PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Belcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has chosen Wai Khru ram muay as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Belcher
vs
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich

190 cm
22
213 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

186 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Russell Belcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belcher missing with a left hand there. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws the left hand but Belcher avoids the punch easily.
Belcher takes a swing at Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's ribcage but misses.
Belcher misses with a hook.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Belcher. That did some damage!
Belcher slips a straight right by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Belcher misses with a takedown attempt - Dmitrigorbachovovonovich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has Belcher up against the cage in a clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with an elbow over the top.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich crunches a lovely knee into Belcher's ribcage.
Belcher is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow that stopped Belcher in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Russell Belcher has been cut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich connects with a knee to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Belcher takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belcher's defenses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dmitrigorbachovovonovich - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Belcher backwards.
Belcher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Belcher fails to land.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belcher's face.
Belcher trying to stall but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich improves his position.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with a knee to the head.

Belcher is rocked!
Belcher tries to throw a body punch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids it by throwing Belcher back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks an uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has Belcher pushed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Belcher takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Belcher letting Dmitrigorbachovovonovich take a breather here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belcher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oh Belcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Russell Belcher's cut is getting worse.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a knee to the head.
Belcher pushes Dmitrigorbachovovonovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belcher throws a head punch that misses.
Belcher drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pulls his leg out and moves away.
Belcher seems to have got his legs back now.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belcher tries to keep at a distance but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Belcher avoids the damage to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow.
Belcher blocking some punches.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Belcher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich effectively controlling the action here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Belcher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Belcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Belcher throws a punch but it's blocked by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich stalling against the cage.
Belcher misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Belcher tries a body shot but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with an elbow over the top.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a knee to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich trying to control the position but instead, Belcher has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dmitrigorbachovovonovich into the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks an uppercut.
Belcher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belcher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belcher tries to work over Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belcher trying to control the position but instead, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has worked for underhooks and has pushed Belcher into the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russell Belcher'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.

Belcher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich counters with a low kick, right behind Belcher 's knee.
Belcher with a hook.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws out a leg kick but Belcher moves out of range and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich only half commits.

Belcher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dmitrigorbachovovonovich, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Belcher can't find room to land a body shot as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Belcher as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to tie him up.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to throw knees to the head but Belcher is blocking nicely.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich presses Belcher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belcher can't get the takedown.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Russell Belcher's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich stalling against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belcher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich slowing the pace effectively.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a shoulder strike.
Belcher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belcher has a couple of punches blocked by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich trying to stall but Belcher improves his position.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks an uppercut.
Belcher has a couple of punches blocked by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow just above Belcher 's eye.
Belcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belcher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belcher is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Belcher fails to land.
Nice elbow from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

Jeez, Russell Belcher's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Russell Belcher's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!