PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Belin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Aderis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belin
vs
Aderis

178 cm
19
172 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Karl Belin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zach Aderis!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aderis misses with a two punch combination.

Aderis closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Belin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Aderis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Belin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Aderis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Belin controls his leg.
Belin trying to control but Aderis postures up.
Belin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Aderis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Belin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aderis tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Aderis is looking to take a break and control but Belin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Belin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aderis misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Aderis.
Aderis throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Aderis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aderis dives in and grabs Belin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Belin pushes down on Aderis's head and hops out.
Belin throws out a leg kick but Aderis moves out of range and Belin only half commits.
A big left from Aderis misses.
Aderis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Belin as he jumps to the side.
Aderis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belin stuffs the takedown attempt from Aderis. Aderis gets slowly back to his feet.
Karl Belin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Aderis.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Aderis.
The fighters circling - Aderis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Belin wants to clinch up but Aderis keeps it at a distance.
Belin tries to clinch there but Aderis circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Belin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aderis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aderis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belin clinches.

Aderis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aderis looks for a takedown but Belin sprawls well.
Belin throws a shot from downtown. Aderis moves away and avoids it.
Belin looks to score with a jab to the body but Aderis is just out of range.
Belin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Aderis scores with a push kick.

Belin clinches up with Aderis and pushes him back against the cage.

Aderis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belin throws and low kick but Aderis moves out of range easily.
Aderis throws a head kick but Belin moves out of range.
Aderis misses with a kick to the body.
Aderis throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aderis connects with a solid leg kick.
Aderis looks for the body kick but Belin saw that one coming.
Belin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aderis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Belin tries to clinch up but Aderis circles away and keeps his distance.
Belin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aderis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aderis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aderis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aderis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aderis wants to clinch but Belin slips to the side
and Belin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Belin fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Aderis.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Aderis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Aderis fails with the takedown.
Aderis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Belin checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aderis.
Aderis doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Belin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Aderis's guard now.
Belin with a flurry of punches that miss.

Belin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Aderis keeping moving, preventing Belin from controlling successfully.
Belin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aderis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Belin trying to control but Aderis is working from the bottom.
Belin stopping the sweep attempt from Aderis.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aderis tries for a takedown but Belin circles away easily
and Belin counters with a good low kick that Aderis was not able to check.
Aderis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Zach Aderis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aderis swats away the attempt to clinch by Belin.
Belin looks to clinch
and Aderis counters with a good low kick that Belin was not able to check.
Belin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Belin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aderis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aderis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aderis tries to close the distance and clinch but Belin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belin tries to clinch but Aderis moves out of range.

Belin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Aderis did well to prevent Belin getting side control.

Belin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Belin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aderis defending well though.

Aderis is defending against the submission attempts here by Belin.
Belin is breathing heavily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Belin is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Aderis is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Karl Belin!