PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Bostick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dakota Weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Bostick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bostick
vs
Weston

197 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
211 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Bostick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Weston!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weston throws a hook to the side of Bostick's head but Bostick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bostick throws a hook to the side of Weston's head but Weston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bostick avoids the body shot from Weston.
Weston tries to clinch up.
Bostick throws a head kick that misses.
Bostick misses with a looping left.

Weston lands a left and a right that send Bostick crashing to the mat, dazed. Weston thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like James Bostick has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bostick fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Weston is out of range.
Weston will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bostick tries a head kick but it misses.
Bostick throws a leg kick
and Weston counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bostick connects with a leg kick. Weston looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Weston tries to clinch up but Bostick circles away and keeps his distance.
Weston tried to score with a low kick but Bostick checks it.
Weston checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bostick takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Weston moves into the clinch.
Weston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Weston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Weston. Those never looked like landing.
Weston fails to land with a series of punches.
James Bostick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some wild striking there from Weston.
Weston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Weston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Weston misses with a wild combination.
Weston misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weston misses with the combination.
Bostick throws a leg kick which misses Weston's front leg but catches the back leg as Weston tries to avoid it.
Bostick slips a straight right by Weston.
A combination from Weston does no damage.
A head kick from Bostick lands but Weston takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weston misses with the combination.
Bostick shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Weston eats them both and turns towards Bostick to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Weston looks gassed!
Weston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bostick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Weston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Weston sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Weston shoots in for a takedown but Bostick shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weston takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bostick lands a really nice looking cross but Weston seems unphased.
Weston lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bostick throws a sloppy head kick and Weston moves out of range easily.
Weston misses with a looping left.
Bostick circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Weston crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bostick - the referee stops the clock and Weston gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bostick. Weston manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Weston wants to clinch.
Bostick scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weston misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Weston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bostick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bostick throws a leg kick which misses Weston's front leg but catches the back leg as Weston tries to avoid it.
Weston blocks a low kick nicely.
Weston throws a right hand that Bostick ducks under and follows up with a left that Bostick also avoids with ease.
Weston avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Weston thows a body shot but no joy.
Bostick keeps the fight on the outside.
Weston checks a leg kick nicely.
Weston will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
James Bostick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dakota Weston.
Weston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bostick tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Weston is able to avoid easily.
Bostick fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Weston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bostick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dakota Weston dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Bostick's cut.
That's time! Bostick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

An inside leg kick lands from Bostick.
Bostick slips a straight right by Weston.
Weston is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bostick throws out a leg kick but Weston moves out of range and Bostick only half commits.
Good leg kick by Bostick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Weston will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Weston throws a series of punches but Bostick moves out of range.
Bostick misses with a head kick.
Dakota Weston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bostick cracks the inside of Weston's front leg.
Bostick ducks under a wild hook from Weston.
Weston avoids a kick to the body.
Weston cracks Bostick with a right hand to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Bostick.
Weston misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston misses with a hook.
Bostick throws a lazy body kick
letting Weston counter with a right hand.
Weston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bostick.
Bostick pivots, looking for a leg kick but Weston is out of range and Bostick settles back down.
Weston misses with a two punch combination.
Bostick misses with a head kick.
Weston misses with a wild combination.
Weston is breathing heavily.
Bostick is looking to slow Weston down with leg kicks.
Weston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Weston blocks the low kick.
Weston's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Weston shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bostick defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weston tries to bum rush Bostick with a series of wild strikes but Bostick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Weston throws a head kick but Bostick moves out of range.
Bostick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Weston.
Bostick lands with a thumping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bostick.
Weston tries to close the distance and clinch but Bostick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Weston tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bostick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Weston keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bostick is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bostick walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Weston checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bostick thumps Weston with a low kick.
Weston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bostick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bostick avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bostick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bostick chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Weston shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bostick but Bostick pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bostick lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bostick scores with a head kick. Weston tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bostick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bostick checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bostick moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Weston throws a right and a left that Bostick avoids nicely.
Weston misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bostick thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Weston if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bostick fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bostick lands with a kick to the temple. Weston shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bostick slips under a jab from Weston.
Bostick throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A slow jab from Weston misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bostick throws a head kick that misses.
James Bostick is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bostick. Weston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bostick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Bostick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Bostick's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Weston misses with the combination.
Bostick is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bostick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bostick throws a low kick, looking for Weston's leg but Weston calmly moves out of range.
Bostick throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Weston darts in and clinches Bostick up against the cage.
Weston wants to break free but Bostick has control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bostick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Weston's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Bostick fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Bostick fails to land.
Bostick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Weston's efforts to push away.
Weston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bostick will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Weston up against the cage.
Bostick prevents Weston from breaking the clinch.
Bostick has Weston pressed against the cage, preventing Weston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Weston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bostick tries to circle away but Weston has him pinned against the cage.

Weston pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Weston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Weston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Weston tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Weston throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Weston with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bostick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Weston throws a series of punches but Bostick moves out of range.
Weston scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Weston throws a series of punches but Bostick avoids them all with ease.
Bostick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bostick stuffs the takedown.
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!
Bostick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good leg kick by Bostick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Weston's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bostick connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Weston scrambles back to his feet.
Weston avoids the head kick by Bostick.
Bostick throws a sloppy head kick and Weston moves out of range easily.
Bostick connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weston tests Bostick's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bostick throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bostick misses with an attempted mid kick.
Weston just misses with a punch to the body.
Weston swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bostick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bostick throws out a leg kick but Weston moves out of range and Bostick only half commits.
Dakota Weston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bostick avoids a punch combination nicely.
Weston takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bostick lands with an uppercut that bounces Weston off the cage and back into range.
Bostick tried to score with a low kick but Weston checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bostick tries to work over Weston's front leg with a kick but Weston checks it.
Bostick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weston.
Weston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bostick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Weston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bostick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bostick avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Weston 's head but he takes it in his stride.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Weston tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bostick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bostick jabs at Weston's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dakota Weston.
I think Weston has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dakota Weston!
Dakota Weston is the new light heavyweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dakota Weston made sure he mentioned Formula 51 and 10% laundary, along with how happy he was to win his fight.