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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid . Joseph has chosen The Rover as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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270 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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204 cm
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232 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Watson.
Joseph flicks out a counter leg kick but Watson steps away.
Watson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Watson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Joseph!
You can see the frustration on Joseph's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Joseph is looking for a sweep.
Watson working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Joseph's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Watson throws an elbow but Joseph slips to the side and avoids it well.
Watson lands a nice forearm strike.
Joseph is trying to control Watson's posture but Watson avoids it.
Joseph defending against the ground and pound.
Joseph is not content to let Watson control the position.
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 working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is trying to control Watson's posture but Watson avoids it.
Joseph tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Watson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Joseph dodges the ground and pound from Watson.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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.
Joseph tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Watson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Joseph's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Joseph can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joseph is looking to regain half guard here but Watson keeps moving and retains side control.
Joseph struggling a bit here.
Joseph is looking to regain half guard here but Watson keeps moving and retains side control.
Watson in side control, throwing shots but Joseph defends.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joseph is looking for a sweep.
Watson trying to control the action but Joseph is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to improve position but can't.
An elbow from Watson crashes against the mat.
Joseph tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Joseph is trying to control Watson's posture but Watson avoids it.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joseph looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Joseph wants to control but Watson postures up.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Joseph dodges the ground and pound from Watson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Watson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Watson is looking to take a break and control but Joseph is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watson throws a strike aimed at the side of Joseph's head but Joseph avoids it well.
Joseph defending against the ground and pound.
Joseph is working to avoid the ground and pound but Watson connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Joseph is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Joseph is looking to reverse the position.
Joseph struggling a bit here.
Watson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Joseph sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Joseph can't do much from the bottom here.
Joseph is trying to get back to his feet.
Watson cracks Joseph with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Watson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Watson misses with a straight right.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph lands a jab to Watson's midsection.
Joseph lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Joseph misses with a wild combination.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but Joseph slips the punch.
Watson scores with a takedown into Joseph's guard.
Watson postures up and lands a big shot to Joseph's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph is trying to control the position but Watson postures up.
Watson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Watson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Watson landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph pulls Watson in close to his closed guard and prevents Watson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Watson wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
Joseph utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Watson trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Joseph preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watson wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sean Watson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joseph wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Watson wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Watson misses with a low kick.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Joseph throws a low kick, looking for Watson's leg but Watson calmly moves out of range.
Joseph punishes Watson's body with a nice straight punch.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Joseph thumps Watson with a low kick.
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Watson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Joseph defends it nicely.
Joseph bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a jab to the head.
Anthony Joseph seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Joseph tries to avoid it but Watson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Joseph to the ground. Joseph escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Watson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watson wants to slow Joseph down by chopping away at his legs.
A little jabbing left from Joseph on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joseph connects with a good right hand that stumbles Watson. Watson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Watson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Joseph defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Joseph.
The fighters circling - Watson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph takes a swing at Watson's ribcage but misses.
Watson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Joseph throws a low kick but Watson moves out of range easily.
Watson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Watson.
Joseph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph throws a head kick but Watson moves out of range.
Watson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joseph attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Watson moves out of range as Joseph throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Joseph showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Watson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joseph.
Joseph throws out a loose jab but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Joseph pinned against the cage. Joseph gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Watson throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
Joseph attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
No luck for Watson with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
Watson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Joseph is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joseph. Watson shrugs it off though.
Joseph is looking to chop away at Watson's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Joseph misses.
Joseph throws a leg kick that misses.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Watson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joseph throws an overhand right that lands on Watson's shoulder, as Watson tries to avoid the shot.
Joseph blocks a jab.
Watson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Watson lands a jab to the nose.
Watson needs to keep his hands up - Joseph had a free shot at his head there.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Joseph lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joseph lands a head shot.
Joseph throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Joseph. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Joseph cracks the inside of Watson's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph drops Watson with a beautiful combination! Watson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Joseph is looking for the KO!
It looks like Sean Watson has been cut.
Joseph lands with a good body shot.
Joseph throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Joseph lands a slapping body shot.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph sizes up Watson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joseph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Watson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watson is rocked!
Joseph lands a leg kick that knocks Watson off balance momentarily.
Joseph misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Joseph - that will leave a mark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Joseph there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat.
Anthony Joseph is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice cross by Joseph.
Watson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joseph can pounce on him.
Joseph connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watson's hands.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
Joseph walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Watson tries for a takedown but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Joseph feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Watson sprawling to the canvas! Watson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Joseph finish him?!
Oh Watson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Joseph.
Joseph walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Watson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Joseph swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Watson's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph!
An out of breath Anthony Joseph 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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