PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John J Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rambo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is American Badass. John J Rambo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

J Rambo
vs
Watson

186 cm
27
270 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

185 cm
23
240 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, John J Rambo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Watson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rambo moves away.
A jab from Rambo misses.
Nice defenses there by Watson.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rambo.
Watson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Rambo rushes Watson and presses him up against the cage.
Rambo has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Watson is looking to break free of the clinch but Rambo has double underhooks.
Watson can't find room to land a body shot as Rambo controls the action.
Watson misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rambo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo swings wildly with an uppercut but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Watson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rambo's brow.

Watson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rambo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rambo throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Watson is looking to chop away at Rambo's legs.
Watson scores with a jab. Rambo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rambo throws a lazy right hand but Watson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watson slips a jab from Rambo.
Watson throws a body punch but Rambo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rambo looks to land a right hand but Watson moved out of range.
Rambo wants to clinch.
Rambo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Watson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Watson misses.

Rambo moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rambo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rambo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rambo throws a head punch that misses.
Rambo avoids the elbow strike from Watson, against the cage.
Rambo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rambo working aggressively here.
Watson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watson trying to control the position but instead, Rambo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Watson into the cage.
Rambo has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Rambo is working Watson over against the cage.
Watson scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rambo working aggressively here.
Watson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Watson looking to slow down the pace here.
Rambo lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a damaging elbow.
Rambo throws a punch but it's blocked by Watson.
Rambo throws a punch but it's blocked by Watson.
Rambo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Watson digs a right hand underneath Rambo's ribcage. Rambo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from Watson.
Watson lands with a short shot to the head.
Watson is leaning against Rambo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rambo is breathing heavily.
Watson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rambo fails to land.
Rambo has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.

Watson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rambo keeps the fight on the outside.
Rambo doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rambo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Watson counters with a straight right hand.
Watson scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Watson dominated that 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.

Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rambo is controlling an arm, preventing Watson from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson wants to control the action but instead Rambo gets a body lock and reverses into Watson's guard! Nice work!

Watson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rambo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Watson has his hands on Rambo's head, controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson trying to control the position.
Watson has Rambo pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mason Watson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Rambo misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from Watson lands.
Watson throws a jab when Rambo was well out of range.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rambo tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
Rambo lands a nice looking body shot.

Watson gets tackled into the cage by Rambo. Rambo maintains the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Still in the clinch, Watson scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rambo.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Watson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Rambo misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rambo misses with a punch on the inside.
Rambo misses with the head strike.
Watson throws an elbow that misses.
A shot in the inside from Watson.
Come on Watson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Watson blocking some punches.
Rambo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rambo managing to block the knees to the body from Watson.
Watson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rambo is defending well for now.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rambo avoiding damage as Watson throws knees to the body.
Rambo blocks an uppercut.
Watson lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Rambo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watson works on Rambo's body with a couple of short punches.
Watson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rambo.
Watson pushes Rambo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Rambo as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rambo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Watson tries to land knees in the clinch but Rambo avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rambo fails to land.
Rambo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson lands an elbow just above Rambo 's eye.
Rambo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rambo managing to block the knees to the body from Watson.
Rambo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rambo fails to land.
Rambo avoids the elbow strike from Watson, against the cage.
Rambo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rambo lands a left hand.
Watson blocking some punches.
Rambo dodges an elbow strike from Watson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rambo lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Watson.
Watson throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mason Watson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jab, jab by Watson - just one landing.
Rambo connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Watson! He's out on his feet! Rambo rushes in and drops Watson with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John J Rambo!
John J Rambo retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath John J Rambo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.