PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sanderlei Wilva (ranked 2554 p4p, 4616 weight class) and Fabricio Bettin (ranked 347 p4p, 533 weight class). Sanderlei Wilva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fabricio Bettin's chin.

Wilva
vs
Bettin

180 cm
28
175
6 - 3 - 0

176 cm
28
170
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sanderlei Wilva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Bettin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bettin pushes Wilva up against the cage in a clinch.
Bettin is trying to maintain a safe position but Wilva gets an underhook and turns Bettin into the cage.
Wilva lands a right hand.
A short left from Wilva.
Wilva working aggressively here.
Bettin stalling in the clinch but Wilva improves position.
Wilva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Good body shot from Wilva.
Bettin is trying to break the clinch but Wilva has him pressed against the cage.
Wilva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wilva prevents a body shot from Bettin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wilva.
Wilva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bettin.
Wilva tries to work over Bettin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wilva tries to throw a body punch but Bettin avoids it by throwing Wilva back against the cage.
Wilva has Bettin pressed against the cage, preventing Bettin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wilva misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Bettin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wilva misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bettin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wilva is keeping busy.
A short right from Bettin on the inside.
Bettin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wilva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bettin or not.
Bettin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilva has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Wilva.
Bettin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bettin wants to get back to striking at distance but Wilva won't allow it.
Wilva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bettin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilva has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wilva - that landed with a thud.
Bettin is trying to break free.
Wilva lands a hook that snaps the head of Bettin backwards.
Wilva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bettins head.
Wilva misses with a punch to the body.
Wilva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bettin or not.
Still in the clinch, Wilva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilva misses with a punch to the body.
Bettin wants to get back to striking at distance but Wilva won't allow it.
Bettin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilva lands a shoulder strike.
Wilva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bettin trying to control the position but instead, Wilva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bettin into the cage.
Wilva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bettin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bettin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wilva scores with a shoulder strike.
Bettin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wilva lands with a short shot to the head.
Wilva gets through Bettin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wilva lands with a right to the head.
Wilva misses with a punch to the body.
Bettin tries to break free but Wilva pushes him back against the cage.
Wilva looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wilva has Bettin pressed against the cage, preventing Bettin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bettin wants to get back to striking at distance but Wilva won't allow it.
Wilva tries to throw a body punch but Bettin avoids it by throwing Wilva back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bettin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bettin misses with the combination.
Bettin ducks right into an uppercut from Wilva.
Bettin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Bettin closes the distance and clinches.
Bettin has had enough of the clinch but Wilva keeps him there for the moment.
Bettin blocks a body shot from Wilva.
Bettin is trying to force a seperation but Wilva has the dominant position.
Bettin working hard to break the clinch.
Wilva is leaning against Bettin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wilva struggles to land a body shot inside as Bettin controls his hands.
Wilva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bettin's efforts to push away.
Bettin tries to break free but Wilva pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bettin.
Wilva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bettin's elbow.
Bettin is trying to break the clinch but Wilva is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Wilva.
Wilva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilva.
Wilva prevents a body shot from Bettin.

Bettin breaks from the clinch.

Bettin clinches with his opponent.
Wilva has Bettin pressed against the cage, preventing Bettin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wilva scores with a shot to the side of Bettin's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bettin is trying to break the clinch but Wilva has him pressed against the cage.
Wilva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bettin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wilva misses with some punches.
Bettin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bettin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bettin is trying to force a seperation but Wilva has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilva.
Wilva tries to throw a body punch but Bettin avoids it by throwing Wilva back against the cage.

Bettin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bettin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wilva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bettin's efforts to push away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sanderlei Wilva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from Bettin. Those never looked like landing.
Wilva lands a body shot.
Wilva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A punch combination from Bettin misses.

Wilva drives through and clinches with Bettin against the cage.
Wilva tries a body shot but Bettin blocks it.
Wilva presses Bettin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Bettin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fabricio Bettin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wilva rushes Bettin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wilva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wilva is leaning against Bettin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanderlei Wilva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wilva presses Bettin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Wilva.
Wilva slows down the pace here.
Wilva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bettin can do to turn this around?
Wilva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Wilva.
Bettin is breathing heavily.
A short left from Wilva.
A short uppercut from Wilva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wilva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wilva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wilva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilva cracks Bettin with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Wilva.
Wilva is leaning against Bettin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wilva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wilva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Wilva as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wilva.
A short body shot lands from Wilva as the two fighters clinch.
Wilva presses Bettin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wilva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bettins head.
Wilva lands a nice uppercut.

Bettin is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Wilva.
Bettin is still on wobbly legs! Can Wilva finish him?
Wilva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bettin is trying to break the clinch but Wilva is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilva lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Bettin to his knees! Wilva keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sanderlei Wilva!