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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gerry Watched (ranked 4806 p4p, 3826 weight class) and John Malxoey (ranked 471 p4p, 421 weight class). Watched comes to the cage accompanied by Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerry Watched!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Malxoey!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malxoey lands with an uppercut that bounces Watched off the cage and back into range.
Malxoey lands with a nice body punch.
Good leg kick by Watched.
Watched looks to land a left hand but Malxoey moved out of range nicely.
Malxoey is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Watched bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Malxoey's head.
Malxoey dodges the punch combination from Watched.
Malxoey gets the takedown into side control.
Malxoey scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malxoey working the body and head with strikes.
Malxoey looking to control but instead Watched has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Watched on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Watched tries to get out of the position.
Malxoey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watched keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watched is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malxoey wants to pass to mount but Watched is defending the position.
Watched is refusing to be controlled, as Malxoey sits in half guard.
Watched wants to control but Malxoey is keeping busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Malxoey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Malxoey controlling the action here.
Malxoey is keen to just control but Watched is a slippery customer.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Watched gets tackled into the cage by Malxoey. Malxoey maintains the clinch.
Watched lands a left hand.
Malxoey can't break the clinch.
Watched misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Malxoey tries to break free but Watched pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malxoey is trying to break the clinch but Watched has him pressed against the cage.
Watched tries to throw a body punch but Malxoey avoids it by throwing Watched back against the cage.
Watched lands a hook that snaps the head of Malxoey backwards.
Nice body punch from Watched - that landed with a thud.
Watched breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watched throws a hook but Malxoey blocks it.
Malxoey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Watched manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Gerry Watched seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malxoey throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Watched to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malxoey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watched throws out the jab.
As Watched backs off Malxoey throws a huge counter combo but Watched manages to avoid it all.
Nice straight punches there by Malxoey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Malxoey.
Watched misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malxoey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Malxoey looks to land a left hand but Watched moved out of range nicely.
As Malxoey backs away, Watched returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watched lands a nice looking kick to the body. Malxoey takes a step back to recover.
Malxoey throws a lazy right hand but Watched sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watched's jab looks to have found its range, popping Malxoey under the eye.
Watched connects with an inside leg kick.
Watched scores with a hook to the body. Malxoey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Malxoey throws a shot from downtown. Watched moves away and avoids it.
Watched throws a big shot that misses.
Malxoey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Malxoey ducks under a wild hook from Watched.
Malxoey misses with a lunging right hand
and Watched counters with a nice body shot.
Watched scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Malxoey lunges at Watched with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Watched's hand.
A low kick lands for Watched.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gerry Watched dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Watched lands with an overhand left.
Malxoey drives through with a takedown into guard.
Malxoey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Malxoey landing with the ground and pound.
Malxoey connects with a couple of short punches.
Malxoey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watched works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Malxoey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watched utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malxoey trying to control the position from guard on top but Watched is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malxoey misses with an uppercut. Watched saw that one coming.
Good work by Watched as he checks the leg kick.
Malxoey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Watched lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Malxoey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watched. Watched obviously looking to wear him down.
Malxoey lands a nice shot that snaps Watched's head back.
Malxoey looks to land a right hand but Watched moved out of range.
Watched throws the left hand but Malxoey avoids the punch easily.
Malxoey closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Watched's guard.
Malxoey trying to control the position from guard on top but Watched is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
John Malxoey has got the better of the ground game so far.
Malxoey controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malxoey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Watched's head.
Malxoey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Watched keeping moving, preventing Malxoey from controlling successfully.
Malxoey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watched swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malxoey slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Malxoey lands some shots froms side control.
Malxoey throws an elbow but Watched slips to the side and avoids it well.
Malxoey sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Watched is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Malxoey scores with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Malxoey seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Watched takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malxoey scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Watched to see if he's OK.
Watched is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malxoey works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Malxoey creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Watched sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Watched can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Malxoey creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Watched sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Watched takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Malxoey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Malxoey takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Watched throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watched throws a jab when Malxoey was well out of range.
Watched fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Malxoey closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Malxoey lands in his opponent's guard.
Watched wants to improve his position but instead Malxoey has moved into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malxoey wants to control but Watched is keeping him busy.
Malxoey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Malxoey in particular looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watched keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Malxoey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Malxoey is working for a kimura but Watched is defending it quite comfortably.
Malxoey trying to control the action but Watched is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malxoey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Malxoey throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Watched to regain full guard.
Watched working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Malxoey.
Malxoey throws an elbow that misses. Watched uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Malxoey's guard. Nice move by Watched!
Malxoey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malxoey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Malxoey wants to stand and escape but Watched is having none of it.
Malxoey lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malxoey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Malxoey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Malxoey looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Watched avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watched is trying to control the position but Malxoey postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Malxoey drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Malxoey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Malxoey slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Let's hope that Malxoey has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Malxoey throws a big right hand that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Malxoey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Malxoey blocks a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Malxoey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Malxoey 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Malxoey!
John Malxoey made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Listen I’m not going to talk shit but Jimmie Ray Watcher you are my ticket back to the title contention and than jordan Jacobs can get it and if Wulon Li has balls he can come too (pause), Jason Gates is gonna fall sooner or later!!! Respect to all this guys but I know what i can do to them'.
In defeat, Gerry Watched stepped up to the mic, saying 'Don't worry, Jimmy Ray Watcher's wife will help me get over this minor setback.'.
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