PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dog Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belfort has chosen Bate Pesadao as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crazy
vs
Belfort

195 cm
22
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
199 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dog Crazy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Belfort!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Belfort.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crazy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crazy tries to clinch there but Belfort circles away.
Belfort chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crazy can pounce on him.
Crazy is looking to clinch but Belfort is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crazy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Belfort.
Belfort missing with a left hand there. Crazy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crazy tries to move into range but Belfort moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy tries to clinch but Belfort is having none of it.
Crazy leaves Belfort with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crazy tries to clinch there but Belfort circles away.
Dog Crazy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Belfort misses the shot to the body.
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crazy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crazy fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Belfort swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belfort throws the left hand but Crazy avoids the punch easily.
Crazy moves in looking to clinch but Belfort pushes him off.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Belfort circles away.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Belfort circles away.
Crazy tries to clinch there but Belfort circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crazy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belfort throws a lazy right hand but Crazy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Belfort is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy throws a body punch but Belfort moves out of range.
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crazy tries a head kick but it misses.
Belfort keeps the fight on the outside.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Belfort swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belfort just misses with a punch to the body.

Crazy drives through and clinches with Belfort against the cage.
Crazy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Belfort.
Crazy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.

It looks like Vitor Belfort has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crazy lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Crazy.
A body shot lands from Crazy.
Crazy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Belfort looks gassed!
Belfort is working for takedown but Crazy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dog Crazy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitor Belfort.
Crazy misses with a knee to the head.
Belfort drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crazy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belfort swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crazy throws a head kick that Belfort semi-blocks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dog Crazy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Belfort's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Whack! Crazy lands a heavy head kick that drops Belfort. The ref tackles Crazy to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Belfort was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Dog Crazy!