PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Belcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois Duvalier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duvalier has chosen Voodoo Music as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Belcher
vs
Duvalier

187 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Belcher!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francois Duvalier!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duvalier slips under a jab from Belcher.
Nice uppercut there from Duvalier.
Duvalier jabs Belcher right on the nose. Belcher blinks but takes it well.
Belcher shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Duvalier misses with a few strikes there.
Duvalier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Belcher.
Duvalier lands with an overhand left.
Belcher blocks a jab.
Duvalier displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Belcher.
Belcher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Duvalier pinned against the cage. Duvalier gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Belcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duvalier misses with a hook.
Duvalier scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duvalier lands a jab-cross combination.
Duvalier throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Belcher on the side of the head.
Belcher takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duvalier misses with a hook.
Duvalier looks to score with a jab to the body but Belcher is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belcher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Duvalier with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Belcher drives through with a takedown into Duvalier's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Belcher controlling from the top position.
Duvalier utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Duvalier can do anything to dispel that myth.
Belcher throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duvalier 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.
Duvalier pulls Belcher in close to prevent any damage.
Belcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belcher trying to control the position from guard on top but Duvalier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duvalier really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Belcher. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Belcher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duvalier swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Belcher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Belcher 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duvalier keeping moving, preventing Belcher from controlling successfully.
Belcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Belcher throws a strike but Duvalier rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Belcher looking for a sweep. Not yet Belcher, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belcher lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Belcher pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Duvalier is keeping the position for now.
Belcher trying to control the position from guard on top but Duvalier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belcher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Belcher cracks Duvalier with a solid left hand.
Belcher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Belcher throws a big elbow that misses.
Duvalier utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Belcher distracts Duvalier with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher postures up.
Duvalier tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Belcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Duvalier has wrist control.
Duvalier utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Belcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Belcher wants to control from the top but Duvalier keeps moving.
Belcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Belcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belcher looking to sit in guard and control but Duvalier gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Belcher throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jake Belcher will probably get the nod.
That's time! Belcher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Duvalier's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Belcher connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duvalier scrambles back to his feet.
Duvalier swings for the body but Belcher moves out of range.
Duvalier lands an overhand right.
Duvalier scores with a nice strike.
Duvalier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duvalier fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belcher manages to avoid it.
Duvalier has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Belcher fails to land the takedown.
Duvalier misses with a wild body shot.
Belcher throws a body punch but Duvalier moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Belcher 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Belcher gets a double leg takedown into Duvalier's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Duvalier has wrist control.
Belcher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duvalier controlling Belcher's posture.
Belcher wants to control from the top but Duvalier keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvalier looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Duvalier keeping moving, preventing Belcher from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Duvalier cracks Belcher with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big right from Duvalier misses.
Duvalier works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Francois Duvalier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duvalier misses with an uppercut. Belcher saw that one coming.
Belcher shoots in but Duvalier avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Duvalier lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Belcher at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvalier lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Duvalier as Belcher shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Belcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Duvalier tries to sprawl but Belcher drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duvalier is looking for a sweep. Belcher is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duvalier has hold of Belcher's hands but Belcher slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Belcher is trying to control the action in half guard but Duvalier is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Belcher throwing shots but Duvalier is blocking nicely.
Duvalier has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Belcher is working away from the top position though.
Duvalier has hold of Belcher's hands but Belcher slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Belcher is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duvalier taking some punishment here, with Belcher in his half guard.
Belcher scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Belcher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duvalier's head.
Belcher is thwarting Duvalier's attempts to control the position.
Duvalier is controlling Belcher's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Belcher passes to full mount!
Duvalier is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belcher controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher punching from mount but Duvalier doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Belcher throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Jake Belcher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Belcher sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belcher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Belcher lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Belcher putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Duvalier is squirming around, avoiding Belcher's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belcher lands with some strikes.

Duvalier is rocked!
Belcher loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Duvalier scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Belcher land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Belcher stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Belcher!
Jake Belcher retains his light heavyweight title!
Jake Belcher thanked the fans post fight for their support.