PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Rykov (ranked 3680 p4p, 5071 weight class) and Jake Watson (ranked 495 p4p, 582 weight class). Jake Watson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rykov
vs
Watson

190 cm
21
222
2 - 2 - 0

205 cm
21
205
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
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Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Rykov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Watson!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson lands a jab.
Rykov missing with a left hand there. Watson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watson avoids the body shot from Rykov.
Watson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Watson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rykov thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A cross from Watson lands.
Rykov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rykov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rykov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watson connects with a right hand. Rykov shakes it off.
Rykov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Watson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rykov lands a really nice looking cross but Watson seems unphased.
A big right from Watson misses.
Rykov throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.
Watson takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rykov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Watson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rykov.
A little jabbing left from Watson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rykov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watson.
Rykov cracks Watson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Watson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Watson misses.
A cross from Rykov lands.
Rykov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rykov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rykov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Rykov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rykov throws a nice looking combination but Watson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rykov finds it's way round the side to connect with Watson's head.
Rykov looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rykov swings for the body but Watson moves out of range.
Rykov throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.
Watson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Watson takes one to the side of the head.
Rykov misses with an uppercut
and Watson counters with a nice uppercut.
Watson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rykov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rykov throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Watson has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Rykov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rykov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rykov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watson cracks Rykov with an open hand slap.
A jab from Watson misses.
Watson misses with a hook. Rykov ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson takes a swing at Rykov's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Rykov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rykov throws out the jab.
Rykov throws a hook but Watson blocks it.
Watson moves away from the strike by Rykov.
Rykov lands with an overhand left.
Rykov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rykov misses with a straight left.
Rykov throws the left hand but Watson avoids the punch easily.
Watson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rykov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rykov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rykov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watson's hands.
Rykov scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rykov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.
Watson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rykov.
Watson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watson looks to land a left hand but Rykov moved out of range nicely.
Rykov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rykov just misses with a punch to the body.
Watson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rykov throws a nice looking combination but Watson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rykov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Watson moves away from the strike by Rykov.
Sloppy strikes from Watson. Those never looked like landing.
Rykov misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watson! But no joy.
Watson takes one to the side of the head.
Watson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rykov misses with a double jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Andrey Rykov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Rykov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Watson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rykov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rykov. Watson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rykov misses with a body punch
and Watson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Andrey Rykov is winning the standup battle so far.
Watson cracks a nice hook into Rykov's ribs.
Rykov moves out of range as Watson strikes.
Watson ducks under a wild hook from Rykov.
Decent striking displayed by Rykov there.
A big left from Watson misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rykov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Watson slips under a jab from Rykov.
Watson staying out of range there.
Rykov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rykov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rykov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watson.
Rykov misses with a straight left.
Watson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rykov.
Rykov misses with an uppercut.
Rykov connects with the punch.
Rykov just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Watson misses its intended target.
Rykov misses with a few strikes there.
Rykov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Watson counters with a straight right hand.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rykov manages to avoid it.
Rykov misses with a hook.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Watson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rykov has got the better of the exchanges.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rykov.
Watson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Rykov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rykov feints a jab promting Watson to slip. Rykov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Watson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Rykov. Beautiful body shot.
Rykov misses with a two punch combination.
Rykov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
Rykov lands a nice shot that snaps Watson's head back.
Rykov throws a lazy right hand but Watson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rykov throws a poor cross that misses

and Watson counters with a crisp one two that drops Rykov! Watson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Rykov to his feet! Rykov is in big trouble!

Rykov is rocked!
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rykov.
Watson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oh Rykov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rykov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andrey Rykov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rykov throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Watson missing with a left hand there. Rykov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Watson sends Rykov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Watson is motioning to the referee to let Rykov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Watson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watson digs a good hook to Rykov's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big right from Watson misses.
Rykov is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rykov throws a lazy uppercut
and Watson counters with a big right hand! Oh Rykov is in trouble here! Watson follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Watson!
Our winner, Jake Watson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.