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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mercenary Katarina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Watson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mercenary Katarina's chin.
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145 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mercenary Katarina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Watson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katarina wants to clinch
and Watson moves into the clinch.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Katarina throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Watson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
Katarina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Watson tries to break free but Katarina pushes him back against the cage.
Watson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Katarina is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Katarina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watson lands a shoulder strike.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Katarina prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
Watson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Katarina gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but Katarina manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Watson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Watson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Katarina won't allow Watson to sweep him here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Watson pulls Katarina in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Katarina tries to clinch up.
Katarina tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
Watson clinches with his opponent.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Watson is trying to force a seperation but Katarina has the dominant position.
Watson stalling.
Watson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Katarina pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mercenary Katarina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Watson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Katarina wants to clinch but Watson slips to the side
and Watson counters with a nice uppercut.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown. Katarina tries to sprawl out of it but Watson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Katarina manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Watson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Watson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Katarina's waist but Katarina gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Watson off to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Watson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
Katarina tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Watson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Katarina moves in looking to clinch but Watson pushes him off.
Katarina tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Watson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Katarina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Katarina rushes Watson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Watson is trying to break free.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Katarina prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katarina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Watson jumps guard and drags Katarina to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Watson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Watson working a defensive guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nick Watson.
Watson clinches up with Katarina and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Watson has had enough of the clinch but Katarina keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nick Watson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Watson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Watson is trying to break free.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
Watson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Katarina is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Katarina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Watson can't break the clinch.
Watson is pushing Katarina up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Katarina has him pressed against the cage.
Watson is trying to drag Katarina to the mat but Katarina just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Watson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Katarina fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mercenary Katarina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Watson.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown. Katarina tries to sprawl out of it but Watson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Katarina manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Katarina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Katarina gets tackled into the cage by Watson. Watson maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katarina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mercenary Katarina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Watson lands a right hand.
Katarina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Katarina throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Watson has Katarina pressed against the cage.
Watson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watson tries to break the clinch but Katarina is controlling the position.
Watson wants a takedown.
Katarina prevents the takedown attempt.
Katarina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watson tries to break free but Katarina pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants a takedown but no success here.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Watson.
Watson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Katarina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watson is struggling to control the position.
Watson tries to score a body lock takedown but Katarina shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Watson is working for takedown but Katarina is calmly controlling the position for now.
Katarina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Katarina throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Watson is trying to break free.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but Katarina manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Katarina tries to land a knee to the head but Watson blocks with his arms.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
Watson looking to stall.
Watson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Katarina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watson gets control of Katarina's arms and successfully pulls guard. Watson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Watson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Katarina off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watson clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Watson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Watson scores with a one two! Katarina had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Katarina tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
Watson fails with the takedown.
Katarina tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Watson is defended easily by Katarina.
Katarina takes the fight into the clinch.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
Watson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Katarina keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watson's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Watson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Katarina with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Katarina with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Katarina misses with a knee strike.
Watson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Katarina has him pressed against the cage.
Katarina throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Watson tries to break free but Katarina pushes him back against the cage.
Katarina tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Katarina keeps control of Watson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Katarina has him pressed against the cage.
Watson tries to pull guard but Katarina forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mercenary Katarina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Watson.
Katarina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.
Watson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Katarina walks away with a smile on his face. Watson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Watson forces Katarina back against the cage and clinches.
Katarina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watson tries to break free but Katarina pushes him back against the cage.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Katarina looking to throw knees to the head but Watson is blocking nicely.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.
Katarina throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Katarina keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watson's efforts to push away.
Katarina misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Katarina has him pressed against the cage.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watson pulls Katarina into guard.
Katarina prevents Watson from getting back to his feet.
Watson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Katarina is aware though and is defending well.
Watson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Katarina!
Katarina trying desperately to get to his feet.
Nick Watson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson controlling from mount.
Watson can't control as he wanted to and Katarina manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Watson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Watson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Watson!
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