PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Bellington (ranked 4707 p4p, 5515 weight class) and Nacho Vidal (ranked 541 p4p, 590 weight class). Bellington kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is “Car Wars”. Nacho Vidal will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bellington
vs
Vidal

180 cm
25
220
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
18
210
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Bondi MMA

Brooklyn Apothecary
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Bellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nacho Vidal!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellington keeps the fight on the outside.
Vidal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vidal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bellington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bellington misses with a looping left.
Nice takedown defense from Bellington. No joy for Vidal on that attempt.
Bellington is looking to score with low kicks.
Bellington throws a hook but Vidal blocks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Vidal blocks the leg kick.
Vidal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bellington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vidal plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bellington blocks a head kick by Vidal.

Bellington looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Vidal tries to kick Bellington off in order to stand up. Bellington Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellington controlling the position from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vidal on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Bellington working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bellington taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bellington scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vidal to see if he's OK.
Bellington working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Vidal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Vidal told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Bellington working the ground and pound but Vidal is defending the strikes.
Vidal defending against the ground and pound.
Vidal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Bellington wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Vidal, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bellington tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bellington controlling from side mount.
Bellington sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Vidal is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bellington lands an elbow.
Bellington lands a decent elbow from side control.
A lull in the action here as Bellington stalls from top position.
Bellington has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vidal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bellington looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Vidal is avoiding damage well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bellington in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Vidal is rocked!
The crowd goes nuts as Bellington knocks Vidal out cold with a massive hammerfist! Bellington Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tim Bellington!
Tim Bellington spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.