PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Trent Weeks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Trinidad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Trinidad's choice of entrance music: Eye of The Tiger. Felix Trinidad is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Weeks
vs
Trinidad

194 cm
19
151 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trent Weeks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix Trinidad!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trinidad drives through and clinches with Weeks against the cage.

Trinidad jumps guard.
Weeks will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Weeks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom.
Weeks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Weeks missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Trinidad throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Weeks is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Trinidad throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Weeks won't allow Trinidad to sweep him here.
Weeks working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Weeks is looking to work some ground and pound but Trinidad has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weeks postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Weeks preventing the sweep.
Trinidad trying to strike off his back.
Trinidad trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Weeks is looking to work some ground and pound but Trinidad has wrist control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trinidad is looking to sweep but instead, Weeks has passed into half guard.
Weeks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Weeks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Trinidad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinidad throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Weeks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Trinidad keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Weeks blocks the strikes from Trinidad.
Trinidad is trying to get back to full guard.
Trinidad throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Trinidad flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Weeks is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Trinidad landing rabbit punches to the side of Weeks's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Trinidad regains full guard. Nicely done.
Trinidad tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Weeks trying to stand up but can't free himself from Trinidad's guard.
Trinidad throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weeks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Weeks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Trinidad is on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trinidad landing some decent shots from guard.
Trinidad lands a couple of digs.
Trinidad working some strikes from top position.
Weeks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Trinidad throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Trinidad looks winded!
Trinidad flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Weeks cracks Trinidad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Trinidad slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Weeks lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weeks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trinidad missing with punches from the bottom.
Weeks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Weeks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Weeks blocks the strikes from Trinidad.
Weeks blocks the strikes from Trinidad.
Weeks blocks the strikes from Trinidad.
Trinidad connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Trinidad throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Trinidad is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Trinidad misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Weeks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Weeks is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Trinidad landing small, sideways elbows.
Trinidad misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Trinidad flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weeks missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Trinidad tries to roll over but Weeks keeps him under control.
Trinidad missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weeks wants to stand up but Trinidad is controlling the position.
Trinidad has hold of Weeks's hands but Weeks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Trinidad dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Trinidad shoots in and bounces Weeks off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Trinidad won't allow Weeks to get back to his feet.
Trinidad stands up over Weeks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Weeks tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Trinidad stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Trinidad moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trinidad tries to close the distance and clinch but Weeks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Trinidad shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Weeks is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Trinidad decides to return to a standing position.
Oh Weeks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Trinidad forces Weeks back against the cage and clinches.
Weeks seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trinidad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Weeks wants to break free but Trinidad has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trinidad has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Weeks uses from the top position.
Weeks slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Trinidad.
Trinidad keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trinidad lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Trinidad misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Weeks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trinidad's head.
Trinidad misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Weeks lands a nice short elbow.
Trinidad landing strikes from the bottom.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Trinidad is looking to improve his position.
Weeks looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trinidad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weeks thows a huge punch but Trinidad dodges it nicely.
Weeks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Weeks prevents Trinidad from improving his position.
Trinidad gets full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Weeks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Trinidad lands a decent punch to the body there.
Trinidad lands a decent punch to the body there.
Weeks chips away with some ground and pound.
Weeks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trinidad lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Weeks is looking to work some ground and pound but Trinidad has wrist control.
Weeks postures up in Trinidad's guard and throws a big left but Trinidad blocks it.
Trinidad throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Weeks throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trinidad lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Weeks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Weeks is looking to work some ground and pound but Trinidad has wrist control.
Trinidad trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Trinidad will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Trinidad with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Weeks can't handle though.
Weeks tries to stand but Trinidad is controlling from the bottom.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Trinidad punching from the bottom.
Weeks preventing the sweep.
Trinidad lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Weeks working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Trinidad's head.
Felix Trinidad has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trinidad trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weeks content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Trinidad lands a decent shot there.
Weeks works over Trinidad with some ground and pound from guard.
Trinidad lands an upkick as Weeks stands over him.
Trinidad wants to sweep here but Weeks controlling him for the moment.
Weeks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weeks wants to get up but he can't break Trinidad's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Trinidad bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Weeks's guard.
Trinidad distracts Weeks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Trinidad avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trinidad landing some decent shots from guard.
Trinidad is working Weeks over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Trinidad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Weeks fails with a takedown attempt.
Weeks fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Weeks decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Trinidad throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Weeks blocks the strikes from Trinidad.
The fighters are battling for position here. Trinidad manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Trinidad thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Weeks wants to get up but he can't break Trinidad's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Trinidad lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Trinidad chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weeks striking off his back but it's not causing Trinidad any problems.
Trinidad connects with a couple of short punches.
Trinidad landing some decent shots from guard.
Weeks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Weeks is working an open guard so Trinidad takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Trinidad closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Trinidad decides to stand back up.

Trinidad shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Trinidad showed some decent athleticism there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trinidad looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Weeks is pressing down on Trinidad's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Weeks tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trinidad chips away with some ground and pound.
Trinidad works over Weeks with some ground and pound from guard.

Weeks throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trinidad with a nice head shot there.
Weeks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Trinidad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Weeks's head.
Trinidad distracts Weeks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Weeks is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Weeks drops an elbow to the side of Trinidad's head.
Trinidad misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Weeks decides to stand up.
Trinidad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trinidad tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Weeks counters with a low kick, right behind Trinidad 's knee.

Trinidad drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Trinidad stopping the sweep attempt from Weeks.
Trinidad postures up and lands a big shot to Weeks's brow.
Weeks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Trinidad is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Trinidad distracts Weeks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Weeks trying to strike off his back.
Trinidad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Trinidad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinidad lands a couple of digs.
Trinidad throwing strikes but missing.
Weeks trying to strike off his back.
Trinidad is working Weeks over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Trinidad wants to get up but he can't break Weeks's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trinidad postures up in Weeks's guard and throws a big left but Weeks blocks it.
Weeks lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Trinidad distracts Weeks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Trinidad lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Trinidad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Trinidad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Weeks is on top in guard.
Trinidad preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Trent Weeks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Felix Trinidad is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Weeks's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Felix Trinidad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Trinidad has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felix Trinidad!
In his post fight interview, Felix Trinidad gave a big smile as he said 'I am the man to beat if the so called champ thinks he is the 'champ' then get some balls and challenge me.'.