PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bitor Belport (ranked 2424 p4p, 23654 weight class) and Eduardo Cunha (ranked 365 p4p, 801 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belport
vs
Cunha

183 cm
28
193
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
194
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bitor Belport!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Cunha!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunha misses with a takedown
and Belport counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cunha looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Belport works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cunha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Belport.

It looks like Eduardo Cunha has been cut.
Belport lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Belport lands a big uppercut and Cunha crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cunha looks OK. Belport waves Cunha back to his feet!

Cunha is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cunha fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Belport to the ground. Cunha is now in Belport's guard.
Cunha is still in real trouble! Can Belport finish him?
Cunha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belport manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cunha manages to get himself to full guard.

Cunha seems to have recovered his senses.
Belport throws a big elbow that misses.
Belport stopping the sweep attempt from Cunha.
Cunha looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Belport sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha working a defensive guard here.
Belport is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cunha is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Cunha slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cunha tries to pass to full mount but Belport defends it.
Belport is concentrating on defense, preventing Cunha from advancing position.
Cunha wants to take a breather but Belport is having none of it.
Cunha looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Belport wants to improve his position but Cunha is controlling well.
Cunha trying to control from half guard but Belport is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Belport is trying to control but can't.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Cunha drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Belport holds on and takes a little breather.
Cunha preventing the sweep.
Cunha engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Belport bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cunha's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cunha manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Belport manages to get himself to full guard.

Cunha trying to control the position from guard on top but Belport is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belport trying to control the position here.
Cunha forces his way into half guard.
Belport trying to control here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bitor Belport dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eduardo Cunha'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.

Cunha misses with a takedown attempt
and Belport counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cunha shoots and misses
and Belport counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cunha thinking.
Cunha with a poor takedown
and Belport counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bitor Belport has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eduardo Cunha.
Nice takedown defense from Belport. No joy for Cunha on that attempt.
Bitor Belport is winning the standup battle so far.
A good leg kick by Belport.
Nice body punch from Belport.
Belport cracks Cunha with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Belport takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That has opened up Eduardo Cunha's cut even more.

Belport closes the distance and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belport slows down the pace here.
Belport displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cunha up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha tries to score a body lock takedown but Belport shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cunha is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Belport is defending well.
Belport using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Belport effectively controlling the action here.
A bit of stalling here from Belport.
Belport lands with a right to the head.
Belport stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belport content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bitor Belport.
Cunha has his takedown stuffed
and Belport counters with a stiff right hand.
Belport's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cunha under the eye.
Cunha with a lazy takedown attempt
and Belport counters with a straight right hand.
Eduardo Cunha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Belport drops Cunha with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Cunha looks back up at him and smiles so Belport waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

The cut above Eduardo Cunha's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Belport lands a beautiful left hook that drops Cunha. Cunha tries to recover but Belport is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Cunha lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bitor Belport!
During a confident post fight interview, Bitor Belport thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.