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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Rodriques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belfort comes to the cage accompanied by Phenom. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, 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 Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre Rodriques!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriques throws a head kick but Belfort moves out of range.
Belfort swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriques.
Rodriques gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rodriques escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodriques avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rodriques misses with a head kick.
Rodriques misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriques turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rodriques swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Rodriques misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriques throws a head kick that misses.
Rodriques tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belfort's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Belfort duly obliges.
It looks like Alexandre Rodriques has been cut.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodriques lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Rodriques circles away and keeps his distance.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Rodriques is avoiding it.
Belfort blocks a head kick by Rodriques.
Belfort shoots in but no luck this time.
Belfort moves into range and clinches up with Rodriques.
Belfort tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriques blocks with his arms.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belfort lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodriques backwards.
Belfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodriques uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriques wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Belfort's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rodriques has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Belfort tries to work over Rodriques's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belfort has Rodriques pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriques from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belfort.
Belfort pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rodriques has Belfort pressed against the cage, preventing Belfort from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rodriques breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodriques dodges the punch combination from Belfort.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriques paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alexandre Rodriques is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodriques closes the distance and pushes Belfort back into the cage.
A short right from Belfort on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Belfort wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodriques won't allow it.
The referee calls for Belfort to work.
Rodriques breaks the clinch.
Rodriques looks gassed!
Belfort swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriques.
A head kick misses from Rodriques.
Rodriques lands a high kick!
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriques throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriques leaves Belfort with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Belfort wants to clinch but Rodriques slips to the side
and Rodriques counters with a head kick. That will keep Belfort thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rodriques avoids a punch combination nicely.
Belfort clinches up against the cage.
Belfort pushes Rodriques back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rodriques blocks an uppercut.
Belfort throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriques blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Belfort takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Belfort lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodriques uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belfort is trying to break free.
Rodriques manages to break the clinch.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriques swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belfort rushes Rodriques and presses him up against the cage.
Rodriques keeps control of Belfort as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Belfort is trying to break free.
Rodriques prevents Belfort from breaking the clinch.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belfort has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hand to the body from Belfort.
Rodriques blocking some punches.
Belfort gets through Rodriques's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Belfort lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rodriques backwards.
Belfort throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodriques.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Belfort scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rodriques is trying to break the clinch but Belfort has him pressed against the cage.
Belfort lands a nice shot to the body.
Rodriques has Belfort pressed against the cage, preventing Belfort from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Belfort doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rodriques keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Belfort's efforts to push away.
Belfort has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Belfort goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Belfort dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Belfort wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodriques won't allow it.
A short left from Belfort.
Rodriques manages to break the clinch.
Belfort gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Belfort lands a left hand.
Belfort wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vitor Belfort will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexandre Rodriques's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rodriques is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Belfort.
Belfort takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Belfort moves in looking to clinch but Rodriques pushes him off.
Belfort avoids the head kick by Rodriques.
Rodriques misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriques throws a head kick but Belfort moves out of range.
Belfort misses with the combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Belfort scores with a four punch combination!
Belfort rushes Rodriques and presses him up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belfort.
Belfort cracks Rodriques with a nice body shot.
Belfort lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belfort works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Belfort has had enough of the clinch but Rodriques keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Belfort fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Belfort fails to land.
Belfort lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rodriques backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Belfort fails to land.
Belfort lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Belfort scores with a shoulder strike.
Rodriques blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Belfort working aggressively here.
Belfort stalling the fight.
Belfort lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Belfort pressing his opponent against the cage.
Belfort is trying to break free.
Belfort misses with a knee strike.
Belfort misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rodriques.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rodriques breaks from the clinch.
Belfort instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Belfort presses Rodriques against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Belfort looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Rodriques prevents Belfort from breaking the clinch.
Belfort throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodriquess head.
Rodriques wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Belfort.
Belfort looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriques is blocking nicely.
Belfort misses with a punch to the body.
Rodriques blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Belfort goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Belfort misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Belfort lands a nice uppercut.
Belfort wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rodriques breaks from the clinch.
Belfort will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriques plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort lands with a straight right. Rodriques didn't see that one coming.
Rodriques defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Belfort.
Rodriques lands a high kick!
Rodriques moves in looking to clinch but Belfort pushes him off.
Belfort moves into the clinch successfully.
Belfort lands with a light punch inside.
Belfort misses with the head strike.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rodriques blocks an uppercut.
Belfort lands a nice shot to the body.
Belfort manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rodriques breaks the clinch.
Rodriques lands a head kick. Belfort smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belfort looks to clinch
and Rodriques counters with a head kick. That will keep Belfort thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
Rodriques tries a head kick but it misses.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Rodriques circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriques pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vitor Belfort is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Belfort throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodriques throws a series of punches but Belfort moves out of range.
Belfort tries to clinch there but Rodriques circles away.
Belfort tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rodriques lands with a slapping head kick.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Rodriques is avoiding it.
Belfort doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriques circles away.
Belfort clinches but Rodriques breaks the clinch
and Rodriques counters with a nice low kick that buckles Belfort's knee momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rodriques.
A head kick misses from Rodriques.
Belfort looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Belfort wants to clinch
and Rodriques counters with a good, hard body kick but Belfort shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitor Belfort dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexandre Rodriques's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rodriques throws a head kick but Belfort moves out of range.
Rodriques cracks the inside of Belfort's front leg.
Belfort doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriques circles away.
Belfort misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rodriques throws a nice head kick!
Belfort blocks a head kick by Rodriques.
Rodriques takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Belfort tries to clinch up.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriques swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Belfort misses.
Belfort moves into the clinch successfully.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort throws an elbow but it misses.
Belfort struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodriques controls his hands.
Belfort is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriques manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belfort pushes Rodriques up against the cage in a clinch.
Rodriques's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Belfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriques wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriques blocks an uppercut.
Belfort throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriques blocks it with crossed arms.
Belfort lands with a left to the head.
Rodriques has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Belfort breaks the clinch.
Belfort circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belfort wants to clinch up but Rodriques keeps it at a distance.
Belfort works over Rodriques's head and body with a nice combination.
Belfort forces Rodriques back against the cage and clinches.
Belfort is trying to break the clinch but Rodriques is controlling him.
Belfort looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rodriques is trying to break the clinch but Belfort has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriques blocks an uppercut.
Rodriques's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belfort rushes Rodriques and presses him up against the cage.
Belfort lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belfort wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriques has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Belfort.
Belfort lands a nice uppercut.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Belfort prevents Rodriques from breaking the clinch.
Rodriques can't break the clinch.
Rodriques escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Rodriques is avoiding it.
Belfort doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriques circles away.
Belfort gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rodriques is trying to break the clinch but Belfort has him pressed against the cage.
Belfort wants to break free but Rodriques has control.
Belfort has had enough of the clinch but Rodriques keeps him there for the moment.
Belfort misses with a hook to the ribs.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rodriques breaks from the clinch.
Rodriques throws a head kick that misses.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
Belfort circles away from the clinch attempt
and Belfort moves into the clinch.
Rodriques blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Rodriques's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rodriques blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Belfort is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodriques is keeping busy.
Alexandre Rodriques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belfort with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodriques breaks from the clinch.
Belfort wants to clinch but Rodriques slips to the side
and Rodriques counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Belfort lands with a straight right. Rodriques didn't see that one coming.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Rodriques.
Belfort blocks a head kick by Rodriques.
Rodriques tries to bum rush Belfort with a series of wild strikes but Belfort uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Belfort has taken the fight to the clinch.
Belfort tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodriques breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Belfort tries to clinch but Rodriques moves out of range.
Rodriques swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Rodriques throws a head kick that Belfort semi-blocks.
Belfort takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rodriques keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodriques drives through and clinches with Belfort against the cage.
Rodriques takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belfort.
Belfort throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vitor Belfort is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Belfort lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vitor Belfort showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Belfort, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitor Belfort!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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