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Event:
Ash Pres: The 3rd Aftermath
Date: Aug 31, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!#TD2#
Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Watson is looking to work some ground and pound but Jay has wrist control.
Watson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jay manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! #REVR#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jay wants to control from the top but Watson keeps moving.
Jay wants to stand and escape but instead Watson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVB#
Watson pushes down on Jay's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson trying to control from half guard but Jay is working away. #T1#
Jay tries to get to full guard but Watson has control of the leg.
Watson blocks the strikes from Jay.
Jay flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jay trying to control from the bottom.
Watson throwing shots but Jay is blocking nicely.
Jay wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.
#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Watson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jay punching from the bottom.
#SUB#
Jay looking for submissions off his back.
Jay manages to get to full guard.
Jay throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
#T3#
Jay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#CL2#
Watson closes the distance and pushes Jay back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jay looking to slow down the pace here.
Jay is trying to stall.
Jay scores with a shot to the side of Watson's head.
A bit of stalling here from Jay.
#TD2#
Watson has picked Jay up - he's going for a ride! Watson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.#SUB#
Jay looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T4#
Jay moves into full guard.
Jay wants to stand but Watson is controlling the position.
Jay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jay avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. #SUB#
Watson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jay has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Watson has managed to get both his arms back between Jay's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Watson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd cheers as Watson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jay doesn't seem phased though.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Jay shows good takedown defense.
Watson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watson moves out of range of the strikes.
Watson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jay sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jay thinks about countering with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Watson.
Jay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jay connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.#CUT#It looks like Bill Watson has been cut.
A jab from Jay does it's job there.#TD2#
Watson feints and as Jay raises his hands in defense, Watson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard. #REVR#
Jay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watson swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1#
Jay trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jay not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Watson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jay. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jay with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Jay from controlling successfully.
Jay chips away with some ground and pound.#T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Jay from controlling successfully.
Watson wants to sweep but no luck.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jay throwing strikes from guard but Watson blocks nicely.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.#T3#
Watson jabs at Jay's body.
Jay keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Watson.
Watson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jay throws out the jab.
Jay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jay misses with a combination
and Watson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#CL#
Jay closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jay.
Jay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jay is pushing Watson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but Jay manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.#T4#
Jay scores with a shoulder strike.
Jay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jay prevents it.
Donny Jay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Watson.
Jay slows down the pace here.
Jay tries to throw a body punch but Watson avoids it by throwing Jay back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jay slowing the pace effectively.
Jay lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Jay dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bill Watson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Watson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jay.
Jay goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watson.
Watson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jay.
Watson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jay scores with a jab to the body.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Watson misses with an uppercut. Jay saw that one coming.
Watson shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson slips a jab and a cross from Jay.
Watson lands a nice hook to Jay's body. Jay takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Watson scores with a jab. Jay acknowledges it with a nod of the head. #CL#
Jay closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Jay - that landed with a thud.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T1#
Stalling in the clinch from Jay.
Jay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Watson letting Jay take a breather here.
Jay content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jay misses with a punch to the body.
Jay pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jay lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. #T2#
Jay working aggressively here.
Jay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
Jay misses with some punches.
A short right from Jay.
Jay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Jay.
Jay leaning his opponent against the cage.
Good body shot from Jay.
Jay slowing the pace effectively.
Jay content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Donny Jay.
Watson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
#T3#
Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Jay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jay shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense.
Jay tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
#TD2#
Watson looking to score a takedown here. Jay is defending well but Watson drives through and ends up in Jay's guard.
Jay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard. #REVR#
Jay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jay scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jay passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Donny Jay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Check out the look on Jay's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
#T4#
Watson is not content to let Jay control the position.
Jay tries to score with some ground and pound. Watson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jay is chipping away with strikes.
Jay working the body and head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jay in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Jay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Jay! |
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Event:
Ash Pres: The 2nd Aftermath
Date: Aug 10, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rourke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rourke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.
Rourke is looking to counter punch.
Watson throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Watson lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - Watson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watson swings widly with a right hand
letting Rourke counter with a right hand. #CUT#It looks like Bill Watson has been cut.
Watson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rourke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rourke.
Watson throws an off balance right hand
and Rourke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#ROC#Watson is rocked!
Watson looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rourke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.#T1#
Watson throws a lazy uppercut
and Rourke counters with a leg kick.
Bill Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson tries to clinch but Rourke moves away
and Rourke counters with a good, hard body kick but Watson shrugs it off.
Rourke connects with an inside leg kick.
Rourke connects with a jab.
Rourke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Watson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rourke connects with the punch.
Watson is still on wobbly legs! Can Rourke finish him?
Watson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rourke.
Watson seems to have recovered his senses.
Watson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rourke.
Watson misses with a lunging right hand
and Rourke counters with a leg kick.
Rourke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #CUT#That has opened up Bill Watson's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Rourke.
Rourke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rourke connects with a solid leg kick. #T2##KD#
Watson ducks straight into an uppercut from Rourke and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Watson manages to regain guard straight away.
Rourke controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rourke pushes down on Watson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watson can do anything to dispel that myth.#T3#
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rourke's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.#T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Watson has his takedown stuffed
and Rourke counters with a stiff right hand.
Rourke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watson at a distance.
Watson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rourke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.#CUT#The cut above Bill Watson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rourke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Watson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.#KD#
Rourke catches Watson napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Watson to the canvas!
Rourke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rourke is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julian Rourke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bill Watson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Watson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rourke.
Rourke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
Watson throws a right hand that misses
and Rourke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rourke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rourke connects with a right hand. Watson shakes it off.
Watson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Watson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Rourke counter with a right hand.
Watson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rourke.
Rourke cracks Watson with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Watson tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Rourke pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Watson is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julian Rourke! |
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