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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randolph Watkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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220 lbs
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245 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randolph Watkins!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Anderson avoids it really well and circles away.
Anderson shoots and misses
and Watkins counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watkins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anderson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Watkins is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Watkins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Anderson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Anderson strikes from his own guard.
Anderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Watkins landing with the ground and pound.
Watkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Watkins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins landing some decent shots from guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anderson is on top in guard.
Watkins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Anderson is controlling him.
Watkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Watkins should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Watkins has momentary wrist control but Anderson slips an elbow through the middle.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson lands a couple of digs.
Anderson throws a big elbow that misses.
Watkins has control of Anderson's left arm, preventing Anderson from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Watkins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson postures up and lands a big shot to Watkins's brow.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses. Watkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anderson's guard. Nice move by Watkins!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watkins is in close to Anderson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Watkins is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Watkins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Watkins with a nice head shot there.
Anderson has momentary wrist control but Watkins slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins working some strikes from top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Watkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anderson striking from the bottom here.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Watkins controlling him for the moment.
Watkins lands a couple of elbows.
Watkins with a nice head shot there.
Watkins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Anderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Watkins is one step ahead there.
Anderson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Anderson has momentary wrist control but Watkins slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watkins.
Anderson punching to the body, from the bottom.
Watkins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Watkins preventing the sweep.
Watkins distracts Anderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Watkins scoring with punches to the head and body.
Watkins cracks Anderson with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watkins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Watkins scoring with punches to the head and body.
Watkins stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randolph Watkins dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Watkins throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Watkins sprawls well. He's pushed Anderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Anderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Watkins regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Anderson.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Anderson is fighting to break Watkins's control of his arms but Watkins is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Anderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Randolph Watkins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Anderson is controlling him.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses. Watkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anderson's guard. Nice move by Watkins!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Watkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anderson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Watkins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watkins chips away with some ground and pound.
Watkins cracks Anderson with a solid left hand.
Anderson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Watkins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Watkins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watkins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Anderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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!
Watkins has hold of Anderson's hands but Anderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Watkins trying to control from the bottom.
Anderson is nestled in close to Watkins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Watkins wants to get back to his feet.
Anderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Anderson lands a nice short elbow.
Anderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Anderson there.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Watkins's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Anderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watkins defending well though.
Watkins keeps control of the position for the meantime.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watkins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Anderson winds up and cracks Watkins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Watkins has hold of Anderson's hands but Anderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anderson throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Watkins to regain full guard.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Watkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson throws a big elbow that misses.
Watkins wants to get back to his feet but Anderson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a big elbow that misses.
Anderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Anderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watkins lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Anderson!
Watkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Watkins cracks Anderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watkins raining down shots from the mount!
Watkins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Watkins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aaron Anderson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Watkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown but Watkins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Watkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Anderson swivels and escapes.
Watkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control.
Watkins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Watkins sneaks out the side door and pushes Anderson away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Randolph Watkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Watkins is trying to escape the mount.
Anderson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Anderson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson with good strikes from the mount here!
Watkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Anderson dominating with strikes here.
Anderson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Anderson breaks from Watkins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Watkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Anderson.
Anderson raining down shots from the mount!
Anderson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Anderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Watkins?
Anderson looking to finish Watkins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Watkins!
Anderson with shots to the head and body - Watkins looks very uncomfortable down there.
Watkins slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watkins wants to get back to his feet.
Anderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Watkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anderson.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Anderson connects with a nice short shot to Watkins's temple.
Watkins is concentrating on defense, preventing Anderson from advancing position.
Anderson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anderson prevents Watkins from standing back up.
Watkins regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Anderson.
Anderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a couple of short punches.
Anderson won't allow Watkins to sweep him here.
Anderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Watkins has wrist control.
Anderson lands a couple of digs.
Watkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Watkins lands a big elbow.
Watkins with the ground and pound from mount.
Anderson can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watkins landing punches.
Watkins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Anderson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Watkins. What's that going to do exactly?
Anderson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Watkins. What's that going to do exactly?
Watkins lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watkins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Anderson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Watkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Anderson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Watkins lands with some strikes.
Anderson chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Watkins.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anderson 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Anderson!
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