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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chance Watkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23
194 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chance Watkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny James!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ben Hemmingworth and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James wants to clinch.
James misses with a takedown attempt
and Watkins counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Watkins throws a big elbow that misses.
James is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watkins is stalling in the full guard.
Watkins has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
James is pulling down on Watkins's head to control his posture.
Watkins tries to free his leg and advance position but James is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James wants to stand up but Watkins is controlling him.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Johnny James.
James with a lazy takedown attempt
and Watkins counters with a shoot takedown. James fights it but they end up in guard.
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!
Watkins being controlled here momentarily.
Watkins trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
James is still trying to improve position.
Watkins postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! James is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Watkins, into his guard.
James won't allow Watkins to sweep him here.
James passes Watkins's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
James thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Watkins trying to control here.
Watkins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to control the action in half guard but Watkins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
James throwing shots but Watkins is blocking nicely.
Watkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for James on the ground.
James moves into full mount! Watkins won't be happy about that!
James misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poor strikes thrown by James there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Watkins really is a fat lump.
Poor strikes thrown by James there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
James throws some wild stikes that Watkins manages to avoid easily.
James misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James working Watkins over with strikes here.
James unloads with some shots from mount but Watkins bucks and avoids them well.
James sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
James content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins is in a horrible position here. James smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
James is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Watkins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
James looking to finish with strikes here!
James misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Watkins flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
James sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
James throwing strikes here but Watkins is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
James unloads with some shots from mount but Watkins bucks and avoids them well.
James sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
James thowing shots but they're missing.
James throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Watkins is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watkins wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by James.
Poor strikes thrown by James there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
James thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
James throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
James controlling the pace for now.
James throws some wild stikes that Watkins manages to avoid easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Watkins is squirming around, avoiding James's attempts to control the action.
James sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny James dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
James gets the takedown into side control.
James with the ground and pound but Watkins regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
James passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Watkins!
Watkins wants to control but James is having none of it.
Watkins avoids a series of strikes thrown by James.
James unloads with some shots from mount but Watkins bucks and avoids them well.
James scoring with strikes but Watkins is staying in there.
It looks like Chance Watkins has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watkins is looking to get to half guard.
James is in the full mount, landing strikes.
James trying to control but Watkins is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by James there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
James postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Watkins badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of James around the waist but James pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! James is the winner by TKO! James jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny James!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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