PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jon Byers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eat Weed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eat Weed is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Byers
vs
Weed

193 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
133 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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, Jon Byers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eat Weed!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Weed gets caught napping as Byers dives in and scores a takedown. Weed manages to retain guard.
Byers wants to get up but he can't break Weed's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Byers scoring with some ground and pound.
Byers landing with the ground and pound.
Byers is in close to Weed's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Weed thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Weed trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Byers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Byers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Weed doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Byers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Byers works over Weed with some ground and pound from guard.
Byers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Weed throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Weed looks winded!
Weed trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Weed's head.
Byers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Byers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Weed will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Weed throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Weed tries to strike from the bottom.
Byers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Byers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Byers wanted to stand there but Weed had control of the position.
Weed is striking but Byers is not phased and passes to half guard.

Byers is trying to work for a kimura but Weed is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byers working Weed over with strikes.
Byers blocks the strikes from Weed.
Weed has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Weed throws a strike from the bottom but Byers passes into side control!
Weed is looking to reverse the position.
Byers scores with a couple of short elbows.

Byers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weed gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.

Byers is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Weed sees it coming and defends easily.
Weed has hold of Byers's hands but Byers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Weed on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Byers 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Weed blocking the ground and pound attempt from Byers.
Weed is pressing down on Byers's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Byers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Weed trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Byers scoring with punches to the head and body.
Weed will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Weed throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Weed throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weed throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Weed with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Byers can't handle though.
Weed striking from his own guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Byers dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Weed is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Byers's half guard.
Byers tries to get to full guard but Weed has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Byers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Weed.
Byers holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Byers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Weed is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jon Byers.

Byers looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Weed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Byers is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Weed has escaped the position, nice work there.

Byers is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Weed knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Weed throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Byers avoids the strikes from the bottom by Weed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Weed is trying to get back to half guard.
Weed misses with a strike from the bottom.
Weed misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Byers cracks Weed with a big elbow.
Jon Byers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Weed is trying to improve his position.
Weed wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Check out the look on Byers's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Weed regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed throws a strike from the bottom but Byers passes into side control!
Weed strikes from the bottom but Byers takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Byers cracks Weed with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Weed is looking to get to half guard.
Weed flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Byers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Weed regains half guard.
Weed landing rabbit punches to the side of Byers's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Byers is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Weed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Byers.
Weed throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Byers is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Weed is just riding it out for now. Byers eventually gives up the hold.
Byers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eat Weed will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Weed scores with a takedown into Byers's guard.
Byers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Byers seems to be working for a kimura but Weed defends the submission attempt.

Byers is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Byers scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byers working Weed over with strikes.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Weed punching from the bottom.
Byers blocks the strikes from Weed.
Weed missing with punches from the bottom.
Weed misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Weed landing strikes from the bottom.
Weed flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Weed punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byers blocks the strikes from Weed.
Weed on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Weed landing small, sideways elbows.
Weed throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Weed is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Byers's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Byers's back!
Weed is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Weed gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Weed gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Weed apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Byers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Byers tries to close the distance and clinch but Weed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Weed gets a double leg takedown into Byers's guard.
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!
Weed chips away with some ground and pound.

Byers has his foot on Weed's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Weed works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Byers's head.
Weed connects with a couple of short punches.
Byers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Byers is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Byers pulls Weed in close to prevent any damage.
Weed scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Weed throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Byers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Weed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Weed postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed throwing strikes but missing.
Weed throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Weed got a little sloppy there for a moment and Byers has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Weed has managed to get both his arms back between Byers's legs - danger averted.
Weed loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Weed scoring with some ground and pound.
Weed lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Byers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Weed in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weed working some strikes from top position.
Weed in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eat Weed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Weed 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 Topper Green scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eat Weed!
Eat Weed spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.