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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kengo Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Chambers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as George Chambers enters the cage!
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212 lbs
12 - 15 - 0 |
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200 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kengo Watanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Chambers!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chambers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watanabe misses with a left hand
and Chambers counters with a good low kick that Watanabe was not able to check.
Chambers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watanabe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Chambers avoids the body shot from Watanabe.
Chambers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watanabe slips under a jab.
Watanabe misses with a left hand
and Chambers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chambers lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Kengo Watanabe has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe shoots in for a takedown but Chambers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kengo Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watanabe throws out a loose jab but Chambers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watanabe swings widly with a right hand
and Chambers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chambers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watanabe was well out of range. Poor timing from Chambers.
Watanabe misses with a hook
and Chambers counters with a nice leg kick.
Chambers misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe shoots for a double leg takedown but Chambers sprawls well. He's pushed Watanabe's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chambers lands with a good body shot.
Watanabe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Watanabe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kick In The Nutz Gym (14 Elite Coaches, Low Cap) in the buildup to the fight.
Watanabe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chambers counters with a nice leg kick.
Watanabe dives in and grabs Chambers's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chambers pushes down on Watanabe's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kengo Watanabe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watanabe shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Chambers pinned against the cage. Chambers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
George Chambers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chambers leaves Watanabe with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Watanabe misses with a hook
and Chambers counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watanabe's knee momentarily.
Chambers just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Chambers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watanabe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chambers throws a right and a left that Watanabe avoids nicely.
Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watanabe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Watanabe dodges the punch combination from Chambers.
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
Chambers misses with a body shot.
Watanabe missing with a left hand there. Chambers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with a hook.
Watanabe fails to land with a series of punches.
Watanabe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chambers counters with a leg kick.
Watanabe looks to throw the jab but Chambers is out of range.
Watanabe misses with a hook. Chambers ducked under it nicely.
Watanabe throws a hook to the side of Chambers's head but Chambers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chambers's corner calls for a 1-2. Chambers obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Watanabe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chambers slips a jab and a cross from Watanabe.
Watanabe misses with a looping right.
Chambers stuns Watanabe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chambers misses with a series of wild punches.
Watanabe takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chambers swinging wildly here.
Watanabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chambers has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Chambers avoids nicely.
Watanabe throws a good cross that connects.
Chambers lands a nice shot to the body.
Watanabe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chambers. Chambers obviously looking to wear him down.
Watanabe misses with a wild combination.
Watanabe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chambers misses with a body kick.
Watanabe misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Chambers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kengo Watanabe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Watanabe throws an overhand right that lands on Chambers's shoulder, as Chambers tries to avoid the shot.
Watanabe rushes Chambers and presses him up against the cage.
Watanabe tries to score a body lock takedown but Chambers shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Chambers gets underhooks to prevent Watanabe's takedown attempt.
A left hand lands to the body for Chambers.
Watanabe tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kengo Watanabe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left hand lands to the body for Chambers.
Chambers's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Chambers is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A right handed body shot lands from Chambers.
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!
Chambers is leaning against Watanabe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chambers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chambers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watanabe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chambers lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chambers lands a big right hand that sends Watanabe crashing to the mat! Chambers stays standing though and waves Watanabe back to his feet!
Watanabe is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watanabe ducks into an uppercut from Chambers and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). George Chambers!
An out of breath George Chambers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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