PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Guillermo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vito Belto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillermo comes to the ring accompanied by Fractal - Amor (feat. Syrin). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Vito Belto enters the ring!

Guillermo
vs
Belto

190 cm
27
250 lbs
3 - 5 - 2

195 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 3 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Guillermo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vito Belto!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guillermo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belto throws a series of strikes that have Guillermo backpedaling.
Belto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Belto lands a body shot.

Belto lands a left and a right that send Guillermo crashing to the mat, dazed. Belto thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Eddie Guillermo has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guillermo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Guillermo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Belto.
Guillermo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Belto manages to circle out of the way.

Oooooh!!! Belto has knocked Guillermo down with a huge combo! Belto steps away and waves a wobbly Guillermo back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Guillermo is rocked!
Belto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Belto goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Belto throws a series of punches but Guillermo moves out of range.
Belto misses with a series of wild punches.
Guillermo attempts a counter takedown but Belto avoids it well and moves away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Belto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Belto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Belto. Those never looked like landing.
Guillermo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Belto manages to circle out of the way.
Guillermo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Belto drops Guillermo with a beautiful combination! Guillermo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Belto is looking for the KO!
Oh Guillermo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Belto misses with a two punch combination.
Guillermo tries to counter by clinching up but Belto breaks away and moves out of range.
Belto throws a combination that misses

and Guillermo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Guillermo seems to have got his legs back now.
Belto looks winded!
Guillermo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Belto working hard to break the clinch.

Guillermo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Guillermo shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Belto is trying to defend but Guillermo finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guillermo controlling the pace.
Guillermo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Guillermo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Belto should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Guillermo lands strikes from half guard.
Guillermo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Belto on the ground.
Guillermo tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Belto.
Guillermo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Guillermo wants to pass to mount but Belto is defending the position.

Belto looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Belto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Guillermo pulls his head out easily.
Guillermo controlling the pace.
Belto trying to get back to full guard but Guillermo takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Guillermo wants to stand but Belto is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Guillermo controlling from mount.
Belto is wriggling around trying to escape.
Guillermo wants to stand but Belto is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Guillermo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Belto is looking to improve his position but Guillermo isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Guillermo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Guillermo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Belto looks a forlorn figure.

Guillermo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Belto is surviving well by controlling Guillermo's body position as best he can.
Belto tries to reverse the position but Guillermo maintains control.
Guillermo controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guillermo is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Belto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vito Belto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Guillermo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Guillermo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Belto defends well and Guillermo ends up having to push Belto into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A combination from Belto does no damage.
Belto shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Guillermo eats them both and turns towards Belto to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Guillermo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Belto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Guillermo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Belto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guillermo slows down the pace here.
Guillermo wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guillermo tries to pull guard but Belto won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Guillermo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guillermo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Belto walks away with a smile on his face. Guillermo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guillermo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Belto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Belto lands a body shot.
Vito Belto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Belto misses with a series of wild punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Belto scores with a four punch combination!
Belto connects with a body shot that sends Guillermo's belly button to the back.
Belto lands with a nice combination. Guillermo backs away looking to recover.
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!
Belto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Belto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Belto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Belto tries to bum rush Guillermo with a series of wild strikes but Guillermo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Guillermo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Belto is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Guillermo controlling from the full mount.
Guillermo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Belto looks a forlorn figure.
Belto tries to reverse the position but Guillermo maintains control.
Belto is still trying to improve position.
Guillermo lands a heavy elbow.
Guillermo wants to take Belto's back but he can't do it this time.

Guillermo looking for a guillotine from mount but Belto is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo working Belto over with strikes here.
Guillermo prevents Belto from getting the reversal.
Guillermo unloading with bombs!
Belto tries to reverse the position but Guillermo maintains control.
Guillermo working Belto over with strikes here.
Guillermo content just to control the position here.
Eddie Guillermo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Guillermo looking to secure an arm triangle but Belto defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Belto is bucking up trying to escape but Guillermo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Guillermo prevents Belto from getting the reversal.
Belto slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Belto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Guillermo 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.

Guillermo seems to be looking for submissions.

Belto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Belto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vito Belto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eddie Guillermo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Guillermo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belto.
Belto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Guillermo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Guillermo.
Guillermo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Belto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Belto looking for subs off his back but Guillermo has passed one foot through into half guard.
Well, if Guillermo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guillermo winds up and cracks Belto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Belto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guillermo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Belto wants to improve his position but Guillermo is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belto tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Guillermo has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Guillermo with good strikes from the mount here!
Belto is looking to improve his position but Guillermo isn't that keen on the idea.
Guillermo controlling the position easily from mount.
Belto is looking to improve his position but Guillermo isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillermo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Guillermo content just to control the position here.
Belto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Guillermo controlling his opponent.
Guillermo working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Guillermo gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Guillermo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Belto manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
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!

Belto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Guillermo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Belto is tightening it up a little... Guillermo has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Guillermo reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Guillermo taps out! Nice BJJ there by Belto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Vito Belto!
The defeated Eddie Guillermo had this to say: 'He got Lucky.'.