PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Philo Beddoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mihai Viteazul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Viteazul's choice of entrance music: Capul lui Mihai Viteazul. Philo Beddoe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Beddoe
vs
Viteazul

188 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philo Beddoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mihai Viteazul!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beddoe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Viteazul as he jumps to the side.
Beddoe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Viteazul is looking to clinch.
Viteazul fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mihai Viteazul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beddoe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Viteazul tries to clinch but Beddoe is having none of it.
Viteazul lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Viteazul.
Viteazul misses with a hook to the body
and Beddoe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beddoe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Viteazul moves in looking to clinch but Beddoe pushes him off.

Viteazul gets a clinch.
Viteazul tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Viteazul creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viteazul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viteazul working aggressively here.
Viteazul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Viteazul keeps control of Beddoe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Viteazul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beddoe is trying to break free.
Viteazul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viteazul misses with the head strike.
Beddoe blocks a body shot from Viteazul.
Viteazul struggles to land a body shot inside as Beddoe controls his hands.
Beddoe working hard to break the clinch.
Viteazul lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viteazul misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beddoe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Viteazul working aggressively here.
Viteazul looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Viteazul misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viteazul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beddoe can't break the clinch.

Beddoe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beddoe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Philo Beddoe has been cut.
Beddoe slips a jab and a cross from Viteazul.
Beddoe changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

Beddoe closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Viteazul to the mat! Viteazul manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beddoe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Viteazul looking to control.
Viteazul is pulling down on Beddoe's head. It's preventing any offense from Beddoe, at least for the moment.
Let's hope that Viteazul has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viteazul looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beddoe connects with a couple of short punches.
Beddoe controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Beddoe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Beddoe postures up.
Viteazul tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beddoe controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Beddoe is fighting to break Viteazul's control of his arms but Viteazul is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Beddoe lands with an overhand left.

Viteazul rushes Beddoe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Viteazul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viteazul struggles to land a body shot inside as Beddoe controls his hands.
Viteazul tries to throw a body punch but Beddoe avoids it by throwing Viteazul back against the cage.
Beddoe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Viteazul throws a head punch that misses.
Beddoe blocks an uppercut.
Viteazul misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beddoe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Viteazul misses with a body punch.
Viteazul gets through Beddoe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Viteazul scores with a shoulder strike.
Viteazul misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mihai Viteazul dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Philo Beddoe'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.

Nice cross by Beddoe.
Viteazul has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Viteazul closes the distance and pushes Beddoe back into the cage.
Viteazul has Beddoe pressed against the cage, preventing Beddoe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mihai Viteazul seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beddoe is trying to break the clinch but Viteazul has him pressed against the cage.
Viteazul scores with a nice hook to the head.
Viteazul can't find room to land a body shot as Beddoe controls the action.
Viteazul scores with a shoulder strike.
Beddoe blocks a body shot from Viteazul.
Viteazul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Beddoe manages to break the clinch.
Philo Beddoe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beddoe circles away from the clinch attempt
and Beddoe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Viteazul has closed the distance and engaged Beddoe in a clinch.
Viteazul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viteazul pushes Beddoe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Viteazul fails to land.
Viteazul lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beddoe backwards.
Viteazul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viteazul scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Viteazul.
Viteazul has a couple of punches blocked by Beddoe.
Viteazul tries to throw a body punch but Beddoe avoids it by throwing Viteazul back against the cage.
Viteazul struggles to land a body shot inside as Beddoe controls his hands.
Viteazul lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viteazul struggles to land a body shot inside as Beddoe controls his hands.
Beddoe is trying to force a seperation but Viteazul has the dominant position.
Viteazul digs a right hand underneath Beddoe's ribcage. Beddoe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Viteazul lands with a short shot to the head.
Viteazul pushes Beddoe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Beddoe is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viteazul unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Beddoe! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Viteazul is unloading with more strikes now! Beddoe drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mihai Viteazul!
After winning the bout, Mihai Viteazul thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Philo Beddoe stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll be back stronger'.