PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Super Human (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Bellows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Human
vs
Bellows

200 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
230 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Super Human!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manny Bellows!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellows wants to clinch up but Human keeps it at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Human. No joy for Bellows on that attempt.
Bellows shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Human ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Bellows. No joy for Human on that attempt.
Human closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bellows holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bellows is trying to break free.

Human breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bellows fails to land the takedown.
Human changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Human tries to clinch but Bellows moves away
and Human takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Super Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Human wants to clinch but Bellows slips to the side

and Bellows moves into the clinch.
Bellows wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Human has him pressed against the cage.
Human avoids the elbow strike from Bellows, against the cage.
Human is trying to break free.
Human misses with a punch to the body.
Bellows wants to stall.
Human is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bellows has Human pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Human manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Super Human has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Bellows.
Human throws a punch but it's blocked by Bellows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Human wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bellows has him pressed against the cage.
Human wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Human lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bellows or not.

Bellows manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bellows looking to hit a scissor sweep but Human is one step ahead there.
Human controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bellows keeping moving, preventing Human from controlling successfully.
Human throws and elbow that misses. Bellows uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Human's guard. Nice move by Bellows!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Human is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Human knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bellows on the ground.
Human is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Human controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellows would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Human looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bellows tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Human swivels and escapes.
Bellows tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Human wants to clinch

and Bellows counters by clinching up.
Human is breathing heavily.

Bellows decides to pull guard.
Bellows is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bellows frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Human is trying desperately to improve position.
Bellows tries to control but Human wriggling away.
Bellows landing punches.
Bellows controlling from mount.
Bellows looking to control but Human is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Bellows dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Human scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bellows takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bellows needs to keep his hands up - Human had a free shot at his head there.
Human misses with a wild combination.
Human tries to clinch but Bellows moves away

and Bellows counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bellows.
Bellows is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Human gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bellows prevents Human from breaking the clinch.
Bellows wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Human is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bellows gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bellows prevents Human from breaking the clinch.
Human misses with a punch to the body.
Human wants to break free but Bellows has control.
Human is trying to break free.
Human doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Human working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Human is trying to break free.

Bellows escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Human tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bellows counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bellows trying to control the position from guard on top but Human is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Bellows stands up from Human's guard - Bellows perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Human lands a two punch combo.
Human tries to clinch but Bellows moves away

and Bellows moves into the clinch.
Human fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bellows lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Human lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Human is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Human is looking to break free of the clinch but Bellows has double underhooks.
Human prevents Bellows from breaking the clinch.
Bellows prevents Human from breaking the clinch.
Human tries to break the clinch but Bellows is controlling the position.
Human is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bellows looking to stall.

Bellows manages to break the clinch.
Human ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Human punishes Bellows's body with a nice straight punch.
Bellows dodges the punch combination from Human.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellows fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Human does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Human tries for a takedown but Bellows sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Human throws a combination. Bellows tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Human darts in trying to clinch

and Bellows counters with a nice double leg into side control. Human won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Human is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bellows working the ground and pound from side control.
Human looking for a sweep but Bellows has passed into full mount! Oh no!

Bellows working for a guillotine from mount but Human is in no mood to give up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bellows sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Human is squirming around, avoiding Bellows's attempts to control the action.
Bellows controlling his opponent.
Human is squirming around, avoiding Bellows's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bellows misses with a head shot.
Bellows trying to control but Human is having none of it.
Human working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bellows cracks Human with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Bellows showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bellows fails with a takedown attempt.
Human buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Human tries to close the distance and clinch but Bellows swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bellows shoots in but Human avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Human wants to clinch.
Human connects with a nice looking jab.
Human tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bellows counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bellows.
Human tries to break the clinch but Bellows is controlling the position.

Bellows manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Human trying to control the position from guard on top but Bellows is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Human trying to move into half guard but instead Bellows has managed to sweep!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bellows passes Human's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellows takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bellows controlling the pace.
Human avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bellows.
Human tries to kick Bellows off but Bellows keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Human is trying to maintain the position but Bellows is very close to passing his half guard.

Bellows decides to stand and escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Human tries to clinch up

and Bellows counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bellows stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Human swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Human on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Human tries to get out of the position.
Bellows is fighting to break Human's control of his arms but Human is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Human is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bellows is controlling him.
Human looking for a sweep. Not yet Human, not yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Human holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Human is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Human is working hard here to advance position.
Human wants to hit a switch here but Bellows passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Human there!
Human tries to improve his position but instead Bellows has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Human tries to escape the position.
The referee is taking a good look at Human as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Bellows!
Bellows missing with punches from the back.
Super Human has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bellows missing with strikes from the back.
Bellows tries to get the hooks in deep but Human pushed the leg off.
Human can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Bellows comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bellows winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Bellows!