PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Beling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleixo Gene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beling's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sir Dandy - . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Beling
vs
Gene

188 cm
24
263 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

190 cm
29
262 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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Sun-Tzu

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 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Beling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aleixo Gene!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gene lands a jab to the nose.
Gene tries a head kick but it misses.
Gene throws a low kick but Beling moves out of range easily.
Gene throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gene takes a swing at Beling's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Gene misses.
Gene rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Beling counters by clinching up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gene.
Nice body punch from Beling.

Beling has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gene is trying to keep an underhook but Beling manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Beling seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Beling winds up and cracks Gene with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Beling has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Beling wants to pass to mount but Gene is defending the position.
Beling prevents Gene from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beling lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beling prevents Gene from improving his position.
Gene won't allow Beling to pass to mount.
Gene wants to improve his position but Beling is controlling well.

Gene is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Beling pulls his head out easily.
Beling scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gene trying to control but Beling postures up.
Beling lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beling lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beling slips a nice elbow through Gene's hands, connecting with Gene's forehead.
Beling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gene is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beling scores with a couple of nice shots.
Beling is looking to advance position but Gene won't allow it.
Beling wants to stand up but Gene has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Beling is trying to control the action in half guard but Gene is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Beling working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Beling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Beling is looking for a kimura but Gene is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Beling to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beling slips a nice elbow through Gene's hands, connecting with Gene's forehead.
Beling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beling looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Beling wants to control but Gene is keeping him busy.
Gene scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Beling manages to mount him!
Beling scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gene?
Gene is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beling knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gene on the ground.
Beling raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gene is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gene is bucking up trying to escape but Beling cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Beling avoids the attempt from Gene to control.
Gene is desperately trying to improve his position but Beling has a good base and remains in mount.
Beling punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gene is working to get back to half guard.
Gene taking shots to the head.

Gene is rocked!
Beling loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gene scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Beling land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Beling stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Beling!
Alex Beling really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that THE END 32 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.