PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bitoy Bellfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damon Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellfoot comes into the arena with Vltava blaring out of the sound system. Pierce has chosen Eve 6 - Inside Out as his entrance music. Damon Pierce has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bellfoot
vs
Pierce

183 cm
29
200 lbs
12 - 1 - 1

190 cm
27
195 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

-OVERDOSE Factory-

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bitoy Bellfoot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damon Pierce!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bellfoot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierce manages to avoid it.
Bellfoot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pierce misses with a wild body shot.
Pierce just misses with a punch to the body.
Pierce tries to clinch there but Bellfoot circles away.
Pierce wants to clinch.
Bellfoot ducks under a wild hook from Pierce.
Nice shot by Bellfoot.
Bellfoot pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pierce is out of range and Bellfoot settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce dives in and grabs Bellfoot's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bellfoot pushes down on Pierce's head and hops out.
Bellfoot swats away the attempt to clinch by Pierce.
Pierce wants to clinch but Bellfoot slips to the side
and Bellfoot counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Pierce closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pierce lands in his opponent's guard.

Bellfoot looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bellfoot throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pierce postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bellfoot wants to sweep but no luck.
Pierce advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellfoot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pierce looks up at the clock and then as Bellfoot takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pierce smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
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!

Pierce working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bellfoot is not content to let Pierce control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bellfoot is looking to reverse the position.
Pierce has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Pierce is trying to get an arm triangle but Bellfoot is defending well.
Pierce wants to control but Bellfoot is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellfoot is trying to improve his position.
Pierce is looking to take a break and control but Bellfoot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pierce just content to control the position.
Bellfoot takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bellfoot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bellfoot manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Pierce is looking to take a break and control but Bellfoot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pierce prevents Bellfoot from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bellfoot manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellfoot managing to control the position.
Pierce trying to control but Bellfoot is working from the bottom.
Pierce preventing the sweep.
Bellfoot keeping moving, preventing Pierce from controlling successfully.
Pierce controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierce slips nicely into half guard.
Bellfoot moves into full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bellfoot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Bellfoot working for a triangle but Pierce defends it easily.
Pierce landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damon Pierce dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pierce scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pierce misses the shot to the body.
Pierce showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bellfoot.
Pierce gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bellfoot counters with a big head kick but Pierce shrugs it off.
Pierce tries to clinch but Bellfoot is having none of it.
Pierce just misses with a punch to the body.
Pierce shoots in looking for a takedown. Bellfoot tries to sprawl out of it but Pierce keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bellfoot manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pierce changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bellfoot tries to avoid it but Pierce manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bellfoot to the ground. Bellfoot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bitoy Bellfoot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damon Pierce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Pierce misses the target.
Bellfoot displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pierce.
Damon Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bellfoot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pierce tries to close the distance and clinch but Bellfoot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierce tries to clinch but Bellfoot moves out of range.
Bellfoot throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellfoot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierce.
Pierce lands a body shot.

Pierce looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bellfoot wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bellfoot gets full guard.
Pierce works over Bellfoot with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Bellfoot is looking for a triangle but Pierce pushes his legs off easily.
Pierce preventing the sweep.
Pierce pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bellfoot is keeping the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pierce with a nice head shot there.

Bellfoot looking for subs off his back but Pierce has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellfoot is looking to improve his position.
Pierce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bellfoot is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Pierce seems content to control.

Pierce looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bellfoot manages to get to full guard.
Bellfoot looking for a sweep. Not yet Bellfoot, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellfoot wants to improve his position but instead Pierce has moved into half guard.
Bellfoot makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bellfoot.

Bellfoot looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Pierce is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Bellfoot had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pierce defends it easily.
Pierce trying to control the position from guard on top but Bellfoot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bellfoot wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Damon Pierce will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Bellfoot's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pierce shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bellfoot counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A lazy left from Pierce finds it's target.
Pierce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bellfoot doesn't seem bothered though.
Pierce tries for a takedown but Bellfoot circles away easily

and Bellfoot counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bellfoot wants to control from the top but Pierce keeps moving.
Bellfoot advances to half guard.
Pierce is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bellfoot's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bellfoot's back!
Bellfoot wants to escape the position.

Pierce working for the choke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellfoot wants to escape the position.

Pierce is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Bellfoot is defending well though. Pierce let's go of the attempt for now.
Well, with Pierce on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Bellfoot is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Bellfoot trying to control the hands but Pierce breaks the grip.
Pierce scores with punches and elbows.
Pierce is trying to stick to Bellfoot's back but Bellfoot is turning into Pierce. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Pierce's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Bellfoot.
Bellfoot has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bellfoot tries to free his leg and advance position but Pierce is retaining full guard.

Pierce is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bellfootis looking to pass into half guard but Pierce pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Pierce is in guard.
Bellfoot working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bellfoot working for submissions but it's allowed Pierce to get to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bellfoot is defending against the submission attempts here by Pierce.
Bellfoot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pierce is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Damon Pierce has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bellfoot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bellfoot wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pierce wants to work for an arm triangle but Bellfoot is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pierce seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Pierce seems to be looking for submissions.
Bellfoot wants to get back to full guard.

Bellfoot is defending against the submission attempts here by Pierce.
Bellfoot is trying to control but Pierce passes into side control!
Bitoy Bellfoot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce trying to control the position but Bellfoot is working away.
Pierce scores with punches from side control.
Bellfoot is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pierce asserts his dominance and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Bellfoot's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Pierce is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bellfoot has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bellfoot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pierce is working Bellfoot over with some ground and pound from side control.
Damon Pierce is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Pierce thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damon Pierce comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pierce 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 John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damon Pierce!
Damon Pierce very nearly forgot to thank -OVERDOSE Factory- amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.