a takedown here. Watt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bailey takes a kick to the side of the head.
Watt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bailey. That did some damage!
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.
That's time! Bailey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bailey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watt. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bailey slips a jab and a cross from Watt.
Watt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bailey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Watt avoids it really well and circles away.
Bailey rushes Watt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bailey gets through Watt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey can't get the takedown.
Watt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Watt throws a big shot that misses.
Watt tests Bailey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Watt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bailey.
Bailey drives through and clinches with Watt against the cage.
Watt breaks from the clinch.
Bailey wants to clinch.
Bailey dives in for a single leg takedown but Watt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Bailey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watt lands the left hand.
Bailey staying out of range there.
Bailey moves out of range of the strikes.
Watt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bailey's sensitive parts.
Bailey tries to clinch but Watt is having none of it.
Watt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bailey was well out of range. Poor timing from Watt.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses.
Watt scores with a sloppy right hand. Bailey should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Watt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bailey scrambles back to his feet.
Watt lands with a kick to the temple. Bailey shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watt misses the jab.
Bailey thuds his right hand into Watt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Watt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bailey.
Watt fails to land with a series of punches.
Bailey circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Watt to the canvas! Watt doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Bailey keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Bailey!
A relieved looking Joe Bailey thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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