PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Mitrione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bellingham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Mitrione has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mitrione
vs
Bellingham

191 cm
26
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Mitrione!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Bellingham!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Mitrione. Those never looked like landing.
Mitrione throws a right and a left that Bellingham avoids nicely.
Bellingham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mitrione uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellingham.
Bellingham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bellingham lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Bellingham there.
Mitrione checks a low kick from Bellingham.
Bellingham connects with a body shot.
Mitrione is breathing heavily.
Bellingham thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Bellingham misses.
Bellingham swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellingham looks to land a combination but Mitrione avoids it well.
Mitrione avoids the body shot from Bellingham.
Mitrione takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mitrione dodges the punch combination from Bellingham.
Mitrione throws a series of punches but Bellingham moves out of range.
Mitrione takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bellingham misses the shot to the body.
Bellingham swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellingham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitrione.
Bellingham missing with a left hand there. Mitrione was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mitrione takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Matt Mitrione has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mitrione has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mitrione there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mitrione misses with a wild combination.
Bellingham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mitrione manages to avoid it.
Mitrione misses with a double jab.
Nice body punch from Bellingham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellingham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitrione.
Bellingham throws an overhand right that lands on Mitrione's shoulder, as Mitrione tries to avoid the shot.
Bellingham misses with a low kick.
Bellingham uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mitrione has time to react.
Bellingham swings widly with a right hand
and Mitrione counters with a left to the body.
Bellingham is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mitrione rather than just go for the knockout.
Bellingham misses the shot to the body.
Mitrione throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Bellingham counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mitrione ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bellingham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitrione showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bellingham.
Bellingham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mitrione.
Bellingham misses with a hook
and Mitrione counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bellingham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitrione.
Bellingham swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mitrione counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bellingham lands a jab to Mitrione's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellingham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitrione.
Bellingham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bellingham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Mitrione's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bellingham cracks Mitrione with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bellingham looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bellingham takes a swing at Mitrione's ribcage but misses.
Bellingham swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mitrione counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mitrione moves out of range of the strikes.
Bellingham swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mitrione counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mitrione throws a series of punches but Bellingham moves out of range.
Bellingham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bellingham fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mitrione is out of range.
Bellingham smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitrione keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mitrione misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mitrione slips under a jab.
Bellingham misses the shot to the body.
Bellingham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mitrione uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bellingham.
Bellingham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mitrione keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bellingham.
Bellingham throws a sloppy head kick
and Mitrione counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellingham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mitrione misses with a wild body shot.
Mitrione ducks under a wild hook from Bellingham.
Bellingham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bellingham misses with a left hand
and Mitrione counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bellingham misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bellingham looks to score with a jab to the body but Mitrione is just out of range.
Mitrione falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bellingham counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Bellingham. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bellingham.
Bellingham dips to his left and cracks Mitrione with an uppercut!
Mitrione keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bellingham.
Mitrione uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellingham.
John Bellingham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bellingham scores with a jab. Mitrione acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Mitrione might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

Bellingham lands a left and a right that send Mitrione crashing to the mat, dazed. Bellingham thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Bellingham swings widly with a right hand
and Mitrione counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick by Bellingham misses
and Mitrione counters with a nice body shot.
Mitrione misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Bellingham does no damage.
Mitrione tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bellingham was well out of range. Poor timing from Mitrione.
Bellingham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bellingham misses with a shot to the body
and Mitrione counters with a left and a right that stings Bellingham.
Bellingham misses with a jab to the body
and Mitrione counters with a left and a right that stings Bellingham.
Mitrione on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellingham throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mitrione takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bellingham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Mitrione's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Mitrione looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mitrione takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bellingham throws the left hand but Mitrione avoids the punch easily.
Bellingham misses with a low kick.
Bellingham is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mitrione checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mitrione uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bellingham.
Bellingham throws a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Bellingham misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitrione tries to bum rush Bellingham with a series of wild strikes but Bellingham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bellingham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
John Bellingham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Bellingham. That snapped Mitrione's head back.
No luck for Mitrione with that takedown attempt.
Bellingham throws a right and a left that Mitrione avoids nicely.
Bellingham loads up on a big right hand but Mitrione slips the punch.
Mitrione uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bellingham.
Bellingham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mitrione.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellingham throws a right hand that misses
and Mitrione counters with a series of strikes. Bellingham will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mitrione takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mitrione uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bellingham.
Bellingham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
John Bellingham is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bellingham jabs Mitrione to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bellingham lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bellingham. Mitrione does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bellingham cracks Mitrione with an open hand slap.
Matt Mitrione is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bellingham does it's job there.
Bellingham lands a body shot.
Bellingham throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mitrione counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bellingham just misses with a punch to the body.
Bellingham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mitrione takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bellingham connects with the punch.
Bellingham is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bellingham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Mitrione misses.
Bellingham slips a jab and a cross from Mitrione.
Mitrione looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A combination from Mitrione does no damage.
Mitrione blocks a jab.
Bellingham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Matt Mitrione has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mitrione blocks a low kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mitrione checks a leg kick nicely.
Bellingham connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mitrione. Mitrione circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Bellingham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bellingham has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bellingham!