PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Rockefeller (ranked 3507 p4p, 4418 weight class) and Willy Watkins (ranked 355 p4p, 427 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rockefeller
vs
Watkins

190 cm
17
273
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
220
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Rockefeller !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Willy Watkins!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watkins throws a combination that misses
and Rockefeller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watkins throws a combination that misses

and Rockefeller counters with a big uppercut that knocks Watkins off his feet! Rockefeller dives into side control looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watkins wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Rockefeller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Watkins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rockefeller . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The ground and pound from Rockefeller seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Watkins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rockefeller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Watkins pushes Rockefeller away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rockefeller gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Watkins is looking to reverse the position.
Watkins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Watkins struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins is trying to improve his position.
Rockefeller lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rockefeller is looking to take a break and control but Watkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watkins is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Rockefeller has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Watkins tries to buck Rockefeller off but Rockefeller is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rockefeller working the head with strikes.
Rockefeller scoring with punches and elbows.
Rockefeller scores with a couple of short elbows.

Watkins is rocked!
Rockefeller wants to control but Watkins is keeping him busy.
Watkins wants to get back to his feet but Rockefeller drags him back down.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watkins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rockefeller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watkins keeps working.
Watkins is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Rockefeller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rockefeller has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 10:9
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 10:8
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Rockefeller !
Richard Rockefeller managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Conquer, into his post fight interview.