PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blake Phoenix (ranked 322 p4p, 390 weight class) and Roland Weudke (ranked 40 p4p, 48 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Phoenix
vs
Weudke

194 cm
34
201
35 - 17 - 0

180 cm
31
185
18 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Altitude Clothing
Voodoo Nutrition

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 35 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Phoenix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roland Weudke!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix misses the jab.
Phoenix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Weudke.
Weudke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Phoenix scores with a jab.
Phoenix on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Weudke. Weudke obviously looking to wear him down.
Donk. Phoenix catches Weudke right on the button with a cross.
Phoenix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Weudke.
Phoenix checks a leg kick.
Weudke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phoenix moves away.
A clash of legs there as Phoenix blocks the low kick.
Weudke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Phoenix steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Weudke. That one must have hurt.
Weudke tries to land a body kick
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weudke swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Phoenix counter with a right hand.
Weudke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phoenix.
Weudke misses with the combination.
Phoenix throws a sloppy body shot
and Weudke counters with a nice body shot.
Weudke is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix missing with a left hand there. Weudke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Weudke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Weudke slips under a jab.
Weudke throws a body shot but no joy.
Phoenix 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.
Weudke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Weudke throws a solid leg kick but Phoenix takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Weudke.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut. Weudke saw that one coming.
Weudke lands a two punch combo.
Weudke misses with a kick to the body.
Phoenix was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Weudke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Weudke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Weudke thows a leg kick but Phoenix checks it
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Weudke tries to work over Phoenix's front leg with a kick but Phoenix checks it.
Phoenix appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Weudke misses the shot to the body.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phoenix works Weudke's body with a nice hook.
A low kick lands for Weudke.
Weudke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Phoenix rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Weudke lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Phoenix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Phoenix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Weudke misses the shot to the body.
Weudke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've been informed that Weudke has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Weudke looks to throw the jab but Phoenix is out of range.
Phoenix scores with a jab. Weudke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Phoenix has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
Weudke moves away from the strike by Phoenix.
Weudke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phoenix is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Weudke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
A big right from Phoenix misses.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut. Weudke saw that one coming.
Phoenix is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Weudke swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Phoenix counters with a nice body shot.
Phoenix avoids the body shot from Weudke.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Phoenix takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Weudke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Weudke takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weudke slips under a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Phoenix checks a leg kick.
Weudke cracks a nice hook into Phoenix's ribs.
Phoenix misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Phoenix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Weudke feints a counter leg kick.
Phoenix is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Weudke ducks under a wild hook from Phoenix.
Weudke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phoenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Weudke.
Weudke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Phoenix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Weudke throws a leg kick
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Weudke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Phoenix stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Weudke lands a leg kick that knocks Phoenix off balance momentarily.
Phoenix scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Phoenix is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Phoenix throws the left hand but Weudke avoids the punch easily.
Weudke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phoenix.
Weudke feints a counter leg kick.
Phoenix connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Phoenix has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Weudke is defending well for now.
Phoenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Weudke.
Phoenix being controlled against the cage.
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Weudke works on Phoenix's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Weudke - that landed with a thud.
Weudke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phoenix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Phoenix blocks an uppercut.

Weudke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Weudke's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Weudke duly obliges.
Phoenix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Weudke.
Phoenix connects with a body shot that sends Weudke's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weudke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Weudke. Phoenix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weudke connects with an inside leg kick.
Weudke scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Phoenix doesn't seem bothered though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Blake Phoenix will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Weudke misses with a kick to the body.
Phoenix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weudke.
Weudke checks a leg kick.
Weudke moves away from the strike by Phoenix.
Phoenix throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Weudke misses with a low kick.
Phoenix moves out of range as Weudke strikes.
Phoenix lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Phoenix throws the left hand but Weudke avoids the punch easily.
Weudke is looking for the big counter here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Weudke.
Weudke lands a nice hook to Phoenix's body. Phoenix takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Weudke with a nice calf kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix throws a hook but Weudke blocks it.
Roland Weudke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut. Weudke saw that one coming.
Blake Phoenix is winning the standup battle so far.
Weudke staying out of range there.
Weudke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Phoenix misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Weudke.
Phoenix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Weudke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phoenix.
Phoenix throws a hook to the side of Weudke's head but Weudke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Weudke falls off balance throwing a combination
and Phoenix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Weudke lands a jab to Phoenix's midsection.
A nice inside leg kick there by Weudke. That's going to slow Phoenix down.
Weudke takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Weudke lands a leg kick that knocks Phoenix off balance momentarily.
Phoenix throws a body shot but no joy.
Weudke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Weudke motions for Phoenix to come forward. Weudke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Phoenix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Weudke can pounce on him.
Weudke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weudke takes one on the button.
Weudke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Weudke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Phoenix is out of range and Weudke settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weudke tries to work over Phoenix's front leg with a kick but Phoenix checks it.
Phoenix cracks Weudke with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Phoenix misses with a straight left.
A leg kick checked by Phoenix.
Phoenix blocks a low kick nicely.
Phoenix thows a left - swing and a miss!
Weudke slips under a jab from Phoenix.
Weudke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weudke checks a leg kick.
Phoenix is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Phoenix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weudke manages to avoid it.
Phoenix throws a jab when Weudke was well out of range.
Weudke fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Phoenix is out of range.
Weudke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Weudke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phoenix.
Phoenix takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Phoenix closes the distance and clinches.
Weudke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Weudke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weudke throws a punch but it's blocked by Phoenix.
Weudke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Weudke is pushing Phoenix up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Good body shot from Weudke.
With the fighters up against the cage, Weudke throws an elbow but misses.

Weudke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phoenix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weudke looks to score with a jab to the body but Phoenix is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Phoenix blocks the leg kick.
Weudke thumps Phoenix with a low kick.
Weudke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Weudke tries a quick counter leg kick but Phoenix is wise to it.
Phoenix thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phoenix throws a series of punches but Weudke moves out of range.
Phoenix takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good leg kick by Weudke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with a hook. Weudke ducked under it nicely.
Phoenix lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Phoenix ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phoenix throws a jab when Weudke was well out of range.
Weudke only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phoenix throws a chopping leg kick but Weudke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Phoenix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Weudke throws a leg kick which misses Phoenix's front leg but catches the back leg as Phoenix tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Phoenix.
Weudke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Phoenix.
Weudke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Weudke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Weudke lands a slapping body shot.
Weudke delivers a nice body kick.
Weudke with the inside leg kick.
Phoenix takes a kick to the side of the head.
Weudke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Weudke feints a counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roland Weudke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Weudke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Weudke looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Weudke misses with a left hand
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Weudke. That's going to slow Phoenix down.
Phoenix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Weudke moves away.
Phoenix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weudke was well out of range. Poor timing from Phoenix.
Weudke misses with a few strikes there.
Weudke lands with a good body shot.
Weudke moves out of range of the strikes.
Phoenix has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Phoenix scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Weudke misses with a wild body shot.
Phoenix tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Weudke manages to circle out of the way.
Weudke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Phoenix.
Weudke connects with a solid leg kick.
A low kick from Weudke is predictable there
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phoenix misses with a wild body shot.
Weudke is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Phoenix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Weudke.
Weudke lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke slips under a jab.
Weudke just misses with a punch to the body.
Weudke with a nice calf kick.
Phoenix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Phoenix tries to counter by clinching up but Weudke breaks away and moves out of range.
A low kick lands for Weudke.
Weudke cracks Phoenix with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Weudke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
Weudke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phoenix.
Weudke misses with a low kick as Phoenix jumps back.
Weudke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Phoenix moves in looking to clinch but Weudke pushes him off.
A low kick lands for Weudke.
An inside leg kick lands from Weudke.
Phoenix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weudke thows a leg kick but Phoenix checks it
and Phoenix counters with a nice body shot.
Phoenix moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Weudke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix needs to keep his hands up - Weudke had a free shot at his head there.
Donk. Phoenix catches Weudke right on the button with a cross.
Phoenix takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Weudke tries to move into range but Phoenix moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Weudke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phoenix moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Phoenix is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Weudke.
Phoenix throws a body punch but Weudke moves out of range.
Phoenix throws a low kick, looking for Weudke's leg but Weudke calmly moves out of range.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weudke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Phoenix checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Weudke looks to land a left hand but Phoenix moved out of range nicely.
Weudke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Phoenix checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Phoenix is looking to score with low kicks.
Weudke with the inside leg kick.
Phoenix dips to his left and cracks Weudke with an uppercut!
Weudke lands with a shot to the body.
Weudke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Phoenix misses.
Phoenix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Weudke can pounce on him.
Weudke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phoenix.
Phoenix went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Weudke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Phoenix throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Phoenix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Phoenix scores with a jab to the head.
Phoenix throws a jab when Weudke was well out of range.
Weudke throws a jab when Phoenix was well out of range.
Phoenix misses with a hook. Weudke ducked under it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Weudke lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Phoenix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Phoenix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Weudke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Phoenix blocks a jab.
Phoenix tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Weudke manages to circle out of the way.
Phoenix throws a low kick, looking for Weudke's leg but Weudke calmly moves out of range.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut.
Weudke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phoenix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Weudke misses.
Phoenix tests Weudke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weudke is looking to score with low kicks.
A punch combination from Phoenix misses.
Phoenix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weudke throws a good cross that connects.
Weudke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Phoenix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Phoenix blocks a low kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Phoenix.
A countering left hand to the body from Weudke misses.
Weudke slips a jab from Phoenix.
Weudke connects with a leg kick.
Phoenix connects with a crisp jab.
Weudke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phoenix throws a lazy right hand but Weudke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Phoenix misses.
Weudke tries a low kick but Phoenix avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roland Weudke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Weudke 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roland Weudke!
An out of breath Roland Weudke thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.