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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azor Ahai (ranked 983 p4p, 1285 weight class) and Paul Joseph Watson (ranked 143 p4p, 192 weight class). Watson has chosen Anarchy in the UK as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23 - 17 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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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 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azor Ahai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Joseph Watson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Ahai.
Ahai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ahai works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ahai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watson on the side of the head.
Watson feints and then cracks Ahai's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ahai down.
Ahai checks a leg kick nicely.
Watson throws a right hand that misses
and Ahai counters with a nice body kick.
Paul Joseph Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Watson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ahai feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Watson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Watson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ahai misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Watson with the counter takedown but Ahai avoids it easily.
Watson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Watson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ahai. That one must have hurt.
Good work by Watson as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throws a low kick, looking for Ahai's leg but Ahai calmly moves out of range.
Watson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ahai to score with a decent uppercut.
Watson scores with a leg kick.
Ahai throws a leg kick but Watson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ahai takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ahai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ahai misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Ahai lands with a nice body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Ahai.
Watson lands a jab to the head.
Ahai misses with a hook.
Watson throws out a counter right but Ahai avoids it with no problem.
Ahai connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ahai throws a right hand that Watson ducks under and follows up with a left that Watson also avoids with ease.
Watson checks a low kick from Ahai.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson shoots in and gets a takedown into Ahai's guard.
Watson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Watson looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ahai wants to sweep here but Watson controlling him for the moment.
Watson looking to pass the guard.
Watson stopping the sweep attempt from Ahai.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahai trying to control the position here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ahai looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Watson keeps the fight on the outside.
Ahai throws a head kick that misses.
Ahai rushes Watson and presses him up against the cage.
Watson tries to work over Ahai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ahai pushes Watson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahai takes a shot to the head.
Ahai struggles to land a body shot inside as Watson controls his hands.
Ahai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson digs a right hand underneath Ahai's ribcage. Ahai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Watson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ahai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Watson.
Ahai throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Ahai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahai leaves Watson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ahai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ahai has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson taking a breather.
Watson fails to pull guard.
Watson is trying to trip Ahai. He has hold of a leg but Ahai is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Watson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ahai keeping full guard, as Watson tries to pass.
Ahai lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ahai stopping the sweep attempt from Watson.
Ahai is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Azor Ahai dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ahai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watson wants the takedown. Ahai is fighting it off but Watson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ahai's guard against the cage.
Ahai keeping full guard, as Watson tries to pass.
Watson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Paul Joseph Watson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Watson trying to advance position but Ahai counters by regaining guard.
Ahai is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahai keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahai trying to control the position.
Ahai wants to stand but Watson is controlling the position.
Ahai working a defensive guard here.
Ahai is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
It looks like Ahai is going to stand back up.
Watson is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ahai stalling.
Watson tries to roll over but Ahai keeps him under control.
Watson works his way to full guard. Good work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Watson is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahai trying to keep a closed guard but Watson is proving a slippery customer.
Watson passes into half guard.
Watson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ahai does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ahai is looking to improve his position.
Watson prevents Ahai from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ahai moves into full guard.
Ahai pulls Watson in close to prevent any damage.
Watson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ahai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Watson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ahai is keeping the position for now.
Watson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ahai manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Ahai wants to pass the guard but Watson is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Watson 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paul Joseph Watson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ahai gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ahai bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard.
Ahai showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ahai advances to half guard.
Ahai decides to stand and escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahai scores with a jab.
Ahai takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ahai throws a body punch but Watson moves out of range.
Watson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ahai defends it well.
Watson connects with a body shot that sends Ahai's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watson! But no joy.
Both fighters circling a little - Watson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown but Ahai manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Watson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Ahai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watson with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Ahai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ahai moves in looking to clinch but Watson pushes him off.
The fighters circling - Ahai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Ahai.
Watson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick misses from Ahai.
Watson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ahai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Watson defending well as Ahai loads up on a big left hand.
Ahai misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Ahai. No joy for Watson on that attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Ahai misses the target.
A big right from Watson misses.
Nice body punch from Ahai.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahai scores with a jab. Watson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ahai attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ahai scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Watson throws a leg kick
and Ahai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ahai misses with a hook. Watson ducked under it nicely.
No luck for Watson with that takedown attempt.
Azor Ahai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Joseph Watson.
Ahai defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Watson.
Ahai is looking to counter with head kicks.
Watson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ahai defends it nicely.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ahai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watson.
Ahai has managed to clinch.
Ahai scores with a shoulder strike.
Ahai lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Watson or not.
Ahai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Ahai softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ahai stalling in the clinch.
Ahai lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Watson wants to break free but Ahai has control.
Watson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ahai to keep the fight standing.
Watson throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ahai.
Ahai lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Ahai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahai works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahai holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ahai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watson tries a body shot but Ahai blocks it.
Watson misses with some punches.
Ahai presses Watson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ahai stalling.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahai.
Ahai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Ahai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ahai lands with a left to the head.
Watson is rocked!
Ahai stalling against the cage.
Ahai lands with a light punch inside.
Watson is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahai finish him?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ahai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ahai stalling the fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Azor Ahai showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ahai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Azor Ahai!
During a confident post fight interview, Azor Ahai thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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