PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yan Beliveau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nariu Kavoc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beliveau
vs
Kavoc

180 cm
18
160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yan Beliveau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nariu Kavoc!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kavoc wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Kavoc gets tackled into the cage by Beliveau. Beliveau maintains the clinch.
A short uppercut from Kavoc.
Kavoc scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beliveau taking a breather.
Beliveau misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beliveau.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kavoc as Beliveau tries to tie him up.
Kavoc makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kavoc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kavoc has a couple of punches blocked by Beliveau.
Kavoc lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kavoc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kavoc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beliveau is trying to break the clinch but Kavoc is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kavoc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kavoc blocks a body shot from Beliveau.
Beliveau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kavoc.
Kavoc misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kavoc.
Kavoc throws a punch but it's blocked by Beliveau.
Our sources have told us that Beliveau has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Beliveau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kavoc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beliveau wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kavoc has him pressed against the cage.
Kavoc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kavoc has Beliveau pressed against the cage, preventing Beliveau from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kavoc lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beliveau stalling in the clinch but Kavoc improves position.
Beliveau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beliveau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beliveau blocks an uppercut.

Beliveau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kavoc moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beliveau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kavoc manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beliveau tries to clinch there but Kavoc circles away.
Beliveau scores with a push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kavoc lands with a straight right. Beliveau didn't see that one coming.
Beliveau doesn't manage to clinch there - Kavoc circles away.
Kavoc fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kavoc paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kavoc cracks Beliveau with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beliveau throws a lazy right hand but Kavoc sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beliveau tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kavoc paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beliveau wants to slow Kavoc down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Beliveau misses.
Kavoc fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beliveau looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beliveau looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beliveau takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kavoc swats away the attempt to clinch by Beliveau.

Beliveau closes the distance and clinches.
Beliveau misses with an elbow strike.
Kavoc lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beliveau is trying to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kavoc.

Beliveau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beliveau lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Nariu Kavoc has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beliveau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A lazy left from Kavoc finds it's target.
Kavoc circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Beliveau.
Kavoc lands a jab to the head.
Beliveau throws a hook but Kavoc blocks it.
Kavoc lands with an uppercut that bounces Beliveau off the cage and back into range.
Beliveau takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kavoc lands a nice shot that snaps Beliveau's head back.
Kavoc connects with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beliveau tries to clinch but Kavoc moves away

and Kavoc counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Beliveau regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kavoc tries to stand but Beliveau is controlling from the bottom.
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 Yan Beliveau will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nariu Kavoc's cut.
That's time! Beliveau's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A lazy left from Kavoc finds it's target.
Yan Beliveau is winning the standup battle so far.
Kavoc swats away the attempt to clinch by Beliveau.
Beliveau throws an ugly left hook that misses

so Kavoc counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Beliveau looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Beliveau is working hard here to advance position.
Kavoc is looking to stand up but Beliveau won't let him.

Kavoc wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Beliveau's closed guard. He's half up but Beliveau has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Beliveau pivots and extends the arm, Kavoc falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Beliveau! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yan Beliveau!
Yan Beliveau decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.