PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikodin Dogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Belfort
vs
Dogan

190 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Big right hand

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vitor Belfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nikodin Dogan!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dogan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dogan throws a fast counter high kick but Belfort manages to duck under it in time.
Dogan lands with a nice body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Belfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belfort misses with a punch to the body.
Belfort avoiding damage as Dogan throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belfort.
Dogan throws a head punch that misses.
Belfort avoiding damage as Dogan throws knees to the body.
Belfort tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dogan lands with a right to the head.
Dogan scores with a shot to the side of Belfort's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dogan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belfort.
Dogan lands a good knee to the midsection. Belfort won't want to take too many of those.
Dogan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dogan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belfort backwards.
A short uppercut from Belfort.
A head punch on the inside from Belfort fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dogan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Belfort fails to land.
A short right from Belfort.
Dogan blocking some punches.
Dogan crunches a lovely knee into Belfort's ribcage.
Belfort is breathing heavily.
Dogan pushes Belfort back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dogan lands a knee to the body.
Belfort avoiding damage as Dogan throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dogan.
Dogan trying to land knees to the body.
Dogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belfort.
Dogan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belfort backwards.
Belfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Dogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dogan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belfort's elbow.
Belfort misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dogan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Belfort's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Belfort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Belfort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dogan works on Belfort's body with a couple of short punches.
Dogan lands a body shot.
Dogan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dogan lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Dogan.

Belfort is rocked!
Belfort takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dogan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Belfort is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dogan tries to land knees in the clinch but Belfort avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Dogan.
Belfort seems to have got his legs back now.
Dogan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belfort avoids it.
Dogan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Dogan.
Dogan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belfort backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dogan misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Dogan.
Dogan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dogan lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikodin Dogan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dogan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Dogan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nikodin Dogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dogan moves into range and clinches up with Belfort.
Belfort throws a punch but it's blocked by Dogan.
Belfort blocking some punches.
Belfort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Belfort throws a head punch that misses.
Dogan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dogan.
Belfort tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dogan's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dogan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belfort misses with a hook to the ribs.
Belfort throws a punch but it's blocked by Dogan.
Dogan lands with a right to the head.
Belfort throws a punch but it's blocked by Dogan.
Belfort lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Belfort working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Dogan.
A right hook to the body lands for Dogan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dogan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belfort avoids it.

Dogan creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Belfort crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dogan - that will leave a mark!

Dogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dogan blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dogan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dogan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dogan.
Belfort takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Belfort fails to land.
Dogan pushes Belfort back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Dogan pushes Belfort back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Dogan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dogan creates a bit of distance and cracks Belfort with a big uppercut! Belfort goes down! The referee pushes Dogan away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Belfort make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Dogan takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nikodin Dogan!