PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between VG Beloff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Tamaso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamaso has chosen Comin to your city as his entrance music. Vinny Tamaso is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Beloff
vs
Tamaso

200 cm
21
290 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
21
248 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, VG Beloff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinny Tamaso!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beloff tries to clinch up
and Tamaso cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tamaso scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tamaso looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Beloff has Tamaso up against the cage in a clinch.
Tamaso is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tamaso misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tamaso is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Beloff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tamaso tries to break the clinch but Beloff is controlling the position.
Beloff lands a nice uppercut.
Tamaso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beloff misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Beloff - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beloff lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tamaso backwards.
Beloff misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beloff.
Beloff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Beloff on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beloff lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tamaso.
Beloff lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tamaso backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tamaso.
Tamaso trying to stall but Beloff improves his position.
Tamaso working aggressively here.
Beloff is pushing Tamaso up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tamaso has a couple of punches blocked by Beloff.
Beloff keeps control of Tamaso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beloff leaning his opponent against the cage.
Beloff misses with the head strike.
Tamaso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beloff's elbow.
Beloff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tamaso misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beloff's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Beloff misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beloff throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Beloff.
Beloff blocks a body shot from Tamaso.
Tamaso wants to stall.
Beloff blocking some punches.
Tamaso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beloff backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tamaso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beloff.
Tamaso works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tamaso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beloff working aggressively here.
Beloff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beloff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beloff prevents a body shot from Tamaso.
Beloff digs a right hand underneath Tamaso's ribcage. Tamaso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Tamaso.
Beloff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Beloff on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tamaso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beloff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beloff moves in looking to clinch but Tamaso pushes him off.
Beloff is looking to clinch but Tamaso is avoiding it.
Tamaso throws out a powerful jab.
Tamaso jabs at Beloff's body.
Beloff wants to clinch.
Beloff wants to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tamaso.
Beloff throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Beloff moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tamaso.
Beloff lands a hook that snaps the head of Tamaso backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamaso can't break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamaso blocking some punches.
Beloff misses with some punches.
Beloff stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Beloff.
Beloff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beloff lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tamaso looks winded!
Beloff lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tamaso backwards.
Tamaso lands a hook that snaps the head of Beloff backwards.
Beloff taking a breather.
Beloff misses with a punch on the inside.
Beloff swings wildly with an uppercut but Tamaso uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beloff.
Tamaso blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tamaso lands a body shot.
Tamaso blocks a body shot from Beloff.
Tamaso misses with a body punch.
Tamaso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

VG Beloff dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Beloff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tamaso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Tamaso there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tamaso ducks under a wild hook from Beloff.
Beloff wants to clinch up but Tamaso keeps it at a distance.
Beloff looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tamaso swats away the attempt to clinch by Beloff.
Beloff tries to clinch but Tamaso moves away
and Tamaso counters with a left to the body.
Beloff throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Beloff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beloff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tamaso connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beloff scrambles back to his feet.
Beloff is looking to clinch but Tamaso is avoiding it.
A left and a right from Tamaso both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beloff tries to clinch up.
A combination from Tamaso does no damage.
Tamaso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tamaso connects with a leg kick. Beloff looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tamaso lands with a cross.
Beloff on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Beloff swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamaso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beloff tries to clinch there but Tamaso circles away.
Beloff has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Beloff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tamaso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamaso slips under a jab.
Vinny Tamaso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beloff tests Tamaso's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tamaso circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beloff tries to clinch but Tamaso moves out of range.
Tamaso with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beloff doesn't manage to clinch there - Tamaso circles away.
Tamaso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beloff. That did some damage!
Tamaso throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beloff is looking to clinch.
Beloff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tamaso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamaso fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tamaso sizes up Beloff with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tamaso connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beloff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beloff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tamaso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Beloff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Beloff.
Tamaso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tamaso misses with some punches.
Tamaso is trying to break the clinch but Beloff is controlling him.
Tamaso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tamaso stalling in the clinch.
Tamaso has a couple of punches blocked by Beloff.
Tamaso stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Beloff misses with some punches.
Beloff scores with a hook to the body.
Tamaso is breathing heavily.
Beloff presses Tamaso against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beloff stalling.
Beloff scores with a shot to the side of Tamaso's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beloff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beloff stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Beloff fails to land.
Beloff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tamaso misses with the head strike.
Tamaso trying to stall but Beloff improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Beloff scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beloff lands a left hand.
Beloff scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beloff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tamasos head.

Tamaso is rocked!
Tamaso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tamaso is still on wobbly legs! Can Beloff finish him?
Beloff lands a big right hand that drops Tamaso! The killer instinct kicks in and Beloff finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Beloff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). VG Beloff!