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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dale Bellido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naoki Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dale Bellido looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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168 lbs
18 - 16 - 0 |
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181 cm
27
183 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dale Bellido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naoki Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka clinches up with Bellido and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanaka.
Tanaka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tanaka lands an elbow inside that Bellido shrugs off.
Tanaka throws an elbow but it misses.
Tanaka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bellido drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tanaka gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tanaka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bellido wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tanaka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bellido is trying to drag Tanaka to the mat but Tanaka just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bellido avoids it.
Knees to the body from Tanaka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tanaka.
Bellido takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bellido takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dale Bellido's cut is getting worse.
Bellido goes for a takedown attempt but Tanaka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dale Bellido. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bellido is breathing heavily.
Bellido fails in his attempt to clinch.
Naoki Tanaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tanaka connects with a solid leg kick.
Bellido wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tanaka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tanaka.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tanaka.
Bellido misses with a series of wild punches.
Bellido tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tanaka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellido tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tanaka sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bellido somewhat.
Tanaka tries to clinch up.
Bellido dives in and grabs Tanaka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tanaka pushes down on Bellido's head and hops out.
Tanaka tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanaka connects with a high kick.
Bellido tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tanaka swivels and escapes.
Tanaka scoring well with a low kick there.
Tanaka is looking to slow Bellido down with leg kicks.
Tanaka closes the distance and pushes Bellido back into the cage.
Tanaka scores a nice knee to the body.
Tanaka cracks Bellido with a nice body shot.
Tanaka lands an elbow just above Bellido 's eye.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanaka crunches a lovely knee into Bellido's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tanaka connects with a knee to the head.
Bellido is rocked!
Dale Bellido's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tanaka lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Bellido is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanaka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bellido looking to slow down the pace here.
Tanaka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bellido lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tanaka has Bellido pressed against the cage. He pushes Bellido back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Tanaka throws a beautiful elbow that sends Bellido crashing to the floor! Tanaka piles on the pressure with more strikes! Bellido is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naoki Tanaka!
Naoki Tanaka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
68% |
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