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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Ragnarson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Gustav Ragnarson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Gustav Ragnarson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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205 lbs
32 - 16 - 0 |
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210 lbs
36 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustav Ragnarson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Watson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ragnarson checks a leg kick.
Ragnarson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Watson 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.
A bone on bone clash there as Ragnarson blocks the leg kick.
Ragnarson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Watson sprawls and moves away.
Ragnarson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ragnarson shoots in and bounces Watson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Watson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ragnarson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Watson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ragnarson tries to counter with a takedown but Watson is quick to defend against it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Ragnarson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ragnarson fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustav Ragnarson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson throws a body shot but no joy.
Watson stuffs the takedown.
Ragnarson moves out of range of the leg kick from Watson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Watson.
Watson punishes Ragnarson's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarson tries for a takedown but Watson circles away easily
enabling Watson to counter with a crisp jab.
Ragnarson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ragnarson dives in for a single leg takedown but Watson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ragnarson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Watson on his heels. He'll look to pass Watson's guard now, I'm sure.
Ragnarson looking to pass the guard.
Watson is trying to control the position but Ragnarson postures up.
Ragnarson tries to free his leg and advance position but Watson is retaining full guard.
Watson pulls Ragnarson in to control the position.
Ragnarson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watson is controlling Ragnarson's posture.
Ragnarson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watson manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Ragnarson wants to take the fight to the mat but Watson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarson wants to take the fight to the mat but Watson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson lands with a short shot to the head.
It looks like Gustav Ragnarson has been cut.
Watson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ragnarson is trying to drag Watson to the mat but Watson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Watson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Watson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Watson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ragnarson takes a shot to the head.
Watson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Watson is pressed up against the cage. Ragnarson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson misses with a low kick.
Ragnarson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watson circles away.
Watson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Watson finds it's way through Ragnarson's defenses.
Watson stuffs the takedown attempt from Ragnarson. Ragnarson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ragnarson with a poor takedown
and Watson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ragnarson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ragnarson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ragnarson closes the distance and clinches up with Watson, looking for a takedown. Ragnarson pushes Watson against the cage but Watson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ragnarson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Watson is trying to control but can't.
Watson moves into full guard.
Ragnarson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ragnarson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ragnarson is fighting to break Watson's control of his arms but Watson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Ragnarson throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson managing to control the position.
Ragnarson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ragnarson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ragnarson 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.
Ragnarson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ragnarson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watson trying to keep a closed guard but Ragnarson is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gustav Ragnarson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ragnarson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Ragnarson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gustav Ragnarson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ragnarson is chipping away with strikes.
Watson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ragnarson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Watson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ragnarson.
Ragnarson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ragnarson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ragnarson winds up and cracks Watson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ragnarson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ragnarson working Watson over with strikes.
Watson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ragnarson is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Watson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ragnarson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ragnarson looks to land a strike but Watson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Watson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ragnarson.
Ragnarson tries to free his leg and advance position but Watson is retaining full guard.
Ragnarson is looking to work some ground and pound but Watson has wrist control.
Ragnarson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ragnarson distracts Watson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ragnarson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ragnarson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Watson trying to keep a closed guard but Ragnarson is proving a slippery customer.
Ragnarson throwing strikes but missing.
Ragnarson connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ragnarson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watson working a defensive guard here.
Watson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ragnarson manages to get himself to full guard.
Watson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ragnarson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ragnarson has momentary wrist control but Watson slips an elbow through the middle.
Ragnarson looking for a sweep. Not yet Ragnarson, not yet.
Watson trying to control but Ragnarson is working from the bottom.
Ragnarson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Ragnarson wants to control the position but Watson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Ragnarson is pressing down on Watson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ragnarson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ragnarson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Watson controlling from the top position.
Ragnarson pulls Watson in close to prevent any damage.
That's four 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.
Ragnarson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Watson is one step ahead there.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ragnarson pulls Watson in to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ragnarson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Watson's waist but Watson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ragnarson off to one side.
Ragnarson looks for a takedown but Watson sprawls well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ragnarson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Watson connects with a nice looking jab.
Ragnarson fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Ragnarson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gustav Ragnarson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Watson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ragnarson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good shot there by Watson.
Ragnarson misses with a takedown attempt
and Watson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ragnarson with a poor takedown
and Watson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ragnarson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustav Ragnarson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ragnarson dives in for a single leg takedown but Watson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Watson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ragnarson blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarson shoots for a double leg takedown but Watson sprawls well. He's pushed Ragnarson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ragnarson shoots in and drives through. Watson sprawls well.
Watson slaps away a takedown attempt from Ragnarson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ragnarson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Watson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ragnarson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Watson connects with an inside leg kick.
Ragnarson moves out of range of the leg kick from Watson.
Ragnarson has a takedown stuffed.
Ragnarson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Watson pinned against the cage. Watson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Watson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ragnarson shoots and misses
and Ragnarson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watson throws out a leg kick but Ragnarson moves out of range and Watson only half commits.
Ragnarson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Ragnarson shoots in.
Watson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ragnarson shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Watson tests Ragnarson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Ragnarson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ragnarson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Watson counters with a right hand to the body.
Ragnarson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ragnarson fails with the takedown.
Ragnarson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Watson to score with a decent uppercut.
Ragnarson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Watson defends it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ragnarson manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Watson.
Watson lands a slapping body shot.
Ragnarson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ragnarson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watson scores with a nice strike.
Watson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ragnarson.
Ragnarson tries to counter with a takedown but Watson is quick to defend against it.
John Watson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ragnarson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Watson can pounce on him.
Ragnarson fails with the takedown
and Watson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Watson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Watson lands with a good body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Watson.
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watson.
Ragnarson misses with a takedown attempt
and Watson counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ragnarson's sensitive parts.
Watson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Watson connects with a nice looking jab.
Gustav Ragnarson's cut is getting worse.
Ragnarson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Watson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Watson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarson. That did some damage!
Watson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Watson jabs Ragnarson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
John Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ragnarson under the eye.
Watson lands with a cross.
Watson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Watson wants it to stay on the feet.
Watson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ragnarson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ragnarson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Watson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Watson finds it's way through Ragnarson's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice leg kick lands there from Watson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Watson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gustav Ragnarson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Watson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ragnarson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Watson lands a nice looking body shot.
Watson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ragnarson has a takedown stuffed.
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Ragnarson on that attempt.
Watson misses with a hook.
Ragnarson half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ragnarson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Watson - the referee stops the clock and Ragnarson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Watson. Ragnarson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Watson scores with a leg kick.
Ragnarson walks into a straight right hand from Watson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson scores with a body shot.
Watson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ragnarson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Ragnarson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustav Ragnarson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Ragnarson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ragnarson closes the distance and clinches up with Watson, looking for a takedown. Ragnarson pushes Watson against the cage but Watson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ragnarson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watson circles away.
A nice side step and Watson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ragnarson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Watson.
Watson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ragnarson shoots in and drives through. Watson sprawls well.
Watson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watson lands a really nice looking cross but Ragnarson seems unphased.
Ragnarson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watson circles away.
Watson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ragnarson.
Ragnarson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watson scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson drives through with a takedown into Watson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Watson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Ragnarson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Watson.
Watson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnarson is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short left from Watson.
A short right from Watson.
Watson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ragnarson tries for a takedown but Watson manages to get underhooks.
Watson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarson wants to take the fight to the mat but Watson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson gets through Ragnarson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Watson prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnarson's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Watson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarson is rocked!
Ragnarson takes a shot to the head.
Oh Ragnarson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watson.
Watson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Watson scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Watson.
Ragnarson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ragnarson tries to score a body lock takedown but Watson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Watson scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnarson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Watson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Watson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ragnarson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Watson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watson creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ragnarson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ragnarson drops to his knees and Watson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Watson!
John Watson is the new light heavyweight champion!
John Watson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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