PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Awa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Awa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Watts
vs
Awa

172 cm
18
159 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

198 cm
22
168 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ricardo Awa!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Awa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Awa connects with a right hand. Watts shakes it off.
Watts tries to clinch but Awa moves away
and Awa counters with a three punch combo that has Watts backing up. Watts nods at Awa to acknowledge the strikes.
Awa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Watts looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Watts takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Awa throws a series of strikes that have Watts backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Awa jabs at Watts's body.
Awa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Awa catches Watts with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Awa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watts.
Awa with a jab.
Awa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Awa misses with a double jab.
Watts takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Awa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Watts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Awa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Awa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head kick from Awa lands but Watts takes it in his stride.
Awa lands a head kick. Watts smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Awa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Awa is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Watts tries to clinch

and Awa counters with a head kick that drops Watts - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!

Watts is rocked!
Awa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oh Watts is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awa sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Watts seems to have got his legs back now.
Awa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Awa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Awa seems to be looking for submissions.
Awa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Awa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Awa content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Awa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Watts's head.
Watts is breathing heavily.
Awa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ricardo Awa.
Awa lands a jab-cross combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Awa. That's going to slow Watts down.
Awa jabs Watts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Awa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Awa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Awa cracks Watts with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Awa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Watts's sensitive parts.
Awa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Watts backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Awa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Awa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Awa lands with a kick to the temple. Watts shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Awa scores with a leg kick.
Awa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jack Watts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Awa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Awa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Watts's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Awa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Awa gets in close and tags Watts with a short punch that almost sends Watts to the mat! Oh Watts is in big trouble! He turns his back on Awa, trying to create some distance but Awa rushes him, striking wildly and Watts goes down! The referee tackles Awa into the cage to end the fight! Awa is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Awa!
After the big win, Ricardo Awa made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Happy Pills and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.