PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marek Vavrik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Belstead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vavrik
vs
Belstead

180 cm
22
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marek Vavrik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominic Belstead!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belstead circles away from the clinch attempt

and Belstead counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Vavrik!
Vavrik looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Belstead is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Vavrik can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Belstead with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Belstead with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Belstead scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vavrik?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belstead lands a nice shot to the head.

Belstead gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Vavrik tries to clinch there but Belstead circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belstead closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Belstead is trying to get an arm triangle but Vavrik is defending well.

Belstead has hold of Vavrik's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Vavrik seems comfortable defending it but Belstead has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Vavrik is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Vavrik is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Belstead couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dominic Belstead!
Dominic Belstead spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.