PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Scott (ranked 4722 p4p, 4776 weight class) and Klaus Weiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Scott
vs
Weiss

190 cm
25
187
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
189
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Klaus Weiss!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weiss throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Scott pushes Weiss up against the cage in a clinch.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
Weiss tries to clinch but Scott moves out of range.
Scott leaves Weiss with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Weiss.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but Weiss shows good takedown defense.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Scott.
Weiss wants to control but Scott postures up.
Weiss is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Weiss's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Scott stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Scott stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Scott wants it to stay on the feet.
Greg Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Weiss.

Scott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Weiss, pushing him back against the cage.

Scott manages to break the clinch.
Weiss shoots in looking for a takedown. Scott tries to sprawl out of it but Weiss keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Scott manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Scott slaps away a takedown attempt from Weiss, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Scott drops down looking for a counter takedown but Weiss sprawls and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to clinch up but Weiss circles away and keeps his distance.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but Weiss shows good takedown defense.
Weiss tries to clinch but Scott moves out of range.
Weiss fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Scott avoids it really well and circles away.
Weiss lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Weiss.
Scott slips a jab and a cross from Weiss.
Scott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weiss.
Scott shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Weiss counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Scott thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott looks to land a body kick but Weiss moved away.
Scott fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
As Scott backs off Weiss throws a huge counter combo but Scott manages to avoid it all.
Scott tries to clinch there but Weiss circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Scott!
Weiss's corner calls for a 1-2. Weiss obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Weiss digs a good hook to Scott's body.
Scott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Weiss stuffs the takedown attempt from Scott. Scott gets slowly back to his feet.
Scott is breathing heavily.
Weiss steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Scott. That one must have hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with a takedown attempt
and Weiss counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Weiss closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weiss jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Scott walks away with a smile on his face. Weiss gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Scott blocks a leg kick.
Weiss looks for a takedown but Scott sprawls well.
Weiss tries to clinch up.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but Weiss shows good takedown defense.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Weiss clobbers Scott with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Scott.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Klaus Weiss will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Weiss throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scott's waist but Scott gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Weiss off to one side.
Weiss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice leg kick from Scott, right into the meat of the thigh.
Weiss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scott dives in for a single leg takedown but Weiss sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Scott stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Scott scores with a shot to the side of Weiss's head.
Weiss throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weiss is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Weiss tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Scott smiles and moves away.
Greg Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Weiss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Weiss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weiss shoots in looking for a takedown. Scott tries to sprawl out of it but Weiss keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Scott manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Weiss lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Weiss.
Weiss shoots in but no luck this time.
Weiss throws a sloppy head kick and Scott moves out of range easily.
Weiss is breathing heavily.
Weiss fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Scott half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Scott shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Weiss as he avoids it easily.
Scott shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Weiss as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Weiss as he jumps to the side.
Horrible takedown attempt by Scott or perhaps it was just good defense by Weiss, which made it look bad.

Weiss rushes Scott and presses him up against the cage.
Weiss tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Scott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Weiss displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Scott.
Weiss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scott paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Weiss gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Weiss tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Weiss letting Scott take a breather here.

Scott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Weiss shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Scott pinned against the cage. Scott gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Weiss doesn't manage to clinch there - Scott circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Scott is defended easily by Weiss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weiss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Weiss shoots in for a double leg but Scott sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Weiss wants to clinch up but Scott keeps it at a distance.
Scott misses with a takedown attempt - Weiss sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Scott looks for a takedown but Weiss sprawls well.
Weiss lands a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Weiss lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Weiss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Weiss fails to land the takedown.

Weiss rushes Scott and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Weiss blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weiss avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
Scott is trying to pull guard but Weiss has him pressed against the cage.
Weiss pushes off an throws an elbow but Scott leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Scott avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Scott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Scott.

Scott gets tackled into the cage by Weiss. Weiss maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Scott manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Scott is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Weiss controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Scott looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Weiss postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Weiss advances position into side control!
Weiss trying to control the action but Scott is working from the bottom.
Weiss in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Scott is looking for a sweep.
Weiss moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Scott wants to control but Weiss postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to improve position but can't.
Scott tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Scott tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Weiss easily slips into full mount!
Scott holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Weiss tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scott holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Weiss tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Weiss throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weiss thowing shots but they're missing.
Scott slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Scott wants to get back to his feet.

Scott looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Weiss is looking for a kimura here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Klaus Weiss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Weiss has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

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