PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jello Belly (ranked 3808 p4p, 2891 weight class) and A. Mere Con (ranked 371 p4p, 286 weight class). Con has chosen Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Belly
vs
Con

186 cm
33
162
13 - 13 - 2

184 cm
40
169
28 - 17 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jello Belly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, A. Mere Con!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Chris Dean and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Belly both land. Nice combination.
Belly misses the shot to the body.
Con looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Belly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Belly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Belly tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Belly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Belly clinches.

Belly jumps guard and drags Con to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Belly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Belly prevents Con from improving his position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Belly works his way into side control.
Con wants to control but Belly postures up.

Belly decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Con connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Con lands a nice looking body shot.
Belly loads up on a big right hand but Con slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belly blocks a jab.
Belly slips under a jab from Con.
Con misses with a straight left.
Belly is looking to counter punch.
Belly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Con circles away from the clinch attempt.
Con fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Belly on the side of the head.
Belly throws out a loose jab but Con uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Belly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Belly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Con stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Con wants it to stay on the feet.
Belly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Con misses with a right hand
letting Belly counter with a right hand.
Con fails to land with a series of punches.
Belly ducks under a wild hook from Con.
Belly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Con misses with a hook.

Belly has closed the distance and engaged Con in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belly tries to pull guard but Con holds him up against the ropes and eventually Belly drops back down to his feet.
Con swings wildly with an uppercut but Belly uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Con misses with a punch to the body.

Belly breaks from the clinch.
Belly throws a right and a left that Con avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Con throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Belly shoots for a double leg takedown but Con sprawls well. He's pushed Belly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jello Belly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Con fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belly manages to avoid it.
Belly throwing a counter right hand but Con manages to avoid it.
Con jabs at Belly's body.
Belly looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Con is fending him off so far but Belly persists. Nope, Con circles away and we're back to standing.
Con circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belly fails to land with a series of punches.
A. Mere Con is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Con takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belly. Con does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Con paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belly doesn't manage to clinch there - Con circles away.
Belly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Con.
Con looks to land a right hand but Belly moved out of range.
Belly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Con was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Con throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Belly swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Belly. Those never looked like landing.
Belly throws a jab when Con was well out of range.
Belly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Con lands a jab to the nose.
Con tests Belly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Con looks to score with a jab to the body but Belly is just out of range.
Belly throws a hook but Con avoids it easily.
Con scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Belly doesn't seem bothered though.
Belly slips a jab from Con.
A telegraphed right hand from Con misses the target.
Con misses with a straight right.
Sloppy strikes from Belly. Those never looked like landing.
Con pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Belly defending well as Con loads up on a big left hand.
Con blocks a jab.
Con lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Belly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Con throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belly misses with a series of wild punches.
Con works Belly's body with a nice hook.
Belly misses the shot to the body.
Con on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Belly.

Belly closes the distance and clinches.
Con digs a right hand into Belly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Belly's gas tank.

Belly breaks the clinch.
Belly lands with a hook. Con tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Con throws a lazy right hand but Belly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Belly catches Con with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Con works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Con swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Belly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Belly misses the target.
Belly moves in looking to clinch but Con pushes him off.
Belly cracks Con with a good jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jello Belly dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Con misses with an uppercut.
Jab, jab by Con - just one landing.
Belly misses with a left hand
and Con connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Con throws a hook but Belly avoids it easily.
Con misses the jab.
Belly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belly throws a nice looking combination but Con bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Belly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Con manages to avoid it.
Con scores with a jab. Belly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Belly wants to clinch.
Con throws a hook to the side of Belly's head but Belly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Con throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belly.
Sloppy strikes from Belly. Those never looked like landing.
Belly throws a body shot but no joy.
Belly blocks a jab.
Con scores with a hook to the body. Belly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Belly dives in and scores a takedown into Con's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Con keeping full guard, as Belly tries to pass.
Belly chips away with some ground and pound.
Con controlling the position.
Belly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Con is keeping the position for now.
Belly won't allow Con to get back to his feet.
Belly controlling from the top position.
Belly tries to free his leg and advance position but Con is retaining full guard.
Con has his hands on Belly's head, controlling the position.
Con wants to improve his position but instead Belly has moved into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belly is keen to just control but Con is a slippery customer.
Con is trying to control but can't.
Belly is looking to take a break and control but Con is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Belly works his way into full mount!
Con is in all sorts of trouble here.
Belly trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belly looking to secure an arm triangle but Con defends it well.

Belly wants to finish this one by submission but Con is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Belly.

Belly is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Belly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Con displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Belly throws out the jab.
Belly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Con is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belly.
Belly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Con thuds a left hand into Belly's body.
Con blocks a jab.
Jello Belly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Belly misses with a few strikes there.
Con avoids the head kick by Belly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Con dips to his left and cracks Belly with an uppercut!
Belly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Belly throws a nice looking combination but Con bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Belly misses with an uppercut. Con saw that one coming.
A combination from Belly does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Con misses with a looping left.
Belly throws an overhand right that lands on Con's shoulder, as Con tries to avoid the shot.
Belly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A punch lands to the side of Con 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A decent looking cross lands there for Con.
Con moves into range and connects with a jab.
Con slips under a jab.
Belly misses with a body shot.
Con misses with a hook. Belly ducked under it nicely.
Con misses with an uppercut.
Con lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Belly at a distance.
Con blocks a jab.
A big right from Con misses.
Belly connects with a nice looking jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jello Belly will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Con looks to score with a jab to the body but Belly is just out of range.
Belly lands an overhand right.
A slow jab from Con misses its intended target.
Con avoids a punch combination nicely.
A. Mere Con has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Belly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Belly drives through and clinches with Con against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Con.
A short uppercut from Con.
Con tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Con throws a punch but it's blocked by Belly.
Belly blocks a body shot from Con.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Con scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Con.
Belly takes a shot to the head.
Con tries a body shot but Belly blocks it.
Con throws a punch but it's blocked by Belly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Con is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belly tries to pull guard but Con won't allow it.
Con tries a body shot but Belly blocks it.
Belly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Con misses with a punch on the inside.
Con has a couple of punches blocked by Belly.
Belly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jello Belly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belly tries to pull guard but Con forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Con tries a body shot but Belly blocks it.
Belly tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Con just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Belly is trying to pull guard but Con has him pressed against the ropes.
Belly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Con.
A short right from Con on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Con as the two fighters clinch.
A. Mere Con seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Con gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Belly.
A head punch on the inside from Con fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Con lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belly backwards.
Belly goes for a takedown in the clinch but Con prevents it.
Con can't find room to land a body shot as Belly controls the action.
Con goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Con.
A short right from Con on the inside.
Con can't find room to land a body shot as Belly controls the action.
Belly tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Con just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Con lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Belly blocks an uppercut.
Con scores with a nice hook to the head.
Belly tries to score a body lock takedown but Con shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Con scores with a hook to the body.
Con lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belly backwards.
Con swings wildly with an uppercut but Belly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Con has a couple of punches blocked by Belly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Con lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Con misses with a body punch.

Belly breaks from the clinch.
Con tests Belly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Con jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Con misses the jab.
Con swings for the body but Belly moves out of range.
Con slips a jab and a cross from Belly.
Con pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Belly went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Con pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Con there.
Con just misses with a punch to the body.
Con slips under a jab from Belly.
Con misses the shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Con.
Con moves away from the strike by Belly.
A. Mere Con seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Belly throws a jab but it's blocked by Con.
Nice defenses there by Con.
Con looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Con with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belly misses with a two punch combination.
Con works Belly's body with a nice hook.
Con changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Belly throws a hook but Con blocks it.
Con connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Belly moves out of range as Con strikes.
Con waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belly.
Con scores with a one two! Belly had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Con drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Belly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Belly.
Belly lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Con throws out a loose jab but Belly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belly misses with a lunging right hand
and Con cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
A. Mere Con comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Belly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight for A. Mere Con!
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight for A. Mere Con!
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for A. Mere Con!

A. Mere Con wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious A. Mere Con thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Jello Belly was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm hungry'.