PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donny Jay (ranked 25073 p4p, 6763 weight class) and Bill Watson (ranked 651 p4p, 587 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jay
vs
Watson

189 cm
19
196
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
25
215
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donny Jay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bill Watson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Watson is looking to work some ground and pound but Jay has wrist control.
Watson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jay manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jay wants to control from the top but Watson keeps moving.
Jay wants to stand and escape but instead Watson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Watson pushes down on Jay's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson trying to control from half guard but Jay is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay tries to get to full guard but Watson has control of the leg.
Watson blocks the strikes from Jay.
Jay flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jay trying to control from the bottom.
Watson throwing shots but Jay is blocking nicely.
Jay wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Watson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jay punching from the bottom.

Jay looking for submissions off his back.
Jay manages to get to full guard.
Jay throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Watson closes the distance and pushes Jay back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jay looking to slow down the pace here.
Jay is trying to stall.
Jay scores with a shot to the side of Watson's head.
A bit of stalling here from Jay.

Watson has picked Jay up - he's going for a ride! Watson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Jay looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay moves into full guard.
Jay wants to stand but Watson is controlling the position.
Jay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jay avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Watson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jay has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Watson has managed to get both his arms back between Jay's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Watson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd cheers as Watson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jay doesn't seem phased though.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Jay shows good takedown defense.
Watson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watson moves out of range of the strikes.
Watson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jay sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jay thinks about countering with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Watson.
Jay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jay connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Bill Watson has been cut.
A jab from Jay does it's job there.

Watson feints and as Jay raises his hands in defense, Watson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard.

Jay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jay not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Watson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jay. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jay with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Jay from controlling successfully.
Jay chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Jay from controlling successfully.
Watson wants to sweep but no luck.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jay throwing strikes from guard but Watson blocks nicely.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson jabs at Jay's body.
Jay keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Watson.
Watson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jay throws out the jab.
Jay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jay misses with a combination
and Watson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Jay closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jay.
Jay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jay is pushing Watson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but Jay manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay scores with a shoulder strike.
Jay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jay prevents it.
Donny Jay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Watson.
Jay slows down the pace here.
Jay tries to throw a body punch but Watson avoids it by throwing Jay back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jay slowing the pace effectively.
Jay lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Jay dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bill Watson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Watson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jay.
Jay goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watson.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jay.
Watson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jay scores with a jab to the body.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Watson misses with an uppercut. Jay saw that one coming.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson slips a jab and a cross from Jay.
Watson lands a nice hook to Jay's body. Jay takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Watson scores with a jab. Jay acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Jay closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Jay - that landed with a thud.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Jay.
Jay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Watson letting Jay take a breather here.
Jay content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jay misses with a punch to the body.
Jay pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jay lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay working aggressively here.
Jay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
Jay misses with some punches.
A short right from Jay.
Jay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Jay.
Jay leaning his opponent against the cage.
Good body shot from Jay.
Jay slowing the pace effectively.
Jay content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Donny Jay.
Watson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Jay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jay shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense.
Jay tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.

Watson looking to score a takedown here. Jay is defending well but Watson drives through and ends up in Jay's guard.
Jay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard.

Jay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jay scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jay passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Donny Jay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Check out the look on Jay's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson is not content to let Jay control the position.
Jay tries to score with some ground and pound. Watson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jay is chipping away with strikes.
Jay working the body and head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jay in side control lands a decent elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Jay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jay 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Jay!