PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Warm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Belton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warm's entrance music is Walk like an Egyptian. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Warm
vs
Belton

195 cm
32
185 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

185 cm
33
200 lbs
26 - 14 - 1

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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 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luke Warm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Belton !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belton with a hook.
Warm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belton .
Warm 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.
A shot to the liver by Warm. Beautiful body shot.
Warm really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Warm throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Belton 's waist but Belton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Warm off to one side.
A good leg kick by Belton .
A looping hook to the body misses from Belton . Warm does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belton blocks a jab.
Belton throws a hook but Warm blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Warm.
Warm tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Belton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Warm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Warm darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Belton is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Warm.
Belton has hold of Warm's hands but Warm slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Belton gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belton wants to sweep but no luck.
Warm throws an elbow that misses. Belton uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Warm's guard. Nice move by Belton !
Belton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Warm swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Warm is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Belton gets to his feet - Warm follows without any prompting.
Belton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Warm is out of range.
Warm takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Belton 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 Warm has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Warm and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Belton throws a chopping leg kick but Warm manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Belton thumps Warm with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by Warm as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Warm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Belton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bill Belton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warm tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Belton defends well and Warm ends up having to push Belton into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Belton is looking to break free of the clinch but Warm has double underhooks.
Belton is trying to break the clinch but Warm is controlling him.
Warm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Belton backwards.
Belton wants to get back to striking at distance but Warm won't allow it.
Belton tries to break free but Warm pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Belton 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Warm tries a body shot but Belton blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Belton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belton lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A telegraphed right hand from Belton misses the target.
Belton scores with a leg kick.
Warm fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Warm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belton throws a leg kick which misses Warm's front leg but catches the back leg as Warm tries to avoid it.
Warm blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bone on bone clash there as Warm blocks the leg kick.
Warm avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Warm lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Belton dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Belton throws a low kick, looking for Warm's leg but Warm calmly moves out of range.
Belton lands the left hand.
Warm throws a right hand that misses
and Belton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Belton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Belton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Warm is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Belton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Belton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Belton throws a hook but Warm blocks it.
Belton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Belton misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belton moves out of range of the strikes.
Warm thows a body shot but no joy.
Belton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warm misses with an uppercut. Belton saw that one coming.
Belton finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Belton looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Warm walks into a stiff left hand from Belton .
A telegraphed right hand from Warm misses the target.

Warm gets the takedown into side control.
Belton tries to improve position but can't.
Belton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belton is trying to control Warm's posture but Warm avoids it.
Warm throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Belton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Warm has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Warm prevents Belton from improving his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belton wants to get back to his feet.
Belton is concentrating on defense, preventing Warm from advancing position.
Warm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Warm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warm is trying to control. Belton wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Belton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Warm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Warm perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Belton motions for Warm to come forward. Belton throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Warm misses with a wild body shot.
Belton displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Warm.
Warm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Warm checks it well.
Belton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warm. Belton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belton tests Warm's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Warm slips a straight right by Belton .
A punch combination from Warm misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belton throws an overhand right that lands on Warm's shoulder, as Warm tries to avoid the shot.
Warm takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Belton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Warm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Warm lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Belton throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Belton throws a left and a right that both miss

so Warm counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Belton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Belton keeping moving, preventing Warm from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Warm accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Warm trying to control but Belton is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Warm accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warm trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Luke Warm overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Warm connects with a couple of short punches.
Warm trying to control the position from guard on top but Belton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belton pulls Warm in close to prevent any damage.
Belton trying to control the position.
Warm throws a strike but Belton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Warm is looking to sweep but instead, Belton has passed into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Belton escapes and gets back to his feet.

Warm shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Warm was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Belton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Warm wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Warm wants to control but Belton is keeping him busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belton regains half guard, as Warm was trying to land strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warm seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Belton does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Belton gets back to full guard.
Luke Warm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belton is pulling down on Warm's head to control his posture.
Warm throwing strikes but missing.
Warm with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warm looking to sit in guard and control but Belton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Belton won't allow Warm to get back to his feet.
Belton trying to stand up but can't free himself from Warm's guard.
Belton slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belton in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Warm showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Belton 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Belton !
Bill Belton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.