PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Weber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weber has chosen The Acacia Strain - as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blaze
vs
Weber

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Attliction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Weber!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze shoots for a takedown but Weber saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blaze slips a jab and a cross from Weber.
Blaze misses with an attempted mid kick.
Blaze fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Weber on the side of the head.
Blaze shoots for a double leg takedown but Weber sprawls well. He's pushed Blaze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Blaze throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Blaze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Weber shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Weber lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Blaze has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Weber is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weber is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Blaze won't allow Weber to pass to mount.
Blaze trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Weber is keen to just control but Blaze is a slippery customer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Weber drives through and clinches with Blaze against the cage.
Blaze wants to get back to striking at distance but Weber won't allow it.
Blaze tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Blaze. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Blaze has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Weber regains guard immediately.
Weber working a defensive guard here.
Weber wants to get back to his feet but Blaze is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blaze is in close to Weber's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weber throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Blaze scoring with some ground and pound.
Blaze trying to control the position from guard on top but Weber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Weber bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blaze's guard.
Blaze is breathing heavily.
Blaze trying to keep a closed guard but Weber is proving a slippery customer.
Weber looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Weber landing with the ground and pound.

Weber stands and steps away. Blaze gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Blaze feints and as Weber raises his hands in defense, Blaze changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Weber keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weber manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blaze manages to get himself to full guard.
Blaze working a defensive guard here.
Weber takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet but Weber is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Blaze pushes Weber off and scrambles back to his feet.
Blaze throws a nice looking combination but Weber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Weber misses with a few strikes there.
Blaze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A shot to de liver by Blaze. Beautiful body shot.
Blaze darts in trying to clinch
and Weber counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Blaze darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Blaze shoots for a takedown but Weber saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blaze tries to clinch but Weber moves out of range.
Weber wants to clinch up but Blaze keeps it at a distance.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Weber as he avoids it easily.
Blaze connects with a body shot.
Blaze tries to clinch but Weber moves out of range.
Weber lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Weber looks to land a combination but Blaze avoids it well.
Blaze throws a combination that misses
and Weber makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Weber moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weber throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blaze.
Blaze throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Weber decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Blaze's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weber looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Scott Weber will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Blaze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weber.
Weber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blaze tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Weber counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Blaze looking to control.
Blaze wants to stand and escape but Weber is having none of it.
Scott Weber has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blaze is trying to control the position but Weber postures up.

Weber stands up and waves to Blaze to follow him.
Weber looks to throw a body kick

and Blaze counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blaze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Weber scores with a nice shot.
Weber is pulling down on Blaze's head. It's preventing any offense from Blaze, at least for the moment.
Weber wants to hit a switch here but Blaze passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Weber there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weber tries to hold on but Blaze pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Blaze.
Weber tries to hold on but Blaze postures up.
Blaze lands with some strikes.
Weber manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Weber is breathing heavily.
Weber is looking to improve his position.
Blaze trying to control the action but Weber is working from the bottom.
Weber is trying to control but can't.
Blaze wants to stand up but Weber is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weber preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Blaze trying to control from half guard but Weber is working away.
Weber is trying to stand.
Weber tries to get to full guard but Blaze has control of the leg.
Blaze knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Weber on the ground.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blaze tries for a takedown but Weber circles away easily

and Weber counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blaze won't be happy with that.
Blaze taking a bit of punishment here - Weber scoring with strikes.
Blaze is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet but Weber drags him back down.
Weber landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Blaze tries to escape but Weber is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Weber stands up and beckons Blaze to his feet.
Blaze feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Weber's calf.
Blaze doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Weber counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Blaze tries to kick Weber off but Weber keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Weber content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Blaze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Weber.
Weber looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weber working over Blaze with some ground and pound. Blaze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Blaze.
Weber pushes down on Blaze's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Blaze is refusing to be controlled, as Weber sits in half guard.
Blaze is looking to improve his position.
Blaze is trying to stand up here but Weber is controlling him well.
Weber 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.
Weber seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blaze does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Weber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blaze regains full guard. Nicely done.
Weber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blaze looking for a sweep. Not yet Blaze, not yet.
Weber working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blaze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blaze keeping full guard, as Weber tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Weber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Blaze is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Weber.
Blaze throws a sloppy body shot

and Weber counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Blaze!
Weber fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Blaze tries to lock up and control but Weber gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Blaze is in all sorts of trouble here.
Weber avoids the attempt from Blaze to control.
Blaze is in all sorts of trouble here.
Blaze is working hard here to advance position.
Blaze wants to control but Weber is having none of it.
Weber with a couple of short strikes.
Blaze is looking to get to half guard.
Weber with the ground and pound from mount.
Weber working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weber cracks Blaze with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Blaze is trying to stand.
Weber connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Weber cracks Blaze with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Weber is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Blaze working to try and regain half guard.
Blaze on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Blaze tries to get out of the position.
Weber is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Blaze is trying to stand.
Blaze tries to hold on but Weber pushes him away.
Weber throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Blaze tries to reverse the position but Weber maintains control.
Blaze regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blaze looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Weber trying to control from Blaze's half guard. Blaze has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Blaze keeping moving, preventing Weber from controlling successfully.
Weber seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Blaze can't keep his opponent in guard - Weber advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Weber perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Weber.
Weber content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weber works his way into side control.
Weber lands some shots froms side control.
Blaze struggling a bit here.
Weber is putting a hurting on Blaze here, landing some big shots from side control.
Weber lands an elbow.
Weber just content to control the position.
Weber is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet.
Blaze tries to buck Weber off but Weber is having none of it.
Blaze wants to control but Weber postures up.
Blaze is looking for a sweep.
Blaze is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Weber is controlling him well.
Weber controlling the position.
Weber lands a nice forearm strike.
Blaze on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Weber stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Billy Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch but Weber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze throws a combination that misses

and Weber counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Blaze's guard now.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weber is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Weber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Weber winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Weber!