PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Belleville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belleville comes to the cage accompanied by The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid . 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.

Belleville
vs
Spencer

170 cm
26
153 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

177 cm
24
170 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sex Panther! 160q recovery $149

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Belleville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belleville scores with a spinning back kick!
Belleville pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Belleville throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spencer thuds his right hand into Belleville's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Belleville but Belleville pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Belleville thows a body shot but no joy.
Belleville throws a right and a left that both miss.
Belleville swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Belleville has Spencer up against the cage in a clinch.
Belleville lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Belleville lands a hook that snaps the head of Spencer backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Spencer has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Belleville works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belleville distracts Spencer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Spencer wants to sweep but no luck.
Belleville has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Spencer is proving hard to escape from.
Belleville looking to sit in guard and control but Spencer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belleville wants to improve his position but instead Spencer has moved into half guard.
Spencer is trying to control the action in half guard but Belleville is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Belleville trying to control from the bottom.
Belleville makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Belleville.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belleville working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spencer.
Belleville wants to sweep but no luck.
Belleville is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Belleville has his hands on Spencer's head, controlling the position.
Belleville is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belleville 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Benjamin Belleville.
Spencer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Belleville swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Spencer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Belleville's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Belleville seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Belleville trying to keep a closed guard but Spencer is proving a slippery customer.
Spencer is fighting to break Belleville's control of his arms but Belleville is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Belleville keeping moving, preventing Spencer from controlling successfully.
Spencer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Benjamin Belleville wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Belleville.

Belleville looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belleville lands some shots froms side control.
Spencer is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spencer gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Spencer keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Belleville is trying to control. Spencer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belleville throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Spencer is pressing down on Belleville's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Belleville throwing strikes but missing.
Belleville throws a strike but Spencer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Belleville wants to sweep here but Spencer controlling him for the moment.
Belleville is pulling down on Spencer's head to control his posture.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spencer stands up over Belleville, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belleville looking for a sweep. Not yet Belleville, not yet.
Spencer postures up in Belleville's guard and throws a big left but Belleville blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Belleville dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Spencer checks the leg kick.
Belleville takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Belleville on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spencer defending well as Belleville loads up on a big left hand.
Spencer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Belleville throws a shot to the body.
Belleville misses with a double jab

and Spencer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Belleville won't be happy with that.
Belleville manages to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belleville is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Spencer 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.
Belleville is trying to get back to full guard.
Spencer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Belleville defending well though.
Spencer lands with a punch from half guard.
Belleville tries to roll over but Spencer keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belleville avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Spencer.
Spencer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Belleville regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Spencer.
Belleville manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Belleville lands a big elbow.
Belleville landing punches.
Belleville takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Belleville is landing with some decent strikes but Spencer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belleville avoids the attempt from Spencer to control.
Spencer sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Belleville trying to control from half guard but Spencer is working away.
Spencer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Belleville is working away from the top position though.

Belleville is trying to work for a kimura but Spencer is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belleville is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Belleville wants to pass the guard but Spencer is defending well.
Belleville missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Spencer is looking to get back to full guard here but Belleville has managed to pass to side control instead.
Belleville landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer manages to work his way to half guard, despite Belleville's best efforts.

Belleville is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Spencer has managed to free his arm - good work.
Spencer is looking to improve his position.
Belleville sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Spencer defending well though.
Spencer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Belleville.
Spencer wants to improve his position but Belleville is controlling well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belleville is nestled in close to Spencer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belleville wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Spencer uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Belleville dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Belleville.
Belleville throws a shot to the body.
Belleville misses with a body shot.
Belleville scoring well with a low kick there.
Spencer fails to land the takedown.
Spencer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Spencer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Belleville pinned against the cage. Belleville gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Spencer fails with a takedown attempt.
Benjamin Belleville has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Spencer.
Spencer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spencer avoids the body shot from Belleville.
Belleville misses with a shot to the body

and Spencer counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belleville struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer lands a few punches from side control.
Belleville has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Belleville is looking to reverse the position.
Spencer misses with the ground and pound.
Belleville struggling a bit here.
Belleville is trying to get back to half guard.
Benjamin Belleville overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Spencer wants to take a breather but Belleville manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Spencer.
Spencer wants to control from the top but Belleville keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belleville utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Spencer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Belleville is trying to keep Spencer in close.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Belleville is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Benjamin Belleville has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Belleville throws a head kick but Spencer moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Belleville takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Spencer scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belleville is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spencer.
Belleville swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spencer lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer lands with a hook. Belleville tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Belleville misses with a body shot.
A jab from Spencer does it's job there.
Belleville takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Spencer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Joe Spencer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belleville walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Belleville has been working on his balance at Hunter's hideout, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Spencer.
Spencer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Spencer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spencer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spencer throws the kick towards the body but Belleville avoids it.
Belleville has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spencer finds it's way round the side to connect with Belleville's head.
Belleville buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Belleville looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Belleville misses the shot to the body.
Belleville stuffs the takedown attempt from Spencer. Spencer gets slowly back to his feet.
Spencer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spencer takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spencer shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Spencer was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Belleville gets back to half guard.
Spencer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Belleville defending well though.
Belleville gets full guard.
Belleville is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Spencer is controlling him.
Spencer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Belleville is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Spencer defends well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spencer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joe Spencer.
Well Belleville has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Belleville!
Benjamin Belleville was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.