PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Watts (ranked 1816 p4p, 2517 weight class) and Nicholas Sartre (ranked 245 p4p, 322 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watts
vs
Sartre

179 cm
22
179
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
178
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Muhammad Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicholas Sartre!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts misses with a hook.
Watts slips under a jab from Sartre.
Watts swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nicholas Sartre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watts throws a lazy right hand but Sartre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sartre lands with an uppercut that bounces Watts off the cage and back into range.
Sartre throws a leg kick which misses Watts's front leg but catches the back leg as Watts tries to avoid it.
Sartre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watts.
A countering left hand to the body from Sartre misses.
Watts lands with a nice body punch.
Watts misses with a hook. Sartre ducked under it nicely.
Watts throws out a loose jab but Sartre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sartre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Watts takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A solid body kick from Sartre.
Sartre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Watts takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sartre misses with a wild body shot.
Sartre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sartre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Watts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sartre misses with a kick to the body
and Watts counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Watts lands a jab to the head.
Sartre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Watts - just one landing.
Sartre throws a nice head kick!
Sartre goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watts wants to land a leg kick but Sartre is out of range.
It seemed like Sartre was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Watts works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sartre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sartre's corner calls for a 1-2. Sartre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sartre throws a big shot that misses.
Sartre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Watts blocks a head kick by Sartre.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sartre manages to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Watts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sartre staying out of range there.
Watts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sartre.
Sartre keeps Watts at a distance using the push kick.
Watts misses with an uppercut. Sartre saw that one coming.
Watts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sartre.
Watts misses with a straight right.
Watts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sartre.
Watts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sartre.
Watts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sartre manages to avoid it.
Sartre is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sartre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sartre misses with a body punch
and Watts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sartre.
It looked like Watts was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sartre.
Sartre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Watts to score with a decent uppercut.
Watts lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sartre scores with a jab. Watts acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sartre misses with a series of wild punches.
Watts is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses.
Watts swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Watts misses with the combination.
Sartre lands a jab.
Sartre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sartre turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Watts misses with an uppercut
enabling Sartre to counter with a crisp jab.
Sartre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watts throws out the jab.
Sartre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre misses with a low kick.
Sartre misses with a left hand
and Watts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watts throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sartre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sartre scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sartre blocks a jab.
Sartre connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Watts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sartre can pounce on him.
Watts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sartre.
It seemed like Sartre was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.
Sartre misses with a head kick.
Watts scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sartre doesn't seem bothered though.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Watts.
Sartre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watts avoids a kick to the body.
Watts throws a shot to the body.
Watts lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Watts misses with a looping left.
Sartre counters with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Watts.
Sartre slips a jab and a cross from Watts.
Watts throws a jab when Sartre was well out of range.
Watts takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick from Sartre.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sartre slips under a jab.
A left lands for Watts.
Watts blocks a head kick by Sartre.
Watts went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sartre throws a body kick that misses
and Watts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Sartre misses.
Sartre misses with a straight right.
Sartre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sartre blocks a jab.
Sartre throws a poor cross that misses
and Watts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Watts loads up on a big right hand but Sartre slips the punch.
Watts avoids the body shot from Sartre.
Watts takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sartre.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick.
Watts works Sartre's body with a nice hook.
Watts throws a series of punches but Sartre avoids them all with ease.
Sartre tries a head kick but it misses.
Watts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sartre.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Sartre misses
enabling Watts to counter with a crisp jab.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sartre tries to score with a low kick but Watts moves his leg out of the way.
Sartre checks the leg kick nicely there.
Watts slips a jab from Sartre.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick.
Watts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watts buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sartre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sartre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Watts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sartre.
Sartre slips a straight right by Watts.
Watts moves out of range of the strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Watts.
Watts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sartre. Sartre obviously looking to wear him down.
Sartre looks to land a right hand but Watts moved out of range.
A jab from Watts does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts slips a straight right by Sartre.
Watts lands an overhand right.
Watts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sartre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Watts just misses with a punch to the body.
Sartre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Watts's sensitive parts.
Sartre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Watts wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sartre dodges the punch combination from Watts.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick from Sartre.
Sartre scores with a body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sartre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sartre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sartre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Watts.
A little feinted left hand from Watts on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sartre scores with a head kick. Watts tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Watts misses with a looping right.
Sartre is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Watts with a body shot.
Sartre does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sartre misses with a right hand
and Watts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Watts keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Sartre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watts throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sartre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sartre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sartre with a nice calf kick.
Watts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sartre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Muhammad Watts will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sartre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sartre.
A swing and a miss from Sartre.
Watts moves out of range of the strikes.
Sartre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watts makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sartre throws the left hand but Watts avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by Watts.
Sartre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
Watts fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sartre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch combination from Sartre misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sartre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sartre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Watts throws a shot from downtown. Sartre moves away and avoids it.
Nice body kick there by Sartre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts ducks under a wild hook from Sartre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sartre takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watts is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watts scores with a nice strike.
Watts missing with a left hand there. Sartre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sartre throws a lazy body kick
and Sartre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sartre's jab looks to have found its range, popping Watts under the eye.
Sartre misses with a low kick.
Sartre moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sartre throws a lazy head kick
enabling Watts to counter with a crisp jab.
Sartre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sartre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Watts throws a right and a left that Sartre avoids nicely.
Watts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sartre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Sartre.
An attempted straight right counter from Watts misses the target.
Sartre throws a shot from downtown. Watts moves away and avoids it.
Sartre throws a chopping leg kick but Watts manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Watts misses with the combination.
Sartre throws a push kick but Watts slaps the foot to one side.
Sartre tries a head kick but it misses.
Sartre misses with a body kick.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sartre follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sartre cracks a nice hook into Watts's ribs.
Watts takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Watts throws a leg kick that misses.
Watts throws out a loose jab but Sartre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watts slips a straight right by Sartre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sartre lands a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Sartre.
Watts will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Watts lands a jab-cross combination.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Watts throws a right and a left that both miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sartre! But no joy.
Sartre with the inside leg kick.
Sartre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Sartre misses.
Watts went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A cross from Sartre lands.
Sartre uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Watts has time to react.
Sartre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left lands for Sartre.
Sartre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sartre. That's going to slow Watts down.
Sartre cracks Watts with an open hand slap.
Watts misses with a two punch combination.
Watts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sartre.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses
and Watts counters with a straight right hand.
Sartre is breathing heavily.
Watts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sartre counters with a body kick.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.
Sartre bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Watts's head.
Sloppy strikes from Watts. Those never looked like landing.
Sartre appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sartre tries to score with a low kick but Watts moves his leg out of the way.
A jab from Sartre misses.
Sartre misses with an uppercut. Watts saw that one coming.
Watts misses the shot to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sartre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watts.
Watts walks into a jab.
Sartre throws an overhand right that lands on Watts's shoulder, as Watts tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Watts misses the target.
Watts misses with a straight left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sartre, as that shot connected.
Sartre throws a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Sartre.
Sartre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sartre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Watts tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muhammad Watts is winning the standup battle so far.
Watts getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good standup being displayed there by Watts as he connects with a hook.
Sartre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watts slips a jab from Sartre.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sartre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
A big right from Sartre misses.
Watts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sartre slips under a jab from Watts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts swings for the body but Sartre moves out of range.
Sartre jabs at Watts's body.
Sartre cracks Watts with a right hand to the side of the head.
Watts scores with a decent looking hook.
Watts lands with a straight right. Sartre didn't see that one coming.
Sartre throws a half hearted mid kick.
Watts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sartre.
A low kick from Sartre misses
and Watts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sartre tries to score with a low kick but Watts moves his leg out of the way.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sartre wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Watts lands a body shot.

Sartre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick.
Sartre slips a jab from Watts.
Watts missing with a left hand there. Sartre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sartre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Watts misses with a wild body shot.
Watts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sartre.
Watts works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Watts blocks a low kick nicely.
Watts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sartre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sartre misses with a hook
and Watts counters with a stiff right hand.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sartre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Sartre.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sartre momentarily.
Sartre misses with a kick to the body.
Watts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sartre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sartre throws a hook but Watts blocks it.
Sartre thuds his shin into the meat of Watts's side.
Watts lands with a hook. Sartre tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Sartre is rocked!
Sartre throws a hook to the side of Watts's head but Watts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Watts is looking to counter punch.
Watts pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sartre back to the cage. Watts follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sartre is still on wobbly legs! Can Watts finish him?

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sartre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watts moves away.
Sartre throws a body shot but no joy.
Sartre throws the left hand but Watts avoids the punch easily.
Watts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sartre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sartre lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sartre seems to have recovered his senses.
Sartre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A quick step to the side and Watts tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watts throws out the jab.
Sartre tries a head kick but it misses.
Watts was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sartre moves away.
Sartre tries to land a front kick but Watts steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Watts misses with a looping left.
Sartre throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Sartre.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sartre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nicholas Sartre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Watts misses with a wild body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sartre.
A swing and a miss from Watts.
Watts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sartre throws out a counter right but Watts avoids it with no problem.
Watts 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.
Watts takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice shot by Watts.
Sartre takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Watts darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sartre lands a leg kick that knocks Watts off balance momentarily.
Watts moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sartre. Sartre obviously looking to wear him down.
Sartre throws a lazy right hand but Watts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watts lands with a shot to the body.
Sartre throws a hook but Watts blocks it.
Watts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sartre.
Sartre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watts avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sartre scores with a spinning back kick!
Sartre throws a series of punches but Watts moves out of range.
Sartre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watts moves out of range as Sartre strikes.
Sartre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sartre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sartre throws a right hand that misses
and Watts counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Watts misses.
Sartre with a nice calf kick.
Watts lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sartre.
Watts drops his hands momentarily and Sartre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sartre throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Watts connects with a single shot there.
Watts scores with a jab to the head.
Watts avoids the head kick by Sartre.
Watts swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sartre looks to land a body kick but Watts moved away.
Watts half committed to a counter leg kick.
Watts throws an overhand right that lands on Sartre's shoulder, as Sartre tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Sartre blocks the leg kick.
Sartre scores with a shot to the body.
Sartre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Watts's head.
Sartre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sartre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sartre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sartre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Watts throws a right and a left that Sartre avoids nicely.
Watts ducks under a wild hook from Sartre.
Watts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Watts misses with a body shot.
Good work by Watts as he checks the leg kick.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sartre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watts misses with a jab to the body
and Sartre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Watts as he connects with a hook.
Watts swings for the body but Sartre moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Sartre - just one landing.
Watts lands a nice looking body shot.
Sartre walks into a left hand.
Sartre looks to land a right hand but Watts moved out of range.
Watts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sartre.
Watts checks a leg kick nicely.
Sartre throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sartre swings widly with a right hand
and Watts counters with a nice uppercut.
Sartre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sartre.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sartre scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Sartre.
Watts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sartre checks it well.
Watts lands the left hand.
Sartre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sartre throws a nice head kick!
Sartre throws the kick towards the body but Watts avoids it.
Sartre tries to bum rush Watts with a series of wild strikes but Watts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sartre on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sartre is looking to land body kicks.
Sartre misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts avoids the head kick by Sartre.
Watts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sartre scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Watts will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Watts works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sartre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Sartre.
Left hook, right uppercut from Watts.
Sartre scores with a jab to the head.
Watts checks a leg kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Sartre.
Sartre misses with an uppercut.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Watts takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good exchange - Sartre coming out on top.

Watts has closed the distance and engaged Sartre in a clinch.
Sartre takes a shot to the head.
Watts working aggressively here.

Watts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sartre lands a jab to the head.
Sartre lands with a slapping head kick.
Sartre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts misses with a lunging right hand
and Sartre counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts throws a nice looking combination but Sartre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sartre throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sartre takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sartre pushes Watts away with a front kick.
Watts takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sartre goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watts throws a body punch but Sartre moves out of range.
And Sartre responds with a good body kick, but Watts manages to step out the way in time.
Watts fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sartre throws a head kick but Watts moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Sartre.
Sartre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sartre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watts.
Sartre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.
Sartre throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Watts counters with a nice uppercut.
Sartre misses with a double jab.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Watts looks to throw the jab but Sartre is out of range.
Sartre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watts misses with a hook. Sartre ducked under it nicely.
Sartre cracks Watts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sartre connects with a right hand. Watts shakes it off.
Watts has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sartre.
Sartre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
Sartre misses with a two punch combination.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Sartre. That snapped Watts's head back.
Watts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sartre.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Sartre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Watts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nicholas Sartre.
I think Sartre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!