PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belfort comes into the arena with Burn It To The Ground blaring out of the sound system. Fedor Belfort had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Belfort
vs
Brown

185 cm
19
187 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

191 cm
23
194 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Belfort!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dick Brown!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown shoots for a takedown but Belfort saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown prevents Belfort from breaking the clinch.

Belfort breaks from the clinch.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Belfort avoids it.

Belfort looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Belfort is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Belfort drops an elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Belfort lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brown is in trouble now - Belfort has advanced to mount!
Belfort with good strikes from the mount here!
Belfort scoring with strikes but Brown is staying in there.
The referee warns Brown that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Belfort with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Belfort cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belfort is landing with some decent strikes but Brown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Brown is rocked!
Brown is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Belfort scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brown?
Belfort 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.
Brown is in all sorts of trouble here.
Belfort in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Belfort with shots to the head and body - Brown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Belfort working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brown is still in real trouble! Can Belfort finish him?
Belfort with good strikes from the mount here!
Brown regains half guard.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.

Brown looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brown looks gassed!
Brown on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Belfort scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown has hold of Belfort's hands but Belfort slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Belfort lands a nice short elbow.
Brown wants to control but Belfort is keeping busy.
Brown won't allow Belfort to pass to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brown manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Belfort is in close to Brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Belfort lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Belfort lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Belfort working some strikes from top position.
Belfort sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brown's guard.
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Belfort there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort working the head and body with strikes.

Belfort is looking for a kimura but Brown is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Belfort to get the leverage.
Brown moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Belfort throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brown works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Brown is looking for a triangle but Belfort pushes his legs off easily.
Brown is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Belfort is in close to Brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Belfort cracks Brown with a solid left hand.
Belfort looking to pass the guard.
Belfort pushing down on Brown's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Belfort throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.
Belfort throws a big right hand that misses.

Brown working for a triangle but Belfort defends it easily.
Belfort is in close to Brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Brown tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Belfort is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Brown is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Brown has escaped and now he's on top!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belfort lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Belfort dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Belfort darts in and clinches Brown up against the cage.
Brown fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Belfort is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.

Belfort breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fedor Belfort is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Belfort blocks a jab.
Belfort lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Belfort feints and as Brown raises his hands in defense, Belfort changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Belfort with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brown is on top in guard.
Belfort throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Belfort keeping full guard, as Brown tries to pass.
Belfort trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Belfort wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Belfort is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belfort manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Belfort punishing his opponent with strikes.
Belfort with shots to the head and body - Brown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Belfort dominating with strikes here.
Brown is working to get back to half guard.
Brown holds of for dear life.
Belfort fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Brown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown wants to control but Belfort is having none of it.
Belfort postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brown looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belfort with good strikes from the mount here!
Brown gets back to half guard.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Fedor Belfort overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Belfort slips a nice elbow through Brown's hands, connecting with Brown's forehead.
Ground and pound from Belfort.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Belfort is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown gets full guard.
Brown 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.
Belfort lands a couple of digs.
Belfort slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Belfort working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort lands some shots froms side control.
Brown is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Belfort off and has taken his back!
You can see the frustration on Belfort's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Brown tries to keep control of the position but Belfort is staying busy.
Belfort manages to reverse the position and now he's in Brown's guard. Nice work there by Belfort.
Brown controls Belfort momentarily but Belfort frees himself.

Brown looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Belfort content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Belfort is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Belfort has closed the distance and engaged Brown in a clinch.

Brown successfully pulls guard.
Belfort preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belfort lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Belfort working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Belfort is pushing down on Brown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Belfort has managed to sneak the leg through.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but Belfort is very close to passing his half guard.
Belfort frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Belfort with shots to the head and body - Brown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Belfort breaks from Brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Belfort connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Belfort dominating with strikes here.
Belfort looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Belfort dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Belfort throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown misses with an uppercut.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Belfort slips the punch.

Belfort closes the distance and clinches.

Belfort breaks the clinch.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Belfort throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brown's waist but Brown gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Belfort off to one side.
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Belfort keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Brown bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belfort misses with a two punch combination.
Brown lands a lovely overhand right.

Belfort fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Brown sprawls well initially but Belfort persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Brown makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Brown.
Belfort trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown has his foot on Belfort's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Belfort works his way back into a safe position though.
Belfort working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Belfort loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brown pulls Belfort in close to prevent any damage.

Brown escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Belfort gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Belfort avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Belfort advances position into side control!

Belfort has an Americana. Brown didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Belfort is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Belfort hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Fedor Belfort!
Fedor Belfort retains his middleweight title!