PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eder Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George West Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Falcao
vs
West Jr

185 cm
18
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
194 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eder Falcao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, George West Jr!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcao moves out of range as West Jr strikes.
Falcao throws a shot from downtown. West Jr moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from West Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Falcao throws a hook but West Jr blocks it.
A little jabbing left from West Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from West Jr. Falcao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Falcao appears to be looking for a big counter.
Falcao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
West Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Falcao lands with an uppercut that bounces West Jr off the cage and back into range.
West Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Falcao's head.
Falcao fakes the leg kick and cracks West Jr in the body.
Falcao connects with a body shot.
Falcao slips under a jab.
West Jr missing with a left hand there. Falcao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Falcao counters with a nice body kick.
Falcao connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Falcao.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West Jr misses with a hook. Falcao ducked under it nicely.
West Jr misses the jab.
West Jr throws a hook but Falcao avoids it easily.
Falcao fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
West Jr wants to clinch.
Falcao throws a hook to the side of West Jr's head but West Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
West Jr misses with a straight left.
George West Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West Jr misses the jab.
West Jr misses with a body shot.
West Jr misses with an uppercut. Falcao saw that one coming.
Falcao slips under a jab from West Jr.
Falcao throws a quick counter kick to the body but West Jr avoids it.
West Jr might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
West Jr lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao staying out of range there.
Falcao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
West Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Falcao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
West Jr looks to throw the jab but Falcao is out of range.
West Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A decent looking cross lands there for West Jr.
Falcao delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Falcao misses with an uppercut. West Jr saw that one coming.
West Jr swings for the body but Falcao moves out of range.
A punch combination from Falcao misses.
West Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from West Jr. Falcao does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for West Jr.
West Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Falcao moves away.
West Jr takes a swing at Falcao's ribcage but misses.
A quick step to the side and Falcao tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Falcao misses the target.
West Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Falcao punishes West Jr's body with a nice straight punch.
Falcao takes a swing at West Jr's ribcage but misses.
Falcao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Falcao tests West Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
West Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Falcao.
West Jr missing with a left hand there. Falcao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Falcao throws a jab but it's blocked by West Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West Jr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Falcao. Falcao obviously looking to wear him down.
West Jr misses with a right hand
and West Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Falcao misses its intended target.
West Jr has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
West Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
West Jr slips under a jab from Falcao.
West Jr throws a looping overhand right but Falcao ducks down to avoid it.
Falcao moves out of range as West Jr strikes.
Falcao defending well as West Jr loads up on a big left hand.
West Jr throws a hook to the side of Falcao's head but Falcao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Falcao fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
West Jr misses with a hook.
West Jr throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Falcao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Falcao misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eder Falcao dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Falcao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West Jr misses with a body shot
and Falcao counters with a low kick, right behind West Jr 's knee.
Falcao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West Jr.
Falcao misses with an uppercut.
Falcao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Falcao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Falcao throws a hook but West Jr avoids it easily.
West Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
West Jr is looking to clinch.
West Jr throws a hook but Falcao blocks it.
It looked like Falcao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Falcao throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falcao staying out of range there.
Eder Falcao is winning the standup battle so far.
West Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Falcao counters with a nice uppercut.
Falcao throws out a powerful jab.
Falcao moves away from the strike by West Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Falcao. Those never looked like landing.
West Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Falcao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West Jr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
West Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
West Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
West Jr is breathing heavily.
Falcao avoids the body shot from West Jr.
West Jr works Falcao's body with a nice hook.
West Jr misses with a hook.
Falcao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
West Jr misses with a looping left.
West Jr misses the shot to the body.
West Jr misses with an uppercut. Falcao saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Falcao lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from West Jr.
A counter left hand to the body from Falcao misses its target.
West Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and West Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Falcao misses with a looping left.
West Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Falcao moves out of range as West Jr strikes.
Falcao takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Falcao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West Jr! But no joy.
Falcao misses with a straight left.
West Jr wants to counter the offense by Falcao and move into the clinch position.
Falcao throws a jab but it's blocked by West Jr.
West Jr throws out a counter right but Falcao avoids it with no problem.
West Jr scores with the left hand. Falcao knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcao throws a hook but West Jr avoids it easily.
Falcao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Falcao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West Jr.
West Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
West Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Falcao was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Falcao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Falcao tests West Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
West Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Falcao counters with a nice leg kick.
Falcao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for West Jr. That snapped Falcao's head back.
Falcao scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Falcao scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Falcao lands a nice shot to the body.
West Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Falcao.
Falcao moves out of range as West Jr strikes.
West Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Falcao.
West Jr throws a jab when Falcao was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by West Jr.
Falcao throws a hook but West Jr blocks it.
West Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Falcao was well out of range. Poor timing from West Jr.
Falcao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West Jr can do to turn this around?
West Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Falcao throws a looping overhand right but West Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Falcao lets loose with a powerful body kick. West Jr will feel that in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eder Falcao dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

West Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Falcao circles away.
Falcao throwing a counter right hand but West Jr manages to avoid it.
A combination from Falcao does no damage.
The fighters circling - Falcao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by West Jr.
A slow jab from West Jr misses its intended target.
Falcao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt West Jr.
Falcao moves away from the strike by West Jr.
West Jr blocks a jab.
West Jr has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Falcao.
Falcao throws a lazy uppercut
and West Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
West Jr looks to throw the jab but Falcao is out of range.
West Jr scores with a jab to the body.
West Jr swings for the body but Falcao moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
West Jr throws a hook to the side of Falcao's head but Falcao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Falcao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West Jr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Falcao's head backwards.
Falcao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
West Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Falcao connects with the punch.
Nice defenses there by West Jr.
West Jr moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
West Jr misses the body punch

and Falcao counters with a nice right hand that sends West Jr toppling to the canvas! West Jr scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Falcao finish him?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falcao lands a nice leg kick that just misses West Jr's sensitive parts.
West Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Falcao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
West Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Falcao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West Jr wants to clinch
and Falcao counters with an inside leg kick.
West Jr misses with a body shot.
West Jr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from West Jr misses.
West Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Falcao.
West Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Falcao scoring well with a low kick there.
West Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Falcao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Falcao scores with a hook to the body. West Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
West Jr walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West Jr.
It looked like Falcao was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from West Jr.
Falcao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
West Jr misses the jab.
Falcao looks to land a right hand but West Jr moved out of range.
Falcao misses with a hook. West Jr ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from West Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
West Jr misses with a looping right.
Falcao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West Jr.
West Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Falcao throws a hook but West Jr avoids it easily.
West Jr misses with a looping right.
A counter left hand to the body from Falcao misses its target.
West Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Falcao under the eye.
Nice uppercut there from West Jr.

Falcao is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West Jr lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). George West Jr!
George West Jr decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.