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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Watkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Watkins!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Watkins closes the distance and pushes Creed back into the cage.
Watkins is pressed up against the cage. Creed has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watkins down to the mat. Watkins avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watkins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Creed sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Creed shoots for a double leg takedown but Watkins sprawls well. He's pushed Creed's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Apollo Creed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watkins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Creed tries to keep at a distance but Watkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Watkins breaks from the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Watkins.
Watkins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Creed.
Watkins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Watkins stands up and waves to Creed to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watkins scores with a body shot.
Watkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Watkins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Creed circles away.
Creed closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watkins circles away.
Creed is breathing heavily.
Watkins shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Creed eats them both and turns towards Watkins to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Creed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Watkins moves into range and clinches up with Creed.
Watkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Creed keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watkins's efforts to push away.
Watkins avoiding damage.
Watkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Watkins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Creed as he avoids it easily.
Apollo Creed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Creed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watkins.
Watkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Creed to score with a decent uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Creed throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Creed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watkins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Watkins decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Creed's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Watkins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Creed scrambles back to his feet.
Creed clinches with his opponent.
Watkins tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Watkins scores with a shot to the side of Creed's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Watkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watkins moves into range and clinches up with Creed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watkins breaks from the clinch.
Creed avoids a kick to the body.
Watkins throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Creed counters with a stiff right hand.
Watkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Creed as he jumps to the side.
Watkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watkins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Creed sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Watkins somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Watkins dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
No luck for Creed with that takedown attempt.
Creed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Creed closes the distance and clinches up with Watkins, looking for a takedown. Creed pushes Watkins against the cage but Watkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Creed gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Watkins to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Watkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Watkins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Watkins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed tries to control but Watkins manages to take his back.
Watkins lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Creed defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Creed wants to escape the position.
Watkins has got one arm under Creed's chin. This could be trouble... Creed trying to control the other hand but Watkins gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Creed has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tyrone Watkins!
Tyrone Watkins made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying '\"Praise me as you would praise god!\"'.
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FIGHT
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