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Event:
BANZAI COMBAT 53
Date: Jun 22, 2024 |
#R1##CL2#
Guerra has managed to clinch.
Guerra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watkins is defending well for now.#KD2#
Guerra drops Watkins with a big knee straight up the middle! Watkins is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet! #CUT2#It looks like Gento Watkins has been cut.#TD2#
Guerra drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guerra throwing strikes but missing.
Watkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Watkins throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guerra stops Watkins from standing up.
Guerra wants to pass the guard but Watkins is keeping the position.
Watkins seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.#SUB#
Watkins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guerra would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. #T1#
Watkins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Watkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Guerra wants to pass the guard but Watkins is keeping the position.
Guerra controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Watkins could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Watkins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Guerra is one step ahead there.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Watkins is trying to keep Guerra in close.
#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#CL2#
Guerra has closed the distance and engaged Watkins in a clinch.
Watkins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Guerra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#BC2#
Guerra breaks the clinch.
Watkins finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Guerra's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Watkins falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oswaldo Guerra!
A very excited looking Oswaldo Guerra made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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