PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jace Beleren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bo
vs
Beleren

185 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bo Bo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jace Beleren!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beleren avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beleren swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Beleren avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Beleren scores with a takedown into Bo's guard.
Beleren lands a couple of elbows.
Bo has momentary wrist control but Beleren slips an elbow through the middle.
Bo working a defensive guard here.
Beleren slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Bo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Beleren wants to pass the guard but Bo is keeping the position.
Bo wants to stand and escape but Beleren is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bo had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Beleren is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Bo Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Beleren's back instead.
Beleren wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Beleren tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Bo working for a guillotine from mount but Beleren is in no mood to give up.
Beleren is desperately trying to improve his position but Bo has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beleren is squirming around, avoiding Bo's attempts to control the action.
Beleren looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Beleren preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bo.
Bo is breathing heavily.
Beleren wants to control his opponent's hands but Bo gets his hands free.
Beleren breaks Bo's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Beleren is in close to Bo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Beleren trying to control the position from guard on top but Bo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bo trying to control the position.
Beleren postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bo keeping moving, preventing Beleren from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Beleren but Beleren pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bo has his takedown stuffed

and Beleren counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bo Bo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beleren content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bo keeping moving, preventing Beleren from controlling successfully.
Beleren keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bo's head.
Beleren with a nice head shot there.
Bo keeping moving, preventing Beleren from controlling successfully.
Beleren working some strikes from top position.
Beleren trying to control but Bo is working from the bottom.
Beleren slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Bo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beleren trying to control from half guard but Bo is working away.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Beleren shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bo's guard.
Beleren is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Beleren passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bo tries to bench press Beleren off him but Beleren keeps the position.
Beleren landing strikes.
Bo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Beleren cracks Bo with a big right hand but Bo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Beleren tries for a kimura but Bo is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jace Beleren dominated that round.
That's time! Bo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bo doesn't manage to clinch there - Beleren circles away.
Beleren misses the shot to the body.
Bo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Beleren counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bo!
Beleren has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bo is trying to escape the mount.
Beleren breaks from Bo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Beleren punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Beleren lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beleren looking to control but Bo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bo is desperately trying to improve his position but Beleren has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beleren scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bo?
Beleren looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beleren scoring with strikes but Bo is staying in there.
Bo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beleren scoring with strikes but Bo is staying in there.
Beleren lands a nice shot to the head.
Bo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bo is looking for a sweep. Beleren is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Beleren decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Beleren decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jace Beleren has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bo won't allow Beleren to pass to mount.
Beleren lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bo actively working from the bottom here.
Beleren working the head and body with strikes.
Beleren working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Bo looking for submissions off his back.

Beleren stands up from half guard.
Bo clinches but Beleren breaks the clinch

and Beleren decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bo's guard.
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!

Bo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Beleren doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Beleren manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Beleren not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bo has his foot on Beleren's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Beleren works his way back into a safe position though.

Beleren decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Beleren.
Beleren in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bo tries to improve position but can't.
Beleren is working Bo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Beleren tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bo manages to get to full guard.

Bo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Beleren has picked Bo up and slammed him! Bo can't keep hold of the triangle and Beleren manages to pass to side control!
Beleren wants to control but Bo is keeping him busy.
Bo is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Beleren trying to control the action but Bo is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bo manages to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jace Beleren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Beleren closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Beleren scores with punches from side control.
Bo is trying to control Beleren's posture but Beleren avoids it.
Beleren lands a few punches from side control.
Beleren cracks Bo with a big elbow.
Bo tries to bench press Beleren off him but Beleren keeps the position.
Bo sneaks back into half guard.

Bo is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Beleren pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beleren takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Beleren is working away from the top position though.
Beleren not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beleren is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beleren trying to control from Bo's half guard. Bo has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Beleren looking to pass the guard.
Beleren connects with a couple of short punches.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beleren fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bo moves in looking to clinch but Beleren pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beleren circles away from the clinch attempt

and Beleren counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bo's guard now.
Bo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Beleren's guard.
Beleren throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Beleren not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bo Bo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beleren keeping moving, preventing Bo from controlling successfully.
Beleren is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bo tries to get to full guard but Beleren has control of the leg.
Beleren slips a nice elbow through Bo's hands, connecting with Bo's forehead.
Bo has hold of Beleren's hands but Beleren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bo is trying to stand.
Beleren is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beleren looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Bo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Beleren closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Beleren grinds an elbow into Bo's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bo looks to move to half guard but instead Beleren has passed into mount! Damn!
Bo regains half guard.
Beleren wants to control but Bo is keeping him busy.
Bo wants to get back to full guard.
Bo is trying to stand up here but Beleren is controlling him well.
Beleren is trying to control the action in half guard but Bo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bo is trying to maintain the position but Beleren is very close to passing his half guard.
Bo tries to get to full guard but Beleren has control of the leg.
Beleren missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jace Beleren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beleren has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jace Beleren!