PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Watts (ranked 1900 p4p, 2587 weight class) and Nicholas Sartre (ranked 254 p4p, 327 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Watts
vs
Sartre

179 cm
23
179
4 - 4 - 1

185 cm
22
178
4 - 1 - 1

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 - 1, 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 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicholas Sartre!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts scores with a jab to the body.
Watts takes one on the button.
Watts keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sartre takes one on the button.
Sartre moves out of range as Watts strikes.
Watts is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big left from Watts misses.
Watts throws a sloppy body shot
and Sartre counters with a nice body kick.
Sartre misses the shot to the body.
Watts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sartre.
A combination from Watts does no damage.
Sartre misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts misses with a wild body shot.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sartre.
Watts attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sartre unleashes a big counter combination but Watts bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sartre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Watts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sartre motions for Watts to come forward. Sartre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Watts just misses with a punch to the body.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watts fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sartre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice inside leg kick there by Watts. That's going to slow Sartre down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sartre throws a jab but it's blocked by Watts.
It looked like Watts was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sartre.
A telegraphed right hand from Watts misses the target.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Muhammad Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watts thuds a left hand into Sartre's body.
Sartre misses with a straight left.
As Sartre tries to get set, Watts tries to push him back and clinch up but Sartre manages to avoid the attempt.
Watts feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sartres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts throws a good cross that connects.
Watts with a jab.
Sartre throws a head kick that misses
and Watts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sartre misses with a straight right.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sartre moves away.
Sartre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sartre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sartre. Watts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sartre lands with a nice body kick.
Watts avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watts fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sartre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Watts connects with a jab.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Watts looks to score with a jab to the body but Sartre is just out of range.
Sartre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Watts moves out of range of the body kick from Sartre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre lands with an uppercut that bounces Watts off the cage and back into range.
Sartre throws a body kick that misses.
Sartre scores with the left hand. Watts knows he should have avoided that one.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sartre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
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 scores with a shot to the body.
Watts throws a leg kick that misses.
Watts slips under a jab from Sartre.
Watts is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Watts misses the target.
Sartre thinks about the counter body kick.
A cross from Watts lands.
Watts lands a body shot.
Watts misses with a hook.
Muhammad Watts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Watts is looking to clinch.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sartre feints a counter leg kick.
Sartre throws a jab when Watts was well out of range.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sartre.
Watts thuds his right hand into Sartre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts misses with a jab to the body
and Sartre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Watts finds it's way through Sartre's defenses.
Sartre slips under a jab from Watts.
Watts looks to land a left hand but Sartre moved out of range nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watts jabs Sartre to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Watts has taken the fight to the clinch.
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sartre with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
Sartre misses with a knee strike.
Sartre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sartre pushes Watts back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.

Sartre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sartre throws a big shot that misses.
Watts is looking to wear down Sartre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Watts jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sartre scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Watts doesn't seem bothered though.
Watts scores with a hook.
Sartre wants to slow Watts down by chopping away at his legs.
Sartre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts throws a body shot but no joy.
Sartre was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Watts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sartre pushes Watts away with a front kick.
Watts scores with a jab.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre avoids it easily.
Sartre doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sartre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watts throws an overhand right that lands on Sartre's shoulder, as Sartre tries to avoid the shot.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Sartre responds with a good body kick, but Watts manages to step out the way in time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sartre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watts.
Watts jabs Sartre right on the nose. Sartre blinks but takes it well.
Sartre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sartre throws a wild body kick that Watts sees coming a mile off.
Watts punishes Sartre's body with a nice straight punch.
Sartre misses with a straight right.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sartre.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sartre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sartre is looking to slow Watts down with leg kicks.
Watts misses with a right hand
and Sartre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Watts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Watts jabs at Sartre's body.
Watts is looking to chop away at Sartre's legs.
Sartre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
Sartre throws the left hand but Watts avoids the punch easily.
Watts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sartre.
Sartre only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Watts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muhammad Watts dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Sartre finds it's way through Watts's defenses.
Sartre connects with a leg kick.
Sartre walks into a straight right hand from Watts.
Sartre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sartre.
Watts scores with a nice head shot.
Sartre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watts lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watts misses the jab.
Sartre only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Watts finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice side step and Sartre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good leg kick by Sartre.
Sartre misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sartre avoids the body shot from Watts.
Sartre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watts on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Sartre misses the target.
Watts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sartre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sartre.
Watts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Watts lands a nice shot that snaps Sartre's head back.
Sartre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Watts blocks the body kick.
Watts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sartre at a distance.
Watts misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Sartre lands with a nice body kick.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sartre was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts walks into a left hand.
Watts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sartre manages to avoid it.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre loads up on a big right hand but Watts slips the punch.
Watts throws a shot to the body.
Muhammad Watts is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sartre.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sartre scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Watts misses.
Sartre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Watts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sartre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre blocks it.
Sartre slips a jab from Watts.
A jab from Watts finds it's way through Sartre's defenses.
Sartre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Watts moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre tries to throw a body punch but Watts avoids it by throwing Sartre back against the cage.
Watts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sartre can do to turn this around?
Watts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sartre can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Watts avoiding damage as Sartre throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.

Sartre breaks the clinch.
Sartre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sartre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sartre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sartre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Watts forces Sartre back against the cage and clinches.
Watts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sartre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Watts breaks from the clinch.

Watts instigates a clinch.
Sartre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Sartre fails to land.
Sartre blocks an uppercut.
Watts swings wildly with an uppercut but Sartre uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watts lands a right hand.
Sartre will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Watts up against the cage.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sartre can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Sartre landing knees to the body.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sartre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sartre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watts's elbow.
Watts misses with some punches.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Sartre presses Watts against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Watts misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Watts.
Sartre tries to pull guard but Watts holds him up against the cage and eventually Sartre drops back down to his feet.
Muhammad Watts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicholas Sartre.
Watts can't find room to land a body shot as Sartre controls the action.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sartre slows down the pace here.
Watts prevents a body shot from Sartre.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.
Watts makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sartre blocks a body shot from Watts.
Sartre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Watts.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Watts working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sartre.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
Sartre leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sartre.
Sartre taking a breather.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muhammad Watts dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sartre misses with a wild body shot.
Watts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Watts missing with a left hand there. Sartre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sartre!

Watts rushes Sartre and presses him up against the cage.
Sartre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Watts.
Watts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left hand lands to the body for Watts.
Watts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sartre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watts pushes Sartre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sartre missing with knees to the body.
Sartre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sartre has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sartre.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Watts fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sartre blocks a body shot from Watts.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Sartre slowing the pace effectively.
Sartre blocks an uppercut.
Sartre takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Sartre.
Stalling in the clinch from Watts.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
Sartre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A hook to the body from Watts.
Sartre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watts avoiding damage.
Sartre dodges an elbow strike from Watts.
Sartre blocks a body shot from Watts.
Sartre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sartre's elbow.

Sartre manages to break the clinch.
Sartre chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sartre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sartre throws a lazy right hand but Watts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sartre tries a head kick but it misses.
Sartre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Sartre.
Sartre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre avoids it easily.
Watts lands an overhand right.
Sartre drops his hands momentarily and Watts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Watts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sartre moves away from the strike by Watts.
Watts is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sartre circles away quickly and effectively.
Sartre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sartre with a nice calf kick.
Sartre scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sartre feints and then cracks Watts's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Watts down.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Watts coming out on top.
Sartre ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Sartre swats away the attempt to clinch by Watts.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watts misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Sartre on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Watts misses the target.
Watts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Watts misses.
Watts throws an overhand right that lands on Sartre's shoulder, as Sartre tries to avoid the shot.
Sartre loads up on a big right hand but Watts slips the punch.
Watts takes a swing at Sartre's ribcage but misses.
Watts moves into range and connects with a jab.
Watts lands a jab to Sartre's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sartre throws a body kick that misses
and Watts counters with a straight right hand.
Nicholas Sartre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre avoids it easily.
Sartre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Watts.
Sartre is looking to slow Watts down with leg kicks.
Sartre swings for the body but Watts moves out of range.
Watts throws a lazy right hand but Sartre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watts fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Watts.
Watts misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Watts there.
Sartre misses with a low kick.
Sartre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Watts scores with a decent looking hook.
Sartre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Watts moves out of range as Sartre strikes.
Watts tries to clinch up
and Sartre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sartre throws a front kick aimed at Watts's knee but Watts avoids it well.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sartre misses the jab.
Watts tries to counter by clinching up but Sartre breaks away and moves out of range.
Sartre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Muhammad Watts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Watts as he connects with a hook.
Sartre takes a swing at Watts's ribcage but misses.
Watts misses with a wild combination.
Sartre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Watts takes one on the button.
Watts throws a hook but Sartre blocks it.
Sartre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sartre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Muhammad Watts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watts has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muhammad Watts!
A relieved looking Muhammad Watts thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.