PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dillon Weber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lie comes to the cage accompanied by we right here. Weber has chosen ruff ryders' anthem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lie
vs
Weber

173 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Lie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dillon Weber!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lie tries to clinch but Weber moves out of range.
Lie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Weber looks for the body kick but Lie saw that one coming.
Lie falls off balance throwing a combination

and Weber holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Weber stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lie is trying to force a seperation but Weber has the dominant position.
Weber lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Weber has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lie uses from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lie wants to stand but Weber is controlling his posture from full guard.

Weber wriggles free and stands up.
Lie looks to land a combination but Weber avoids it well.
Lie misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Weber shoots in for a takedown but Lie shows good takedown defense.

Weber closes the distance and clinches.
Lie can't break the clinch.
Weber wants to break the clinch but can't.

Lie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lie scores with a nice body kick.
Weber pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mike Lie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lie moves to clinch but Weber breaks away

and Weber counters by moving into the clinch.
Lie can't break the clinch.

Lie manages to break the clinch.
Lie swinging wildly here.
Weber throws a head kick but Lie moves out of range.
Lie fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weber scores with a decent looking hook.

Weber has closed the distance and engaged Lie in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weber keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lie's efforts to push away.

Lie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lie lands with a nice combination. Weber backs away looking to recover.
Lie plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lie.

Lie has Weber up against the cage in a clinch.

Weber successfully pulls guard.
Lie would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lie is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Weber pushes Lie off and gets back to his feet.
Lie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Weber counters with a one-two to the body.
Weber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lie is looking to clinch.
Lie moves to clinch but Weber breaks away

and Weber decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lie's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weber sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lie's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weber perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lie gets full guard.
Lie is looking to stand up but Weber isn't so interested in that idea.
Weber is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Dillon Weber.
Lie wants to clinch but Weber slips to the side

and Weber counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Weber gets to his feet - Lie follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dillon Weber will probably get the nod.
That's time! Lie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Weber takes the fight into the clinch.
Lie wants to break free but Weber has control.
Weber content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Lie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Weber scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Weber sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Weber looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dillon Weber has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lie trying to control but Weber postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lie is trying to get back to full guard.
Weber sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Weber thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Weber controlling the action here.
Weber lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weber looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Dillon Weber has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lie wants it to stay on the feet.
Mike Lie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Lie.
Lie tries to clinch up.
Lie tries to close the distance and clinch but Weber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weber.
Lie moves in looking to clinch but Weber pushes him off.
Lie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Weber shoots in and drives through. Lie sprawls well.
Lie misses with a combination

and Weber counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Weber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lie tries to circle away but Weber has him pinned against the cage.
Lie has had enough of the clinch but Weber keeps him there for the moment.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Lie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Weber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Weber holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lie wants to break free but Weber has control.
Weber keeps control of Lie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Weber looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Weber has him pressed against the cage.

Lie breaks the clinch.
Lie tries to clinch up

and Weber holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Weber jumps into guard, dragging Lie to the mat.

Weber is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lie is trying to force a seperation but Weber has the dominant position.
Lie tries to break free but Weber pushes him back against the cage.
Lie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lie tries to circle away but Weber has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weber can't get the takedown.
Mike Lie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dillon Weber.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Weber has him pressed against the cage.

Lie breaks from the clinch.

Weber clinches with his opponent.
Lie tries to break free but Weber pushes him back against the cage.
Lie tries to circle away but Weber has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lie is trying to break free.

Weber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lie moves to clinch but Weber breaks away

and Weber counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dillon Weber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lie tries to clinch but Weber moves out of range.

Weber dives in and scores a takedown into Lie's guard.
Lie has his hands on Weber's head, controlling the position.
Weber postures up.
Weber passes Lie's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Weber gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Lie misses.
Lie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mike Lie is winning the standup battle so far.
Lie tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Weber gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Weber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Weber counters with a three punch combo that has Lie backing up. Lie nods at Weber to acknowledge the strikes.
Lie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Weber circles away quickly and effectively.
Lie looks to clinch

and Weber counters with a shoot takedown. Lie fights it but they end up in guard.
Weber lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Weber controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weber throwing strikes from guard but Lie blocks nicely.
Weber controlling from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Weber drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Weber jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Weber is pushing down on Lie's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lie is fighting to maintain full guard but Weber has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lie is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Weber jumps into side control!
Weber working the body and head with strikes.
Weber has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weber landing strikes from the mount and Lie is in trouble!
Weber looking to control and managing it successfully.
Weber pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mike Lie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Weber landing strikes from the mount and Lie is in trouble!
Lie tries to hold on but Weber postures up.
Lie is in a horrible position here. Weber smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lie taking shots to the head.
Weber landing shots from mount.
Weber controlling from mount.
Weber's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lie tries to lock up and control but Weber gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dillon Weber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Weber 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dillon Weber!
A relieved looking Dillon Weber thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.