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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Devin Watkins (ranked 5549 p4p, 584 weight class) and Micheal Jones (ranked 23019 p4p, 796 weight class). Micheal Jones told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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190 cm
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180 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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178 cm
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178 lbs
5 - 18 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 5 - 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
5 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Micheal Jones! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Watkins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away. A combination from Jones does no damage. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jones lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Watkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Watkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Watkins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Watkins closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard. Watkins sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones's guard. Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watkins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Jones has hold of Watkins's hands but Watkins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Watkins scoring with strikes to the body and head. Watkins scoring with strikes to the body and head. Watkins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Watkins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Watkins is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well. Watkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Watkins looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Watkins working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Watkins frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Watkins unloading with bombs! Watkins with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there. Watkins is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jones can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Watkins swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Devin Watkins! Micheal Jones was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn I Know it Was A Hard Fight Fans, But I'll Win The Next One'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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