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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bull's entrance music is The Last Shadow Puppets "The Age Of The Understatement". A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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255 lbs
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234 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Bull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Watts!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Watts crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bull - the referee stops the clock and Watts gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bull. Watts manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Watts blocks a head kick by Bull.
Watts fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bull rushes Watts and presses him up against the cage.
Bull connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watts's face.
Watts is looking to break free of the clinch but Bull has double underhooks.
Bull connects with a knee to the head.
Bull misses with a knee strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Bull.
Bull tries a knee to the head but Watts blocks it.
Bull managing to block the knees to the body from Watts.
Bull connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Bull to work.
Watts changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bull fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bull circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bull counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Come on Bull - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bull seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Watts is trying to break free.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Bull connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watts's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bull.
Bull lands a nice uppercut.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Bull content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Bull.
Watts looks gassed!
Bull connects with a knee to the head.
Bull pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bull lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bull just leaning against Watts, taking a breather.
Watts has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bull is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Terry Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Watts.
A bit of stalling here from Bull.
Bull lands a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Bull.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bull takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Terry Bull.
Watts darts in trying to clinch
and Bull counters with a low kick, right behind Watts 's knee.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bull.
Bull lands a nice looking kick to the body. Watts takes a step back to recover.
Bull fails to land with a series of punches.
Terry Bull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull catches Watts with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick misses from Watts.
Watts tries to clinch
and Bull moves into the clinch.
Bull lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bull prevents a takedown attempt there.
Watts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bull prevents a takedown attempt there.
Watts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watts shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Watts thows a huge punch but Bull dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watts missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bull trying to get back to full guard but Watts takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Bull is bucking up trying to escape but Watts cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
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!
Bull holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Watts tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts wants to control the pace but Bull is squirming around nicely.
Bull is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bull takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bull is rocked!
Watts scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Bull is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watts tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Terry Bull will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bull throws a head kick but Watts moves out of range.
Bull seems to have got his legs back now.
Bull rushes Watts and presses him up against the cage.
Bull lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Danny Watts has been cut.
Bull misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Bull.
Bull lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Bull.
Watts is rocked!
A right hook to the body lands for Bull.
Bull is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bull stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Bull looking to throw knees to the head but Watts is blocking nicely.
Bull crunches a lovely knee into Watts's ribcage.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Bull tries to stall but Watts uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Watts wants to get back to striking at distance but Bull won't allow it.
Watts manages to break the clinch.
Bull 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watts clinches but Bull breaks the clinch
and Bull counters by clinching up.
Watts drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bull.
Bull misses with a knee strike.
Watts is trying to break free.
Watts looking for a takedown.
Bull looking to slow down the pace here.
Bull keeps control of Watts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bull is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bull landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bull.
Watts wants to get back to striking at distance but Bull won't allow it.
Bull prevents the takedown attempt.
Terry Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Watts.
Bull lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bull's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Watts managing to block the knees to the body from Bull.
Bull lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bull prevents Watts from breaking the clinch.
Bull keeps control of Watts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bull tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Bull.
Bull leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bull misses with a knee strike.
Watts wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bull looking to stall.
Watts wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Watts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watts misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Bull walks forward, straight into a front kick from Watts.
Terry Bull is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Watts takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Watts tries to clinch there but Bull circles away.
Bull clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watts wants to get back to striking at distance but Bull won't allow it.
Bull lands a knee to the head.
Bull is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Watts is keeping busy.
Watts drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bull gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bull is trying to maintain a safe position but Watts gets an underhook and turns Bull into the cage.
Bull scores with a knee to the head.
Bull avoiding damage.
Watts tries to break the clinch but Bull is controlling the position.
Bull misses with a knee to the head.
Bull lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bull leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bull prevents the takedown attempt.
Bull prevents Watts from breaking the clinch.
Bull stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bull crunches a lovely knee into Watts's ribcage.
Bull lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bull keeps control of Watts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bull scores with a knee to the head.
Bull prevents Watts from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries to score a body lock takedown but Bull shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bull is working Watts over against the cage.
Bull lands a shoulder strike.
Bull has Watts pushed against the cage.
A short left from Bull.
Bull misses with a knee strike.
Watts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bull thuds his shin into the meat of Watts's side.
Bull clinches with his opponent.
Bull with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Watts wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bull stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Terry Bull has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A knee to the head by Bull.
Bull scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bull looking to throw knees to the head but Watts is blocking nicely.
Watts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watts wants a takedown but no success here.
A short uppercut from Bull.
Bull tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watts is working for takedown but Bull is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Bull dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Danny Watts's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Bull. That's going to slow Watts down.
Watts steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bull. That one must have hurt.
Bull closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Watts is looking to break free of the clinch but Bull has double underhooks.
Watts tries for a takedown but Bull manages to get underhooks.
Bull is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Watts wants to break free but Bull has control.
Bull scores with a knee to the head.
Bull is leaning against Watts and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bull with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Bull.
Watts takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bull content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bull using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bull lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bull landing knees to the head.
Bull lands with a light punch inside.
Watts is still on wobbly legs! Can Bull finish him?
Bull tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bull gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watts.
Bull has Watts pushed against the cage.
Watts seems to have recovered his senses.
Watts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bull has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bull has Watts pressed against the cage.
Watts is looking to break free of the clinch but Bull has double underhooks.
Bull throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watts blocks it with crossed arms.
Bull tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bull with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bull using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Watts breaks the clinch.
Watts clinches but Bull breaks the clinch
and Bull counters with a slapping leg kick.
Watts shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bull pinned against the cage. Bull gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Terry Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Watts.
Watts shoots in for a takedown but Bull shows good takedown defense.
Bull blocks a head kick by Watts.
Watts throws a head kick that misses.
Watts fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bull.
A head kick by Bull misses
and Watts decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bull's guard.
Watts wants to pass the guard but Bull is keeping the position.
Bull is striking from the bottom but Watts uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull wants to control but Watts is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Watts moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Bull.
Bull is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Watts off and has taken his back!
Bull softening up his opponent with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts showing good submission defense here.
Watts takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Watts tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Watts is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bull in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bull has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Watts's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull forces the positional change into back control.
Watts grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Watts wants to get back to his feet.
Watts trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Bull is controlling the position but Watts somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Watts pushes Bull off looking to stand but Bull dives back in and keeps control.
Watts blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bull.
Bull trying to control from half guard but Watts is working away.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick by Bull misses
and Watts moves into the clinch.
Watts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bull circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull moves in looking to clinch but Watts pushes him off.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bull throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watts.
Watts throws a head kick that misses.
Bull throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
Bull scores with a three punch combo!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bull throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
Danny Watts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bull moves into range and clinches up with Watts.
Bull has Watts pushed against the cage.
Bull with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bull.
Knees to the body from Bull.
A knee to the head by Bull.
Bull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Watts wants a takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bull tries to land a knee to the head but Watts blocks with his arms.
Watts tries to land a knee to the head but Bull blocks with his arms.
Bull prevents the takedown attempt.
Bull blocks the elbow strike.
Watts creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Watts misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Bull showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bull, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Bull!
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