PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie McQueen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Belkofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McQueen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Limp BizkiT - Rollin' . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

McQueen
vs
Belkofer

183 cm
30
185 lbs
13 - 15 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie McQueen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Belkofer!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McQueen clinches.
McQueen misses with a punch on the inside.
Belkofer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Belkofer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McQueens head.
McQueen lands an uppercut.
McQueen blocks a body shot from Belkofer.
McQueen working hard to break the clinch.
Belkofer lands with a right to the head.
Belkofer swings wildly with an uppercut but McQueen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Belkofer.
McQueen blocks an elbow strike from Belkofer.
McQueen wants to stall.
Belkofer tries to work over McQueen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McQueen is trying to push Belkofer away but Belkofer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Belkofer scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McQueen can't find room to land a body shot as Belkofer controls the action.
McQueen throws a head punch that misses.
McQueen scores with a shot to the side of Belkofer's head.
Belkofer tries to land knees in the clinch but McQueen avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belkofer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McQueen is trying to break the clinch but Belkofer has him pressed against the cage.
Belkofer has had enough of the clinch but McQueen keeps him there for the moment.
Belkofer tries a body shot but McQueen blocks it.

Belkofer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McQueen is looking to clinch but Belkofer is avoiding it.
McQueen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Belkofer counters with a nice body shot.
Belkofer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A head kick by McQueen misses
enabling Belkofer to counter with a crisp jab.
Belkofer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McQueen is fending him off so far but Belkofer persists. Nope, McQueen circles away and we're back to standing.
McQueen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Belkofer scores with a jab.
McQueen lands with a straight right. Belkofer didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belkofer throws a sloppy head kick and McQueen moves out of range easily.
Belkofer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McQueen's head backwards.
McQueen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McQueen tries to clinch up but Belkofer circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Belkofer.
Belkofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McQueen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McQueen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Belkofer.

McQueen instigates a clinch.
Belkofer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McQueen backwards.
Belkofer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McQueen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Belkofer.
McQueen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Belkofer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McQueen is defending well for now.
Belkofer lands a hook to the side of the head.
McQueen misses with a hook to the ribs.

Belkofer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McQueen closes the distance but Belkofer moves to the side

and Belkofer counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McQueen is looking to control Belkofer's arms but Belkofer gets an underhook and turns him. Now McQueen has his back to the cage.
McQueen tries to throw a body punch but Belkofer avoids it by throwing McQueen back against the cage.
McQueen is trying to stall.
Belkofer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Belkofer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Belkofer gets the takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Belkofer working away.
Belkofer in side control, throwing shots but McQueen defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belkofer trying to control the action but McQueen is working from the bottom.
Belkofer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McQueen is trying to work for a sweep but Belkofer has mounted him!
McQueen is desperately trying to improve his position but Belkofer has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Belkofer connects with a massive shot to the dome!

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!
McQueen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McQueen is trying to stand.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Belkofer is working for a guillotine from mount but McQueen frees his head quite easily.
Belkofer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Belkofer is landing with some decent strikes but McQueen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Belkofer tries to control but McQueen wriggling away.
Belkofer might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control McQueen kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McQueen wants to hold on but Belkofer pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Belkofer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McQueen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Belkofer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice straight punches there by Belkofer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Belkofer.
McQueen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Eddie McQueen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Belkofer takes the fight into the clinch.
McQueen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Belkofer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

McQueen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Belkofer is trying to defend but McQueen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
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!

McQueen is trying to work for a kimura but Belkofer is defending well.
Belkofer is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belkofer kicks off McQueen and gets to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McQueen.
McQueen moves in looking to clinch but Belkofer pushes him off.
McQueen closes the distance but Belkofer moves to the side
and Belkofer counters with a two punch combo.

Belkofer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McQueen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Belkofer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McQueen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Belkofer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

McQueen gets caught flat footed, as Belkofer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belkofer trying to control but McQueen is working from the bottom.
McQueen is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQueen keeping moving, preventing Belkofer from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by David Belkofer.
McQueen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belkofer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McQueen on the side of the head.
Belkofer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McQueen.
Belkofer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McQueen.
McQueen needs to keep his hands up - Belkofer had a free shot at his head there.
Belkofer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Belkofer circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer swats away the attempt to clinch by McQueen.
Belkofer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McQueen as he jumps to the side.
McQueen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Belkofer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McQueen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Belkofer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Belkofer does no damage.
Belkofer connects with a good right hand that stumbles McQueen. McQueen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McQueen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Belkofer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belkofer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McQueen moves in looking to clinch but Belkofer pushes him off.
Eddie McQueen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McQueen fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie McQueen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McQueen shoots in looking for a takedown. Belkofer tries to sprawl out of it but McQueen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Belkofer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer looks to land a combination but McQueen avoids it well.
Belkofer connects with a nice looking jab.
Belkofer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice uppercut lands for Belkofer. That snapped McQueen's head back.
Belkofer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Belkofer's corner calls for a 1-2. Belkofer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Belkofer clobbers McQueen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Horrible takedown by McQueen or perhaps it was just good defense by Belkofer which made him look bad.
Belkofer throws a head kick but McQueen moves out of range.
Nice cross by Belkofer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Belkofer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McQueen, pushing him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Belkofer.
Belkofer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McQueen's elbow.
Belkofer working McQueen over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Belkofer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Belkofer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
McQueen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A combination from McQueen does no damage.
McQueen tries to clinch
and McQueen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
David Belkofer seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Belkofer lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends McQueen sprawling to the canvas. Belkofer follows him down, looking for the kill. Can McQueen hang on?

McQueen is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belkofer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oh McQueen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
McQueen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Belkofer passes to side control.
David Belkofer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Belkofer wants to lay and pray for a moment but McQueen keeps working.
Belkofer in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Belkofer is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. McQueen is trying to escape and Belkofer transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and McQueen is forced to tap! Nice work there by Belkofer! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Belkofer!
David Belkofer made sure to mention his sponsor, Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry in his post fight interview.