PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junkyard Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Belliveau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Belliveau has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dog
vs
Belliveau

182 cm
20
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
21
219 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Aspire Clothing
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junkyard Dog!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Belliveau!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dog gets caught flat footed, as Belliveau shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Belliveau in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Belliveau working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Belliveau in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Belliveau stops Dog from standing up.
Dog keeping full guard, as Belliveau tries to pass.
Belliveau won't allow Dog to get back to his feet.
Dog on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dog tries to get out of the position.
Dog has momentary wrist control but Belliveau slips an elbow through the middle.
Belliveau distracts Dog with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dog wants to get back to his feet but Belliveau is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Belliveau wants to pass the guard but Dog is keeping the position.
Dog wants to stand but Belliveau is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belliveau working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belliveau trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.
Dog is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Belliveau is controlling him.
Dog avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Belliveau loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Belliveau works over Dog with some ground and pound from guard.
Belliveau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dog wants to stand and escape but Belliveau is having none of it.
Dog has momentary wrist control but Belliveau slips an elbow through the middle.
Belliveau is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dog wants to get back to his feet but Belliveau passes into half guard.
Belliveau is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dog!
Dog is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dog is bucking up trying to escape but Belliveau cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Belliveau punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dog is trying to stand up.
Belliveau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Belliveau scoring with strikes but Dog is staying in there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belliveau punishing his opponent with strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dog really wants to buck Belliveau off and get back to his feet.
Belliveau working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Belliveau is landing with some decent strikes but Dog is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dog tries to buck Belliveau off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dog is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Belliveau lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dog wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dog in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Belliveau postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dog looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Belliveau.
Dog is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Dog taking shots to the head.
Dog squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Belliveau lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Dog is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dog tries to buck Belliveau off but he can't manage it.
Belliveau loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Dog scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Belliveau land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Belliveau stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Belliveau!
Mark Belliveau is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Mark Belliveau thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.