PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Belvidere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belvidere comes to the cage accompanied by Life Was All A Dream. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Belvidere
vs
De La Hoya

173 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adriano Belvidere !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oscar De La Hoya!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Hoya lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Adriano Belvidere has been cut.
De La Hoya tests Belvidere 's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Belvidere is rocked!

Belvidere looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for De La Hoya!
Belvidere controlling from mount.
De La Hoya is trying to stand up.
Belvidere lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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.
De La Hoya's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Belvidere tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Belvidere putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
De La Hoya is trying to stand.
Belvidere controlling his opponent.
You get the feeling that De La Hoya really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Belvidere looking to control and managing it successfully.
De La Hoya is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Belvidere has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
I would not like to be De La Hoya right now.

Belvidere is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. De La Hoya defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Belvidere looking for the choke but no joy.
De La Hoya wants to get back to his feet.

Belvidere is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and De La Hoya taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Belvidere .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adriano Belvidere !