PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bernardo Belmiro (ranked 3538 p4p, 3501 weight class) and Randy Wieland (ranked 393 p4p, 386 weight class). Wieland has chosen Ran-D - Zombie as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Belmiro
vs
Wieland

185 cm
23
183
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
175
2 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernardo Belmiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Wieland!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmiro moves out of range as Wieland strikes.

Belmiro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wieland napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wieland sneaks back into half guard.
Wieland wants to get back to full guard.

Belmiro is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wieland is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belmiro is thwarting Wieland's attempts to control the position.
Wieland is controlling Belmiro's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wieland is not content to let Belmiro control the position.

Belmiro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wieland defends it well.
Wieland is trying to get back to full guard.
Wieland felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Belmiro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wieland keeps working.
Wieland trying to control here.
Wieland manages to get to full guard.
Belmiro is fighting to break Wieland's control of his arms but Wieland is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Belmiro trying to control but Wieland is working from the bottom.
Wieland trying to control the position.

Wieland is looking for a triangle but Belmiro pushes his legs off easily.
Belmiro passes Wieland's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Belmiro lands strikes from half guard.
Belmiro wants to take a breather but Wieland is having none of it.

Belmiro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wieland defends it well.
Belmiro seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wieland is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Belmiro trying to mount his opponent but Wieland defends it.
Wieland is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wieland gets back to full guard.
Belmiro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Belmiro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wieland works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wieland keeping moving, preventing Belmiro from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belmiro makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wieland is adopting a defensive guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belmiro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wieland controls Belmiro momentarily but Belmiro frees himself.
Wieland wants to sweep but no luck.

Wieland working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Belmiro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Belmiro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wieland tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wieland can't keep his opponent in guard - Belmiro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Belmiro is looking to clinch but Wieland is avoiding it.
Wieland feints the counter takedown.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Belmiro shoots in looking for a takedown. Wieland tries to sprawl out of it but Belmiro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wieland manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wieland digs a good hook to Belmiro's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wieland lands a head shot.
Belmiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wieland can do to turn this around?
Belmiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wieland moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmiro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wieland but Wieland pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wieland displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Belmiro throws out the jab.
Belmiro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wieland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wieland fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good shot there by Belmiro.
Wieland ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wieland slips a straight right by Belmiro.
Belmiro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wieland manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wieland tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wieland connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Belmiro momentarily.
Belmiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wieland.
Wieland connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Belmiro momentarily.
Wieland with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wieland misses with a right hand

and Belmiro counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belmiro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Wieland is defending against the submission attempts here by Belmiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wieland has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Belmiro is working away from the top position though.
Wieland wants to improve his position but Belmiro is controlling well.
Wieland slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wieland keeping moving, preventing Belmiro from controlling successfully.
Belmiro lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Belmiro throwing strikes but missing.
Belmiro wants to pass the guard but Wieland is keeping the position.
Wieland lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Belmiro looking for a guillotine here but Wieland defends easily.
Belmiro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wieland's guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Belmiro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wieland is keeping the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Randy Wieland will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wieland swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Belmiro.
Belmiro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wieland.
Wieland avoids the body shot from Belmiro.
Horrible takedown attempt by Belmiro or perhaps it was just good defense by Wieland, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wieland swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmiro.
Belmiro walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wieland shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bernardo Belmiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wieland controlling the action here.
Wieland trying to control from half guard but Belmiro is working away.
Wieland not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wieland missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Belmiro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Belmiro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wieland chips away with some ground and pound.
Wieland trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wieland throwing strikes but missing.
Belmiro wants to sweep here but Wieland controlling him for the moment.
Wieland sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Belmiro's guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wieland connects with a nice short shot to Belmiro's temple.
Belmiro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wieland's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wieland's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wieland wants to escape the position.

Belmiro is persistently looking for the submission but Wieland is defending it well.
Belmiro avoiding Wieland 's attempts to control his hands.
Wieland staying busy and making it hard for Belmiro to control.
Belmiro is really struggling to control Wieland but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Belmiro is trying to stick to Wieland's back but Wieland is turning into Belmiro. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Belmiro's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Wieland.
Belmiro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Belmiro keeping moving, preventing Wieland from controlling successfully.
Wieland throwing strikes from guard but Belmiro blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmiro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wieland.
Wieland is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wieland looking to pass the guard.
Wieland lands a couple of elbows.
Belmiro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wieland working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wieland content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wieland postures up.
Wieland scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Wieland comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wieland 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Randy Wieland!
During a confident post fight interview, Randy Wieland thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.