PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Dudley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dudley's choice of entrance music: Onyx - Slam Harder. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Dwayne Dudley enters the cage!

Belfort
vs
Dudley

185 cm
18
187 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Belfort!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dwayne Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belfort shoots in and drives through. Dudley sprawls well.
Belfort shoots for a takedown but Dudley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dudley stuffs the takedown attempt from Belfort. Belfort gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Belfort. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belfort shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dudley as he jumps to the side.
Dudley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dudley stuffs the takedown attempt from Belfort. Belfort gets slowly back to his feet.

Dudley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Belfort!
Dudley prevents Belfort from getting the reversal.
Dudley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Belfort. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dudley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belfort is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dudley tries to control but Belfort wriggling away.
Dudley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Belfort is squirming around, avoiding Dudley's attempts to control the action.
Belfort really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dudley tries to control but Belfort wriggling away.

Despite being in the dominant position, Dwayne Dudley just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Dudley moves into the clinch successfully.

Belfort decides to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dudley wants to stand but Belfort is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dudley preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Belfort trying to strike off his back.
Dudley has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Belfort is proving hard to escape from.
Belfort manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Belfort will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Belfort landing strikes from the mount and Dudley is in trouble!
Dudley looks gassed!
Dudley is bucking up trying to escape but Belfort cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Belfort with good strikes from the mount here!

Dudley is rocked!
BOOM! Belfort connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dudley is still in real trouble! Can Belfort finish him?
Belfort working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Belfort scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dudley?
Dudley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dudley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Belfort landing shots from mount.
Dudley should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Dudley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Belfort is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dudley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Belfort is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dudley is in a horrible position here. Belfort smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Belfort has hold of Dudley's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dudley manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Dudley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Belfort cracks Dudley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Belfort is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belfort with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Dudley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Belfort with shots to the head and body - Dudley looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Belfort.
Dudley wants to try and get back to his feet.
Belfort is landing with some decent strikes but Dudley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dudley is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dudley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Belfort with the ground and pound from mount.

Belfort working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
A nice elbow there by Belfort.
Belfort lands a big elbow.
Belfort looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belfort looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Belfort landing shots from mount.
Belfort lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Belfort lands with some strikes.
Belfort connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Belfort working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Belfort working Dudley over with strikes here.
Belfort lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dudley hang on?
Belfort landing punches.
Belfort scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dudley?
Belfort scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Belfort looking to finish Dudley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dudley!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Belfort! Dudley is hurt baaadly! Belfort is firing away with more strikes - Dudley is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Fedor Belfort!
Fedor Belfort is the new middleweight champion!