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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Dillan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson comes to the cage accompanied by Walk Away by Five Finger Death Punch. Dillan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: We Will Rock You - Queen. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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192 lbs
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185 lbs
7 - 3 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pete Dillan!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Watson.
Watson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dillan takes a step back to recover.
Watson checks a leg kick.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dillan lands an overhand right.
Dillan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
Dillan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watson checks it well.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Watson misses
and Dillan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dillan clobbers Watson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pete Dillan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dillan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dillan throws a solid leg kick but Watson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dillan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillan looks to score with a jab to the body but Watson is just out of range.
Dillan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pete Dillan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Dillan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dillan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dillan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dillan throws a leg kick but Watson checks it.
A low kick from Watson is predictable there
and Dillan counters with an inside leg kick.
Dillan misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Dillan throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dillan. That's going to slow Watson down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillan throws an off balance right hand
and Watson counters with a good, hard body kick but Dillan shrugs it off.
Watson misses with a head kick.
Watson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dillan.
Watson drops his hands momentarily and Dillan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Watson throws a head kick that misses.
Watson throws the kick towards the body but Dillan avoids it.
Dillan throws a head kick that misses
and Dillan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dillan feints and then cracks Watson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Watson down.
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!
Watson instigates a clinch.
Dillan manages to break the clinch.
Watson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dillan will feel that in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillan throws a combination. Watson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dillan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Watson.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dillan, right into the meat.
Watson throws the left hand but Dillan avoids the punch easily.
Dillan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Watson.
Watson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dillan.
Dillan moves out of range of the body kick from Watson.
Dillan misses with a shot to the body
enabling Watson to counter with a crisp jab.
Dillan misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a head kick. Dillan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watson misses with a leg kick.
Dillan misses with a wild combination.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dillan moves out of range as Watson strikes.
Dillan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dillan blocks a head kick by Watson.
Dillan throws a leg kick
and Watson counters with a two punch combo.
Watson tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pete Dillan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dillan throws a front kick aimed at Watson's knee but Watson avoids it well.
Dillan throws a leg kick
and Watson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Dillan misses with a few strikes there.
Dillan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watson misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Watson shoots in for a double leg but Dillan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dillan misses with a hook
and Watson counters with a body kick that stops Dillan in his tracks momentarily.
Dillan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A low kick from Dillan is predictable there
and Watson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Watson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Watson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Watson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillan blocks the body kick.
Watson throws a head kick but Dillan moves out of range.
Dillan fails to land with a series of punches.
Dillan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Watson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Watson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dillan avoids the head kick by Watson.
Joseph Watson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dillan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Watson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Watson wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dillan just misses with a punch to the body.
Dillan misses with a combination
and Watson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dillan's knee momentarily.
Watson lunges at Dillan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dillan's hand.
Dillan avoids the head kick by Watson.
Watson thows a body shot but no joy.
Watson throws a series of strikes that have Dillan backpedaling.
Dillan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Watson is able to avoid easily.
Watson misses with a leg kick
and Dillan counters with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a head kick.
Watson looks to throw the jab but Dillan is out of range.
Dillan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dillan misses with a left hand
and Watson counters with a leg kick.
Watson defending well as Dillan loads up on a big left hand.
Watson is looking to slow Dillan down with leg kicks.
Watson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dillan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watson.
Dillan tries to work over Watson's front leg with a kick but Watson checks it.
Watson throws a leg kick
and Watson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dillan swings widly with a right hand
and Watson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to clinch
and Dillan counters with a stiff right hand.
Watson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dillan circles away.
Watson dodges the punch combination from Dillan.
Dillan is looking to score with low kicks.
Watson lands with a good body shot.
Watson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Watson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dillan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Watson thows a leg kick but Dillan checks it
letting Dillan counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Watson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Watson looks to score with a jab to the body but Dillan is just out of range.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dillan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left and a right from Dillan both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Joseph Watson has been cut.
Dillan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dillan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Watson throws a leg kick but Dillan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dillan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dillan scores with a sloppy right hand. Watson should have avoided that one.
Watson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dillan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dillan throws a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Watson as he checks the leg kick.
Watson blocks a low kick nicely.
Dillan lands the left hand.
Watson walks into a jab.
Watson tries to clinch up but Dillan circles away and keeps his distance.
Dillan misses with a hook.
Watson throws a wild body kick that Dillan sees coming a mile off.
Dillan scoring well with a low kick there.
Dillan digs a good body shot into Watson's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson moves in looking to clinch but Dillan pushes him off.
Watson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Dillan counters with a one-two to the body.
Dillan misses with a looping left.
Watson swings widly with a right hand
and Dillan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dillan throws a leg kick but Watson checks it.
Dillan scores with a jab.
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!
Watson throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch lands to the side of Watson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dillan scores with a nice head shot.
Dillan thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dillan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson takes one to the chin there.
Watson is rocked!
Watson looks to throw a body kick
and Dillan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Watson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dillan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Watson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watson misses with an uppercut
and Dillan counters with a low kick, right behind Watson 's knee.
Watson seems to have got his legs back now.
Dillan lands with a kick to the temple. Watson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dillan connects with a high kick.
Dillan punishes Watson's body with a nice straight punch.
Watson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Watson.
Dillan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dillan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dillan.
Dillan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
Joseph Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dillan tries a head kick but it misses.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Dillan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dillan lands a left and a right that send Watson crashing to the mat, dazed. Dillan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Nice shot by Dillan.
Joseph Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watson blocks a low kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dillan throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Dillan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dillan 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 David Schapiro scores the fight for Pete Dillan!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Pete Dillan!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Pete Dillan!
Pete Dillan wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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