PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Ahearn (ranked 1307 p4p, 2179 weight class) and Itziar Belmond (ranked 52 p4p, 101 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Itziar Belmond was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ahearn
vs
Belmond

185 cm
28
181
15 - 10 - 1

182 cm
26
175
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tobias Ahearn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Itziar Belmond!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmond uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ahearn.
Ahearn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Ahearn rushes Belmond and presses him up against the cage.
Belmond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahearn misses with some punches.
Ahearn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ahearn throws a punch but it's blocked by Belmond.
Belmond lands an elbow that stopped Ahearn in his tracks for a moment.
Belmond misses with a punch to the body.
Belmond misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Ahearn.
Belmond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belmond.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahearn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Belmonds head.
Ahearn tries a body shot but Belmond blocks it.
Ahearn blocks an elbow strike from Belmond.
Ahearn has a couple of punches blocked by Belmond.
Ahearn throws a punch but it's blocked by Belmond.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn has a couple of punches blocked by Belmond.
Ahearn misses with a body punch.
Ahearn works on Belmond's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with a punch to the body.
Ahearn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ahearn misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahearn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Belmond.

It looks like Tobias Ahearn has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Belmond throws an elbow but misses.
Belmond blocking some punches.
Ahearn throws a head punch that misses.
Ahearn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Belmond blocks an uppercut.
Ahearn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmond looking to throw knees to the head but Ahearn is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Ahearn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahearn.
Ahearn throws a punch but it's blocked by Belmond.
Belmond blocks a body shot from Ahearn.
Ahearn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ahearn can't find room to land a body shot as Belmond controls the action.
Belmond blocking some punches.
Ahearn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belmond's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahearn has a couple of punches blocked by Belmond.
Belmond prevents a body shot from Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with some punches.
Ahearn has a couple of punches blocked by Belmond.
Ahearn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahearn blocks the elbow strike.
Ahearn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ahearn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Belmond throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A body shot lands from Ahearn.
A short body shot lands from Ahearn as the two fighters clinch.
Belmond is pushing Ahearn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short uppercut from Ahearn.
Ahearn lands with a left to the head.
Ahearn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ahearn fails to land.
Belmond lands an elbow inside that Ahearn shrugs off.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Belmond takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ahearn working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn dodges an elbow strike from Belmond.
Ahearn working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Ahearn.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ahearn lands with a short shot to the head.
Belmond throws a head punch that misses.
Ahearn lands with a left to the head.
Belmond lands a body shot.
Belmond fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Ahearn.
Belmond works on Ahearn's body with a couple of short punches.
Ahearn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belmond prevents a body shot from Ahearn.
Belmond pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ahearn blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Ahearn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tobias Ahearn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Belmond lands a leg kick that knocks Ahearn off balance momentarily.

Ahearn gets a clinch.
Ahearn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belmond.
Ahearn working aggressively here.
Belmond lands an elbow just above Ahearn 's eye.
Belmond lands a left hand.
Belmond throws an elbow but it misses.
Belmond misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahearn misses with a punch on the inside.
Belmond throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ahearn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Itziar Belmond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahearn slips under a jab from Belmond.
Ahearn scores with a body shot.
Belmond closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ahearn throws a lazy right hand but Belmond sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Belmond, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ahearn lands an overhand right.

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

Belmond is rocked!

It looks like Itziar Belmond has been cut.
Ahearn weaves into range and cracks Belmond right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Belmond goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Ahearn is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tobias Ahearn!