PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eat Weed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Black is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Weed
vs
Black

174 cm
18
133 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
23
130 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eat Weed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Black!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weed misses with a takedown
and Black counters with a straight right hand.
Weed changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Black tries to avoid it but Weed manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Black to the ground. Black escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Black shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Weed but Weed pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Black looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Weed!
Weed tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Black tries to stand but Weed is controlling his head.
Weed is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Black off and has taken his back!
Black tries to escape the position.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Weed.
Weed really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Weed lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Weed is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Black. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Weed scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Black trying to control the action but Weed just sinks the hooks in.
Weed will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Weed lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Black trying to control the hands but Weed breaks the grip.
Black looks winded!
Weed lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Black.
Black felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Weed gets his hands free as Black looks to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black is in bad spot here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weed is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Black. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black trying to control the position but Weed manages to sink in the hooks.
Weed lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
The referee is taking a good look at Black as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Weed!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Weed lands a shot to the head.
Weed softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Weed scores with punches and elbows.
Weed throwing sloppy strikes.
Black turns into Weed and is now in his guard.
Black is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Black makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Weed thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Weed is working an open guard so Black takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Black throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Weed was covering up waiting for the punch and Black finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Black scoring with some ground and pound.
Black forces his way into half guard.
Black wants to pass to mount but Weed is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed strikes from the bottom but Black uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Weed throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

Black decides to stand back up. Black steps back and let's Weed get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Black moves into the clinch.

Black has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Weed regains guard immediately.
Weed throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Weed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weed trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Weed thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Scott Black will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
Weed tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Black defends well and Weed ends up having to push Black into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Black closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Weed flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Weed is staying active underneath Black, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Black seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Black is keen to just control but Weed is a slippery customer.
Weed throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Black tries to pass the half guard into mount. Weed knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed punching from the bottom.
Black drops an elbow to the side of Weed's head.
Weed flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Black trying to control the action but Weed is working from the bottom.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Weed is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Black scores with a couple of nice shots.
Weed is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Black is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Weed has managed to free his arm - good work.
Weed strikes from the bottom but Black passes into mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Black breaks from Weed's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Black tries to control but Weed wriggling away.
Weed tries to improve his position but instead Black has taken his back!

Black looking for the choke from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black controls the action.
Black landing with strikes.
Black is hanging on to Weed's back as he tries to escape.

Black looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Weed taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Scott Black!