PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Betoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Betoli comes to the cage accompanied by Mario theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Betoli
vs
Bauer

195 cm
31
282 lbs
35 - 11 - 0

191 cm
25
270 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Betoli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Bauer!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bauer misses with an uppercut. Betoli saw that one coming.
Betoli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bauer.
Bauer slips a jab from Betoli.
Bauer misses with a head kick.
Betoli cracks Bauer with an open hand slap.
Betoli looks to score with a jab to the body but Bauer is just out of range.
Bauer throws a right and a left that Betoli avoids nicely.
Jack Bauer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Betoli shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bauer's guard.
Betoli trying to control but Bauer is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bauer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Betoli's guard.
Bauer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bauer postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Betoli being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bauer avoids the body shot from Betoli.
Bauer misses with a straight left.
Betoli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bauer.
Bauer scores with a nice right hand.
Bauer misses with a body punch
and Betoli counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bauer 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 Betoli has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Betoli and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bauer misses with a series of wild punches.
Bauer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bauer avoids the body shot from Betoli.
A looping hook to the body misses from Betoli. Bauer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Betoli moves out of range of the strikes.
Bauer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Betoli manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bauer slips a jab from Betoli.
Bauer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Betoli.
Betoli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Betoli slips under a jab from Bauer.
Betoli throws a hook but Bauer blocks it.
Betoli throws a jab when Bauer was well out of range.
Bauer cracks a nice hook into Betoli's ribs.
Bauer lands a nice looking body shot.
Betoli is breathing heavily.
Betoli slips under a jab from Bauer.
Bauer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Betoli manages to avoid it.
Betoli staying out of range there.
Bauer moves away from the strike by Betoli.
Betoli takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bauer looks to land a right hand but Betoli moved out of range.
Betoli looks to score with a jab to the body but Bauer is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bauer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bauer throws a right and a left that Betoli avoids nicely.
Betoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bauer lands a jab.
Jack Bauer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some wild striking there from Bauer.
Some bone on bone action there as Betoli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bauer lands a slapping body shot.
Bauer scores with a hook.
Bauer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bauer lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Betoli lands a slapping body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Betoli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bauer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Betoli checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer throws a right hand that Betoli ducks under and follows up with a left that Betoli also avoids with ease.
Bauer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Betoli misses with a body shot.
Bauer throws a shot to the body.
Bauer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Betoli.
Bauer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bauer slaps away a takedown attempt from Betoli, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bauer misses with a kick to the body.
Bauer misses the jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Betoli, as that shot connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Betoli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bauer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bauer just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Bauer dominated that round.
That's time! Betoli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Betoli looks to score with a jab to the body but Bauer is just out of range.
Bauer looks to land a left hand but Betoli moved out of range nicely.
Bauer feints and then cracks Betoli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Betoli down.
Betoli throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bauer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Bauer - just one landing.
Bauer throws a lazy right hand but Betoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bauer misses the shot to the body.
Betoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Betoli has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bauer stuffs the takedown attempt from Betoli. Betoli gets slowly back to his feet.
Bauer tries to bum rush Betoli with a series of wild strikes but Betoli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bauer misses with a two punch combination.
Jack Bauer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Betoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bauer.
Bauer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Betoli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bauer throws an overhand right that lands on Betoli's shoulder, as Betoli tries to avoid the shot.
Betoli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bauer.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bauer.
Betoli shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Betoli takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bauer lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bauer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bauer throws a hook but Betoli avoids it easily.
Bauer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Betoli.
Nice straight punches there by Bauer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bauer.
Betoli is looking to wear down Bauer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bauer is looking to clinch but Betoli is avoiding it.
Betoli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bauer.
Betoli on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer takes a swing at Betoli's ribcage but misses.
Bauer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bauer sizes up Betoli with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bauer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bauer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bauer tests Betoli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Betoli avoids the body shot from Bauer.
Bauer scores with the left hand. Betoli knows he should have avoided that one.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Betoli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bauer.
Bauer missing with a left hand there. Betoli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Betoli misses.
Some wild striking there from Bauer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bauer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Betoli is able to avoid easily.
Bauer scores with a sloppy right hand. Betoli should have avoided that one.
Bauer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bauer. Betoli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Betoli misses with a straight left.
Bauer thows a body shot but no joy.
Bauer misses with a wild combination.
Bauer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Betoli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bauer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab by Bauer.
Bauer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Betoli ducks right into an uppercut from Bauer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bauer just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer tries to bum rush Betoli with a series of wild strikes but Betoli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bauer misses with a body shot.
Bauer lunges at Betoli with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Betoli's hand.
Betoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bauer manages to avoid it.
Betoli walks into a straight right hand from Bauer.
Betoli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bauer was well out of range. Poor timing from Betoli.
Betoli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bauer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Betoli moves away.
Bauer cracks Betoli with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Betoli misses with a wild body shot.
Bauer throws a looping overhand right but Betoli ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bauer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bauer misses with a two punch combination.
Betoli takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Bauer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bauer lands with a hook. Betoli tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bauer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab from Betoli.

Bauer moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bauer.
Bauer stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Bauer's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Bauer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betoli blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Bauer tightens his grip and picks Betoli up, before dumping him to the ground. Betoli manages to land in guard.

Betoli is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bauer is aware though and is defending well.
Bauer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bauer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Betoli is keeping the position for now.

Betoli working for submissions but it's allowed Bauer to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bauer controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Betoli wants to control but Bauer is keeping busy.
Betoli is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bauer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bauer is trying to control the action in half guard but Betoli is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bauer slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Bauer hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bauer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Betoli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bauer.
Bauer misses with a body kick.
Bauer cracks a nice hook into Betoli's ribs.
Bauer lands a right hook to the body.
Betoli takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bauer!
Bauer feints and then cracks Betoli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Betoli down.
Betoli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Betoli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bauer misses with a wild body shot.
Bauer throws a right hand that Betoli ducks under and follows up with a left that Betoli also avoids with ease.

Bauer clinches with his opponent.
Bauer missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer lands a nice uppercut.
Bauer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bauer controlling the action here for a moment.
A short uppercut from Bauer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bauer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bauer blocking some punches.
Bauer swings wildly with an uppercut but Betoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Bauer really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Betoli shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bauer defends it nicely.
Bauer tries to clinch but Betoli is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Betoli.
Betoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bauer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Betoli misses the target.
Bauer misses with a wild combination.
Betoli misses the jab.
Betoli walks into a stiff left hand from Bauer.
Bauer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bauer.
Bauer throws a front kick aimed at Betoli's knee but Betoli avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betoli loads up on a big right hand but Bauer slips the punch.
Bauer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Betoli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bauer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Betoli on the side of the head.
Bauer looks to land a left hand but Betoli moved out of range nicely.
Bauer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bauer takes one on the button.
Bauer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bauer misses the shot to the body.
Betoli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bauer throws a low kick but Betoli avoids it.
Bauer looks to score with a jab to the body but Betoli is just out of range.
Bauer loads up on a big right hand but Betoli slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Betoli blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bauer misses with a straight left.
Bauer thows a body shot but no joy.
Betoli jabs Bauer right on the nose. Bauer blinks but takes it well.
A good leg kick by Bauer.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bauer lands a right hook to the body.
Bauer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Betoli connects with a body shot that sends Bauer's belly button to the back.
Bauer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bauer cracks Betoli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A swing and a miss from Betoli.
Nice body punch from Bauer.
Bauer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Betoli. Betoli circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bauer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bauer tries to throw a body punch but Betoli avoids it by throwing Bauer back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bauer.
The referee calls for Bauer to work.

Bauer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Betoli looks to score with a jab to the body but Bauer is just out of range.
Bauer throws a series of strikes that have Betoli backpedaling.
Bauer throws a hook but Betoli blocks it.
Good shot there by Bauer.
A right-left combo lands from Bauer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Bauer.
Betoli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Betoli blocks a jab.
A jab from Bauer does it's job there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Betoli throws a body punch but Bauer moves out of range.
Betoli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A left lands for Bauer.
A clash of legs there as Betoli blocks the low kick.
Bauer scores with a jab.
Bauer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Betoli's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bauer misses with a hook.
Bauer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Betoli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Betoli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bauer can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Bauer dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Betoli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bauer.
Bauer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Betoli moves away.
Bauer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Betoli walks into a left hand.
Betoli misses the shot to the body.
Bauer lands a right hook to the body.
Betoli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bauer throws out the jab.
Betoli misses with a wild body shot.
Bauer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Betoli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Betoli missing with a left hand there. Bauer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bauer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Betoli.
Bauer lands a jab to the head.
Betoli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bauer.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betoli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bauer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bauer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bauer misses with a low kick.
Betoli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bauer swinging wildly here.
Betoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bauer swinging wildly here.
A jab from Bauer misses.
Bauer connects with the punch.
Bauer looks to land a combination but Betoli avoids it well.
Bauer scores with a jab to the head.
Betoli takes a swing at Bauer's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Betoli looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bauer trying to control from the bottom.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bauer is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Betoli is staying active.
Betoli working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Bauer's thigh. Bauer counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Betoli postures up in Bauer's guard and throws a big left but Bauer blocks it.
Betoli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bauer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bauer keeping moving, preventing Betoli from controlling successfully.
Betoli wants to pass the guard but Bauer is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bauer trying to control the position.
Betoli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Betoli drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bauer dives on top into guard.
Bauer looking to sit in guard and control but Betoli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bauer trying to keep a closed guard but Betoli is proving a slippery customer.

Betoli drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bauer looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bauer looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bauer!
Betoli sneaks back into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Betoli is looking to control Bauer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Betoli avoid being mounted?
Bauer wants to free his trapped foot but Betoli is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Mario Betoli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack Bauer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Bauer gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bauer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bauer throws a half hearted mid kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Bauer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bauer 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 44:50
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 44:50
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Bauer!
Jack Bauer is the new heavyweight champion!