PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry Weaver (ranked 23958 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Vasconcellos (ranked 8992 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Weaver
vs
Vasconcellos

207 cm
18
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Weaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Greg Vasconcellos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weaver tests Vasconcellos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vasconcellos looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Vasconcellos dives in and scores a takedown into Weaver's guard.
Weaver seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Vasconcellos postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Weaver is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Vasconcellos, into his guard.

Weaver keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vasconcellos's head.
Vasconcellos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Weaver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weaver with a nice head shot there.
Vasconcellos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Weaver is working Vasconcellos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weaver postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Weaver really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Weaver is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Weaver postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Weaver chips away with some ground and pound.
Weaver content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Weaver works over Vasconcellos with some ground and pound from guard.
Weaver landing some decent shots from guard.
Weaver is working Vasconcellos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Weaver connects with a couple of short punches.
Weaver scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weaver connects with a couple of short punches.
Weaver is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Weaver lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Our spies down at at Cozad MMA Rio inform us that Vasconcellos has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Weaver scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Vasconcellos is rocked!
Weaver scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vasconcellos is still in real trouble! Can Weaver finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weaver working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Weaver scoring with punches to the head and body.
Weaver cracks Vasconcellos with a solid left hand.
Weaver postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Weaver working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vasconcellos's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weaver working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vasconcellos controls Weaver momentarily but Weaver frees himself.
Weaver lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Weaver makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Weaver has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Weaver connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Weaver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Weaver working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vasconcellos's head.
Weaver working some strikes from top position.
Weaver keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vasconcellos's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weaver connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weaver makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Weaver with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Weaver makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Weaver gets to his feet and stands over Vasconcellos, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Vasconcellos felt that one! Weaver unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Vasconcellos from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Weaver!