PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Sturmpruegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Belliveau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Belliveau's choice of entrance music: We will rock you. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sturmpruegel
vs
Belliveau

180 cm
37
190 lbs
20 - 10 - 1

185 cm
26
195 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Sturmpruegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Belliveau!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belliveau misses with a kick to the body
and Sturmpruegel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Belliveau thinking.
Belliveau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belliveau moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've been informed that Belliveau has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice body punch from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick
and Belliveau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick which misses Belliveau's front leg but catches the back leg as Belliveau tries to avoid it.

Belliveau clinches up with Sturmpruegel and pushes him back against the cage.
Sturmpruegel misses with a punch to the body.
Sturmpruegel misses with a punch to the body.
Belliveau misses with the head strike.
Sturmpruegel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Belliveau fails to land.
Sturmpruegel misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Belliveau.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belliveau tries to work over Sturmpruegel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sturmpruegel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belliveau scores with a shot to the side of Sturmpruegel's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel tries to work over Belliveau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belliveau blocking some punches.
Belliveau takes a shot to the head.
Sturmpruegel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Belliveau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Belliveau blocks an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel tries a body shot but Belliveau blocks it.

Belliveau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Belliveau misses with a hook
and Sturmpruegel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Belliveau forces Sturmpruegel back against the cage and clinches.
Sturmpruegel lands a shoulder strike.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel tries to work over Belliveau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sturmpruegel lands a left hand.
Sturmpruegel misses with a punch on the inside.
Sturmpruegel tries to break free but Belliveau pushes him back against the cage.
Sturmpruegel blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturmpruegel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sturmpruegel can't find room to land a body shot as Belliveau controls the action.
Sturmpruegel misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sturmpruegel.
A right handed body shot lands from Sturmpruegel.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sturmpruegel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sturmpruegel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
I was talking to Sturmpruegel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Belliveau swings wildly with an uppercut but Sturmpruegel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturmpruegel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sturmpruegel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sturmpruegel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belliveau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sturmpruegel backwards.
Sturmpruegel lands a body punch.
Sturmpruegel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Sturmpruegel has Belliveau pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belliveau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sturmpruegel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sturmpruegel scores with a head kick.
Belliveau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturmpruegel.
Belliveau misses with an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel misses with a body kick.
Belliveau appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sturmpruegel lands a jab to the head.
Sturmpruegel misses with a wild body shot.
Belliveau tries to clinch up.
Belliveau moves away from the strike by Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Belliveau's sensitive parts.
Belliveau fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Belliveau counters with a good low kick that Sturmpruegel was not able to check.
Sturmpruegel looks to land a combination. Belliveau sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belliveau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belliveau tries a quick counter leg kick but Sturmpruegel is wise to it.
Sturmpruegel takes a swing at Belliveau's ribcage but misses.
Belliveau misses with a looping left.
Sturmpruegel connects with an inside leg kick.
Belliveau connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sturmpruegel checks a low kick from Belliveau.
Belliveau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Belliveau ducks under a wild hook from Sturmpruegel.
Belliveau is looking to clinch but Sturmpruegel is avoiding it.
Sturmpruegel throwing a counter right hand but Belliveau manages to avoid it.
Sturmpruegel lands with an overhand left.
Belliveau stalks Sturmpruegel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sturmpruegel's face. Sturmpruegel staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Roberto Sturmpruegel has been cut.
Belliveau throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belliveau throws a lazy body kick
and Sturmpruegel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Belliveau connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Sturmpruegel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Sturmpruegel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sturmpruegel avoids a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sturmpruegel. That's going to slow Belliveau down.
Belliveau misses with an attempted mid kick.
Belliveau takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Belliveau connects with a high kick.
Belliveau takes a jab right on the kisser.
A low kick from Belliveau is predictable there
and Sturmpruegel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick from Sturmpruegel misses
and Belliveau counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Belliveau.
Belliveau throws a leg kick but Sturmpruegel checks it.
Sturmpruegel lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sturmpruegel throws a low kick but Belliveau moves out of range easily.
Sturmpruegel backing away here, and Belliveau unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Belliveau is looking to land body kicks.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick but Belliveau moved away.
Sturmpruegel checks a leg kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belliveau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel slips a straight right by Belliveau.
Belliveau turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Belliveau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sturmpruegel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Belliveau moves into range and connects with a jab.
Belliveau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sturmpruegel scores with a sloppy right hand. Belliveau should have avoided that one.
Belliveau looks for the body kick but Sturmpruegel saw that one coming.
Sturmpruegel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sturmpruegel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belliveau manages to avoid it.
Belliveau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sturmpruegel throws a body shot but no joy.
Sturmpruegel backing away here, and Belliveau unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sturmpruegel lands a slapping body shot.
Sturmpruegel misses with a looping left.
Belliveau will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Belliveau fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sturmpruegel checks it well.
It looked like Sturmpruegel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Belliveau.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sturmpruegel throws a sloppy head kick
and Belliveau counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturmpruegel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sturmpruegel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Belliveau connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belliveau tries to land a front kick but Sturmpruegel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sturmpruegel throws a quick counter head kick but Belliveau was just out of range.
Sturmpruegel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belliveau looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Belliveau misses with a hook.
Sturmpruegel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Roberto Sturmpruegel is winning the standup battle so far.
Belliveau fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sturmpruegel misses with a body shot.
Sturmpruegel takes one to the chin there.
Belliveau throws a lazy head kick
and Sturmpruegel counters with an outside leg kick.
Sturmpruegel lands a jab to the head.
Belliveau blocks the body kick.
Sturmpruegel cracks Belliveau with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau misses with a straight right.
Belliveau looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Belliveau throws a lazy uppercut
and Sturmpruegel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sturmpruegel drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Belliveau right on the button. Belliveau goes down! Sturmpruegel follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Sturmpruegel gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Sturmpruegel!
Roberto Sturmpruegel thanked the fans post fight for their support.