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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scott Watt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watt comes to the cage accompanied by Edmund Fitzgerald. Van Kirkland has chosen DJ Vadim - The Terrorist as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Excellent MT
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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
14 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vladimir Van Kirkland!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watt forces Van Kirkland back against the cage and clinches.
Van Kirkland manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Van Kirkland wants to break free but Watt has control.
A right handed body shot lands from Watt.
Van Kirkland misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Kirkland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Kirkland misses with a leg kick.
Watt throws a good cross that connects.
Van Kirkland missing with a left hand there. Watt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Watt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Kirkland throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Kirkland swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Watt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Kirkland swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Kirkland looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Kirkland throws a body punch but Watt moves out of range.
Van Kirkland lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Kirkland misses with an uppercut.
Watt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Van Kirkland lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kirkland cracks Watt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Watt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Watt drives through and clinches with Van Kirkland against the cage.
Watt is struggling to control the position.
Van Kirkland lands a hook that snaps the head of Watt backwards.
Watt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Watt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Kirklands head.
Watt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Kirkland makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Kirkland presses Watt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Kirkland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Kirkland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Kirkland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Kirkland lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Kirkland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Kirkland misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Kirkland wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Watt has him pressed against the cage.
Van Kirkland misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Kirkland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Kirkland to score with a decent uppercut.
Watt jabs Van Kirkland to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Kirkland changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Watt misses with a two punch combination.
Watt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Van Kirkland scores with a decent looking hook.
A jab from Van Kirkland does it's job there.
Watt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Kirkland checks a leg kick.
Watt with a nice cross.
Van Kirkland thumps Watt with a low kick.
Good work by Watt as he checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland misses with a leg kick
and Watt counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Kirkland lands an overhand right.
Van Kirkland lands a body shot.
Watt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Kirkland takes one to the chin there.
Van Kirkland looks for the body kick but Watt saw that one coming.
Watt is looking to counter with head kicks.
Van Kirkland throws the left hand but Watt avoids the punch easily.
Watt walks into a straight right hand from Van Kirkland.
Watt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Kirkland.
Watt scores with a nice right hand.
Van Kirkland moves out of range as Watt strikes.
Watt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Kirkland's corner calls for a 1-2. Van Kirkland obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Kirkland wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Watt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Kirkland. Van Kirkland obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Kirkland slips a jab from Watt.
Van Kirkland drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Watt. Those never looked like landing.
Watt looks to land a body kick but Van Kirkland moved away.
Van Kirkland swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watt slips under a jab from Van Kirkland.
Good exchange - Van Kirkland coming out on top.
Watt defending well as Van Kirkland loads up on a big left hand.
Van Kirkland connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Watt.
Nice shot by Watt.
Watt scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Kirkland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watt.
Watt slips a jab from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland throws a hook to the side of Watt's head but Watt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Watt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Kirkland is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good shot there by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland misses with a series of wild punches.
Watt lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Van Kirkland dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice body kick from Watt.
Van Kirkland jabs Watt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Kirkland thuds his right hand into Watt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Van Kirkland moves into range and connects with a jab.
Van Kirkland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watt was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Kirkland.
Watt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland throws a body shot but no joy.
Watt throwing a counter right hand but Van Kirkland manages to avoid it.
Van Kirkland tests Watt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Watt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Van Kirkland connects with an inside leg kick.
Watt throws a series of punches but Van Kirkland avoids them all with ease.
Van Kirkland has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice combination there by Van Kirkland.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Kirkland throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Watt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van Kirkland misses with a hook.
Watt punishes Van Kirkland's body with a nice straight punch.
Watt misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Watt misses.
Some wild striking there from Watt.
Watt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Van Kirkland tries to score with a low kick but Watt moves his leg out of the way.
Watt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Van Kirkland dips to his left and cracks Watt with an uppercut!
Van Kirkland rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watt counters with a right hand to the body.
Van Kirkland throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Van Kirkland stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Watt.
Van Kirkland scores with a jab.
Van Kirkland throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Kirkland looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watt looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watt throws a looping overhand right but Van Kirkland ducks down to avoid it.
Van Kirkland rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watt moves out of range as Van Kirkland strikes.
Vladimir Van Kirkland seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt swinging wildly here.
Watt throws a body punch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Van Kirkland swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watt slips under a jab from Van Kirkland.
Watt misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Van Kirkland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watt clinches.
Watt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Kirklands head.
Van Kirkland pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Kirkland throws a low kick but Watt moves out of range easily.
Watt appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Van Kirkland throws a hook to the side of Watt's head but Watt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Kirkland lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watt circles away quickly and effectively.
Watt drives through and clinches with Van Kirkland against the cage.
Van Kirkland misses with the head strike.
Watt prevents a body shot from Van Kirkland.
Watt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Kirkland was well out of range. Poor timing from Watt.
Watt checks a low kick from Van Kirkland.
Watt avoids the body shot from Van Kirkland.
A punch combination from Watt misses.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Van Kirkland looks to throw the jab but Watt is out of range.
Watt is looking to counter punch.
Van Kirkland misses with a straight right.
Watt scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Kirkland should have avoided that one.
Van Kirkland finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Watt half committed to a counter leg kick.
Van Kirkland throws a big shot that misses.
Watt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Kirkland misses with a hook
and Watt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Van Kirkland. Those never looked like landing.
Watt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Kirkland wants to slow Watt down by chopping away at his legs.
Donk. Van Kirkland catches Watt right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Kirkland.
Watt avoids the body shot from Van Kirkland.
Watt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A clash of legs there as Watt blocks the low kick.
Van Kirkland lands with an overhand left.
Van Kirkland throws a good cross that connects.
Watt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Watt misses with a wild combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Watt.
Watt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Kirkland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Watt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Kirkland works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watt lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watt.
Scott Watt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Kirkland misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vladimir Van Kirkland will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Kirkland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watt.
Watt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Watt rushes Van Kirkland and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Van Kirkland swings wildly with an uppercut but Watt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Kirkland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watt is trying to stall.
Van Kirkland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Our sources have told us that Watt has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Van Kirkland misses with the head strike.
Van Kirkland looking to stall.
Watt tries to stall but Van Kirkland uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Kirkland misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Kirkland tries to throw a body punch but Watt avoids it by throwing Van Kirkland back against the cage.
Watt pushes Van Kirkland back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Kirkland throws a head punch that misses.
Van Kirkland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Kirkland has a couple of punches blocked by Watt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt wants to stall.
Van Kirkland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Kirkland misses with some punches.
Watt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Kirkland swats away the attempt to clinch by Watt.
Watt defending well as Van Kirkland loads up on a big left hand.
Watt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watt clinches with his opponent.
Van Kirkland misses with the head strike.
Watt is looking to control Van Kirkland's arms but Van Kirkland gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watt has his back to the cage.
Watt breaks the clinch.
Van Kirkland slips a jab from Watt.
Van Kirkland dodges the punch combination from Watt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick but Watt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Kirkland moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Watt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Watt clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Kirkland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watt misses with the head strike.
Van Kirkland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Watt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watt throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Kirkland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Kirkland to score with a decent uppercut.
Watt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van Kirkland paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Kirkland looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Watt throws a shot to the body.
Watt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Van Kirkland stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Watt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt tries to clinch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Watt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Kirkland tries to land a leg kick but Watt saw it coming and moves away.
Watt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Watt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Watt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watt staying out of range there.
Watt throws a right and a left that Van Kirkland avoids nicely.
Van Kirkland connects with an inside leg kick.
Watt throws a hook but Van Kirkland blocks it.
A cross from Watt lands.
Van Kirkland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watt manages to avoid it.
Vladimir Van Kirkland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Kirkland throws a hook but Watt blocks it.
Scott Watt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Watt missing with a left hand there. Van Kirkland was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Van Kirkland on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Kirkland as he connects with a hook.
Van Kirkland circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Kirkland misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland takes a swing at Watt's ribcage but misses.
Van Kirkland lands a glancing blow to the side of Watt's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Kirkland just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Kirkland tries to work over Watt's front leg with a kick but Watt checks it.
Van Kirkland swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vladimir Van Kirkland is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Good work by Watt as he checks the leg kick.
Watt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Kirkland was well out of range. Poor timing from Watt.
Van Kirkland misses with a looping left.
Van Kirkland moves out of range of the strikes.
Watt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Kirkland was well out of range. Poor timing from Watt.
A little jabbing left from Van Kirkland on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A head kick misses from Watt.
Van Kirkland cracks Watt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Watt wants to clinch
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice leg kick.
Van Kirkland lands with a cross.
Watt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Van Kirkland comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Kirkland winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Van Kirkland!
Vladimir Van Kirkland made sure to mention his sponsor, Sin City Allstars in his post fight interview.
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hype
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