PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Pilantra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Weathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Weathers's choice of entrance music: By The Way. Josh Weathers acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pilantra
vs
Weathers

200 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Pilantra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Weathers!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Weathers gets the takedown into side control.
Weathers happy to just control the position for now.
Weathers lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pilantra down.
Pilantra sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Weathers.
Weathers controlling the action here.
Pilantra wants to control but Weathers is keeping busy.
Weathers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pilantra is breathing heavily.
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!
Pilantra wants to improve his position but Weathers is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers controlling the pace.
Weathers works his way into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weathers cracks Pilantra with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pilantra is bucking up trying to escape but Weathers cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Weathers lands a nice shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weathers landing strikes from the mount and Pilantra is in trouble!
Pilantra in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Pilantra is rocked!
Weathers postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Pilantra in real trouble here! The ref calls for Pilantra to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Weathers!