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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Devin Watkins (ranked 24188 p4p, 860 weight class) and Randle Jackson (ranked 24398 p4p, 820 weight class). Randle Jackson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devin Watkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randle Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watkins circles away quickly and effectively.
Watkins has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($500/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Jackson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Watkins looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.
Watkins closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Watkins pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Watkins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jackson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Watkins will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Watkins lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jackson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watkins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watkins passes into half guard.
Jackson is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Watkins lands a nice short elbow.
Watkins moves nicely into side control.
Watkins scoring with punches and elbows.
Watkins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jackson down.
Watkins in side control, throwing shots but Jackson defends.
Watkins trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Jackson wants to control but Watkins postures up.
Jackson is looking to reverse the position.
Watkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Watkins scoring with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Watkins is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jackson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jackson parries the strikes from Watkins easily there. Watkins is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jackson to escape.
Watkins tries for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watkins tries for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
Watkins wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jackson, who protects the arm well.
Watkins throws an elbow but Jackson slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins has an Americana. Jackson didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Watkins is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Watkins hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Devin Watkins!
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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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