PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Walter Lang (ranked 2070 p4p, 233 weight class) and Scott Watt (ranked 2292 p4p, 254 weight class). Lang kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Welcome to the Jungle. Watt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Edmund Fitzgerald. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lang
vs
Watt

170 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
41
165 lbs
22 - 35 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)
Urban Fighter

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Watt!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang throws a body shot but no joy.
Watt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Watt misses with a wild body shot.
Watt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lang slips under a jab.
Watt lands a nice hook to Lang's body. Lang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Watt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lang swings widly with a right hand
and Watt counters with a left and a right that stings Lang.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lang. Watt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watt looks to throw the jab but Lang is out of range.
Watt throws a jab when Lang was well out of range.
Watt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've been informed that Watt has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Watt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lang lands a jab to Watt's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt misses with a body punch
letting Lang counter with a right hand.
Watt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Watt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scott Watt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Watt.
Watt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lang scores with a body shot.
Lang lands a nice looking body shot.
Watt connects with a body shot that sends Lang's belly button to the back.
Lang is looking to wear down Watt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Watt misses with a double jab.
Watt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lang circles away quickly and effectively.
Lang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watt.
Lang is looking for a counter combo.
Lang slips a jab from Watt.
Lang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lang swings for the body but Watt moves out of range.
Watt misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lang counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lang misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watt! But no joy.
A jab from Lang misses.
Watt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Watt is rocked!
Lang lands a jab to Watt's midsection.
Watt is still on wobbly legs! Can Lang finish him?
Watt cracks Lang with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Watt seems to have recovered his senses.
Watt throws a right hand that misses
and Lang counters with a stiff right hand.
Watt misses with an uppercut. Lang saw that one coming.
Lang misses with a right hand
and Watt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Watt looks to score with a jab to the body but Lang is just out of range.
Watt throws a lazy body kick
and Lang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lang counters with a nice body shot.
Watt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt misses with a wild body shot.
Lang tests Watt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab, jab by Watt - just one landing.
Watt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lang cracks Watt on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Watt falls backwards against the cage. Lang follows up with more strikes that drop Watt to his knees. Lang keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Watt! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Lang!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Walter Lang made sure he mentioned Freebok (85% Laundry), along with how happy he was to win his fight.