PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Weston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romero Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Weston
vs
Thiago

180 cm
19
221 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Weston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romero Thiago!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weston moves out of range of the body kick from Thiago.
Weston stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thiago.
Weston cracks Thiago with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thiago misses with a low kick.
Thiago throws a lazy right hand but Weston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Weston circles away.
Weston throws a body kick that misses.

Weston moves into the clinch.
Weston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Weston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thiago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Weston blocks it with crossed arms.
Thiago lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Weston lands with a right to the head.
Weston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thiago landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Weston lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thiago or not.
Weston lands a hook that snaps the head of Thiago backwards.
Weston stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Weston presses Thiago against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thiago looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Weston.
Weston digs a right hand into Thiago's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thiago's gas tank.
A short left from Weston.
Weston lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Weston.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Weston.
Weston lands a hook that snaps the head of Thiago backwards.
Weston lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thiago or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Weston.
Weston pushes Thiago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Weston works on Thiago's body with a couple of short punches.
Weston scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Weston creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Weston is working Thiago over against the cage.
Weston is working Thiago over against the cage.
A short right from Weston on the inside.
Weston misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Weston lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Weston.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weston lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Weston.
Weston lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thiago or not.
Weston presses Thiago against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Weston.
Weston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Weston lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thiago backwards.
I was talking to Weston's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Weston cracks Thiago with a nice body shot.
A short right from Weston on the inside.
Weston lands a body shot in the clinch.
Weston lands a nice uppercut.
Weston lands a left hand.
Weston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Thiago is rocked!
Weston dips a shoulder and cracks Thiago with a mighty uppercut! Thiago falls back against the cage and Weston unloads with a barrage of strikes! Thiago is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Weston screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Weston!