PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Beltran (ranked 1895 p4p, 2139 weight class) and Shaquiel Igwe (ranked 101 p4p, 109 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Beltran
vs
Igwe

220 cm
26
300
2 - 0 - 0

215 cm
27
300
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Beltran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shaquiel Igwe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beltran misses with a hook.
Igwe throws a jab when Beltran was well out of range.
It looked like Beltran was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Igwe.
Igwe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beltran scores with a punch to the head.
Igwe misses with a hook. Beltran ducked under it nicely.
Igwe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beltran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beltran defending well as Igwe loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Beltran was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Igwe.
Igwe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beltran in his tracks.

It looks like Mike Beltran has been cut.
Beltran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Igwe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Igwe with a jab.
Igwe has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Igwe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Beltran fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Igwe lands with a light punch inside.
Igwe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Igwe swings wildly with an uppercut but Beltran uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Igwe has a couple of punches blocked by Beltran.
Igwe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Igwe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beltran definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Igwe misses with the head strike.
Beltran has a couple of punches blocked by Igwe.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beltran.
Beltran blocks an uppercut.

Igwe breaks the clinch.
Beltran moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Igwe misses with a hook
and Beltran counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beltran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Igwe.
Beltran staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Beltran. That snapped Igwe's head back.
Beltran tries to bum rush Igwe with a series of wild strikes but Igwe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Igwe swings widly with a right hand
and Beltran counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Beltran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Igwe.
Igwe misses with a hook.
Beltran falls off balance throwing a combination
and Igwe counters with a nice uppercut.
Beltran looks to score with a jab to the body but Igwe is just out of range.
Igwe throws a big shot that misses.
Beltran throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Igwe crashing down! Igwe tries to stagger back to his feet but Beltran just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Igwe asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Beltran!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Beltran thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.