PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Belafonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belafonte's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Belafonte
vs
Filipovic

185 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

188 cm
26
213 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Belafonte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mirko Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belafonte takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Victor Belafonte has been cut.
Filipovic scores with a head kick.
Filipovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belafonte moves out of range of the strikes.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Filipovic throws a hook but Belafonte avoids it easily.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Filipovic misses with the combination.
Filipovic misses with the combination.
Belafonte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belafonte has taken the fight to the clinch.
Belafonte missing with knees to the body.
Belafonte pushes off an throws an elbow but Filipovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Filipovic leaning his opponent against the cage.
Filipovic tries to circle away but Belafonte has him pinned against the cage.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic throws a hook but Belafonte avoids it easily.
Filipovic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Belafonte's head backwards.
Filipovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Filipovic lands a leg kick that knocks Belafonte off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belafonte is looking to clinch.
Belafonte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Filipovic throws out the jab.
Filipovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Filipovic moves out of range.
Belafonte moves out of range as Filipovic throws a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belafonte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belafonte defending well as Filipovic loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Filipovic does no damage.
Filipovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filipovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belafonte is looking to clinch.
Belafonte tries to clinch up.
Belafonte throws a head kick but Filipovic moves out of range.
Belafonte fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Filipovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Belafonte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Filipovic.
Belafonte slips a jab and a cross from Filipovic.
Filipovic tried to score with a low kick but Belafonte checks it.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Filipovic moves out of range.
Filipovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Filipovic throws a head kick but Belafonte moves out of range.
Belafonte ducks under a wild hook from Filipovic.
Belafonte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Belafonte'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.

Filipovic misses with a hook.
Belafonte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Filipovic throws a series of punches but Belafonte avoids them all with ease.
Filipovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Filipovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Belafonte blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Filipovic!
Filipovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Belafonte.
Filipovic throws a series of punches but Belafonte moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belafonte tries a head kick but it misses.
Filipovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Belafonte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Filipovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Belafonte throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Belafonte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belafonte lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic misses with a head kick.
Belafonte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Filipovic is breathing heavily.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses
and Belafonte counters with a nice body kick.
Filipovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Belafonte tries to close the distance and clinch but Filipovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belafonte is looking to clinch.
Belafonte tries to clinch up but Filipovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Filipovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Filipovic moves out of range.
Filipovic throws a sloppy head kick

and Belafonte counters by clinching up.
Filipovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Belafonte has him pressed against the cage.
Belafonte pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belafonte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filipovic avoiding damage as Belafonte throws knees to the body.
Filipovic being controlled against the cage.
Filipovic stalling the fight.
A bit of stalling here from Belafonte.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mirko Filipovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Filipovic throws the left hand but Belafonte avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Belafonte blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
Filipovic throws a sloppy head kick

and Belafonte counters by clinching up.
A knee to the head by Belafonte.
Filipovic is trying to break the clinch but Belafonte has him pressed against the cage.
Filipovic looking to stall.
Belafonte blocks the elbow strike.
Belafonte manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Filipovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Belafonte.
Filipovic tries to break free but Belafonte pushes him back against the cage.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Belafonte wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Victor Belafonte will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Victor Belafonte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Filipovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Filipovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Belafonte tries to clinch but Filipovic is having none of it.
Belafonte doesn't manage to clinch there - Filipovic circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filipovic throws a right hand that Belafonte ducks under and follows up with a left that Belafonte also avoids with ease.
Filipovic throws a right hand that Belafonte ducks under and follows up with a left that Belafonte also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belafonte tries to clinch up but Filipovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Filipovic throws a right and a left that Belafonte avoids nicely.
Belafonte throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Filipovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Belafonte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Filipovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Filipovic misses with a head kick.
Belafonte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belafonte throws a leg kick but Filipovic checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Belafonte misses with a low kick as Filipovic jumps back.
Belafonte tries to close the distance and clinch but Filipovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belafonte lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Filipovic keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Filipovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Belafonte takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belafonte trying to stall but Filipovic improves his position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Belafonte.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Filipovic stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Filipovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Belafonte trying to control the position but instead, Filipovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Belafonte into the cage.
Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belafonte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filipovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Belafonte gets an underhook and turns Filipovic into the cage.
Belafonte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Filipovic's face.
Filipovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Filipovic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Belafonte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Filipovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Belafonte comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Filipovic blocks the elbow strike.
Filipovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Belafonte won't allow it.

That's four 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.
Belafonte throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Filipovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belafonte tries to clinch there but Filipovic circles away.
Belafonte is looking to clinch but Filipovic is avoiding it.
Belafonte tries to clinch up.
Filipovic throws a combination that misses
and Belafonte counters with a thumping low kick.
Belafonte avoids the head kick by Filipovic.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Belafonte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belafonte fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Belafonte showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Belafonte has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Belafonte!