PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Austin Weaver (ranked 2569 p4p, 5277 weight class) and George Starling (ranked 353 p4p, 579 weight class). Starling comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Real American kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Weaver
vs
Starling

182 cm
20
190
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
180
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Weaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Starling!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starling uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weaver.
Starling tries to clinch up but Weaver circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Weaver wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Weaver smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Starling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Weaver manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Weaver keeps the fight on the outside.
Weaver throws a right and a left that Starling avoids nicely.
Starling counters with a body kick.

Weaver gets tackled into the cage by Starling. Starling maintains the clinch.
Weaver wants to break free but Starling has control.
Weaver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Starling.
Weaver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Weaver displaying some good clinch control by pressing Starling up against the cage.
Weaver seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

Starling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starling moves out of range of the strikes.
Starling scores with a body shot.
Starling looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Starling tries to clinch up but Weaver circles away and keeps his distance.
Weaver swings for the body but Starling moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weaver swats away the attempt to clinch by Starling.
Weaver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Starling to score with a decent uppercut.
Weaver scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Starling doesn't seem bothered though.
George Starling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starling dives in and grabs Weaver's left leg, looking for a takedown. Weaver pushes down on Starling's head and hops out.
Starling walks into a straight right hand from Weaver.

Starling clinches up against the cage.
Starling misses with some punches.
Starling misses with the head strike.
Starling lands a right hand.

Starling gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Weaver has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Starling doesn't defend quickly enough and Weaver has managed to lock this one up! Can Starling escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Weaver on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Austin Weaver!
After winning the bout, Austin Weaver thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.