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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ektomorf - Show Your Fist. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregory Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watson counters with a straight right hand.
Watson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Watson throwing shots but Pierre is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierre is trying to stand back up but Watson is controlling him
Watson is trying to work for a kimura but Pierre is defending well.
Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Watson in particular looking to stall.
Pierre trying to hold on to Watson's head to control him but Watson postures up.
Watson is pressing down on Pierre's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pierre is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throwing shots but Pierre is blocking nicely.
Watson thows a huge punch but Pierre dodges it nicely.
Watson lands strikes from half guard.
Pierre has one foot on Watson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pierre drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pierre is working Watson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson working for a triangle but Pierre defends it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Watson can't keep his opponent in guard - Pierre advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Watson actively working from the bottom here.
Pierre moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Watson.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson is looking for a sweep.
Pierre grinds an elbow into Watson's temple.
Watson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pierre connects with a decent elbow.
Watson tries to bench press Pierre off him but Pierre keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre cracks Watson with a big elbow.
Pierre scores with punches from side control.
Watson can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watson gets back to half guard.
Nice strikes from Pierre there.
Pierre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierre is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Pierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pierre prevents Watson from improving his position.
Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson is pressing down on Pierre's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pierre wants to stand but Watson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pierre throws an elbow that misses. Watson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pierre's guard. Nice move by Watson!
Watson postures up in Pierre's guard and throws a big left but Pierre blocks it.
Watson postures up in Pierre's guard and throws a big left but Pierre blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson trying to control but Pierre is working from the bottom.
Watson throws an elbow that misses. Pierre uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Watson's guard. Nice move by Pierre!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Pierre dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pierre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Watson did well to prevent Pierre getting side control.
Watson has hold of Pierre's hands but Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Watson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pierre working over Watson with some ground and pound. Watson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Watson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pierre.
Pierre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pierre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watson is looking for a triangle but Pierre pushes his legs off easily.
Watson wants to sweep here but Pierre controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre looking to pass the guard.
Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pierre postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Watson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Pierre, into his guard.
Pierre is trying to keep Watson in close.
Watson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Watson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watson throwing strikes but missing.
Watson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Watson is sitting in close to Pierre's body. Pierre has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Watson is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Watson is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Pierre.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jean Pierre!
Jean Pierre was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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