PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bellum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evangelos Ergazakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellum comes to the cage accompanied by Daddy Yankee - Limbo . 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.

Bellum
vs
Ergazakis

189 cm
25
211 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Bellum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evangelos Ergazakis!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ergazakis throws a head kick that Bellum semi-blocks.
Evangelos Ergazakis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ergazakis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bellum counters with a left to the body.
Ergazakis goes for a double leg but Bellum avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bellum continues to drive forward.
Ergazakis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellum.
Ergazakis throws a chopping leg kick but Bellum manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bellum throwing a counter right hand but Ergazakis manages to avoid it.
Ergazakis is looking to clinch.
Bellum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ergazakis.
Ergazakis wants to counter with a clinch but Bellum pushes him away.
We've been told by Bellum's head coaches at Lucky Liam's MMA Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ergazakis ducks under a wild hook from Bellum.
Ergazakis wants to counter the offense by Bellum and move into the clinch position.

Ergazakis pushes Bellum up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bellum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ergazakis blocks a body shot from Bellum.
A short body shot lands from Bellum as the two fighters clinch.

Bellum manages to break the clinch.
Bellum throws a body punch but Ergazakis moves out of range.
Ergazakis tries to close the distance and clinch but Bellum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Bellum was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ergazakis.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ergazakis closes the distance and clinches.
Ergazakis misses with a knee strike.
Bellum lands with a left to the head.
Bellum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ergazakiss head.
Bellum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ergazakis looking to throw knees to the head but Bellum is blocking nicely.
Bellum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bellum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bellum lands a nice uppercut.
Bellum blocks an uppercut.
Bellum misses with a hook to the ribs.

Bellum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ergazakis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ergazakis gets a clinch.
Ergazakis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bellum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ergazakis backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bellum lands with a light punch inside.

Bellum manages to break the clinch.
Ergazakis throws a head kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Bellum on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ergazakis has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ergazakis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bellum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ergazakis motions for Bellum to come forward. Ergazakis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ergazakis.
A shot to the body from Ergazakis misses

and Bellum counters with a crisp one two that drops Ergazakis! Bellum thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ergazakis to his feet! Ergazakis is in big trouble!

Ergazakis is rocked!
Bellum scores with a shot to the body.
Ergazakis is still on wobbly legs! Can Bellum finish him?
Ergazakis looks winded!
Ergazakis misses with a kick to the body
and Bellum counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Crunch! Bellum slams his shin into Ergazakis's torso.
Bellum connects with a body shot.
Bellum lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ergazakis at a distance.
Bellum lands a right hook to the body.
Ergazakis seems to have recovered his senses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bellum.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
and Bellum counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Ergazakis! He's just covering up as Bellum starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Bellum!
A very excited looking Chris Bellum made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.