PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Ghilotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romeo Bellanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bellanca's choice of entrance music: Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ghilotti
vs
Bellanca

186 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 New York, Frank Ghilotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Romeo Bellanca!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellanca tries to clinch up but Ghilotti circles away and keeps his distance.
Frank Ghilotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bellanca gets tackled into the cage by Ghilotti. Ghilotti maintains the clinch.
Bellanca wants to break free but Ghilotti has control.
Ghilotti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bellanca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ghilotti tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ghilotti keeps control of Bellanca as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ghilotti tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bellanca just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ghilotti is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Ghilotti. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ghilotti decides to pull guard.
Bellanca working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bellanca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Bellanca gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghilotti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bellanca misses with the combination.
Ghilotti gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bellanca holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ghilotti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bellanca's brow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Ghilotti has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bellanca is trying to keep an underhook but Ghilotti manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bellanca wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellanca is trying to control but can't.
Bellanca is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bellanca gets back to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bellanca is on top in guard.
Bellanca in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellanca controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bellanca with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bellanca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellanca looking to pass the guard.
Bellanca working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ghilotti is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bellanca pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ghilotti is keeping the position for now.
Ghilotti is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bellanca throwing strikes from guard but Ghilotti blocks nicely.

Ghilotti scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ghilotti leaves Bellanca with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bellanca looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellanca misses with a body shot.
Ghilotti lands a high kick!
Bellanca displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ghilotti.
Bellanca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ghilotti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bellanca swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ghilotti.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bellanca is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ghilotti off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Romeo Bellanca will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ghilotti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bellanca keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ghilotti lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ghilotti wants to control the pace but Bellanca is squirming around nicely.
Bellanca chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Ghilotti.
Bellanca is working to get back to half guard.
Bellanca is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ghilotti looking to finish Bellanca with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bellanca!
Bellanca is squirming around, avoiding Ghilotti's attempts to control the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghilotti breaks from Bellanca's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellanca slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bellanca is breathing heavily.
Ghilotti is controlling the pace.

Ghilotti is working for a submission of some sort.
Bellanca is trying to control but can't.
Bellanca works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bellanca is trying to keep Ghilotti in close.

Ghilotti has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Bellanca to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ghilotti is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Bellanca pulls down on the head and he's put Ghilotti to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Romeo Bellanca!
A relieved looking Romeo Bellanca thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.