PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Munchack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin Munchack could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Weston's chin.

Munchack
vs
Weston

220 cm
29
273 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

180 cm
24
243 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franklin Munchack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Weston!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weston looks to land a right hand but Munchack moved out of range.
Weston thuds his right hand into Munchack's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Munchack looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Weston is fending him off so far but Munchack persists. Nope, Weston circles away and we're back to standing.
Weston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Weston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Munchack appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Munchack staying out of range there.
Munchack drops down looking for a counter takedown but Weston sprawls and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Weston.
Munchack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weston.
Munchack drops down looking for a counter takedown but Weston sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munchack throws a leg kick that is checked
and Weston counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Weston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Munchack sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Weston moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Munchack slips under a jab from Weston.
Munchack drops down looking for a counter takedown but Weston sprawls and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munchack throws a head kick that half lands.
Munchack misses with a body kick.
Munchack takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Weston scores with a hook to the body. Munchack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Weston works Munchack's body with a nice hook.
Munchack is breathing heavily.
Munchack dodges the punch combination from Weston.
Weston lands a nice hook to Munchack's body. Munchack takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Munchack takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Munchack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weston.
Munchack half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munchack throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Weston is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Munchack displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Weston throws out the jab.
Weston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munchack moves away.
Weston throws a jab when Munchack was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weston blocks a low kick nicely.
Weston lands with a thumping leg kick.
Weston throws a head kick that half lands.
Weston throws a hook but Munchack avoids it easily.
Munchack is looking to counter with head kicks.
Munchack 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.
Weston misses the shot to the body.
Weston cracks the inside of Munchack's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munchack is looking to slow Weston down with leg kicks.
Weston lands a leg kick that knocks Munchack off balance momentarily.
Weston misses with a hook. Munchack ducked under it nicely.
Matt Weston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Weston misses the shot to the body.
Weston throws a nice inside leg kick.
Munchack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Munchack there as he acknowledges the shot.
Munchack throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Weston lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Matt Weston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weston moves out of range of the body kick.
Weston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Munchack throws a leg kick but Weston checks it.
Weston is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston throws a quick inside leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Weston

and Munchack counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weston keeping moving, preventing Munchack from controlling successfully.
Weston controlling the position.
Munchack will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Munchack won't allow Weston to sweep him here.

Munchack is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Munchack throwing strikes from guard but Weston blocks nicely.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Weston not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Weston is pulling down on Munchack's head. It's preventing any offense from Munchack, at least for the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Weston 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.

Weston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Munchack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Franklin Munchack has been cut.
Weston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munchack was well out of range. Poor timing from Weston.
Weston throws a hook but Munchack blocks it.
Weston throws out a leg kick but Munchack moves out of range and Weston only half commits.
Munchack appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Munchack's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Weston connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Munchack scrambles back to his feet.
A slow jab from Weston misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weston throws a nice inside leg kick.
Weston scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Weston throws a right hand that misses

and Munchack counters with a shoot takedown. Weston fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston wants to sweep here but Munchack controlling him for the moment.

Munchack is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Weston controlling Munchack's posture.
Munchack's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Weston wants to sweep here but Munchack controlling him for the moment.
Munchack with a nice head shot there.
Weston wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Munchack passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Weston is trying to maintain the position but Munchack is very close to passing his half guard.

Munchack is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Weston has his hands clasped together around Munchack's back. He's all about the action.
Weston is not content to let Munchack control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Weston with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Weston connects with a single shot there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munchack goes for a takedown in the clinch but Weston prevents it.
Weston controlling the action here for a moment.
Weston lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Munchack is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Weston lands a left hand.
Weston lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Weston fails to land.
Munchack tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Weston smiles and moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Weston as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston throws a low kick but Munchack moves out of range easily.
Weston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Weston wants to clinch up but Munchack keeps it at a distance.
Weston scores with a body shot.
Weston looks to land a left hand but Munchack moved out of range nicely.
Weston comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Weston.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Weston throws out a leg kick but Munchack moves out of range and Weston only half commits.
Munchack feinted with a counter takedown.
Weston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Munchack's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Weston showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Franklin Munchack's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Weston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Weston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Munchack lands with a nice body kick.
Weston throws a leg kick which misses Munchack's front leg but catches the back leg as Munchack tries to avoid it.
Weston has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Weston lands a nice looking body shot.
Munchack ducks right into an uppercut from Weston.
Weston scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munchack tries a head kick but it misses.
Weston lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Weston misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weston connects with the punch.
Weston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weston connects with a body shot that sends Munchack's belly button to the back.
Weston tries to bum rush Munchack with a series of wild strikes but Munchack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Weston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Munchack tries to counter with a takedown but Weston is quick to defend against it.
Munchack on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Weston. Weston obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice body punch from Weston.
Weston fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Munchack lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Weston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munchack moves away.
Munchack throws a push kick but Weston slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Weston releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Weston comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weston scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Weston throws a nice outside leg kick.
Munchack stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Weston.

Weston gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Weston misses with some punches.
Munchack blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weston works on Munchack's body with a couple of short punches.
Weston swings wildly with an uppercut but Munchack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munchack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weston scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weston.
Weston tries a body shot but Munchack blocks it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Weston - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Munchack jumps guard.
Weston wants to stand but Munchack has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Weston stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weston swings for the body but Munchack moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Weston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Munchack changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Weston tests Munchack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Weston looks to land a combination but Munchack avoids it well.
Weston jabs Munchack right on the nose. Munchack blinks but takes it well.
Matt Weston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Weston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Munchack was well out of range. Poor timing from Weston.
Weston wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Weston.
Munchack tries to counter with a takedown but Weston is quick to defend against it.
Weston throws a leg kick that misses.
Munchack tries to counter with a takedown but Weston is quick to defend against it.
Franklin Munchack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Weston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Munchack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Weston comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Weston winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Weston!
A less than humble Matt Weston misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.