PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lance McBruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Weis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Weis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McBruce
vs
Weis

170 cm
23
140 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
138 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lance McBruce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steven Weis!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weis shoots for a double leg takedown but McBruce sprawls well. He's pushed Weis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lance McBruce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McBruce.
Weis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Steven Weis has been cut.
McBruce throws a series of punches but Weis avoids them all with ease.

McBruce scores with a takedown into Weis's guard.
McBruce tries to free his leg and advance position but Weis is retaining full guard.
McBruce sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Weis's guard.
Weis looks gassed!
McBruce is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from McBruce.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Weis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

McBruce seems to be working for a kimura but Weis defends the submission attempt.
McBruce has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weis is in all sorts of trouble here.
McBruce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Weis?
McBruce lands a nice shot to the head.
Weis is working to get back to half guard.

McBruce with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
McBruce with good strikes from the mount here!
McBruce has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McBruce has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Weis's face.
Weis is squirming around, avoiding McBruce's attempts to control the action.

McBruce goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Weis is on top in guard.
McBruce will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Weis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBruce lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McBruce has his foot on Weis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Weis works his way back into a safe position though.

McBruce working for a triangle but Weis defends it easily.
McBruce 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.
McBruce manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Weis working to try and regain half guard.

Weis defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from McBruce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBruce is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Weis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by McBruce.
Weis bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
McBruce manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Weis manages to get himself to full guard.
McBruce wants to control from the top but Weis keeps moving.

McBruce thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Weis keeping full guard, as McBruce tries to pass.
McBruce keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Weis's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBruce pushes down on Weis's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Weis is not content to let McBruce control the position.
McBruce looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Weis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Weis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McBruce scores with a couple of nice shots.

McBruce is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
McBruce looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weis trying to control from the bottom.
Weis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance McBruce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steven Weis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McBruce takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Weis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

McBruce looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

McBruce drops back looking for a leg! Weis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Weis manages to kick McBruce off! McBruce jumps back into Weis's guard.
McBruce working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lance McBruce overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McBruce trying to control the position from guard on top but Weis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McBruce content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Weis keeping moving, preventing McBruce from controlling successfully.
McBruce lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Weis is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weis looking to hit a scissor sweep but McBruce is one step ahead there.
Weis keeping moving, preventing McBruce from controlling successfully.
Weis looking to control.
Weis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
McBruce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
McBruce landing with the ground and pound.

Weis looking for a guillotine here but McBruce defends easily.
McBruce is in close to Weis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McBruce postures up and lands a big shot to Weis's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McBruce stays in close to Weis's body and controls the position.
McBruce content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
McBruce trying to control but Weis is working from the bottom.
McBruce is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
McBruce postures up and lands a big shot to Weis's brow.

McBruce thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McBruce scoring with punches to the head and body.
McBruce throwing strikes from guard but Weis blocks nicely.

McBruce 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.
McBruce content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McBruce thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Weis keeping moving, preventing McBruce from controlling successfully.
Weis looking to hit a scissor sweep but McBruce is one step ahead there.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Weis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McBruce.
McBruce cracks Weis with an open hand slap.
Steven Weis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

McBruce scores with a takedown into Weis's guard.
McBruce wants to control from the top but Weis keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBruce stands up over Weis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
McBruce passes into half guard.
McBruce scoring with strikes to the body and head.

McBruce is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Weis defends it well.
Weis taking some punishment here, with McBruce in his half guard.
Weis is refusing to be controlled, as McBruce sits in half guard.
Weis is looking to control McBruce's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Weis avoid being mounted?

Weis is defending against the submission attempts here by McBruce.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance McBruce dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steven Weis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Weis blocks a jab.
McBruce misses the jab.
McBruce misses with a hook.
McBruce closes the distance and lands a one-two.

McBruce shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than McBruce was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McBruce has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Weis's face.
McBruce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Weis?
Weis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McBruce with the ground and pound from mount.
Weis is squirming around, avoiding McBruce's attempts to control the action.
McBruce connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBruce lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Weis hang on?
Weis is in a horrible position here. McBruce smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
McBruce with shots to the head and body - Weis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Weis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Weis working to try and regain half guard.
McBruce lands with some strikes.
McBruce scoring with strikes but Weis is staying in there.
McBruce with the ground and pound from mount.

Weis has left one of his arms exposed and McBruce doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Weis screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lance McBruce!