PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Austin Villanueva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Belmonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belmonte has chosen Dump Dump as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Villanueva
vs
Belmonte

198 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

189 cm
25
212 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Austin Villanueva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodrigo Belmonte!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villanueva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Belmonte is fending him off so far but Villanueva persists. Nope, Belmonte circles away and we're back to standing.
Villanueva tries to clinch but Belmonte moves away
and Belmonte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Austin Villanueva has been cut.
Villanueva shoots in looking for a takedown. Belmonte tries to sprawl out of it but Villanueva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Belmonte manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Belmonte lands a body shot.
Villanueva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Villanueva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Villanueva has been working on his balance at , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Belmonte.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Villanueva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Villanueva is defended easily by Belmonte.
Villanueva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Villanueva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Belmonte loads up on a big right hand but Villanueva slips the punch.
Belmonte scores with a jab. Villanueva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villanueva tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Belmonte defends well and Villanueva ends up having to push Belmonte into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Villanueva misses with a punch on the inside.
Villanueva misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmonte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Villanueva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Villanueva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Belmonte is keeping busy.
Belmonte lands with a light punch inside.
Villanueva tries a body shot but Belmonte blocks it.
Belmonte just leaning against Villanueva, taking a breather.
Villanueva misses with a body punch.
Belmonte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villanueva tries to work over Belmonte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belmonte stalling the fight.
Villanueva misses with a body punch.
Villanueva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Villanueva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belmonte stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Villanueva misses with some punches.
Villanueva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villanueva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Belmonte blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Belmonte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Villanueva tries to stall but Belmonte uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belmonte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Villanueva's elbow.
Belmonte pushes Villanueva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belmonte stalls.
A nice left hand lands by Belmonte.
Villanueva has a couple of punches blocked by Belmonte.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Villanueva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belmonte's brow.

Belmonte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belmonte stuffs the takedown attempt from Villanueva. Villanueva gets slowly back to his feet.
Villanueva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villanueva throws a head kick that misses
and Villanueva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Villanueva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Villanueva shoots in but Belmonte avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Belmonte moves into range and connects with a jab.
Belmonte lands a front kick.
Rodrigo Belmonte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villanueva moves to clinch but Belmonte breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Villanueva is breathing heavily.
Villanueva fails with a takedown attempt.
Villanueva doesn't manage to clinch there - Belmonte circles away.
Belmonte ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villanueva closes the distance but Belmonte moves to the side
enabling Belmonte to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmonte checks a leg kick nicely.
Villanueva dives in and grabs Belmonte's left leg, looking for a takedown. Belmonte pushes down on Villanueva's head and hops out.
A slapping leg kick lands for Belmonte.
Villanueva closes the distance and clinches up with Belmonte, looking for a takedown. Villanueva pushes Belmonte against the cage but Belmonte circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Villanueva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Belmonte keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Belmonte lands the left hand.
Belmonte scores with a jab to the jaw.

Villanueva is rocked!

Belmonte drives through and clinches with Villanueva against the cage.
Oh Villanueva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Villanueva tries to throw a body punch but Belmonte avoids it by throwing Villanueva back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belmonte avoids a wild elbow strike from Villanueva.
Belmonte leaning against his opponent.
Villanueva seems to have got his legs back now.

Belmonte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Belmonte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Austin Villanueva'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.

Belmonte circles away from the clinch attempt
and Belmonte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Villanueva wants to clinch but Belmonte slips to the side
and Belmonte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Villanueva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Belmonte.
Villanueva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Belmonte.
Villanueva tries to clinch there but Belmonte circles away.
Villanueva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Belmonte sprawls well. Belmonte wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Villanueva gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigo Belmonte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Villanueva tries to clinch up but Belmonte circles away and keeps his distance.
Belmonte throws a hook but Villanueva avoids it easily.
Villanueva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Belmonte lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmonte stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Villanueva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Villanueva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Belmonte scores with a hook.

Belmonte gets tackled into the cage by Villanueva. Villanueva maintains the clinch.
Belmonte displaying some good clinch control by pressing Villanueva up against the cage.
Belmonte lands a shot to the body.
Villanueva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Villanueva throws a punch but it's blocked by Belmonte.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Belmonte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Belmonte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belmonte presses Villanueva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Belmonte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Villanueva. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Belmonte digs a right hand into Villanueva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Villanueva's gas tank.
Belmonte blocks an elbow strike from Villanueva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Belmonte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Villanueva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Belmonte scores with a jab.
Nice sprawl there from Belmonte as Villanueva shoots in.
Belmonte moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Belmonte lands a nice shot to the body.
Belmonte bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Villanueva's head backwards.
Belmonte walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Villanueva drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Belmonte swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Villanueva's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Belmonte!
Rodrigo Belmonte decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.