PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Piere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Weston
vs
Piere

190 cm
26
211 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Weston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Piere!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piere looks to score with a jab to the body but Weston is just out of range.
Weston misses with a body shot.
Piere dodges the punch combination from Weston.
Weston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Piere.
Weston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Weston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weston tries to clinch up but Piere circles away and keeps his distance.
Weston misses with a wild combination.
Weston shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Piere eats them both and turns towards Weston to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Piere throws a right and a left that both miss.
Weston misses with a wild combination.
Weston shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Piere pinned against the cage. Piere gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dakota Weston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice shot lands for Weston.
Sloppy strikes from Weston. Those never looked like landing.
Weston fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Weston looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Weston displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Weston.
Weston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Piere misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weston misses with the combination.
Weston goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Weston there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Weston will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dakota Weston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piere goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Weston shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Weston is breathing heavily.
Weston misses with a looping right.
Weston misses with a hook

and Piere lands a stunning uppercut that sends Weston to the mat!

Weston is rocked!
Piere with the ground and pound but Weston uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Piere won't allow Weston to get back to his feet.
Piere tries to free his leg and advance position but Weston is retaining full guard.
Piere postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weston has momentary wrist control but Piere slips an elbow through the middle.
Piere trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Piere works over Weston with some ground and pound from guard.
Piere is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Piere with a flurry of punches that miss.
Piere postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Piere works over Weston with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weston is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Piere is controlling him.
Weston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Piere working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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!
Piere stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Weston swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Piere is looking to advance position but Weston has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piere is squirming around, avoiding Weston's attempts to control the action.
Weston scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Piere?
Weston pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Weston prevents Piere from getting the reversal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Weston connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Weston is landing with some decent strikes but Piere is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Weston punching from mount but Piere doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but George Piere will probably get the nod.
That's time! Weston's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Piere throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Weston shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Piere pinned against the cage. Piere gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Weston throws a right hand that Piere ducks under and follows up with a left that Piere also avoids with ease.
Weston throws a right and a left that Piere avoids nicely.
Piere slips a jab and a cross from Weston.
Weston dives in and grabs Piere's left leg, looking for a takedown. Piere pushes down on Weston's head and hops out.
A combination from Weston does no damage.
Piere misses with a jab, cross combination.
Piere misses with a hook to the body
and Weston counters with a one-two to the body.
Piere throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weston works the jab nicely.
Some wild striking there from Weston.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston looks to land a combination but Piere avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Weston throws a series of strikes that have Piere backpedaling.
Weston's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Weston duly obliges.
Piere stuffs the takedown attempt from Weston. Weston gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dakota Weston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piere throws a body punch but Weston moves out of range.
Weston shoots for a takedown but Piere saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Piere jabs at Weston's body.
Piere takes a swing at Weston's ribcage but misses.
Piere with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piere wobbles Weston with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Piere dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Weston to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). George Piere!
A relieved looking George Piere thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.