PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alak Betatar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Molito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Betatar
vs
Molito

170 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
26
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alak Betatar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Enrique Molito!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molito misses with a looping right.
Betatar wants to clinch but Molito slips to the side

and Molito counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Molito.
Betatar trying to land knees to the body.
Molito lands a body punch in the clinch.
Betatar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Molito tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Betatar avoids it.
Molito wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Betatar lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Enrique Molito has been cut.
Betatar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Molito's efforts to push away.
Molito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Betatar's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Molito.
Molito struggles to land a body shot inside as Betatar controls his hands.

Molito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Betatar tries to clinch up

and Molito counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Molito.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betatar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molito blocks it with crossed arms.
Betatar misses with a knee strike.
Betatar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molito.

Molito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Molito throws a right and a left that Betatar avoids nicely.

Molito gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Molito tries to break the clinch but Betatar is controlling the position.
Betatar lands an elbow just above Molito 's eye.
Betatar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Betatar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Molito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Molito can't find room to land a body shot as Betatar controls the action.
Molito wants to break the clinch but can't.
Betatar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Betatar pushes off an throws an elbow but Molito leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Betatar misses with an elbow over the top.
Molito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Betatar's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molito scores with a hook to the body.
Betatar blocks a body shot from Molito.
Molito is trying to break the clinch but Betatar has him pressed against the cage.
Molito avoids a wild elbow strike from Betatar.
Molito blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Molito has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Betatar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Betatar lands an elbow inside.
Molito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Betatar backwards.
Molito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Molito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Betatar throws an elbow that misses.
Betatar taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Molito's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Betatar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Molito avoids it.
Molito is looking to break free of the clinch but Betatar has double underhooks.
Betatar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Molito is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molito misses with a body punch.
Molito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Betatar tries to land a knee to the head but Molito blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Betatar.
Betatar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Molito lands a shot to the body.
Betatar tries to land a knee to the head but Molito blocks with his arms.
Betatar is trying to stall.
Betatar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Molito is defending well for now.
Betatar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Molito is defending well for now.
Betatar letting Molito take a breather here.
Betatar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Molito is looking to break free of the clinch but Betatar has double underhooks.
Betatar misses with an elbow strike.
Betatar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molito.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Betatar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Molito.
Molito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Betatars head.
Betatar tries to land knees in the clinch but Molito avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Molito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Molito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Betatar's elbow.
Molito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Molito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Molito is stalling here.
Molito avoiding damage as Betatar throws knees to the body.
Molito wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Betatar has him pressed against the cage.
Betatar prevents Molito from breaking the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Molito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Molito misses.
Betatar avoids the body shot from Molito.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Enrique Molito will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Enrique Molito'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.

Molito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Molito lands with a kick to the temple. Betatar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Betatar checks a leg kick nicely.

Molito takes the fight into the clinch.
Molito managing to block the knees to the body from Betatar.
Nice body punch from Molito.
Betatar missing with knees to the body.
Molito blocks an elbow strike from Betatar.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Betatar looking to throw knees to the head but Molito is blocking nicely.
Molito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Betatar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Betatar lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Betatar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Betatar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Molito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alak Betatar has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betatar lands an elbow just above Molito 's eye.
Molito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Molito wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Betatar has him pressed against the cage.
Betatar tries a knee to the head but Molito blocks it.
Betatar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Betatar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Molito breaks from the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Molito.
An inside leg kick from Molito misses.
A clash of legs there as Betatar blocks the low kick.
Molito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Betatar looks to land a left hand but Molito moved out of range nicely.
Molito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Betatar was well out of range. Poor timing from Molito.
An inside leg kick from Molito misses.
Some wild striking there from Molito.
Betatar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Molito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Molito just misses with a punch to the body.
Molito with a nice cross.
Betatar is looking to clinch.
Molito misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alak Betatar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Molito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Betatar moves away.
Molito misses with a wild body shot.
Betatar tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Molito counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Betatar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Betatar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Molito avoids it.
Molito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Molito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Betatar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Betatar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Molito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Betatar missing with knees to the body.
Betatar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Molito tries to break the clinch but Betatar is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Molito throws an elbow but misses.
Betatar pushes off an throws an elbow but Molito leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Molito tries to work over Betatar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Molito blocks an elbow strike from Betatar.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Molito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Molito misses.
Molito is looking to chop away at Betatar's legs.

Betatar darts in and clinches Molito up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Molito is trying to break free.
Betatar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molito.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Betatar missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Enrique Molito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Enrique Molito's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Betatar closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Molito to counter with a crisp jab.
Molito digs a good body shot into Betatar's ribs.
Molito looks for the body kick but Betatar saw that one coming.
Molito throws a right hand that Betatar ducks under and follows up with a left that Betatar also avoids with ease.
Betatar takes one to the side of the head.
Betatar avoids the body shot from Molito.
A looping hook to the body misses from Betatar. Molito does a little dance to reset his feet.

Molito darts in and clinches Betatar up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Betatar misses with a knee to the head.
Betatar tries a knee to the head but Molito blocks it.
Betatar is struggling to control the position.
Molito tries to break free but Betatar pushes him back against the cage.
Betatar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molito blocks it with crossed arms.
Molito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Molito is trying to break free.
Molito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Betatar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Betatar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Molito's brow.
Betatar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Molito's defenses.
Molito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Betatar missing with knees to the body.
Betatar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molito.
Betatar trying to land knees to the body.
Molito takes an elbow to the temple.
Betatar tries to land knees in the clinch but Molito avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Betatar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Molito is defending well for now.
Molito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Molito lands a hook that snaps the head of Betatar backwards.
Molito tries a body shot but Betatar blocks it.

Molito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Molito lands a jab to the nose.
Molito is looking to chop away at Betatar's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Molito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Betatar.
Molito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Betatar moves out of range as Molito strikes.
Molito throws a leg kick that misses.
Molito misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Molito does no damage.
Molito keeps the fight on the outside.
Betatar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Molito.
Betatar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Molito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Molito.
Betatar swings for the body but Molito moves out of range.
Betatar moves out of range of the leg kick from Molito.
Nice uppercut lands for Molito. That snapped Betatar's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molito throws an overhand right that lands on Betatar's shoulder, as Betatar tries to avoid the shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Molito dodges an elbow strike from Betatar.
Betatar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Molito avoids it.
Molito pushes Betatar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Molito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Molito has taken the fight to the clinch.
Molito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Betatar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Molito avoids it.
Betatar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molito blocks it with crossed arms.
Molito avoids the elbow strike from Betatar, against the cage.
Alak Betatar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Enrique Molito is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Molito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrique Molito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Molito winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Molito!
A victorious Enrique Molito thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.