PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Belial (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wood
vs
Belial

190 cm
20
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
26
185 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elliot Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Belial!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Belial paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Good leg kick by Belial there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Belial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belial circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good leg kick by Belial there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Wood moves into range and clinches up with Belial.
Wood blocks an elbow strike.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood blocks an elbow strike from Belial.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belial avoids it.
Belial throws a knee to the head but misses.
Belial lands a good knee to the midsection. Wood won't want to take too many of those.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Belial, against the cage.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
Belial trying to stall but Wood improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Belial just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wood's brow.
Belial looking to slow down the pace here.
Wood takes an elbow to the temple.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood misses with a knee strike.

Belial escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belial lands a head kick!
A head kick misses from Belial.
Belial keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wood tries to clinch there but Belial circles away.
Elliot Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belial, right into the meat.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Belial pushes him off.
Wood missing with a left hand there. Belial was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wood tries to clinch there but Belial circles away.
Wood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Belial checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Belial throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wood's head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Belial. Wood shrugs it off though.
Wood avoids the body shot from Belial.
Wood tries to clinch but Belial is having none of it.
Wood wants to clinch.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Belial circles away.
Belial tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
Belial throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wood's head.
Belial goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Belial throws a head kick that misses.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Belial throws a leg kick which misses Wood's front leg but catches the back leg as Wood tries to avoid it.
Wood misses with an uppercut. Belial saw that one coming.
Belial circles away from the clinch attempt
and Belial counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wood is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belial is looking to clinch.

Wood darts in and clinches Belial up against the cage.
Wood landing knees to the head.

It looks like Xavier Belial has been cut.
Wood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Belial looks gassed!
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Belial tries to stall but Wood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belial.
Belial lands an elbow inside that Wood shrugs off.
Belial has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wood landing knees to the head.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Belial, against the cage.
Belial with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belial tries to stall but Wood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Belial wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Belial is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Belial taking a breather.
Belial takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Belial wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
Belial wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Belial avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Belial throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wood scores a nice knee to the body.
Belial tries to break free but Wood pushes him back against the cage.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Belial is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Wood avoids a wild elbow strike from Belial.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Belial.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Belial tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Belial looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Belial takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Belial.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Belial lands a nice elbow.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Belial, against the cage.
Belial tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Belial is trying to break free.
Wood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wood just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belial's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood avoids a wild elbow strike from Belial.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belial lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belial avoids it.
Wood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Belial.
With the fighters up against the cage, Belial throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Elliot Wood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Xavier Belial's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wood gets a clinch.
Belial tries to land knees in the clinch but Wood avoids the damage to the body.
Wood crunches a lovely knee into Belial's ribcage.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belial's face.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belial.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Belial pushes off an throws an elbow but Wood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Belial dodges an elbow strike from Wood.
Wood lands a damaging elbow.
Belial pushes off an throws an elbow but Wood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belial misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wood.
Wood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Belial is trying to break the clinch but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belial.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belial avoids it.
Belial lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belial is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wood is defending well for now.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belial in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wood landing knees to the head.
Belial lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Belial.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Belial pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Belial pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belial takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Belial avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wood obliges.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Belial breaks from the clinch.
Wood tries to clinch but Belial moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Belial.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wood blocks a head kick by Belial.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Belial paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood slips a straight right by Belial.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Belial circles away.
Belial tries to work over Wood's front leg with a kick but Wood checks it.
Wood looks to clinch
and Belial counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Wood clinches.
Belial trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Belial into the cage.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Belial pushes off an throws an elbow but Wood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belial's face.
Belial is trying to break the clinch but Wood is controlling him.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belial lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Belial blocks an elbow strike.

Belial breaks from the clinch.
Wood throws a hook but Belial avoids it easily.
Belial slips under a jab.
Wood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood wants to clinch up but Belial keeps it at a distance.

Belial moves into the clinch.
Wood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Belial using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Belial avoids the damage to the body.
Elliot Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wood landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Belial.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Belial wants to break free but Wood has control.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Belial tries a knee to the head but Wood blocks it.
Belial tries to circle away but Wood has him pinned against the cage.
Belial avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Wood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wood crunches a lovely knee into Belial's ribcage.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Belial is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wood is keeping busy.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Belial.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Belial just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wood's brow.
Belial throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belial in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belial is defending well for now.
Wood blocks an elbow strike.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Belial tries to break free but Wood pushes him back against the cage.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Belial misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wood.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wood.
Wood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Belial with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Wood blocks an elbow strike from Belial.
Wood crunches a lovely knee into Belial's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Belial manages to break the clinch.
Belial tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Wood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Belial's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wood wants to clinch up but Belial keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belial lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wood circles away quickly and effectively.
Belial scoring well with a low kick there.
Wood takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Wood closes the distance and clinches.
Wood throws an elbow but it misses.
Belial with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Belial is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
Belial is trying to stall.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belial lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Wood landing knees to the head.
Wood working Belial over with knees to the body.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Belial is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wood is defending well for now.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Belial is blocking nicely.
Belial using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Belial blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Belial tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wood avoids it.
Belial takes a knee to the side of the body.
Belial throws an elbow that misses.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belial in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Belial avoids the damage to the body.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Belial trying to land knees to the body.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belial in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belial's face.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belial avoids it.
Belial misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wood.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belial avoids it.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Belial takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Belial tries a knee to the head but Wood blocks it.
Belial wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Belial takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Belial throws an elbow but misses.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Belial lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wood landing knees to the head.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Belial avoids the damage to the body.
Belial tries to circle away but Wood has him pinned against the cage.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
Wood working Belial over with knees to the body.
Belial avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Belial missing with knees to the body.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Belial is blocking nicely.
Wood blocks the elbow strike.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wood obliges.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belial is defending well for now.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belial avoids it.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Belial.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Belial won't want to take too many of those.
Belial throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wood blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Belial, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belial looking to throw knees to the head but Wood is blocking nicely.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Belial is blocking nicely.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Belial.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
Belial has had enough of the clinch but Wood keeps him there for the moment.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belial.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Belial wants to break free but Wood has control.
Belial tries to break the clinch but Wood is controlling the position.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Belial looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Belial tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Xavier Belial has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Belial avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Belial avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Belial tries to break the clinch but Wood is controlling the position.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belial is defending well for now.
Belial takes a knee right on the jaw!
Belial throws an elbow that misses.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wood has Belial pressed against the cage, preventing Belial from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Belial blocks it.
Belial managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Belial blocks with his arms.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Elliot Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belial is defending well for now.
Belial manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wood avoids a wild elbow strike from Belial.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Belial, against the cage.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Belial.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Wood throws an elbow but it misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Belial misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wood.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belial blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elliot Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elliot Wood!