PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Belliveau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick De Struicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belliveau kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is We will rock you. De Struicao is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Walk With Me In Hell. Dominick De Struicao will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Belliveau
vs
De Struicao

185 cm
29
195 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

196 cm
25
189 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Belliveau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belliveau slips under a jab.
Jab from Belliveau.
Belliveau pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Struicao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Belliveau in his tracks.
Belliveau throws a hook but De Struicao avoids it easily.
De Struicao throws a leg kick
and Belliveau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De Struicao scores with a one two! Belliveau had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
De Struicao lands with a shot to the body.
Belliveau looks to throw the jab but De Struicao is out of range.
Belliveau on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belliveau ducks under a wild hook from De Struicao.
De Struicao slips a straight right by Belliveau.
Belliveau misses with a body kick.
De Struicao jabs Belliveau right on the nose. Belliveau blinks but takes it well.
De Struicao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Struicao fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Belliveau checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for De Struicao.
De Struicao misses with a body shot.
De Struicao throws a solid leg kick but Belliveau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Struicao.
Belliveau misses with an uppercut. De Struicao saw that one coming.
Belliveau has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Belliveau slips under a jab.
De Struicao moves out of range of the body kick.
A left lands for Belliveau.
De Struicao scores with a leg kick.
De Struicao misses with a hook
and Belliveau counters with a straight right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Struicao.
Belliveau misses with an uppercut.
Belliveau checks a low kick from De Struicao.
Belliveau slips under a jab from De Struicao.
De Struicao throws a combination that misses
and Belliveau counters with a low kick, right behind De Struicao 's knee.
De Struicao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
De Struicao has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Belliveau.
De Struicao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belliveau.
De Struicao catches Belliveau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
De Struicao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Struicao lands with a good body shot.
Belliveau avoids a punch combination nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Struicao.
A big left from De Struicao misses.
De Struicao catches Belliveau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
De Struicao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belliveau.
Belliveau keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau checks a low kick from De Struicao.
Belliveau ducks under a wild hook from De Struicao.
Belliveau throws a looping overhand right but De Struicao ducks down to avoid it.
De Struicao lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Belliveau misses with a body kick.
Belliveau throws an off balance right hand
and De Struicao counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Belliveau thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Struicao throws a leg kick
and Belliveau counters with a nice low kick that buckles De Struicao's knee momentarily.
De Struicao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Belliveau can pounce on him.
De Struicao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Struicao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Belliveau is able to avoid easily.
De Struicao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belliveau.
Belliveau was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Struicao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belliveau.
De Struicao shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Belliveau eats them both and turns towards De Struicao to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
An inside leg kick from De Struicao misses.
De Struicao walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
De Struicao moves away from the strike by Belliveau.
De Struicao connects with a looping right hand.
Belliveau looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Struicao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Belliveau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belliveau connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Struicao. De Struicao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Struicao slips under a jab from Belliveau.
De Struicao scores with a jab.
De Struicao darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Belliveau takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Struicao throws out a loose jab but Belliveau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belliveau is looking to counter punch.
De Struicao throws an overhand right that lands on Belliveau's shoulder, as Belliveau tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Struicao uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Belliveau has time to react.
De Struicao pivots, looking for a leg kick but Belliveau is out of range and De Struicao settles back down.
De Struicao throws a shot from downtown. Belliveau moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick De Struicao dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Belliveau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belliveau throws a jab but it's blocked by De Struicao.
De Struicao slips under a jab from Belliveau.
Some bone on bone action there as Belliveau checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As De Struicao backs away, Belliveau returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
De Struicao throws out a leg kick but Belliveau moves out of range and De Struicao only half commits.
De Struicao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Struicao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Belliveau can pounce on him.
De Struicao scores with the left hand. Belliveau knows he should have avoided that one.
Belliveau misses with a straight right.
De Struicao moves away from the strike by Belliveau.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Struicao throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Struicao throws a lazy body kick
and Belliveau connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belliveau misses with a hook.
Belliveau avoids the body shot from De Struicao.
De Struicao blocks a jab.
De Struicao throws out a counter right but Belliveau avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dominick De Struicao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Struicao swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Belliveau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Struicao has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Belliveau finds it's way round the side to connect with De Struicao's head.
Belliveau chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Belliveau.
Belliveau checks a low kick from De Struicao.
Belliveau misses the body punch
and De Struicao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belliveau scores with a jab to the head.
Belliveau cracks De Struicao with a hook to the temple - De Struicao is on wobbly legs here! Belliveau swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! De Struicao falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Belliveau wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Steve Belliveau!
Steve Belliveau seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.