PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arden Betancourt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Nemesis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nemesis is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: A definition of word nemesis. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Betancourt
vs
Nemesis

188 cm
18
240 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
261 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arden Betancourt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Nemesis!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nemesis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Betancourt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Betancourt.

It looks like The Nemesis has been cut.
A head kick from Nemesis lands but Betancourt takes it in his stride.

It looks like Arden Betancourt has been cut.
Nemesis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Betancourt.
Arden Betancourt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Betancourt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Betancourt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nemesis has time to react.
Betancourt misses with a hook.
Betancourt lands with a hook. Nemesis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Betancourt. That snapped Nemesis's head back.
Betancourt misses with the combination.
Betancourt closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nemesis makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Betancourt really felt that one!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Betancourt misses with the combination.
Nemesis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Betancourt manages to avoid it.
Betancourt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nemesis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Betancourt tries to clinch up.
Betancourt seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betancourt misses the shot to the body.
Nemesis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Betancourt throws a right hand that Nemesis ducks under and follows up with a left that Nemesis also avoids with ease.

Nemesis forces Betancourt back against the cage and clinches.
Nemesis slowing the pace effectively.
Betancourt trying to stall but Nemesis improves his position.
A left hand lands to the body for Nemesis.
Nemesis blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nemesis.
Nemesis lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nemesis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Betancourt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Betancourt being controlled against the cage.
Nemesis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nemesis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Betancourt backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nemesis just leaning against Betancourt, taking a breather.
A right hand to the body from Betancourt.
Nemesis scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nemesis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nemesis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nemesis - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Betancourt.
Nemesis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Betancourt swings wildly with an uppercut but Nemesis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Betancourt is trying to maintain a safe position but Nemesis gets an underhook and turns Betancourt into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Nemesis.
Betancourt swings wildly with an uppercut but Nemesis uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Betancourt throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Nemesis.
Betancourt prevents a body shot from Nemesis.
Betancourt tries to work over Nemesis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nemesis stalling.
Nemesis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nemesis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Betancourt blocking some punches.
Betancourt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nemesis misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Betancourt on the inside.
Betancourt throws a punch but it's blocked by Nemesis.
Nemesis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Betancourt backwards.
Nemesis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Betancourt lands a right hand.
Nemesis taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Betancourt blocking some punches.
Betancourt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nemesis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Betancourt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Betancourt throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Betancourt.
Nemesis lands a nice uppercut.
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!
A nice left hand lands by Betancourt.
Betancourt stalling in the clinch but Nemesis improves position.
Nemesis lands a left hand.
Nemesis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nemesis pushes Betancourt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Nemesis scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Nemesis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Betancourt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Betancourt misses with a wild combination.

Betancourt tries to keep at a distance but Nemesis has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Betancourt.
Nemesis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Betancourt.
A head punch on the inside from Nemesis fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nemesis.
Nemesis lands a shot to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nemesis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice body punch from Nemesis - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Nemesis.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Nemesis.
Nemesis avoiding damage.
Nemesis tries to throw a body punch but Betancourt avoids it by throwing Nemesis back against the cage.
Good body shot from Nemesis.
Nemesis lands with a light punch inside.
Nemesis is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Nemesis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nemesis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Betancourt up against the cage.
Nemesis tries a body shot but Betancourt blocks it.
Nemesis pushes Betancourt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nemesis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nemesis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Nemesis.
Nemesis lands a right hand.
Nemesis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nemesis pushes Betancourt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Betancourt misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Nemesis.
Nemesis controlling the action here for a moment.
The Nemesis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nemesis lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nemesis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nemesis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short right from Nemesis on the inside.
Nemesis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Nemesis as the two fighters clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nemesis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nemesis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nemesis in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by The Nemesis.
Nemesis feints and then cracks Betancourt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Betancourt down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nemesis lands a big head kick that sends Betancourt tumbling to the mat! Nemesis takes a step backwards and waves Betancourt back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Betancourt is rocked!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Nemesis! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). The Nemesis!
A victorious The Nemesis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.