PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buakaw Por Pramuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Watson
vs
Por Pramuk

191 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Buakaw Por Pramuk!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Por Pramuk fails to land the takedown.
Por Pramuk will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Por Pramuk fails to land the takedown.
James Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buakaw Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Watson keeps the fight on the outside.
Por Pramuk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Por Pramuk shoots in for a double leg but Watson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
James Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson lands a jab-cross combination.
Watson misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Watson. Those never looked like landing.
Por Pramuk dodges the punch combination from Watson.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Watson with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Pramuk ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
A punch combination from Watson misses.
Watson misses with a straight left.
Por Pramuk dives in for a single leg takedown but Watson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Por Pramuk breaks the clinch.
No luck for Por Pramuk with that takedown attempt.
Watson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Watson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Por Pramuk walks into a stiff left hand from Watson.
Watson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A punch lands to the side of Por Pramuk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Por Pramuk walks into a left hand.
Por Pramuk misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Por Pramuk looks winded!
Por Pramuk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Por Pramuk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Por Pramuk walks into a jab.
Watson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watson lands a two punch combo.
Watson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Watson with a jab.
James Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Por Pramuk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Watson.
Por Pramuk shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense.
Watson connects with a looping right hand.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch up.
Watson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sloppy strikes from Watson. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Watson throws a series of punches but Por Pramuk avoids them all with ease.
Por Pramuk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Por Pramuk walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Por Pramuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watson.
Watson misses with a looping left.
Watson feints a jab promting Por Pramuk to slip. Watson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Por Pramuk slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Watson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Por Pramuk eats them both and turns towards Watson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Por Pramuk closes the distance and clinches.
Por Pramuk prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
Por Pramuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson has Por Pramuk pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Por Pramuk manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Por Pramuk has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Watson after a bit of a struggle.

Por Pramuk successfully pulls guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Watson tries to stand but Por Pramuk is controlling from the bottom.
Por Pramuk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Watson is one step ahead there.
Watson wants to stand and escape but instead Por Pramuk has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Watson kicks Por Pramuk off and gets to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Por Pramuk looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
Por Pramuk shoots for a takedown but Watson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Watson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Watson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A right-left combo lands from Watson.
Por Pramuk wants to clinch.
James Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watson throws a combination. Por Pramuk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Watson misses with a left hand

and Por Pramuk counters by moving into the clinch.

Watson breaks from the clinch.
Watson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Por Pramuk scores with a kick to the body.
Watson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Por Pramuk looks to land a body kick but Watson moved away.
A combination from Watson does no damage.
Watson misses with a double jab
and Por Pramuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Por Pramuk circles away quickly and effectively.
James Watson is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Por Pramuk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throws a series of punches but Por Pramuk avoids them all with ease.
Watson throws a hook to the side of Por Pramuk's head but Por Pramuk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Watson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Por Pramuk goes for a double leg but Watson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Watson continues to drive forward.
Watson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Por Pramuk prevents it.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Por Pramuk breaks from the clinch.
Por Pramuk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Por Pramuk.
James Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buakaw Por Pramuk.
Watson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Por Pramuk ducks under a wild hook from Watson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk fails with a takedown attempt.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Por Pramuk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Por Pramuk shoots in.
Watson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Watson lands with an uppercut that bounces Por Pramuk off the cage and back into range.
Por Pramuk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Por Pramuk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Watson to score with a decent uppercut.
Watson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Por Pramuk has managed to clinch.
Por Pramuk can't get the takedown.

Watson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Por Pramuk takes one on the button.
Watson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Por Pramuk misses with a few strikes there.
Watson misses with a few strikes there.
Por Pramuk shoots in and drives through. Watson sprawls well.
Por Pramuk is looking to clinch.
Watson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Por Pramuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
Watson slaps away a takedown attempt from Por Pramuk, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Por Pramuk dives in and grabs Watson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Watson pushes down on Por Pramuk's head and hops out.
Watson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Por Pramuk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.
Watson looks to land a left hand but Por Pramuk moved out of range nicely.
Por Pramuk wants to clinch.
Watson lands with a nice combination. Por Pramuk backs away looking to recover.
Watson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Por Pramuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
Por Pramuk shoots in and drives through. Watson sprawls well.
Watson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Por Pramuk back to the cage. Watson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Por Pramuk throws a chopping leg kick but Watson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Por Pramuk slips a jab and a cross from Watson.
A jab from Watson misses.
Watson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Watson wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Watson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Por Pramuk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Watson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Por Pramuk moves into the clinch successfully.

Watson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Por Pramuk misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Watson misses with a series of wild punches.
Watson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Por Pramuk on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Por Pramuk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Watson avoids it really well and circles away.
Por Pramuk throws out a loose jab but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Por Pramuk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Por Pramuk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Watson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson tries to bum rush Por Pramuk with a series of wild strikes but Por Pramuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Por Pramuk looks for a takedown but Watson sprawls well.
James Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buakaw Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Watson slips a jab from Por Pramuk.
A nice combination there by Watson.
Watson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Por Pramuk shoots for a double leg takedown but Watson sprawls well. He's pushed Por Pramuk's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Por Pramuk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Watson. Those never looked like landing.
Watson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Por Pramuk's head.
A combination from Por Pramuk does no damage.
Watson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Por Pramuk moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Por Pramuk drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Por Pramuk has Watson pressed against the cage, preventing Watson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Por Pramuk lands an elbow that stopped Watson in his tracks for a moment.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Por Pramuk is looking to take this one to the mat.

Watson manages to break the clinch.
Por Pramuk will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Watson scores with a four punch combination!
Watson with a jab.
Por Pramuk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watson is fending him off so far but Por Pramuk persists. Nope, Watson circles away and we're back to standing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Watson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Watson.
Watson throws a right hand that Por Pramuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Por Pramuk also avoids with ease.
Por Pramuk throws a sloppy head kick and Watson moves out of range easily.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
Watson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Por Pramuk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watson misses with a hook.
Watson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Por Pramuk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Por Pramuk slips under a jab.
Por Pramuk shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense.
Watson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Por Pramuk's head backwards.
Watson throws a jab but it's blocked by Por Pramuk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A combination from Watson does no damage.
Por Pramuk scores with a head kick. Watson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Watson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Por Pramuk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Por Pramuk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Por Pramuk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Watson.
Por Pramuk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jab, jab by Watson - just one landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Por Pramuk tries for a takedown but Watson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Por Pramuk wants to clinch.
Buakaw Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Watson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Watson, 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Watson!