PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Belcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Papadakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Belcher
vs
Papadakis

187 cm
25
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Atlantis
Ace of Spades Clothing

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jake Belcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kostas Papadakis!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belcher fails to land the takedown.
Belcher fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Belcher has been working on his balance at Evil Emp-HEAD HUNTERS FIGHTCLUB ELITE4CHEAP//19COA, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Papadakis.

Belcher closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Belcher lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Papadakis looking to control.
Papadakis might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Belcher haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Belcher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Belcher is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Papadakis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Belcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Belcher preventing the sweep.
Belcher trying to control the position from guard on top but Papadakis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadakis controls Belcher momentarily but Belcher frees himself.
Belcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Belcher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Belcher scoring with some ground and pound.

Papadakis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Belcher gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Papadakis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Belcher throwing strikes from guard but Papadakis blocks nicely.
Belcher engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belcher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Papadakis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Belcher sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Belcher looking to score a takedown here. Papadakis is defending well but Belcher drives through and ends up in Papadakis's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belcher showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Belcher stopping the sweep attempt from Papadakis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadakis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Belcher!
Belcher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Papadakis seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Belcher is holding on tight.
Papadakis manages to capitalize on a mistake by Belcher to take his back!
Belcher tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Belcher regains half guard.
Belcher moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher pulls Papadakis in close to his closed guard and prevents Papadakis from doing any damage or advancing position.
Papadakis tries to free his leg and advance position but Belcher is retaining full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belcher is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Papadakis won't allow Belcher to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Belcher dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Belcher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papadakis circles away quickly and effectively.

Belcher looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Belcher throwing strikes from guard but Papadakis blocks nicely.
Papadakis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Belcher throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadakis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Papadakis is trying to control the position but Belcher postures up.
Papadakis is pulling down on Belcher's head. It's preventing any offense from Belcher, at least for the moment.

Papadakis is looking for a triangle but Belcher pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belcher distracts Papadakis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Papadakis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Belcher tries to free his leg and advance position but Papadakis is retaining full guard.
Papadakis is trying to control the position but Belcher postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Belcher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Belcher looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Papadakis looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belcher forces his way into half guard.
Jake Belcher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Papadakis tries to get to full guard but Belcher has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Belcher seems content to control.
Papadakis is trying to control but can't.
Belcher seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Papadakis wants to control but Belcher is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Belcher lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
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!
Belcher is looking to advance position but Papadakis won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belcher sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Papadakis defending well though.
Belcher performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Belcher lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Papadakis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Belcher.
Belcher perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Belcher.
Belcher controlling the action here.
Belcher is looking to take a break and control but Papadakis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Papadakis is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Belcher prevents Papadakis from improving his position.
Papadakis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Belcher.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belcher throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Papadakis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Belcher pulls his head out easily.
Belcher working over Papadakis with some ground and pound. Papadakis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Belcher dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Belcher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Papadakis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Papadakis. No joy for Belcher on that attempt.
Belcher avoids the head kick by Papadakis.

Belcher closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Belcher lands in his opponent's guard.
Papadakis working a defensive guard here.
Papadakis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Belcher trying to control but Papadakis is working from the bottom.
Papadakis controls Belcher momentarily but Belcher frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Papadakis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Belcher controls the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Belcher.
Papadakis manages to get back to half guard.
Belcher is taking a breather. Papadakis says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nice strikes from Belcher there.
Belcher tries to pass the half guard into mount. Papadakis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Papadakis manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belcher controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Belcher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Papadakis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Papadakis is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Belcher holds on and takes a little breather.
Belcher keeping full guard, as Papadakis tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belcher wants to sweep but no luck.
Belcher looking to control.
Papadakis looking to pass the guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jake Belcher just wasn't active enough.
Belcher fails to land the takedown.
Jake Belcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Belcher bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Belcher working the head with strikes.
Papadakis struggling a bit here.
Belcher cracks Papadakis with a big right hand but Papadakis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher advances to mount.
Belcher cracks Papadakis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belcher working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Papadakis is trying to escape the mount.
The referee warns Papadakis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Belcher landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belcher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Papadakis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kostas Papadakis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jake Belcher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Belcher controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Belcher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Belcher has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Belcher!