PBP Commentary

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

Belliveau
vs
Thory

185 cm
32
195 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

188 cm
35
186 lbs
35 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Reaper Combatwear
Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof

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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Belliveau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vic Thory!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Belliveau misses the target.
Thory lands with a right hand.
Thory just misses with a punch to the body.
Belliveau is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Belliveau closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Belliveau scores with a shot to the side of Thory's head.
Thory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thory tries to throw a body punch but Belliveau avoids it by throwing Thory back against the cage.
Belliveau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Belliveau can't find room to land a body shot as Thory controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Belliveau.
Thory tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
Belliveau lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Belliveau tries a body shot but Thory blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thory lands a hook that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Belliveau prevents a body shot from Thory.
Belliveau swings wildly with an uppercut but Thory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thory working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Belliveau tries to throw a body punch but Thory avoids it by throwing Belliveau back against the cage.
Thory blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belliveau tries to throw a body punch but Thory avoids it by throwing Belliveau back against the cage.
Belliveau swings wildly with an uppercut but Thory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belliveau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thory or not.
Thory tries a body shot but Belliveau blocks it.
Thory has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Belliveau seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Thory can turn it around.
Belliveau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belliveau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Thory.
Thory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belliveau prevents a body shot from Thory.
Thory misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thory.
Thory has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
Thory has had enough of the clinch but Belliveau keeps him there for the moment.
Thory lands with a short shot to the head.
Thory working aggressively here.
Thory tries to break free but Belliveau pushes him back against the cage.
Belliveau misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Thory fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thory tries to work over Belliveau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thory pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thory working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Belliveau lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thory.
Belliveau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thory misses with the head strike.
Belliveau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belliveau.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thory.
Thory prevents a body shot from Belliveau.
Belliveau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thory misses with some punches.
Belliveau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Belliveau prevents a body shot from Thory.
Thory is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Belliveau gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Belliveau tries a body shot but Thory blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Thory.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belliveau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thory lands a right hand that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Thory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thory blocking some punches.
Belliveau lands a body punch.
Belliveau tries to work over Thory's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belliveau lands with a left to the head.
Thory stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thory can't find room to land a body shot as Belliveau controls the action.
A short left from Thory.
Belliveau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thory backwards.

Thory breaks the clinch.
Thory does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Belliveau throws a leg kick which misses Thory's front leg but catches the back leg as Thory tries to avoid it.
Belliveau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Belliveau throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thory misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Thory as he connects with a hook.
Thory connects with a leg kick. Belliveau looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau scores with a nice head shot.
Belliveau lands a front kick.
Belliveau on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belliveau, right into the meat.
Belliveau just misses with a punch to the body.
Thory appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Belliveau thuds a left hand into Thory's body.
Belliveau throws a shot to the body.
Thory walks into a left hand.
Belliveau misses with a kick to the body.
Thory let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A slow jab from Thory misses its intended target.
Belliveau lands with a straight right. Thory didn't see that one coming.
Belliveau looks to score with a jab to the body but Thory is just out of range.
Thory moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Thory misses the target.
Belliveau is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Thory.
Thory misses with an uppercut. Belliveau saw that one coming.
Thory misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Belliveau dominated that round.
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.

Belliveau misses with a body shot.
Thory throws a body punch but Belliveau moves out of range.
Thory attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thory lands with a shot to the body.
Belliveau throws the kick towards the body but Thory avoids it.
Belliveau lands with a kick to the ribs.
Belliveau looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Belliveau changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Belliveau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thory, pushing him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thory lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Belliveau.
Thory swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve Belliveau has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Belliveau.
Belliveau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Belliveau lands a body shot.
Thory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belliveau misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thory lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Belliveau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belliveau is looking to wear down Thory with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thory moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Vic Thory has been cut.
Thory tries to clinch up.
Belliveau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thory throws a hook to the side of Belliveau's head but Belliveau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Belliveau lunges at Thory with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thory's hand.
Belliveau digs a good hook to Thory's body.
Belliveau lands a slapping body shot.
Thory dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Belliveau dips to his left and cracks Thory with an uppercut!
Belliveau scores with a kick to the body.
Thory is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belliveau connects with a crisp jab.

Thory is rocked!
Thory misses with a head kick.
Thory is still on wobbly legs! Can Belliveau finish him?
Thory moves out of range as Belliveau throws a body kick.
Thory seems to have recovered his senses.
Belliveau scores with a hook to the body. Thory takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Belliveau throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thory stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thory stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Belliveau connects with a solid leg kick.
Steve Belliveau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belliveau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thory manages to avoid it.
Belliveau throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belliveau lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belliveau. Thory does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Thory was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Belliveau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thory moves away.
Belliveau misses with a low kick as Thory jumps back.
Thory let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Belliveau lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thory throws a shot from downtown. Belliveau moves away and avoids it.
Thory takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Belliveau scores with a body shot.
Belliveau throws a leg kick which misses Thory's front leg but catches the back leg as Thory tries to avoid it.
Thory blocks a head kick by Belliveau.
Belliveau throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thory lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Thory takes the fight into the clinch.
Belliveau can't find room to land a body shot as Thory controls the action.
Thory working aggressively here.
Thory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Belliveau fails to land.
Thory makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thory lands a nice shot to the body.
Thory has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Thory.
Belliveau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thory working aggressively here.

Thory escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belliveau avoids the body shot from Thory.
Thory clobbers Belliveau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thory tries to clinch but Belliveau moves out of range.
As Thory tries to get set, Belliveau tries to push him back and clinch up but Thory manages to avoid the attempt.
Thory lands with a nice body punch.
Belliveau lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Belliveau moves into the clinch.
Thory scores with a hook to the body.
Thory misses with a body punch.
Thory is leaning against Belliveau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Belliveau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thory's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thory has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
Thory tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belliveau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belliveau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belliveau misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belliveau tries to throw a body punch but Thory avoids it by throwing Belliveau back against the cage.
Thory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Belliveau lands an uppercut.
Belliveau is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thory can do to turn this around?
Belliveau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Belliveau dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vic Thory's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Belliveau misses with a body shot.
Thory is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Belliveau with a body shot.
Belliveau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thory counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body kick there by Thory.

Thory fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Belliveau, pushing him back against the cage.
Belliveau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thory misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belliveau.
Belliveau tries to throw a body punch but Thory avoids it by throwing Belliveau back against the cage.
Belliveau swings wildly with an uppercut but Thory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belliveau struggles to land a body shot inside as Thory controls his hands.
Thory doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belliveau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thory's elbow.
A short right from Belliveau on the inside.
Belliveau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thory's elbow.
Thory pushes Belliveau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belliveau lands a body punch.
Thory lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Belliveau.
Belliveau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thory softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Belliveau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thory misses with a punch on the inside.
Belliveau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thory blocks an uppercut.
Belliveau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thory backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belliveau.
Belliveau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thory blocks a body shot from Belliveau.
Thory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thory is working for takedown but Belliveau is calmly controlling the position for now.
Thory throws an elbow that misses.
Belliveau lands with a right to the head.
Thory's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Belliveau lands with a left to the head.
Steve Belliveau is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thory takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Belliveau drops Thory onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Thory is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Belliveau dips a shoulder and cracks Thory with a mighty uppercut! Thory falls back against the cage and Belliveau unloads with a barrage of strikes! Thory is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Belliveau screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Belliveau!
A less than humble Steve Belliveau misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.