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Event:
BANZAI COMBAT 76
Date: Aug 10, 2024 |
#R1##CL2#
Pasti forces Watkins back against the cage and clinches.
Pasti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watkins definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.#BC2#
Pasti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Pasti.#CL2#
Pasti clinches with his opponent.
Pasti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pasti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pasti lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watkins backwards.
Pasti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Watkins jumps guard but Pasti stands there with Watkins around his waist. Watkins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pasti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Pasti.
Watkins is breathing heavily.
Pasti lands a good knee to the midsection. Watkins won't want to take too many of those.
Pasti throws 2 knees - Watkins can't escape Pasti's clinch. As Watkins tries to escape again Pasti whips his head left to meet with another knee! That's knocked out Watkins's gum shield and as Watkins falls to the floor, the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Tembakan Pasti!
After the fight, Tembakan Pasti was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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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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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 01, 2024 |
#R1##TD#
The Bear drives through with a takedown into guard. #SUB2#
Watkins escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Bear gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Bear wants to control from the top but Watkins keeps moving.
The Bear is really struggling to control Watkins but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The Bear looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Bear looking to sit in guard and control but Watkins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Watkins stopping the sweep attempt from The Bear.#T1#
Watkins wanted to stand there but The Bear had control of the position.
Watkins controls from within his opponent's guard.
Watkins stopping the sweep attempt from The Bear.
Watkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. #T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Watkins is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Watkins is looking to stand up but The Bear won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watkins wants to control from the top but The Bear keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Watkins is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The Bear shoots in but no luck this time.
Watkins changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Watkins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
#TD2#
A momentary lapse in concentration from The Bear enables Watkins to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The Bear manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The Bear wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Watkins manages to pass to side control.
The Bear knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Watkins on the ground.#REVR#
The Bear trying to control from the bottom.
#T3#
Still in half guard, Watkins seems content to control.
It looks like Watkins might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Watkins missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Watkins prevents The Bear from improving his position.
The Bear is breathing heavily.
The Bear wants to control the action here but instead Watkins manages to pass to full mount!
Watkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
#SUB2#
Watkins looking to isolate an arm here. The Bear doesn't see it coming and as Watkins extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Watkins!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gento Watkins! |
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