PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Pitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson comes to the cage accompanied by Roll Right. Pitt has chosen Pitt Don't Play Dat as his entrance music. Brian Watson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Watson
vs
Pitt

180 cm
35
180 lbs
33 - 19 - 1

188 cm
31
184 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Pitt!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pitt gets caught napping as Watson dives in and scores a takedown. Pitt manages to retain guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Watson is looking to pass into half guard but Pitt pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Pitt is in guard.
Pitt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pitt's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Watson pushes Pitt off and gets back to his feet.

Watson gets a clinch.
Watson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pitt fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Watson instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson managing to block the knees to the body from Pitt.
Pitt throws an elbow that misses.
Pitt scores with a shoulder strike.
Watson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pitt prevents it.
Pitt missing with knees to the body.
Pitt throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Pitt.
Pitt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watson is defending well for now.
Watson is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Pitt - that landed with a thud.
Watson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pitt is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from Pitt.
Pitt misses with an elbow over the top.
Pitt lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt throws a punch but it's blocked by Watson.
Pitt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pitt has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from Pitt.
Pitt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Watson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pitt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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!
Pitt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pitt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from Pitt.
Pitt tries a body shot but Watson blocks it.
Watson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pitt is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pitt has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Pitt lands an elbow inside that Watson shrugs off.
Pitt scores with a shoulder strike.
Pitt misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Pitt.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pitt avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Good body shot from Pitt.
Watson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Pitt.
Watson blocks a body shot from Pitt.
Pitt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pitt.
Pitt missing with knees to the body.
Watson is working for takedown but Pitt is calmly controlling the position for now.
Watson takes an elbow to the temple.
Pitt working aggressively here.
Watson is trying to drag Pitt to the mat but Pitt just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pitt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pitt.
Pitt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watson is working for takedown but Pitt is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pitt prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitt gets underhooks to prevent Watson's takedown attempt.
Watson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pitt after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch on the inside from Pitt fails to land.
Pitt lands a shot to the body.
Watson is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitt misses with some punches.
Pitt gets underhooks to prevent Watson's takedown attempt.
Pitt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watson.
Pitt works on Watson's body with a couple of short punches.
Pitt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pitt.
Nice elbow from Pitt.

It looks like Brian Watson has been cut.
Pitt lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pitt.
Watson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watson can't get the takedown.
Pitt prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short left from Pitt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Pitt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Watson tries for a takedown but Pitt circles away easily
and Pitt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pitt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pitt just misses with a punch to the body.
Watson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pitt pinned against the cage. Pitt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pitt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watson fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brian Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Pitt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pitt stuffs the takedown attempt from Watson. Watson gets slowly back to his feet.
Pitt has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Watson is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson shoots in for a double leg but Pitt sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice uppercut lands for Watson. That snapped Pitt's head back.
Watson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pitt tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Watson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Pitt!
Watson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ground and pound from Watson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pitt holds on to Watson's head and controls the position momentarily.
Pitt parries the strikes from Watson easily there. Watson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pitt to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt is looking for a sweep.
Pitt struggling a bit here.
Watson scoring with punches from side control.
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!
Watson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pitt regains half guard, as Watson was trying to land strikes.
Pitt trying to hold on to Watson's head to control him but Watson postures up.
Pitt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Watson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pitt wants to get back to full guard.
Pitt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Watson drops an elbow to the side of Pitt's head.
Watson with the ground and pound but Pitt uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Watson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brian Watson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson scoring with some ground and pound.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but Pitt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pitt trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pitt sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Watson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Watson misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Watson throws a body punch but Pitt moves out of range.
Pitt lands with a shot to the body.
Watson fails with the takedown.
A slow jab from Pitt misses its intended target.
Watson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pitt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pitt lands a leg kick that knocks Watson off balance momentarily.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.

Pitt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pitt working aggressively here.
Pitt tries to work over Watson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watsons head.
Pitt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watson takes an elbow to the temple.
Pitt trying to land knees to the body.
Pitt scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Watson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Watson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pitt!
Watson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pitt gets back to half guard.
Watson with the ground and pound but Pitt uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pitt keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watson throws a strike but Pitt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Watson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pitt is controlling him.
Watson 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.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Pitt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brian Watson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Watson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pitt is fending him off so far but Watson persists. Nope, Pitt circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pitt defends well and Watson ends up having to push Pitt into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Pitt can't find room to land a body shot as Watson controls the action.
Dirk Pitt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Watson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Watson manages to end up in side control.
Watson trying to control the position but Pitt is working away.
Pitt is looking for a sweep.
Pitt taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pitt keeps working.
Pitt is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pitt wants to control but Watson postures up.
Watson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pitt keeps working.
Watson tries to score with some ground and pound. Pitt controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pitt tries to improve position but can't.
Watson with the ground and pound but Pitt regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Pitt is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Watson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pitt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watson.
Watson just misses with a punch to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Pitt enables Watson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Pitt manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Pitt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Watson is trying to stand up.
Pitt controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Pitt trying to control but Watson is having none of it.
Pitt won't let Watson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pitt controlling from the full mount.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dirk Pitt hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Pitt scores with a decent looking hook.
Watson swinging wildly here.

Watson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Watson showed some decent athleticism there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to stand but Pitt has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pitt is doing well to control the position and prevent Watson from advancing to side control.
Pitt wants to improve his position but Watson is controlling well.
Pitt moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pitt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitt controls Watson momentarily but Watson frees himself.
Watson throws a strike but Pitt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Watson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Pitt is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Watson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Watson had his way with Dirk Pitt in that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Watson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Pitt missing with a left hand there. Watson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pitt as he jumps to the side.

Pitt clinches with his opponent.
Pitt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Watson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pitt pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Watson wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pitt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pitt is defending well.
Good body shot from Pitt.
Pitt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pitt lands with a light punch inside.
Watson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pitt lands a shot to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Pitt lands a nice uppercut.
Pitt lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Pitt fails to land.
Pitt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pitt lands an elbow inside that Watson shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.

Watson has hold of one of Pitt's legs. Pitt is fighting the takedown attempt but Watson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pitt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Watson!
Pitt looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dirk Pitt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Watson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitt sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brian Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Dirk Pitt wasn't active enough on the ground.

Watson clinches with his opponent.
Pitt misses with a punch to the body.
Pitt throws a head punch that misses.
Pitt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Watson wants the takedown. Pitt is fighting it off but Watson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Pitt's guard against the cage.
Watson tries to free his leg and advance position but Pitt is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but Pitt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pitt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Watson is keeping the position for now.

Watson pushes Pitt off and scrambles back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Pitt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Watson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Watson!
Brian Watson retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Brian Watson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.