PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vito Belto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vito Belto is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cena
vs
Belto

186 cm
21
251 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
26
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vito Belto!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cena moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Belto lands with a shot to the body.

Belto lands a left and a right that send Cena crashing to the mat, dazed. Belto thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Cena is rocked!

It looks like John Cena has been cut.

Cena shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cena showed some decent athleticism there.
Oh Cena is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belto gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Belto is on top in guard.

Cena seems to have got his legs back now.
Cena working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Belto.
Cena is trying to keep Belto in close.
Belto pushing down on Cena's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cena is looking to improve his position.
Cena blocking the ground and pound attempt from Belto.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Belto throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cena to regain full guard.
Belto chips away with some ground and pound.
Belto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cena looking to control.

Belto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Belto throwing strikes but missing.
Cena is breathing heavily.
Cena working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Belto.
Belto slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Belto in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Cena is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vito Belto!
Vito Belto took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'You make losing look easy!'.