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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sirus Hall (ranked 519 p4p, 928 weight class) and Craig Watkins (ranked 79 p4p, 139 weight class). Hall comes to the cage accompanied by Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sirus Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Watkins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Watkins's waist but Watkins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hall off to one side.
Watkins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Watkins tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Hall appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hall swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Watkins counters with a two punch combo.
Watkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Watkins tries to clinch there but Hall circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Hall misses the target.
Watkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hall counters with a two punch combo.
We've been hearing reports that Hall has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Watkins tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
Hall appears to be looking for a big counter.
Watkins is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Hall feinted with a counter takedown.
Watkins rushes Hall and presses him up against the cage.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall fails to pull guard.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Hall - that landed with a thud.
Watkins blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
Watkins scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Watkins.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Watkins controls his hands.
Watkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Watkins lands with a left to the head.
Hall wants the takedown. Watkins is fighting it off but Hall persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Watkins's guard against the cage.
Watkins kicks Hall off and gets to his feet.
Watkins moves into the clinch.
Watkins lands a body shot.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Watkins smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sirus Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins slips under a jab from Hall.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watkins! But no joy.
Watkins is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Hall half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Watkins instigates a clinch.
Watkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Watkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hall throws an elbow that misses.
Watkins lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Watkins.
A short right from Watkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Watkins.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Watkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
A body shot lands from Watkins.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watkins.
Nice body punch from Watkins - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watkins lands with a left to the head.
It looks like Sirus Hall has been cut.
Watkins has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hall seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Watkins can turn it around.
Watkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Watkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Watkins.
Still in the clinch, Watkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hall.
Watkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Watkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Hall is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Oh Hall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watkins throws a big uppercut that drops Hall! More strikes from Watkins and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hall lies dazed against the cage as Watkins celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Watkins!
Craig Watkins 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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