PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Weed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. Xavier David will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Weed
vs
David

178 cm
27
180 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

190 cm
29
180 lbs
19 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Weed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weed feints a jab promting David to slip. Weed then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. David slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Weed scores with a takedown into David's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
David looking to hit a scissor sweep but Weed is one step ahead there.
David is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Weed with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David looking for a sweep. Not yet David, not yet.
Weed in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
David avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Weed wants to pass the guard but David is keeping the position.
David is trying to control the position but Weed postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David looking to hit a scissor sweep but Weed is one step ahead there.
Weed stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. David swivels though and keeps the full guard.
David avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Weed has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Weed stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. David swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Weed working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of David's head.
Weed postures up in David's guard and throws a big left but David blocks it.
Weed throwing strikes but missing.
David controls Weed momentarily but Weed frees himself.
Weed throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Weed sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed David's guard.
David works his way to full guard. Good work.
Weed with a flurry of punches that miss.
Weed trying to control but David is working from the bottom.
David trying to keep a closed guard but Weed is proving a slippery customer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
David manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
David with shots to the head and body - Weed looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed wants to control but David is having none of it.
Weed is trying to stand.
David connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
David lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Weed hang on?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Weed tries to lock up and control but David gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Weed is squirming around, avoiding David's attempts to control the action.
Weed is looking to improve his position but David isn't that keen on the idea.
Weed tries to lock up and control but David gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
David working away from the top, dropping strikes.
David landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Weed hang on?
Weed tries to lock up and control but David gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Weed is wriggling around trying to escape.
David lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Weed hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Weed is looking to escape.
Weed is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Weed wants to control but David is having none of it.
Weed in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
David raining down shots from the mount!
Weed tries to reverse the position but David maintains control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Weed that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Weed regains half guard.
David missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier David dominated that round.
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.

David misses with a series of wild punches.

Weed closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into David's guard.
Weed loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Weed passes into half guard.

Weed is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. David doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Weed.
Weed wants to pass the guard but David is defending well.
David is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Weed sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. David defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Weed is trying to work for a kimura but David is defending well.
Weed seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but David does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Weed is really struggling to control David but he's trying to hold on to the position.
David tries to get to full guard but Weed has control of the leg.
Weed not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Weed not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
David slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Weed looking to sit in guard and control but David gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
David trying to control the position from guard on top but Weed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Weed lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for David!
David blocking the ground and pound.
David avoids a series of strikes thrown by Weed.
Weed lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
David tries to lock up and control but Weed gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Weed unloading with bombs!
Weed lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David is looking to get to half guard.
Weed lands a nice shot to the head.
Weed punishing his opponent with strikes.
Weed wants to control the pace but David is squirming around nicely.
Weed lands a nice shot to the head.
David tries to lock up and control but Weed gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Weed working away from the top, dropping strikes.
David tries to hold on but Weed pushes him away.
Weed lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
David keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed with the ground and pound from mount.
Weed lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
David is looking to get to half guard.
Weed with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Weed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
David is trying desperately to improve position.
Weed unloads with some shots from mount but David bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Weed dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Weed looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for David!
Weed putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Weed lands a nice shot to the head.
Weed unloads with some shots from mount but David bucks and avoids them well.
Weed thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Weed looking to finish David with some ground and pound. This is bad for David!
Weed misses with a head shot.
Weed tries to control but David wriggling away.
David wants to control but Weed is having none of it.
Weed landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David blocking the ground and pound.
Weed misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Weed is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Weed misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Weed is landing with some decent strikes but David is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
David slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
David is refusing to be controlled, as Weed sits in half guard.
Weed thows a huge punch but David dodges it nicely.

Weed is sneakily working for an arm triangle but David sees it coming and defends easily.
David blocking the ground and pound attempt from Weed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David trying to control but Weed postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weed is pressing down on David's thigh, looking to free his foot. David is holding on for now.
Weed trying to control from half guard but David is working away.
David has hold of Weed's hands but Weed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Weed prevents David from improving his position.
David blocking the ground and pound attempt from Weed.
Weed is thwarting David's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Weed thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed David's head.
Weed throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
David trying to control here.
Weed not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
David wants to improve his position but Weed is controlling well.
Weed wants to pass to mount but David is defending the position.
David is looking to control Weed's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can David avoid being mounted?
Weed slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is not content to let Weed control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Weed throws a right and a left that both miss.

Weed shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Weed showed some decent athleticism there.
Weed trying to control the action but David is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weed content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Weed 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Weed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Weed has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Weed!
Jonathan Weed thanked the fans post fight for their support.