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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renee Mondeux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chras Watsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mondeux comes to the cage accompanied by Ronnie McCoury-Cajun Man. Chras Watsky is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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175 lbs
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174 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Renee Mondeux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chras Watsky!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mondeux scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Watsky manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mondeux shoots in but no luck this time.
Mondeux connects with a body shot that sends Watsky's belly button to the back.
Watsky throws a sloppy head kick and Mondeux moves out of range easily.
Watsky tries to clinch but Mondeux moves out of range.
Mondeux avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mondeux dives in and scores a takedown into Watsky's guard.
Watsky keeping full guard, as Mondeux tries to pass.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mondeux scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mondeux is looking to stand up but Watsky won't let him.
Watsky pushes Mondeux off and scrambles back to his feet.
Watsky slaps away a takedown attempt from Mondeux, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mondeux shoots in looking for a takedown but Watsky manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mondeux's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renee Mondeux. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondeux avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mondeux tries for a takedown but Watsky sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Watsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watsky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mondeux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mondeux shoots for a double leg takedown but Watsky sprawls well. He's pushed Mondeux's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Watsky throws a sloppy head kick and Mondeux moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Mondeux. Those never looked like landing.
Renee Mondeux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watsky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Watsky is trying to break free.
Watsky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mondeux avoids it.
Watsky is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mondeux gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Mondeux prevents Watsky from getting back to his feet.
Mondeux stands up from Watsky's guard - Mondeux perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondeux misses with a wild body shot.
Mondeux throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mondeux scores with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watsky tries to close the distance and clinch but Mondeux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mondeux lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Watsky tries to clinch up.
Mondeux scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Watsky doesn't seem bothered though.
Mondeux lands a slapping body shot.
Mondeux shoots for a takedown but Watsky saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Watsky fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mondeux misses with a takedown attempt - Watsky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mondeux with a lazy takedown attempt
and Watsky counters by clinching up.
Watsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mondeux.
Mondeux throws a series of punches but Watsky avoids them all with ease.
Mondeux is breathing heavily.
Watsky doesn't manage to clinch there - Mondeux circles away.
Watsky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mondeux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mondeux scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A nice combination there by Mondeux.
Mondeux shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mondeux swings for the body but Watsky moves out of range.
Watsky clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Watsky is pushing Mondeux up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mondeux is looking to control Watsky's arms but Watsky gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mondeux has his back to the cage.
Watsky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mondeux.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Watsky just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mondeux's brow.
Mondeux breaks from the clinch.
Watsky slaps away a takedown attempt from Mondeux, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mondeux is defended easily by Watsky.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mondeux is looking to wear down Watsky with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Horrible takedown by Mondeux or perhaps it was just good defense by Watsky which made him look bad.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mondeux will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watsky avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mondeux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watsky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mondeux tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Watsky swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renee Mondeux dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Watsky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mondeux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mondeux shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Watsky won't allow Mondeux to pass to mount.
Watsky is trying to stand up here but Mondeux is controlling him well.
Mondeux has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mondeux putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Watsky gets back to half guard.
Mondeux working over Watsky with some ground and pound. Watsky looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Watsky is looking to escape.
Nice strikes from Mondeux there.
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!
Mondeux throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondeux scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mondeux throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mondeux wants to pass the guard but Watsky is defending well.
Mondeux works his way into side control.
Renee Mondeux overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mondeux working away.
Mondeux has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Mondeux circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watsky wants to clinch up but Mondeux keeps it at a distance.
Watsky tries to clinch up.
Mondeux throws a right hand that Watsky ducks under and follows up with a left that Watsky also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondeux lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Watsky backs up against the cage.
No joy there for Mondeux, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watsky gets caught napping as Mondeux dives in and scores a takedown. Watsky manages to retain guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mondeux stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watsky swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mondeux is working hard here to advance position.
Mondeux throws a big elbow that misses.
Mondeux throws a strike but Watsky rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Watsky controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watsky throws an elbow that misses. Mondeux uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Watsky's guard. Nice move by Mondeux!
Watsky wants to stand and escape but Mondeux is having none of it.
Mondeux passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mondeux in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mondeux is trying to move to mount but Watsky reverses beautifully and ends up in Mondeux's guard.
Mondeux keeping full guard, as Watsky tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mondeux manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Mondeux keeps the fight on the outside.
Watsky keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watsky lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mondeux takes a step back to recover.
Watsky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mondeux throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renee Mondeux dominated that second round.
That's time! Mondeux's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Mondeux throws a nice looking combination but Watsky bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mondeux closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The strikes coming from Mondeux are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mondeux has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Mondeux looks to land a combination but Watsky avoids it well.
Horrible takedown by Mondeux or perhaps it was just good defense by Watsky which made him look bad.
Mondeux stuffs the takedown attempt from Watsky. Watsky gets slowly back to his feet.
Renee Mondeux is winning the standup battle so far.
Mondeux fails with a takedown attempt.
Mondeux digs a good hook to Watsky's body.
Watsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renee Mondeux is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Watsky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mondeux.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renee Mondeux. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watsky throws a head kick that Mondeux semi-blocks.
It looks like Renee Mondeux has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watsky throws a head kick but Mondeux moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Mondeux enables Watsky to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Mondeux manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Watsky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watsky trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mondeux's guard.
Mondeux 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.
Mondeux scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Watsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watsky moves into the clinch.
Mondeux jumps guard but Watsky turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mondeux managing to block the knees to the body from Watsky.
Watsky is looking to control Mondeux's arms but Mondeux gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watsky has his back to the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mondeux pulls guard.
Watsky looking to sit in guard and control but Mondeux gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watsky working a defensive guard here.
Mondeux working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Watsky's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watsky wants to stand but Mondeux is controlling the position.
Watsky keeping full guard, as Mondeux tries to pass.
Chras Watsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Watsky can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mondeux controls the pace.
Mondeux gets to his feet - Watsky follows without any prompting.
Mondeux connects with a body shot that sends Watsky's belly button to the back.
Mondeux looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Mondeux prevents Watsky from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mondeux lands a nice short elbow.
Mondeux thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Watsky's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mondeux tries to pass the half guard into mount. Watsky knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nice strikes from Mondeux there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mondeux gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Mondeux works Watsky's body with a nice hook.
Mondeux fails with the takedown
and Watsky connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mondeux fails with a takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Watsky.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watsky doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Renee Mondeux is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mondeux tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Watsky swivels and escapes.
Watsky throws a chopping leg kick but Mondeux manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renee Mondeux showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mondeux, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renee Mondeux!
Renee Mondeux seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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