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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luis Alberto Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez comes to the cage accompanied by Gangnam Style by PSY. Watts has chosen Xxplosive as his entrance music. Tyrone Watts has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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200 lbs
23 - 13 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Alberto Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Watts!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
Watts goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Watts is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watts connects with a leg kick. Perez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Perez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Watts avoids the head kick by Perez.
Watts throws a jab when Perez was well out of range.
Watts lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Watts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perez scores with a hook.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Watts fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Watts shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perez pinned against the cage. Perez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
Luis Alberto Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez throws out a leg kick but Watts moves out of range and Perez only half commits.
Perez keeps the fight on the outside.
Watts tries to clinch but Perez moves out of range.
Watts shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Perez is trying to defend but Watts finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Watts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Perez is trying to control but can't.
Watts wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perez keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts is stalling here. Perez is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Watts seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Perez has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Watts is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Watts is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Perez off and has taken his back!
Watts cracks Perez with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Perez from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Watts gets his way!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts trying to control momentarily.
Watts scores with punches and elbows.
Watts punches the canvas rather than the man.
You can see the frustration on Perez's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Watts is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Perez. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Watts not allowing Perez to control his hands.
Watts throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts has Perez flattened out and is raining down punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee is taking a good look at Perez as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Watts!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts throwing sloppy strikes.
Watts is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Watts gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Watts gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Watts apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Perez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Perez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Watts closes the distance and clinches.
Perez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watts lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Perez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Watts has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Watts dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A left lands for Watts.
Perez digs a good hook to Watts's body.
Perez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Watts misses with an uppercut. Perez saw that one coming.
Watts clinches with his opponent.
Perez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Perez.
Perez working aggressively here.
Perez misses with an elbow over the top.
Perez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Watts takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watts stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wattss head.
Perez blocking some punches.
Perez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watts lands a right hand.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watts.
Perez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watts avoids the elbow strike from Perez, against the cage.
Watts working aggressively here.
Perez lands a nice knee to the body.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perez.
Perez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perez.
Watts scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perez misses with a punch to the body.
Watts swings wildly with an uppercut but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perez misses with some punches.
Perez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watts is defending well for now.
Watts struggles to land a body shot inside as Perez controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez prevents a body shot from Watts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Watts on the inside.
Perez leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Perez.
Watts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perez tries to land a knee to the head but Watts blocks with his arms.
Perez tries to work over Watts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Watts looking to slow down the pace here.
Watts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watts lands a shoulder strike.
Perez can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Perez misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Watts scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Perez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watts misses with some punches.
Perez digs a right hand into Watts's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Watts's gas tank.
Watts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
A short uppercut from Perez.
Perez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Watts.
Perez works on Watts's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Perez fails to land.
Perez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyrone Watts seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Perez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Perez slows down the pace here.
Perez pushes Watts back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Perez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez misses with an elbow strike.
Watts working aggressively here.
Watts holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Perez takes a shot to the head.
Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perez takes one on the button.
Luis Alberto Perez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watts.
Tyrone Watts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perez tries to land a leg kick but Watts saw it coming and moves away.
Watts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Watts not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tyrone Watts will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Perez, right into the meat.
Watts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Perez at a distance.
Watts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez.
Watts lands with a nice body punch.
Watts checks a leg kick.
Watts moves into range and connects with a jab.
A cross from Watts lands.
Watts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch but Watts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Perez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Perez wants it to stay on the feet.
Watts connects with a body shot that sends Perez's belly button to the back.
Perez connects with a body shot that sends Watts's belly button to the back.
Perez throws a right and a left that Watts avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Perez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Watts is just out of range.
Luis Alberto Perez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watts blocks a low kick nicely.
Watts swings for the body but Perez moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watts.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perez avoids the body shot from Watts.
Perez slaps away a takedown attempt from Watts, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Perez ducks right into an uppercut from Watts.
Perez closes the distance and clinches.
Perez tries to land knees in the clinch but Watts avoids the damage to the body.
Perez lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Watts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez misses with some punches.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perez's elbow.
Perez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Perez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Perez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Watts tries to throw a body punch but Perez avoids it by throwing Watts back against the cage.
Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Watts.
Watts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watts has Perez up against the cage in a clinch.
Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts moves out of range of the strikes.
Perez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice body kick there by Perez.
Watts avoids the head kick by Perez.
Perez lands with a kick to the temple. Watts shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A slapping body kick lands there for Perez.
Luis Alberto Perez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrone Watts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Watts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Perez.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts is looking to clinch.
Perez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Watts gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez actively working from the bottom here.
Watts wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perez keeps working.
Watts slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Perez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Luis Alberto Perez.
I think Watts has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tyrone Watts!
After the fight, Tyrone Watts was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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