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Belos 24 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Dravinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Trucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Darius Dravinski has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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300 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Dravinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toni Trucker!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trucker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dravinski lands a glancing blow to the side of Trucker's head.
That has opened up Toni Trucker's cut even more.
Dravinski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trucker momentarily.
Dravinski misses with a body shot.
Dravinski sizes up Trucker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The cut above Toni Trucker's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trucker throws a leg kick but Dravinski moved away.
Trucker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trucker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Trucker is rocked!
Trucker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Trucker is aggressively charging in as Dravinski backs up avoiding any damage. Dravinski tosses out a jab and Trucker runs right into it face first! Trucker is out cold! Dravinski dropped down on all fours and is barking in Trucker's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darius Dravinski!
During a confident post fight interview, Darius Dravinski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Swearengen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belsey Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Belsey Moretti has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Al Swearengen's chin.
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299 lbs
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277 lbs
7 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Swearengen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Belsey Moretti!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Swearengen.
That has opened up Belsey Moretti's cut even more.
Moretti looks gassed!
Swearengen lands a nice looking body shot.
Swearengen scores with a jab to the body.
Al Swearengen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moretti tries to move into range but Swearengen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moretti takes one to the side of the head.
The cut above Belsey Moretti's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Swearengen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moretti moves away.
Moretti is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Swearengen doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Moretti crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Moretti's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Al Swearengen!
An out of breath Al Swearengen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Pynchon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Bullock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Pynchon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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165 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Pynchon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Bullock!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bullock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pynchon's hands.
It looks like Thomas Pynchon has been cut.
Pynchon misses with the combination.
Bullock swings for the body but Pynchon moves out of range.
Pynchon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pynchon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bullock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Bullock.
Pynchon takes a swing at Bullock's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pynchon shoots in but no luck this time.
Bullock checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bullock connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pynchon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bullock sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pynchon somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Pynchon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bullock slips under a jab from Pynchon.
Bullock throws a jab when Pynchon was well out of range.
Bullock dodges the punch combination from Pynchon.
Pynchon scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bullock blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullock tries to hold on but Pynchon pushes him away.
Bullock is trying to escape the mount.
Pynchon wants to control the pace but Bullock is squirming around nicely.
Pynchon thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pynchon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pynchon scoring with strikes but Bullock is staying in there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Bullock that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bullock is rocked!
Pynchon postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Bullock badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Pynchon around the waist but Pynchon pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Pynchon is the winner by TKO! Pynchon jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Pynchon!
Thomas Pynchon seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beaumont McHale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Antenni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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211 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beaumont McHale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Antenni!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHale has a takedown stuffed.
Sloppy strikes from McHale. Those never looked like landing.
McHale misses with a hook.
Antenni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McHale.
Antenni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McHale was well out of range. Poor timing from Antenni.
McHale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Antenni.
McHale misses the shot to the body.
McHale throws a nice looking combination but Antenni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McHale throws a chopping leg kick but Antenni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McHale misses with a wild combination.
McHale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antenni.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antenni takes the fight into the clinch.
Antenni landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McHale managing to block the knees to the body from Antenni.
Antenni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McHale is defending well for now.
Antenni unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Antenni.
It looks like Beaumont McHale has been cut.
Antenni lands an elbow that stopped McHale in his tracks for a moment.
Antenni scores with a knee to the head.
Antenni landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antenni prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHale dodges an elbow strike from Antenni.
McHale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Antenni unloads a knee to the mid-section. McHale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Antenni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Antenni tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Antenni - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Antenni landing knees to the body.
McHale is breathing heavily.
Antenni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Antenni lands a nice elbow.
Beaumont McHale's cut is getting worse.
Antenni landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Antenni misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ari Antenni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Antenni has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Ari Antenni!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Ari Antenni!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Ari Antenni!
Ari Antenni wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Ari Antenni, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markku Mannersormi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Utter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Utter has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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177 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Markku Mannersormi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Utter!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Utter checks a low kick from Mannersormi.
Utter gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Utter keeping moving, preventing Mannersormi from controlling successfully.
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.
Utter looks gassed!
Mannersormi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Utter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mannersormi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Utter wants to sweep but no luck.
Mannersormi throwing strikes from guard but Utter blocks nicely.
Mannersormi is working Utter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mannersormi throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mannersormi chips away with some ground and pound.
Mannersormi looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Utter throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mannersormi wants to control from the top but Utter keeps moving.
Utter has momentary wrist control but Mannersormi slips an elbow through the middle.
Mannersormi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mannersormi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mannersormi distracts Utter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mannersormi with a nice head shot there.
Mannersormi won't allow Utter to sweep him here.
Utter can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mannersormi controls the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mannersormi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mannersormi is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mannersormi lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannersormi connects with a couple of short punches.
Mannersormi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mannersormi trying to control but Utter is working from the bottom.
Mannersormi chips away with some ground and pound.
Mannersormi throws a big elbow that misses.
Mannersormi tries to free his leg and advance position but Utter is retaining full guard.
Mannersormi is looking to work some ground and pound but Utter has wrist control.
Mannersormi preventing the sweep.
Mannersormi throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mannersormi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mannersormi throwing strikes from guard but Utter blocks nicely.
Charlie Utter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Utter working for a triangle but Mannersormi defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Markku Mannersormi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mannersormi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Markku Mannersormi!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Markku Mannersormi!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Markku Mannersormi!
Markku Mannersormi wins by unanimous decision!
Markku Mannersormi retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath Markku Mannersormi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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