PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Bellanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Meighen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellanca comes to the cage accompanied by Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bellanca
vs
Meighen

180 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

175 cm
41
184 lbs
39 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

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 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romeo Bellanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arthur Meighen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meighen misses with a hook. Bellanca ducked under it nicely.
Meighen lands a slapping body shot.

Meighen closes the distance and clinches.
Meighen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bellanca lands a good knee to the midsection. Meighen won't want to take too many of those.
Meighen throws a punch but it's blocked by Bellanca.
Meighen throws a punch but it's blocked by Bellanca.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Meighen on the inside.
Meighen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bellanca throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meighen blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meighen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Meighen.
Bellanca blocks an uppercut.
Meighen takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bellanca.
Meighen lands with a left to the head.

Bellanca breaks from the clinch.
Bellanca throws a low kick but Meighen moves out of range easily.
Meighen throws a jab when Bellanca was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bellanca drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Meighen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Meighen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bellanca is one step ahead there.
Meighen is pulling down on Bellanca's head. It's preventing any offense from Bellanca, at least for the moment.
Bellanca lands a couple of digs.
Bellanca is looking to work some ground and pound but Meighen has wrist control.
Meighen is pulling down on Bellanca's head to control his posture.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Arthur Meighen wasn't active enough on the ground.
A swing and a miss from Meighen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Meighen. No joy for Bellanca on that attempt.
Meighen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meighen cracks Bellanca with a good jab.
Meighen throws a hook but Bellanca avoids it easily.
Meighen defending well as Bellanca loads up on a big left hand.
Bellanca takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Meighen throws a wild body kick that Bellanca sees coming a mile off.
Meighen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Meighen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bellanca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meighen leaves Bellanca with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellanca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meighen.
A telegraphed right hand from Meighen misses the target.
Arthur Meighen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meighen lands a nice hook to Bellanca's body. Bellanca takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Meighen throws out a loose jab but Bellanca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bellanca looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Meighen digs a good body shot into Bellanca's ribs.
Meighen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bellanca if he has to take too many more of those.

Meighen takes the fight into the clinch.
Meighen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bellanca backwards.
A body shot lands from Meighen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellanca wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meighen has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meighen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bellanca.
Meighen cracks Bellanca with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Meighen fails to land.
Bellanca wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romeo Bellanca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meighen throws a head punch that misses.
Meighen scores with a shot to the side of Bellanca's head.
Bellanca looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meighen.
Bellanca is breathing heavily.
Meighen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bellanca stalling in the clinch but Meighen improves position.
Meighen cracks Bellanca with a nice body shot.
Meighen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meighen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bellanca backwards.
Meighen lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Meighen.
A right hook to the body lands for Meighen.
Bellanca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Meighen lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Meighen.
Meighen lands an uppercut.
Meighen lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bellanca is rocked!
Bellanca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meighen scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Bellanca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Meighen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Meighen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bellanca doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bellanca seems to have got his legs back now.
Meighen Throws a clean left jab. Meighen Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Bellanca's chin! Bellanca crumbles to the ground and Meighen follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Meighen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arthur Meighen!
Arthur Meighen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.