PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sigvard Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vevrin Betlach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelius comes to the cage accompanied by Marcia Carolus Rex. Betlach has chosen Higher Ground as his entrance music. 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 Vevrin Betlach was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Aurelius
vs
Betlach

156 cm
30
130 lbs
18 - 1 - 0

176 cm
30
145 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

$10

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigvard Aurelius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vevrin Betlach!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Betlach thows a body shot but no joy.
Aurelius moves out of range of the body kick from Betlach.
Aurelius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Betlach.
Aurelius misses with a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Betlach.
Aurelius lands a nice looking body shot.
Betlach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Betlach moves out of range of the body kick from Aurelius.
Betlach lands with a good body shot.
Betlach throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aurelius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Betlach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aurelius throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aurelius looks to score with a jab to the body but Betlach is just out of range.
Aurelius misses with a straight right.
Aurelius throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Aurelius with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Betlach to score with a decent uppercut.
Betlach misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Betlach.
Aurelius lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Betlach takes a jab right on the kisser.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Betlach.
A cross from Aurelius lands.
Aurelius is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vevrin Betlach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aurelius thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Betlach if he has to take too many more of those.
Aurelius lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Betlach looks to land a right hand but Aurelius moved out of range.
Aurelius works the jab nicely.
Betlach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aurelius.
Betlach misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aurelius.
Betlach scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aurelius throws a hook but Betlach avoids it easily.
Aurelius has his takedown stuffed
and Betlach counters with a solid body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Betlach digs a good body shot into Aurelius's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Betlach jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aurelius wants to slow Betlach down by chopping away at his legs.
Betlach throws a right hand that Aurelius ducks under and follows up with a left that Aurelius also avoids with ease.
Betlach misses with a straight right.
Betlach avoids a punch combination nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Aurelius.
Betlach misses with a left hand
and Aurelius counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Aurelius takes a kick to the side of the head.
Aurelius cracks Betlach with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Aurelius 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.
Betlach fails to land with a series of punches.
Betlach throws a poor cross that misses
and Aurelius counters with a nice uppercut.
Betlach misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Betlach throws a wild body kick that Aurelius sees coming a mile off.
Betlach throws the kick towards the body but Aurelius avoids it.
Aurelius throws a hook but Betlach blocks it.
Aurelius defending well as Betlach loads up on a big left hand.
Betlach throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Betlach with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Betlach swings widly with a right hand
and Aurelius counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Betlach looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Betlach looks to land a combination but Aurelius avoids it well.
Betlach ducks right into an uppercut from Aurelius.
Betlach moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Aurelius avoids the head kick by Betlach.
Aurelius lands with a good body shot.
Aurelius shoots in for a takedown but Betlach shows good takedown defense.
Betlach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aurelius.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Betlach doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Aurelius tries a low kick but Betlach avoids it.
Aurelius blocks a jab.
Betlach tries to land a leg kick but Aurelius saw it coming and moves away.
Aurelius moves out of range as Betlach strikes.
Aurelius is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Betlach misses with a body shot.
Aurelius fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Betlach looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Betlach keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Betlach throws a body punch but Aurelius moves out of range.

Aurelius shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Betlach blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aurelius.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Betlach keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Betlach works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vevrin Betlach will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Aurelius shoots for a takedown but Betlach saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aurelius throws a lazy right hand but Betlach sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Betlach throws a jab when Aurelius was well out of range.
Betlach connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aurelius momentarily.
Betlach misses with a combination
and Aurelius counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Aurelius goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Betlach throws a head kick but Aurelius moves out of range.
Aurelius connects with a good right hand that stumbles Betlach. Betlach circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Aurelius shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheers as Aurelius lands an impressive looking overhand right. Betlach doesn't seem phased though.
Aurelius on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Aurelius throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Betlach thows a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Betlach lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aurelius has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aurelius and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Betlach misses.
Aurelius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vevrin Betlach seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aurelius.
Betlach takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vevrin Betlach is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left and a right from Betlach both land. Nice combination.
Aurelius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice body kick from Betlach.
Betlach looks for the body kick but Aurelius saw that one coming.
Betlach pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aurelius throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Aurelius closes this distance looking for a takedown but Betlach circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sigvard Aurelius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Betlach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aurelius.
Aurelius lands a nice looking kick to the body. Betlach takes a step back to recover.
Aurelius stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Betlach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Betlach misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aurelius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Betlach.
Betlach chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Aurelius.
Aurelius throws a shot to the body.
Betlach lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Betlach misses the shot to the body.
Aurelius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Betlach manages to avoid it.
Aurelius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Betlach manages to avoid it.
Aurelius misses with a wild combination.
Betlach looks to throw the jab but Aurelius is out of range.
Aurelius throws the kick towards the body but Betlach avoids it.
Aurelius throws a hook but Betlach blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Betlach swings widly with a right hand
and Aurelius counters with a two punch combo.
Aurelius's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Betlach connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Aurelius scrambles back to his feet.
Aurelius ducks under a wild hook from Betlach.
Betlach throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aurelius.
Aurelius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Betlach manages to avoid it.
Betlach bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Aurelius lands a lovely overhand right.
Betlach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Betlach throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aurelius. That's going to slow Betlach down.
Betlach looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aurelius shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Betlach but Betlach pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Aurelius motions for Betlach to come forward. Aurelius throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aurelius closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Aurelius wants to free his trapped foot but Betlach is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Betlach is trying to control but can't.
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!
Betlach is pressing down on Aurelius's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Betlach keeping moving, preventing Aurelius from controlling successfully.

Betlach is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Betlach has his feet on Aurelius's thighs here. He's pushed Aurelius off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Aurelius screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vevrin Betlach!
Vevrin Betlach is the new bantamweight champion!
Vevrin Betlach took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, $10 for their support in the buildup to the fight.