PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Eagle (ranked 4420 p4p, 24040 weight class) and Moshe Weiss (ranked 486 p4p, 613 weight class). Eagle comes to the cage accompanied by Pay money To my Pain - Weight of my pride. David Eagle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Eagle
vs
Weiss

182 cm
21
175
2 - 4 - 0

167 cm
21
170
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Gonzasco

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Eagle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Moshe Weiss!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eagle misses with a right hand

and Weiss counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Weiss.
Eagle wants to sweep here but Weiss controlling him for the moment.
Weiss is stalling in the full guard.
Weiss passes into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Weiss in particular looking to stall.
Eagle's coaches at Gonzasco Hydropathy have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Eagle works his way to full guard. Good work.
Eagle wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eagle trying to keep a closed guard but Weiss is proving a slippery customer.
Weiss trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weiss stays in close to Eagle's body and controls the position.
Eagle looking for a sweep. Not yet Eagle, not yet.
Eagle keeping moving, preventing Weiss from controlling successfully.
Weiss stopping the sweep attempt from Eagle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiss trying to control the position from guard on top but Eagle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Weiss controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Weiss wants to control from the top but Eagle keeps moving.
Weiss looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Eagle seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Eagle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Weiss is one step ahead there.
Weiss trying to control but Eagle is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Eagle misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Weiss staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Weiss. Beautiful body shot.
A swing and a miss from Eagle.

Weiss shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Eagle's guard.
Eagle is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Eagle content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Weiss slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Eagle trying to control but Weiss is working from the bottom.
Eagle sitting in guard here, content to control.
Weiss controls Eagle momentarily but Eagle frees himself.

Weiss looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weiss keeping moving, preventing Eagle from controlling successfully.
Weiss lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Eagle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Weiss trying to control the position from guard on top but Eagle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eagle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Weiss is one step ahead there.
Eagle looking to control.
Eagle seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Eagle is trying to control the position but Weiss postures up.
Eagle looking for a sweep. Not yet Eagle, not yet.
Weiss seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Weiss stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Eagle swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eagle looking for a sweep. Not yet Eagle, not yet.
Eagle controls Weiss momentarily but Weiss frees himself.
Eagle has Weiss pulled in close to control his posture.
Weiss trying to control but Eagle is working from the bottom.
Weiss is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Weiss looking to pass the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Eagle working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Weiss avoids the body shot from Eagle.
Horrible takedown attempt by Weiss or perhaps it was just good defense by Eagle, which made it look bad.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moshe Weiss dominated that round.
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.

Weiss on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Eagle misses with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Weiss there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Weiss.
Eagle throws an overhand right that lands on Weiss's shoulder, as Weiss tries to avoid the shot.
Weiss with the counter takedown but Eagle avoids it easily.
Weiss ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Weiss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eagle.
Weiss throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eagle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weiss was well out of range. Poor timing from Eagle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eagle misses the jab.
Eagle avoids the body shot from Weiss.
Eagle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weiss tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Eagle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weiss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eagle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiss lands with a hook. Eagle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Eagle misses with a body shot.
Eagle throws a right hand that misses

and Weiss counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Weiss.
Eagle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Weiss trying to control the position from guard on top but Eagle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eagle 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.
Eagle keeping moving, preventing Weiss from controlling successfully.
Weiss's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Weiss trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Weiss content to stall in guard here.
Weiss trying to control the position from guard on top but Eagle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eagle is trying to control the position but Weiss postures up.
Eagle is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weiss trying to control but Eagle is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Weiss looking to pass the guard.
Eagle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Eagle thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Eagle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weiss lands the left hand.
Eagle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Weiss tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Eagle connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Weiss momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Weiss finds it's way through Eagle's defenses.
Eagle throws a body punch but Weiss moves out of range.
Eagle throws a lazy right hand but Weiss sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
David Eagle is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eagle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Weiss cracks Eagle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Weiss scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Eagle is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Weiss has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Weiss working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Moshe Weiss has got the better of the ground game so far.
Weiss takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Eagle tries to hold on but Weiss postures up.
Weiss wants to control the pace but Eagle is squirming around nicely.
Weiss takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eagle wants to control but Weiss is having none of it.
Eagle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Eagle stops Weiss from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.

Weiss is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Eagle can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eagle prevents Weiss from taking his back.
Eagle is trying to escape the mount.
Weiss wants to take his opponent's back but Eagle doesn't allow it.
Weiss controlling the pace for now.
Eagle slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moshe Weiss 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Eagle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Weiss takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A left lands for Eagle.
Weiss uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eagle.
Weiss slips a jab from Eagle.
Jab from Weiss.
Eagle throws a shot from downtown. Weiss moves away and avoids it.
Weiss closes the distance and clinches up with Eagle, looking for a takedown. Weiss pushes Eagle against the cage but Eagle circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Eagle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Weiss under the eye.
Eagle looks to throw the jab but Weiss is out of range.
Eagle throws a body punch but Weiss moves out of range.
Weiss lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Weiss ducks under a wild hook from Eagle.

Eagle tries to sprawl but Weiss drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Weiss is trying to control the action in half guard but Eagle is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Weiss not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eagle is looking for a sweep. Weiss is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Eagle is looking to control Weiss's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Eagle avoid being mounted?
Eagle wants to improve his position but Weiss is controlling well.
Weiss wants to control but Eagle is keeping him busy.
Eagle is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Weiss is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Eagle doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Weiss.
Eagle trying to hold on to Weiss's head to control him but Weiss postures up.

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.
Weiss looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Eagle is looking for a sweep. Weiss is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Weiss is pressing down on Eagle's thigh, looking to free his foot. Eagle is holding on for now.

Weiss seems to be looking for submissions.
Eagle is looking for a sweep. Weiss is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Weiss wants to control but Eagle is keeping him busy.
Weiss content to control rather than advance.
Eagle is controlling Weiss's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weiss trying to mount his opponent but Eagle defends it.
Eagle wants to control but Weiss is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Eagle is not content to let Weiss control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Eagle trying to control here.
Weiss passes the guard and advances to mount!
Weiss avoids the attempt from Eagle to control.

Weiss looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Eagle is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eagle is working hard here to advance position.
Weiss tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Eagle really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Eagle wants to control but Weiss is having none of it.
Weiss can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Eagle is looking to escape.
Eagle tries to hold on but Weiss pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Weiss looking to control and managing it successfully.
Eagle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Moshe Weiss is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Weiss has control of Eagle's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Eagle regains control of the situation pretty easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moshe Weiss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Weiss 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moshe Weiss!