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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neo Wiggin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watt has chosen Edmund Fitzgerald as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm
28
165 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
30
165 lbs
12 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neo Wiggin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt! The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Wiggin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Watt kicks off Wiggin and gets to his feet. Watt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Watt wants to clinch up but Wiggin keeps it at a distance. Watt ducks under a wild hook from Wiggin. Scott Watt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Watt slips a straight right by Wiggin. It seemed like Watt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Wiggin moves forwards but Watt connects with a nice, crisp jab. 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! Watt moves into the clinch. Wiggin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Watt clinches up with Wiggin and pushes him back against the cage. A nice glancing elbow lands by Watt. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiggin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Watt's brow. Wiggin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiggin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Watt has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Wiggin ducks under a wild hook from Watt. A jab lands there for Wiggin. Wiggin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Wiggin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Wiggin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watt. Watt is looking to clinch but Wiggin is avoiding it.
Watt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wiggin.
Wiggin scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Watt doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiggin circles away.
Watt lands a head kick!
Wiggin tried to score with a low kick but Watt checks it. Watt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wiggin throws a series of punches but Watt avoids them all with ease. An inside leg kick from Wiggin misses. Wiggin scores with the left hand. Watt knows he should have avoided that one. Some wild striking there from Wiggin.
Wiggin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wiggin!
Wiggin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Wiggin pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Wiggin slips a straight right by Watt. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Watt throws a leg kick but Wiggin moved away. Wiggin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Watt there. Watt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Watt takes the fight into the clinch. Watt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wiggin is trying to break the clinch but Watt is controlling him. Watt struggles to land a body shot inside as Wiggin controls his hands.
Wiggin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wiggin is trying to push Watt away but Watt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Wiggin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watt looks to throw the jab but Wiggin is out of range. Watt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wiggin throws out the jab. Wiggin swings away with a leg kick that misses. Wiggin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A swing and a miss from Wiggin. Watt has closed the distance and engaged Wiggin in a clinch.
Wiggin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Watt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wiggin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watt is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Wiggin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Wiggin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watt defending well though. Watt tries to get to full guard but Wiggin has control of the leg. Wiggin scoring with strikes to the body and head. Watt is staying active underneath Wiggin, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Watt wants to control but Wiggin is keeping busy.
Wiggin tries to pass to full mount but Watt defends it. Wiggin trying to control from half guard but Watt is working away. Watt is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Wiggin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Wiggin wants to take a breather but Watt is having none of it. Watt trying to control from the bottom.
Wiggin winds up and cracks Watt with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Wiggin prevents Watt from improving his position. Wiggin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Watt trying to control from the bottom.
Wiggin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watt keeps working. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Neo Wiggin will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Watt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wiggin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Wiggin misses with a double jab.
Watt throws a lazy right hand but Wiggin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Wiggin lands with a straight right. Watt didn't see that one coming. Wiggin walks into a straight right hand from Watt. Wiggin misses with a leg kick. Wiggin throws a hook but Watt blocks it. Wiggin throws the left hand but Watt avoids the punch easily. Watt is looking to clinch but Wiggin is avoiding it.
Wiggin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiggin keeps the fight on the outside. Good shot there by Wiggin. Watt has closed the distance and engaged Wiggin in a clinch.
Wiggin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Wiggin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Watt misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiggin is trying to force a seperation but Watt has the dominant position. Wiggin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiggin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiggin lands a glancing blow to the side of Watt's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Watt throws a looping overhand right but Wiggin ducks down to avoid it. Wiggin throws a jab when Watt was well out of range. Watt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wiggin scores with a nice right hand.
Watt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Scott Watt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Watt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wiggin. Watt misses with a left hand and Wiggin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Watt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wiggin eats them both and turns towards Watt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Wiggin with a body punch. A glancing blow. Wiggin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watt. Nice shot by Wiggin. This has been an exciting period of action! Wiggin throws a body shot but no joy. Wiggin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Wiggin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Watt ducks under a wild hook from Wiggin. Wiggin just misses with a punch to the body.
Watt looks to clinch and Wiggin counters with a stiff right hand. Watt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Wiggin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watt.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wiggin slips under a jab. Watt is looking to clinch. Scott Watt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Wiggin works Watt's body with a nice hook. Wiggin misses the jab. Wiggin misses with a looping left. Watt gets a clinch. Wiggin is working Watt over against the cage. Wiggin takes an elbow to the forehead. Wiggin wants to break free but Watt has control.
A nice right hand lands inside from Watt. A right hand to the body from Watt.
Wiggin throws an elbow that misses.
Watt misses with some punches.
Watt breaks from the clinch.
Wiggin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Wiggin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Watt. Wiggin misses with a hook. As Wiggin backs off Watt throws a huge counter combo but Wiggin manages to avoid it all. Watt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wiggin on the side of the head. A shot to the liver by Wiggin. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Watt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Wiggin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiggin throws the left hand but Watt avoids the punch easily. Watt fails in his attempt to clinch. Watt throws a wild body kick that Wiggin sees coming a mile off. Wiggin throws a series of punches but Watt moves out of range. Wiggin thuds his right hand into Watt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Wiggin swings away with a leg kick that misses. Watt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Watt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wiggin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Wiggin scores with a jab. Watt acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Wiggin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watt scores with a jab. Wiggin acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Watt jabbing away but nothing is landing. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Watt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Watt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watt misses with a hook. Watt scores with a kick to the body.
Wiggin slips a jab from Watt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wiggin shoots in looking for a takedown but Watt manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wiggin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Watt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Nice defenses there by Watt. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watt! But no joy. Wiggin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Wiggin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Watt tries to close the distance and clinch but Wiggin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Wiggin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watt. Watt moves in looking to clinch but Wiggin pushes him off. Watt misses with a lunging right hand
and Wiggin counters with a lovely shot to the body. Watt scores with a punch to the head. Watt misses with a looping right. Watt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wiggin throws a head kick but Watt moves out of range.
Watt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Watt scores with a sloppy right hand. Wiggin should have avoided that one. Wiggin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Watt scores with a hook. Wiggin moves out of range as Watt strikes. Watt throws an overhand right that lands on Wiggin's shoulder, as Wiggin tries to avoid the shot. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neo Wiggin dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Wiggin misses with a straight right. Wiggin throws a hook but Watt avoids it easily. Wiggin misses the shot to the body. Neo Wiggin is winning the standup battle so far. Wiggin misses with a looping left. Watt tries to move into range but Wiggin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Watt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Danga de danga de dang - Wiggin scores with a four punch combination! Watt looks to throw the jab but Wiggin is out of range. A left lands for Watt. Watt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Wiggin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Wiggin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watt. Wiggin slips under a jab. Wiggin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Wiggin scores with a sloppy right hand. Watt should have avoided that one. This has been an exciting period of action! Watt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Wiggin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. Ground and pound from Wiggin. Wiggin prevents Watt from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round. Watt is refusing to be controlled, as Wiggin sits in half guard. Wiggin working over Watt with some ground and pound. Watt looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Watt wants to control but Wiggin is keeping busy.
Watt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Wiggin wants to take a breather but Watt is having none of it. Wiggin is thwarting Watt's attempts to control the position. Watt is controlling Wiggin's trapped leg to prevent Wiggin from advancing to side control. Watt is trying to control but can't.
Wiggin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watt keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Wiggin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watt defending well though. Wiggin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watt defending well though. Wiggin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watt can do to turn this around? Wiggin scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Wiggin trying to control the action but Watt is working from the bottom. Wiggin 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. Watt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Wiggin winds up and cracks Watt with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Watt is rocked! Wiggin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watt defending well though. Watt is still in real trouble! Can Wiggin finish him? Watt wants to control but Wiggin passes into side.
Watt tries to buck Wiggin off but Wiggin is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Watt seems to have recovered his senses. Wiggin throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Watt managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wiggin.
Neo Wiggin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Watt is not content to let Wiggin control the position. Wiggin working the ground and pound but Watt is defending the strikes. Wiggin lands a few punches from side control. Watt looking for a sweep but Wiggin has passed into full mount! Oh no! Scott Watt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Watt can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wiggin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Watt is bucking up trying to escape but Wiggin cracks him with another couple of good strikes. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Watt keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wiggin landing strikes from the mount. Wiggin controlling from the full mount. Wiggin scoring with strikes but Watt is staying in there. Watt tries to lock up and control but Wiggin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Watt is looking to get to half guard. Wiggin lands a big shot there that rocks Watt but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that's the end of the fight! Neo Wiggin showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wiggin, 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27 Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27 Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neo Wiggin! Neo Wiggin spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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