PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Joseph Watson (ranked 1322 p4p, 1379 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 202 p4p, 214 weight class). Watson comes to the cage accompanied by Anarchy in the UK. Raffington has chosen Logan Lucky as his entrance music. Shane Raffington struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Watson
vs
Raffington

190 cm
38
213
26 - 20 - 0

182 cm
36
225
28 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

NARCOS

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 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Joseph Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Raffington looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Watson or perhaps it was just good defense by Raffington, which made it look bad.
An inside leg kick from Watson misses.
Shane Raffington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson throws a nice inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Watson.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've been informed that Raffington has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A slow jab from Raffington misses its intended target.
Watson takes one to the chin there.
Watson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Watson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raffington throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Raffington misses the target.
Watson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Watson. That's going to slow Raffington down.
Raffington throws a jab but it's blocked by Watson.
Raffington connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson takes a swing at Raffington's ribcage but misses.
Raffington throws a hook but Watson avoids it easily.
Watson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.
Watson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Raffington's waist but Raffington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Watson off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Joseph Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raffington lands a nice shot to the body.
Watson tries to land a leg kick but Raffington saw it coming and moves away.
Raffington motions for Watson to come forward. Raffington throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raffington will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raffington throws a lazy right hand but Watson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Raffington throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Raffington tries to land a leg kick but Watson saw it coming and moves away.
Watson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Raffington.
Raffington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Raffington lunges at Watson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Watson's hand.
Raffington throws a leg kick which misses Watson's front leg but catches the back leg as Watson tries to avoid it.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Raffington throws a low kick, looking for Watson's leg but Watson calmly moves out of range.
Raffington lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a jab to Raffington's midsection.
Watson lunges at Raffington with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Raffington's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raffington misses with a low kick.
Raffington wants to land a leg kick but Watson is out of range.
Watson shoots in but Raffington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Raffington doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Watson slips a straight right by Raffington.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
Raffington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raffington misses with a double jab.
Watson throws a body punch but Raffington moves out of range.
Watson lands a head shot.
Raffington looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Raffington scores with a jab. Watson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Raffington misses with a leg kick
and Watson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Raffington gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Watson to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raffington wants to get back to his feet but Watson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Watson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Raffington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Raffington wants to stand up but Watson is controlling him.
Raffington is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Watson dives into side control.
Raffington is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Raffington tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's four 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.
Raffington wants to get back to his feet.

Watson has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Raffington wants to get back to his feet.

Raffington defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Watson's arms.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson is looking to control Raffington but Raffington is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Raffington dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Raffington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raffington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watson is looking to wear down Raffington with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Watson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raffington.

Raffington gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Watson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Watson won't allow Raffington to get back to his feet.
Raffington wants to get back to his feet but Watson passes into half guard.
Raffington is refusing to be controlled, as Watson sits in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in half guard, Watson seems content to control.
Raffington misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington is trying to stand back up but Watson is controlling him

Raffington pushes Watson off, looking to escape but Watson dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Raffington is forced to tap! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paul Joseph Watson!
Paul Joseph Watson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.