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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cole Watts (ranked 1513 p4p, 2058 weight class) and Donny Donowitz (ranked 179 p4p, 229 weight class). Watts's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shook Ones - By: Mobb Deep. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cole Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donny Donowitz!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Watts.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Watts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Donowitz looks to throw the jab but Watts is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Watts lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donowitz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donowitz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Watts slips under a jab from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands with a right hand.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Donowitz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Watts lands with an overhand left.
Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.
Watts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donowitz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donowitz.
Watts throws a right and a left that Donowitz avoids nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donowitz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Watts gets the takedown into side control.
Watts landing strikes.
Donowitz is trying to get back to half guard.
Watts throws an elbow but Donowitz slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts working away.
Watts in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Donowitz is trying to control Watts's posture but Watts avoids it.
Donowitz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Donowitz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Watts tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Watts has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Watts misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Donowitz regains half guard.
Donowitz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Watts.
Watts has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Watts seems to be working for a kimura but Donowitz defends the submission attempt.
Watts wants to lay and pray for a moment but Donowitz keeps working.
Watts is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Watts missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Donowitz is looking to improve his position.
Donowitz is still trying to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Watts seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Watts lands a nice short elbow.
That has opened up Donny Donowitz's cut even more.
Watts is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Watts is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Donowitz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Watts.
Donowitz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Watts working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz is trying to maintain the position but Watts is very close to passing his half guard.
Watts trying to pass the guard but Donowitz defending well.
Donowitz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Watts.
Donowitz won't allow Watts to pass to mount.
Watts wants to control but Donowitz is keeping him busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Donowitz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Watts trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Donowitz pushes Watts off and gets back to his feet.
Watts shoots for a double leg takedown but Donowitz sprawls well. He's pushed Watts's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Watts throws a looping overhand right but Donowitz ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cole Watts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Donowitz's cut.
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.
Watts tries to keep at a distance but Donowitz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Donowitz lands a nice uppercut.
Donowitz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watts throws an elbow but it misses.
Donowitz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Watts looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Watts lands a shot to the body.
Donowitz stops a takedown attempt from Watts.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Donowitz.
Donowitz tries a body shot but Watts blocks it.
Donowitz misses with some punches.
Donowitz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donowitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Watts.
Donowitz thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donowitz throws out the jab.
A big right from Watts misses.
No luck for Watts with that takedown attempt.
Donowitz gets a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donowitz lands a left hand.
Donowitz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Donowitz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Donowitz scores with a shoulder strike.
Donowitz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Watts is rocked!
Donowitz creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Watts with a big uppercut! Watts tries to clinch up but Donowitz pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Watts to the mat! Watts covers up and Donowitz unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Donny Donowitz!
Donny Donowitz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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