PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Belkofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Cristos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cristos has chosen Cypress Hill - Hand on the Pump as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belkofer
vs
Cristos

180 cm
26
175 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Fightworld Formula
Conviction

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Belkofer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Cristos!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cristos lands the left hand.
Cristos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Belkofer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cristos moves out of range of the body kick from Belkofer.
Belkofer misses with a double jab.
Cristos just misses with a punch to the body.
Belkofer doesn't manage to clinch there - Cristos circles away.
Cristos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Belkofer has time to react.
Belkofer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cristos moves out of range of the strikes.
Belkofer walks into a stiff left hand from Cristos.
Cristos circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big left from Cristos misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Belkofer.

Belkofer clinches with his opponent.

Cristos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Belkofer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cristos's head.
Belkofer misses with the combination.
Cristos clobbers Belkofer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cristos throws a hook but Belkofer avoids it easily.
Belkofer tries to clinch but Cristos is having none of it.
Cristos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belkofer moves away.
Belkofer throws a low kick but Cristos avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belkofer is looking to slow Cristos down with leg kicks.
Cristos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like David Belkofer has been cut.

Belkofer pushes Cristos up against the cage in a clinch.
Belkofer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cristos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Belkofer or not.
Cristos lands a nice uppercut.

Cristos breaks from the clinch.
Belkofer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cristos.
Cristos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cristos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Belkofer avoids the body shot from Cristos.
Cristos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belkofer.
Cristos misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Belkofer.
Cristos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Belkofer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Belkofer misses with a low kick.
Belkofer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cristos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Belkofer doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cristos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Belkofer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Belkofer wants to clinch.
Cristos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belkofer.
Cristos misses with a body shot.
Belkofer pushes Cristos away with a front kick.
Cristos looks gassed!
Cristos keeps the fight on the outside.

Belkofer gets a clinch.
Belkofer scores a nice knee to the body.
Cristos managing to block the knees to the body from Belkofer.
Cristos blocks an uppercut.
Belkofer missing with knees to the body.
Belkofer prevents a body shot from Cristos.
Belkofer missing with knees to the body.

Belkofer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cristos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Belkofer rather than just go for the knockout.
Belkofer lands with a nice body kick.
Belkofer tries to land a front kick but Cristos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Belkofer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cristos looks to land a right hand but Belkofer moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cristos swats away the attempt to clinch by Belkofer.
Cristos blocks a head kick by Belkofer.
Cristos thuds a left hand into Belkofer's body.
Belkofer throws a leg kick that misses.
Belkofer tries to score with a low kick but Cristos moves his leg out of the way.
Cristos misses with a straight right.
Belkofer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristos with a nice cross.
Belkofer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Belkofer misses the shot to the body.
Belkofer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cristos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Belkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Belkofer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cristos tries to bum rush Belkofer with a series of wild strikes but Belkofer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Belkofer throws the kick towards the body but Cristos avoids it.
Belkofer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Belkofer is looking to slow Cristos down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Belkofer gets a clinch.
Cristos tries to circle away but Belkofer has him pinned against the cage.
Belkofer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Cristos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belkofer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Belkofer moves into the clinch.
Cristos blocks an elbow strike from Belkofer.
Belkofer has Cristos pressed against the cage, preventing Cristos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Belkofer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cristos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Belkofer scores with a shoulder strike.

Cristos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cristos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Belkofer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Belkofer ducks under a wild hook from Cristos.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Belkofer lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cristos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cristos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cristos misses with a double jab
and Belkofer counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cristos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cristos throws a leg kick but Belkofer checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Belkofer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cristos throws and low kick but Belkofer moves out of range easily.
Cristos moves out of range as Belkofer strikes.
Cristos swings for the body but Belkofer moves out of range.
Belkofer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cristos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cristos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Belkofer lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cristos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cristos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cristos takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Martin Cristos has been cut.
Belkofer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cristos takes a swing at Belkofer's ribcage but misses.
Belkofer tries to clinch there but Cristos circles away.
Good leg kick by Belkofer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Belkofer ducks under a wild hook from Cristos.
Belkofer catches Cristos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Belkofer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cristos tries to land a leg kick but Belkofer saw it coming and moves away.
Cristos throws a hook to the side of Belkofer's head but Belkofer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cristos misses with a combination

and Belkofer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Belkofer.
Belkofer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belkofer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cristos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Belkofer.
Belkofer misses with a hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cristos.
Belkofer moves in looking to clinch but Cristos pushes him off.
Belkofer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cristos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cristos digs a good hook to Belkofer's body.
Cristos thows a body shot but no joy.
David Belkofer is winning the standup battle so far.
Belkofer misses with a body kick.
Belkofer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Belkofer misses with a head kick.
Cristos tests Belkofer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cristos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belkofer doesn't manage to clinch there - Cristos circles away.
Belkofer misses with a head kick.
Belkofer throws a wild body kick that Cristos sees coming a mile off.
Belkofer tries to clinch but Cristos moves out of range.
Belkofer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cristos throws a shot from downtown. Belkofer moves away and avoids it.
Cristos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cristos throws a body punch but Belkofer moves out of range.
Cristos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Belkofer's hands.
Belkofer wants to clinch up but Cristos keeps it at a distance.
Belkofer tries to clinch but Cristos moves out of range.
Belkofer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Belkofer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Belkofer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cristos is defending well for now.
Cristos blocks an elbow strike.
Belkofer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Belkofer.
Cristos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cristos managing to block the knees to the body from Belkofer.
A right handed body shot lands from Belkofer.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cristos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Cristos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cristos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cristos is breathing heavily.
Belkofer ducks under a wild hook from Cristos.
Belkofer cracks the inside of Cristos's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belkofer avoids the body shot from Cristos.
Belkofer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cristos throws a leg kick
and Belkofer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cristos's knee momentarily.
Nice jab there from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cristos's sensitive parts.
Cristos missing with a left hand there. Belkofer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belkofer, right into the meat.
Nice body kick there by Belkofer.
Belkofer is looking to slow Cristos down with leg kicks.
Belkofer is looking to land body kicks.

Belkofer forces Cristos back against the cage and clinches.
Cristos throws a head punch that misses.
Belkofer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cristos avoids it.
Belkofer lands an elbow just above Cristos 's eye.

Cristos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belkofer thuds his shin into the meat of Cristos's side.
Belkofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belkofer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Belkofer.
Belkofer misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cristos looks to land a right hand but Belkofer moved out of range.
Belkofer thumps Cristos with a low kick.
Belkofer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belkofer lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belkofer throws a sloppy head kick and Cristos moves out of range easily.
A big left from Cristos misses.
Cristos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Belkofer.
Cristos moves out of range as Belkofer throws a body kick.
Cristos stalks Belkofer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Belkofer's face. Belkofer staggers backwards, shaken.
Belkofer throws a combination. Cristos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Belkofer goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Belkofer has managed to clinch.
Belkofer has Cristos pressed against the cage, preventing Cristos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cristos is trying to break the clinch but Belkofer is controlling him.
Cristos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cristos is looking to break free of the clinch but Belkofer has double underhooks.

Cristos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belkofer lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Belkofer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Belkofer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cristos. Belkofer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belkofer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belkofer walks into a straight right hand from Cristos.
A punch combination from Belkofer misses.
Belkofer lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cristos takes a step back to recover.
Belkofer slips a jab from Cristos.
Belkofer checks a leg kick nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belkofer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cristos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cristos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belkofer was well out of range. Poor timing from Cristos.
Belkofer tries to clinch but Cristos moves out of range.
Cristos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Belkofer throws the left hand but Cristos avoids the punch easily.
Belkofer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cristos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Belkofer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belkofer cracks Cristos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Belkofer scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Belkofer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Belkofer scores with a spinning back kick!
Cristos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cristos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belkofer tries to clinch up.
Cristos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belkofer.
Belkofer is looking to clinch.
Belkofer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Belkofer lands with a straight right. Cristos didn't see that one coming.
Belkofer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Belkofer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cristos. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belkofer lands with a kick to the temple. Cristos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Belkofer scores with a push kick.
A head kick misses from Belkofer.
Belkofer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cristos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belkofer wants to clinch up but Cristos keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer throws a leg kick but Cristos checks it.
Belkofer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cristos is able to avoid easily.
Belkofer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cristos.
Cristos misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Belkofer.
Belkofer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Belkofer cracks the inside of Cristos's front leg.
Cristos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Belkofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cristos looks to land a right hand but Belkofer moved out of range.
Belkofer is looking to clinch but Cristos is avoiding it.
Belkofer scores with a hook.
Belkofer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Belkofer tries to clinch but Cristos is having none of it.
Belkofer lands a front kick.

Belkofer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Belkofer landing knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Belkofer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cristos avoids it.

Belkofer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cristos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Decent striking displayed by Belkofer there.
Cristos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belkofer.
Cristos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belkofer manages to avoid it.
Belkofer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cristos moves out of range as Belkofer throws a body kick.
Belkofer tries to clinch but Cristos moves out of range.
Cristos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belkofer.
Cristos misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Belkofer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cristos doesn't seem phased though.
Cristos scores with the left hand. Belkofer knows he should have avoided that one.
Belkofer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cristos can do to turn this around?
Cristos jabs at Belkofer's body.
Cristos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Belkofer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belkofer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer tries a head kick but it misses.
Belkofer throws a push kick but Cristos slaps the foot to one side.
Cristos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Belkofer pushes Cristos up against the cage in a clinch.
Cristos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Belkofer.

Belkofer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belkofer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cristos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belkofer.
Belkofer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cristos.
Belkofer wants to clinch.
Cristos misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cristos blocks the body kick.
Belkofer tries a low kick but Cristos avoids it.
Cristos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Belkofer. That one must have hurt.
Belkofer throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

An inside leg kick lands from Belkofer.
Cristos throws a head kick that misses
and Belkofer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Belkofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cristos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Belkofer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cristos moves out of range as Belkofer throws a body kick.
Belkofer misses with a leg kick.
Cristos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Belkofer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cristos.
Cristos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cristos missing with a left hand there. Belkofer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Belkofer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cristos fails to land with a series of punches.
Belkofer moves in looking to clinch but Cristos pushes him off.
Cristos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cristos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cristos is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Belkofer doesn't manage to clinch there - Cristos circles away.
Cristos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belkofer was well out of range. Poor timing from Cristos.
Cristos throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Belkofer.
Cristos misses with a body shot
letting Belkofer counter with a right hand.
Cristos jabs Belkofer right on the nose. Belkofer blinks but takes it well.
Belkofer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cristos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belkofer.
Belkofer is looking to clinch.
Belkofer looks to land a body kick but Cristos moved away.

Belkofer clinches up against the cage.
Cristos can't break the clinch.

Belkofer manages to break the clinch.

Belkofer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Belkofer misses with a knee to the head.

Cristos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot lands for Cristos.
Cristos misses with a body shot
and Belkofer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Belkofer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cristos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belkofer.
Belkofer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belkofer takes one to the chin there.
Cristos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Belkofer can pounce on him.
Cristos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cristos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Belkofer tries to clinch there but Cristos circles away.
Belkofer is looking to slow Cristos down with leg kicks.
Belkofer blocks a jab.
Belkofer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big right from Cristos misses.
Cristos throws a body punch but Belkofer moves out of range.
Cristos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Belkofer counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Belkofer wants to clinch up but Cristos keeps it at a distance.
Cristos looks to land a right hand but Belkofer moved out of range.
Cristos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cristos blocks the body kick.
Cristos moves out of range of the body kick from Belkofer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cristos needs to keep his hands up - Belkofer had a free shot at his head there.
Belkofer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cristos moves forwards but Belkofer connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Belkofer clinches.
Belkofer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cristos tries to circle away but Belkofer has him pinned against the cage.
Cristos working hard to break the clinch.
Belkofer lands a nice knee to the body.
Belkofer lands a good knee to the midsection. Cristos won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands a left hand.
Belkofer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cristos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cristos takes an elbow to the temple.
Belkofer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Belkofer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Belkofer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cristos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Belkofer breaks from the clinch.
Cristos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belkofer slips a straight right by Cristos.
Cristos tries to move into range but Belkofer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Belkofer coming out on top.
A slapping leg kick lands for Belkofer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cristos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cristos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Belkofer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Belkofer throws a nice inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Belkofer.
Belkofer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Belkofer is looking to slow Cristos down with leg kicks.
Belkofer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belkofer throws a sloppy head kick and Cristos moves out of range easily.
Belkofer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cristos swings for the body but Belkofer moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Cristos misses its intended target.
Cristos throws a shot from downtown. Belkofer moves away and avoids it.
Cristos blocks a head kick by Belkofer.
Cristos throws a left and a right that both miss

and Belkofer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Belkofer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer had his way with Martin Cristos in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Cristos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cristos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cristos. Belkofer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristos misses with a body shot.
Cristos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Belkofer throws a sloppy head kick and Cristos moves out of range easily.
Belkofer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cristos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Belkofer can pounce on him.
Belkofer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cristos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cristos looks to land a combination. Belkofer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cristos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Belkofer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cristos blocks the body kick.
Belkofer scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Belkofer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Belkofer throws a shot to the body.
Cristos is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

Belkofer closes the distance and pushes Cristos back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belkofer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belkofer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cristos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Belkofer. Belkofer obviously looking to wear him down.
Cristos throws a big shot that misses.
Belkofer tries to clinch there but Cristos circles away.
Belkofer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cristos throws a jab when Belkofer was well out of range.
Belkofer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A chopping leg kick lands by Belkofer.
A nice inside leg kick there by Belkofer. That's going to slow Cristos down.
Belkofer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Belkofer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Belkofer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Belkofer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A chopping leg kick lands by Belkofer.
Belkofer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Belkofer.
Belkofer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
David Belkofer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer fakes the leg kick and cracks Cristos in the body.
Belkofer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belkofer cracks the inside of Cristos's front leg.
Belkofer connects with a solid leg kick.
Cristos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cristos swats away the attempt to clinch by Belkofer.

Belkofer clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Cristos.
Belkofer tries to land a knee to the head but Cristos blocks with his arms.
Cristos tries to circle away but Belkofer has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cristos fails to land.
Cristos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cristos lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Belkofer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belkofer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cristos scores with a decent looking hook.
Belkofer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cristos throws out the jab.
Belkofer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Belkofer.
Belkofer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cristos.
Belkofer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cristos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cristos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Belkofer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Belkofer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cristos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Belkofer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cristos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cristos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belkofer.
Belkofer connects with a solid leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Belkofer.
Cristos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An inside leg kick lands from Belkofer.

Belkofer pushes Cristos up against the cage in a clinch.
Cristos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Belkofer has him pressed against the cage.
David Belkofer has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cristos wants to break free but Belkofer has control.
Cristos is trying to force a seperation but Belkofer has the dominant position.
Martin Cristos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belkofer blocks a body shot from Cristos.

Cristos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cristos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cristos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Belkofer moves into range and clinches up with Cristos.

Belkofer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cristos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Belkofer throws a head kick that half lands.
Belkofer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belkofer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cristos. That did some damage!
Cristos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Belkofer counters with an inside leg kick.
Belkofer scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belkofer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cristos's sensitive parts.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Belkofer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Belkofer 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for David Belkofer!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for David Belkofer!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for David Belkofer!

David Belkofer wins by unanimous decision!
David Belkofer retains his welterweight title!