PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Belmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mao Zedong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belmont comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac feat. Ice Cube - Bow Down. Zedong has chosen March Of The Volunteers as his entrance music. Mao Zedong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Belmont
vs
Zedong

183 cm
33
185 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

193 cm
30
180 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp
The Big Kabosh

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 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Augustus Belmont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mao Zedong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmont tries to move into range but Zedong moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zedong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Belmont's head.
Belmont is looking to slow Zedong down with leg kicks.
Belmont tries to land a leg kick but Zedong saw it coming and moves away.
Belmont uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zedong.
Belmont is looking to chop away at Zedong's legs.
Zedong takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zedong misses with a jab to the body
and Belmont counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zedong thinking.
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!
Zedong tries to clinch but Belmont is having none of it.
Belmont fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zedong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mao Zedong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belmont feints and then cracks Zedong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zedong down.
Belmont fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zedong manages to avoid it.
Belmont cracks Zedong with an open hand slap.
Zedong with a nice cross.
Belmont ducks under a wild hook from Zedong.
Zedong lands a nice hook to Belmont's body. Belmont takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zedong lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zedong cracks Belmont with an open hand slap.
Belmont on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zedong. Zedong obviously looking to wear him down.
Belmont wants to land a leg kick but Zedong is out of range.
Zedong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Belmont wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zedong looks to score with a jab to the body but Belmont is just out of range.
Belmont sizes up Zedong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zedong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belmont swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zedong misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zedong. Belmont does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zedong throws a predictable looking body shot
and Belmont counters with a nice uppercut.
Zedong is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Belmont rather than just go for the knockout.
Zedong throws a leg kick
and Belmont counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belmont throws a chopping leg kick but Zedong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zedong throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zedong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zedong misses with a hook. Belmont ducked under it nicely.
Belmont throws a push kick but Zedong slaps the foot to one side.
Zedong looks to throw the jab but Belmont is out of range.
Zedong attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Belmont thows a body shot but no joy.
Zedong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zedong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belmont scores with a decent looking hook.
Zedong looks to score with a jab to the body but Belmont is just out of range.
Belmont just misses with a punch to the body.
Belmont fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zedong manages to avoid it.
Belmont moves out of range of the body kick.
Belmont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belmont pushes Zedong away with a front kick.
Zedong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Belmont lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Belmont.
Zedong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zedong looks to score with a jab to the body but Belmont is just out of range.
Zedong is looking to slow Belmont down with leg kicks.
Belmont fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zedong has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good leg kick by Belmont there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zedong lands with an uppercut that bounces Belmont off the cage and back into range.
Zedong defending well as Belmont loads up on a big left hand.
Belmont misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zedong.
Zedong just misses with a punch to the body.
Belmont ducks right into an uppercut from Zedong.
Belmont checks the leg kick.
Zedong has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Belmont avoids the body shot from Zedong.

Zedong closes the distance and clinches.

Belmont breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belmont's corner calls for a 1-2. Belmont obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zedong throws a lazy body kick
and Belmont connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belmont explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping leg kick lands for Belmont.
Belmont checks a leg kick.
Belmont takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zedong misses with a body shot.

Zedong closes the distance and clinches.
Belmont takes a shot to the head.
Zedong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Belmont breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Belmont lands with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zedong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A good leg kick by Zedong.
Zedong misses with a low kick.
Zedong lets loose with a powerful body kick. Belmont will feel that in the morning.
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 Augustus Belmont 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.

Zedong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zedong walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zedong lands with a slapping head kick.
A low kick from Zedong misses
and Belmont counters with a left to the body.
Nice body kick there by Zedong.
Belmont's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zedong under the eye.
Zedong swings for the body but Belmont moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Belmont.
Zedong connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Belmont's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belmont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zedong throws out a leg kick but Belmont moves out of range and Zedong only half commits.
Zedong thows a body kick. Belmont tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Belmont scores with a kick to the body.
Belmont uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zedong.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zedong. Belmont does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zedong can pounce on him.
Belmont avoids the head kick by Zedong.
Zedong throws a lazy body kick
and Belmont makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Belmont moves out of range of the body kick.
Belmont walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zedong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Decent striking displayed by Belmont there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zedong. Belmont does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Zedong misses.
Zedong misses the shot to the body.
Belmont throws a leg kick that misses.
Zedong throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Belmont counters with a low kick, right behind Zedong 's knee.
Zedong misses with the body kick
and Belmont counters with a straight right hand.
Zedong swings for the body but Belmont moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zedong throws the kick towards the body but Belmont avoids it.
Zedong misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont thows a body kick. Zedong tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Zedong is breathing heavily.
Zedong tries to move into range but Belmont moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Zedong is rocked!
Zedong throws a leg kick
and Belmont counters with an inside leg kick.
Belmont throws a half hearted mid kick.
Belmont moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Belmont jabs Zedong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zedong takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zedong is still on wobbly legs! Can Belmont finish him?
Augustus Belmont is winning the standup battle so far.
Belmont lands an uppercut, right on the button! Zedong tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Augustus Belmont!
Our winner, Augustus Belmont, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.