PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Watts (ranked 3642 p4p, 433 weight class) and Georg Weber (ranked 6227 p4p, 604 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watts
vs
Weber

187 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

182 cm
21
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marvin Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Georg Weber!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts throws a right and a left that Weber avoids nicely.
Weber throws a counter combo.
Watts misses with a two punch combination.
Weber takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watts scores with a one two! Weber had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Weber moves into the clinch.
Weber pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Watts manages to break the clinch.
Watts fails to land with a series of punches.
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!
Watts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watts scores with a jab to the head.
Watts swats away the attempt to clinch by Weber.
Watts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Watts moves out of range as Weber strikes.
Watts was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Weber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watts shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Weber eats them both and turns towards Watts to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The fighters circling - Weber throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weber.

Watts gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Weber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watts is defending well for now.
A left hand lands to the body for Weber.
A head punch on the inside from Weber fails to land.

Watts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab by Watts.
Watts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Weber misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Watts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watts went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Watts moves out of range as Weber strikes.
Watts keeps the fight on the outside.
Weber throws a chopping leg kick but Watts manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Watts feints a jab promting Weber to slip. Watts then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Weber slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Watts throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Watts closes the distance and pushes Weber back into the cage.
Weber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watts's elbow.
Watts avoids the elbow strike from Weber, against the cage.
Watts working hard to break the clinch.
Weber fails to pull guard.
Watts blocks an elbow strike.
Weber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Weber tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Weber misses with an elbow over the top.
Weber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watts is defending well for now.

Watts manages to break the clinch.
Watts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Weber throws out the jab.
Weber throws a push kick but Watts slaps the foot to one side.
Watts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Weber circles away quickly and effectively.
Watts moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWeber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weber is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Watts.
Watts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Weber dodges the punch combination from Watts.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Weber.
Watts scores with a hook to the body. Weber takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Weber throws a leg kick
and Watts counters with a series of strikes. Weber will be more careful next time no doubt.
Watts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Weber on the side of the head.
We've been informed that Weber has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Weber is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Watts.

Weber is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Weber is still on wobbly legs! Can Watts finish him?
Good standup being displayed there by Weber as he connects with a hook.
Weber gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Weber tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Watts is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Weber buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Weber!! Weber is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Watts throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Watts!