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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toe Jam (ranked 1542 p4p, 1232 weight class) and Itziar Belmond (ranked 206 p4p, 163 weight class). 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.
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17 - 13 - 1 |
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14 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toe Jam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Itziar Belmond!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmond scores with a punch to the head.
Jam scores with a sloppy right hand. Belmond should have avoided that one.
Jam ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belmond moves away.
Belmond forces Jam back against the cage and clinches.
Jam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Belmond moves out of range of the strikes.
Jam tests Belmond's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Belmond fails with an attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Jam misses the target.
Belmond doesn't manage to clinch there - Jam circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Jam misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Belmond.
Nice defenses there by Jam.
Belmond blocks a jab.
Belmond tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jam manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Belmond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jam connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmond gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Belmond lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Belmond creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Belmond.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Belmond throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jam cracks Belmond with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Belmond clinches up with Jam and pushes him back against the cage.
Belmond keeps control of Jam as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Belmond lands a shoulder strike.
Jam is looking to break free of the clinch but Belmond has double underhooks.
Jam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jam prevents a body shot from Belmond.
Jam swings wildly with an uppercut but Belmond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jam wants to break free but Belmond has control.
Jam is working Belmond over against the cage.
Jam misses with a punch on the inside.
Belmond takes a shot to the head.
Jam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jam is trying to break free.
Jam is trying to push Belmond away but Belmond has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jam misses with a punch on the inside.
Belmond misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jam is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Belmond blocking some punches.
Jam lands a body punch.
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!
Jam misses with a punch on the inside.
Belmond pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jam is trying to break the clinch but Belmond is controlling him.
Jam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jam gets through Belmond's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jam definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jam wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Belmond has him pressed against the cage.
Jam misses with some punches.
Belmond can't find room to land a body shot as Jam controls the action.
Jam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belmond's elbow.
Belmond keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jam's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jam scores with a shoulder strike.
Belmond lands an elbow that stopped Jam in his tracks for a moment.
Belmond lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jam.
Jam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belmond tries to close the distance and clinch but Jam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belmond tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Itziar Belmond has been cut.
Jam just misses with a punch to the body.
Jam circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belmond misses with a kick to the body
and Jam connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jam connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Belmond is rocked!
Belmond moves in looking to clinch but Jam pushes him off.
Jam jabs Belmond to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jam misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmond wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmond has Jam up against the cage in a clinch.
Belmond blocks an uppercut.
Jam doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jam tries to break the clinch but Belmond is controlling the position.
Jam lands a left hand.
Jam wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belmond.
Jam lands a nice hook to Belmond's body. Belmond takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Toe Jam is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Belmond scoring well with a low kick there.
Belmond connects with a leg kick.
Belmond throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jam on the side of the head.
Belmond drives through and clinches with Jam against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Toe Jam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Itziar Belmond's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Belmond rushes Jam and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jam has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Belmond blocks an uppercut.
Belmond blocks an uppercut.
Jam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Belmond backwards.
Jam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jam is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Belmond can do to turn this around?
Belmond closes the distance and pushes Jam back into the cage.
Jam breaks from the clinch.
Belmond ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Belmond avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Belmond clinches up against the cage.
Jam wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Belmond misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jam.
Belmond keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jam's efforts to push away.
Jam is trying to break the clinch but Belmond is controlling him.
Jam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Belmond.
It looks like Toe Jam has been cut.
Jam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belmond throws a big shot that misses.
Belmond tries to clinch but Jam is having none of it.
A counter left hand to the body from Jam misses its target.
Jam is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jam jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Belmond throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Belmond is looking to clinch but Jam is avoiding it.
Belmond steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jam.
Jam throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Jam. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jam.
Belmond is still on wobbly legs! Can Jam finish him?
Jam flashes Belmond a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Belmond's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Belmond crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Jam punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Toe Jam!
An out of breath and clearly excited Toe Jam thanked Northern Zombie for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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