PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rainbow Trout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Belafonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belafonte has chosen Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Trout
vs
Belafonte

195 cm
21
216 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rainbow Trout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Belafonte!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trout throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Trout rushes Belafonte and presses him up against the cage.

Trout manages to break the clinch.

Trout moves into range and clinches up with Belafonte.
Trout landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Belafonte wants to stall.
Belafonte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belafonte takes a knee to the side of the body.
Belafonte dodges an elbow strike from Trout.
Belafonte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trout avoids the elbow strike from Belafonte, against the cage.
Trout misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belafonte.
Trout tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trout leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Belafonte throws an elbow but misses.
Belafonte lands a nice elbow.
Trout connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Victor Belafonte has been cut.
Belafonte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trout avoids the elbow strike from Belafonte, against the cage.
Belafonte tries to land a knee to the head but Trout blocks with his arms.
Trout with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Belafonte avoiding damage as Trout throws knees to the body.
Trout unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Belafonte just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trout's brow.

Trout breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Belafonte doesn't manage to clinch there - Trout circles away.
Belafonte keeps the fight on the outside.

Trout moves into the clinch successfully.
Trout tries a knee to the head but Belafonte blocks it.
Trout lands a knee to the body.
Belafonte missing with knees to the body.
Belafonte misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Trout.
Belafonte looks gassed!
Trout landing knees to the body.
Trout putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belafonte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Trout escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trout scoring well with a low kick there.
Trout scores with a spinning back kick!
Rainbow Trout seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trout scores with a leg kick.
Trout bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Trout bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Belafonte's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belafonte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Trout takes the fight into the clinch.
Trout stalling in the clinch.
Trout using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trout lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trout utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trout lands a good knee to the midsection. Belafonte won't want to take too many of those.
Trout displaying some good clinch control by pressing Belafonte up against the cage.
Trout is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trout lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Belafonte takes a knee to the side of the body.
Trout landing knees to the head.
Trout lands a knee to the body.

Trout escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trout throws a front kick that sends Belafonte stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trout scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab by Trout.
Nice uppercut lands for Trout. That snapped Belafonte's head back.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Trout moves away
and Trout counters with a big head kick but Belafonte shrugs it off.
Trout fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Belafonte.

Trout has managed to clinch.
Trout utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trout working Belafonte over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Trout.
Trout effectively controlling the action here.
Trout connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belafonte's face.
Trout crunches a lovely knee into Belafonte's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trout avoiding damage.
Trout unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trout pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trout clinches with his opponent.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Trout obliges.
Trout working Belafonte over with knees to the body.

Trout's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trout's corner calls for a 1-2. Trout obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Belafonte takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Belafonte avoids the head kick by Trout.
Good work by Belafonte as he checks the leg kick.
Trout throws a right hand that Belafonte ducks under and follows up with a left that Belafonte also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trout misses with a two punch combination.
Trout misses with a body kick.
Trout tries a low kick but Belafonte avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rainbow Trout dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Belafonte's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Belafonte takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Trout throws a head kick that misses.
Trout feints and then cracks Belafonte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Belafonte down.
Trout is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Belafonte can do to turn this around?
Trout lands a nice leg kick that just misses Belafonte's sensitive parts.
Trout tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trout lands a head kick!
Belafonte tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Trout counters with an inside leg kick.

Trout closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Belafonte looking to throw knees to the head but Trout is blocking nicely.
Trout with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Belafonte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trout landing knees to the head.
Trout lands a good knee to the midsection. Belafonte won't want to take too many of those.
Trout is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trout creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belafonte's defenses.

That has opened up Victor Belafonte's cut even more.
Trout stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trout lands a good knee to the midsection. Belafonte won't want to take too many of those.
Trout lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Trout scores with a knee to the head.
Belafonte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Trout lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trout unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belafonte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trout managing to block the knees to the body from Belafonte.

Trout breaks from the clinch.
Trout tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belafonte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trout throws a push kick but Belafonte slaps the foot to one side.
Belafonte takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Trout moves away
and Belafonte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A lazy left from Belafonte finds it's target.
Trout loads up on a big right hand but Belafonte slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trout goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Belafonte checks a leg kick nicely.
Trout chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Belafonte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belafonte tries to clinch up but Trout circles away and keeps his distance.
Trout swings for the body but Belafonte moves out of range.
Trout throws a looping overhand right but Belafonte ducks down to avoid it.
Trout throws a head kick that misses.

Trout darts in and clinches Belafonte up against the cage.
Trout with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trout taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trout throws an elbow but misses.

Trout escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belafonte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trout throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Belafonte blocks a head kick by Trout.
Trout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belafonte throws a right and a left that Trout avoids nicely.
Belafonte tries to clinch up but Trout circles away and keeps his distance.
Trout throws a head kick but Belafonte moves out of range.

Belafonte closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Belafonte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Trout pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trout instigates a clinch.
Rainbow Trout has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Belafonte missing with knees to the body.
Belafonte lands an elbow just above Trout 's eye.

Trout breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

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.

Trout closes the distance and clinches.
Trout scores with a knee to the head.
Trout landing knees to the body.

Trout breaks the clinch.
Belafonte wants to clinch but Trout slips to the side

and Trout counters by clinching up.
Trout lands a good knee to the midsection. Belafonte won't want to take too many of those.
Trout taking a breather.
Trout on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trout is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Belafonte trying to land knees to the body.
Belafonte looking to throw knees to the head but Trout is blocking nicely.
Belafonte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trout landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Trout lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trout lands a knee to the head.
Trout lands a knee to the head.

Trout pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rainbow Trout is winning the standup battle so far.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Trout moves away

and Trout counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rainbow Trout dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Victor Belafonte's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Belafonte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trout.
Belafonte checks a low kick from Trout.
Trout feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Belafonte's calf.

Trout moves into the clinch.

Trout breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Belafonte circles away from the clinch attempt
and Belafonte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trout throws a head kick that misses
and Belafonte counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trout uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Trout bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Belafonte tries to clinch there but Trout circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trout pushes Belafonte up against the cage in a clinch.
Belafonte misses with a knee strike.
Trout lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Trout on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trout is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belafonte is defending well for now.
Trout with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trout is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belafonte is defending well for now.
Belafonte wants to stall.
Belafonte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Trout stalling in the clinch.
Belafonte is trying to maintain a safe position but Trout gets an underhook and turns Belafonte into the cage.
A knee to the head by Trout.

Trout breaks the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Belafonte.
Belafonte tries to clinch up
and Trout counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trout plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Belafonte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Trout.
Trout plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Belafonte tries to clinch but Trout moves out of range.
Trout throws a leg kick
letting Belafonte counter with a right hand.
Trout turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trout misses with a kick to the body
and Belafonte counters with an outside leg kick.
Trout throws a sloppy head kick and Belafonte moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belafonte.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belafonte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trout tries to work over Belafonte's front leg with a kick but Belafonte checks it.
Belafonte misses with a head kick.
Trout throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Trout shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Trout lands a nice looking kick to the body. Belafonte takes a step back to recover.
A punch combination from Trout misses.
Trout with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Belafonte is looking to clinch.
Trout misses with a looping right.

Trout gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trout breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Belafonte has managed to clinch.
Trout lands a nice knee to the body.
Belafonte tries to stall but Trout uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Trout breaks the clinch.
Trout lets loose with a powerful body kick. Belafonte will feel that in the morning.
Belafonte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trout throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trout connects with a crisp jab.
Trout lands a head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trout lands a head kick. Belafonte smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Victor Belafonte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The cut above Victor Belafonte's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Trout chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rainbow Trout showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trout has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rainbow Trout!