PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zorba The Greek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belo Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Greek
vs
Me

183 cm
35
178 lbs
21 - 19 - 0

188 cm
30
186 lbs
16 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zorba The Greek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Belo Me!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Me is looking to clinch.
The Greek keeps the fight on the outside.
The Greek has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The Greek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Me.
Me fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Greek clobbers Me with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Belo Me has been cut.
Me wants to clinch up but The Greek keeps it at a distance.
The Greek keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The Greek moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Greek fails to land with a series of punches.
The Greek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Greek misses with a series of wild punches.
The Greek misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The Greek fails to land with a series of punches.
The Greek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Me moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Me takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The Greek throws a nice looking combination but Me bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Greek throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Greek sprawls well. The Greek wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Me gets slowly back to his feet.
Zorba The Greek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Belo Me.
Me fails with the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Me looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Me is looking to clinch.
The Greek throws a right hand that Me ducks under and follows up with a left that Me also avoids with ease.
Me doesn't manage to clinch there - The Greek circles away.
A combination from Me does no damage.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Me moves out of range.
The Greek misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from The Greek as Me shoots in.
The Greek misses with a wild combination.
The Greek feints a jab promting Me to slip. The Greek then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Me slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from The Greek as Me shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me connects with an inside leg kick.
The Greek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Me moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Me is looking to clinch.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Me moves out of range.
Me looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Greek is fending him off so far but Me persists. Nope, The Greek circles away and we're back to standing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Me dives in and grabs The Greek's left leg, looking for a takedown. The Greek pushes down on Me's head and hops out.
Me lands a head kick!

Me has closed the distance and engaged The Greek in a clinch.
Me trying to land knees to the body.
Me working The Greek over with knees to the body.
Me creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Me gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Greek blocks an elbow strike from Me.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me missing with knees to the body.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.

The Greek gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Me looking for a sweep. Not yet Me, not yet.
Me being controlled here, momentarily.

The Greek got a little sloppy there for a moment and Me has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Greek has managed to get both his arms back between Me's legs - danger averted.

Me looking for submissions from the bottom but instead The Greek passes into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me is trying to improve his position.
Me sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Me wants to get back to full guard.
Me felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Me wants to control but The Greek is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Greek is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
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 Zorba The Greek will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Belo Me's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Greek smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Me forces The Greek back against the cage and clinches.
The Greek avoids the elbow strike from Me, against the cage.
Me holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Me throws an elbow but it misses.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but The Greek avoids the damage to the body.
Me looking to stall.
The Greek takes a knee to the side of the body.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Greek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Me creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Greek's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Me pushes off an throws an elbow but The Greek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Greek is working for takedown but Me is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Greek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Greek avoids it.
Me landing knees to the body.
Me throws an elbow that misses.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Greek is defending well for now.
The Greek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Greek goes for a takedown in the clinch but Me prevents it.
Me landing knees to the body.
The Greek avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
The Greek avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Greek.
Me crunches a lovely knee into The Greek's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Me throws an elbow but misses.
The Greek wants to break the clinch but can't.
Me trying to control the position but instead, The Greek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Me into the cage.
The Greek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Greek blocks it with crossed arms.
Me misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Greek.
Me comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Me looking to throw knees to the head but The Greek is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me crunches a lovely knee into The Greek's ribcage.
The Greek can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zorba The Greek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Me misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Greek.
Me lands an elbow just above The Greek 's eye.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Greek wants to break free but Me has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Me.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Me utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Me lands an elbow inside.
The Greek wants a takedown.
Me lands a knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Me lands an elbow just above The Greek 's eye.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Greek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Greek is trying to break free.
Belo Me seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Me lands a nice knee to the body.
Me lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Me utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Belo Me showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Belo Me's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Me lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Me shoots in for a takedown but The Greek shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Greek misses with a wild combination.
Me is looking to clinch but The Greek is avoiding it.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Me moves out of range.
Me scores with a leg kick.
The Greek scores with a three punch combo!
Me wants to clinch.
Nice shot by The Greek.
The Greek swinging wildly here.
The Greek misses with an uppercut. Me saw that one coming.
The Greek throws a right hand that Me ducks under and follows up with a left that Me also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Me.
The Greek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Me shoots in and drives through. The Greek sprawls well.
Zorba The Greek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Belo Me.
Me scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Greek looks to throw the jab but Me is out of range.
The Greek swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Zorba The Greek is winning the standup battle so far.
The Greek misses with a body shot.
Me is trying desperately to land a takedown but The Greek is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Me.
Me tries to clinch up but The Greek circles away and keeps his distance.
The Greek swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Greek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Me with a poor takedown
and The Greek counters with a nice uppercut.
Me fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Greek scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The Greek tries to bum rush Me with a series of wild strikes but Me uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Greek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Greek misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Greek connects with a nice looking jab.
The Greek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me misses with a double jab.
Me wants to clinch.
The Greek works the jab nicely.
The Greek misses with a two punch combination.
Zorba The Greek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from The Greek. Those never looked like landing.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Me moves out of range.
The Greek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Me pushes The Greek up against the cage in a clinch.
Me creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Greek's defenses.
A knee to the head by Me.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Me obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Me obliges.
Me landing knees to the body.
Me's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Greek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Greek in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Me pulls The Greek into guard.
Me is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Me is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Me working a defensive guard here.
The Greek has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The Greek stands and steps away. Me gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Me shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Greek as he avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Belo Me comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Me has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Belo Me!
After winning the bout, Belo Me thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.