PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Weiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Activin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Weiss
vs
Activin

190 cm
18
217 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

South Side Swagger

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joshua Weiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Activin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Activin.
Weiss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Weiss stuffs the takedown attempt from Activin. Activin gets slowly back to his feet.
Weiss tries to clinch up but Activin circles away and keeps his distance.
Weiss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Weiss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Activin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Weiss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Weiss wants to clinch up but Activin keeps it at a distance.
Joshua Weiss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Activin swats away the attempt to clinch by Weiss.
Weiss wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weiss is looking to clinch.
Weiss wants to clinch.
Weiss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Activin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiss tries to clinch but Activin moves out of range.
Activin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Weiss is fending him off so far but Activin persists. Nope, Weiss circles away and we're back to standing.
Joshua Weiss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Activin.
Weiss wants to clinch up but Activin keeps it at a distance.
Weiss tries to clinch but Activin is having none of it.

Weiss moves into the clinch successfully.
Weiss misses with a knee strike.
Activin fails to pull guard.
Weiss landing knees to the body.
Activin is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Weiss gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Activin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Weiss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Weiss landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Weiss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Weiss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Activin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Activin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Weiss pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Weiss gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Activin looks gassed!
Weiss misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Weiss.

It looks like George Activin has been cut.
Weiss using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Weiss lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Weiss manages to break the clinch.

Activin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Weiss to the mat! Weiss manages to get full guard.
Activin trying to control but Weiss is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Weiss has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Activin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Weiss moves in looking to clinch but Activin pushes him off.
Weiss tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Weiss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Weiss avoids the head kick by Activin.
Weiss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Activin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Weiss tries to close the distance and clinch but Activin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Weiss tries to clinch up.
Weiss tries to clinch up.

Activin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Activin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Weiss wants to control but Activin is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Weiss is defending against the submission attempts here by Activin.
Activin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Activin looking to secure an arm triangle but Weiss defends it well.
Activin blocks Weiss's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Activin trying to control but Weiss is having none of it.

Activin is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Activin extends the arm and Weiss is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). George Activin!