PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raphael De La Ghetto (ranked 2565 p4p, 4369 weight class) and Jello Belly (ranked 247 p4p, 386 weight class). De La Ghetto's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fresh Prince - Geoffrey Poet. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jello Belly enters the ring!

De La Ghetto
vs
Belly

168 cm
21
165
5 - 4 - 0

186 cm
34
162
13 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raphael De La Ghetto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jello Belly!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belly defending well as De La Ghetto loads up on a big left hand.
De La Ghetto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jello Belly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as De La Ghetto lands an impressive looking overhand right. Belly doesn't seem phased though.
De La Ghetto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De La Ghetto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belly moves away.
De La Ghetto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

De La Ghetto forces Belly back against the ropes and clinches.
Belly tries to pull guard but De La Ghetto forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
De La Ghetto is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Belly breaks from the clinch.
De La Ghetto takes one to the side of the head.

Belly gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Ghetto trying to control the position from guard on top but Belly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

De La Ghetto postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Belly is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of De La Ghetto, into his guard.

Belly trying to control but De La Ghetto is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De La Ghetto is looking for a triangle but Belly pushes his legs off easily.

De La Ghetto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Belly looking to pass the guard.
De La Ghetto looking for a sweep. Not yet De La Ghetto, not yet.
Belly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De La Ghetto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Belly wants to control from the top but De La Ghetto keeps moving.

De La Ghetto has his foot on Belly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Belly works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Ghetto looking to control.
Belly stopping the sweep attempt from De La Ghetto.

De La Ghetto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Belly is aware though and is defending well.

De La Ghetto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Belly gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
De La Ghetto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Belly is one step ahead there.

De La Ghetto is working an open guard so Belly takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Belly clinches with his opponent.

Belly pulls guard.
De La Ghetto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Belly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De La Ghetto tries to free his leg and advance position but Belly is retaining full guard.
De La Ghetto postures up in Belly's guard and throws a big left but Belly blocks it.
De La Ghetto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De La Ghetto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Ghetto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Belly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De La Ghetto is working Belly over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
De La Ghetto wants to pass the guard but Belly is keeping the position.
De La Ghetto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De La Ghetto trying to control the position from guard on top but Belly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De La Ghetto looking to pass the guard.
De La Ghetto might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Belly is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
De La Ghetto trying to control but Belly is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
De La Ghetto with a nice head shot there.
De La Ghetto stands up over Belly, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
De La Ghetto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De La Ghetto trying to control the position from guard on top but Belly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Belly is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Belly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De La Ghetto just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael De La Ghetto dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Belly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Belly throws a shot to the body.
De La Ghetto thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Belly. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belly. De La Ghetto does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from De La Ghetto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De La Ghetto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De La Ghetto throws a body shot but no joy.
Belly is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Belly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Belly there.
De La Ghetto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Belly in his tracks.
Belly ducks under a wild hook from De La Ghetto.
Belly misses with a head kick.
De La Ghetto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De La Ghetto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Belly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De La Ghetto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Belly. Belly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De La Ghetto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Belly misses.
Belly avoids the body shot from De La Ghetto.
Belly is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Belly needs to keep his hands up - De La Ghetto had a free shot at his head there.
Left hook, right uppercut from De La Ghetto.
De La Ghetto scores with a punch to the head.

Belly is rocked!
De La Ghetto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Belly can do to turn this around?
Belly throws a left and a right that both miss
and De La Ghetto counters with a big right hand! Oh Belly is in trouble here! De La Ghetto follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael De La Ghetto!
Raphael De La Ghetto thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Jello Belly stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm hungry'.