PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darren Robson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belfort has chosen Vitor Belfort as his entrance music. Darren Robson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Robson
vs
Belfort

190 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Robson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vitor Belfort!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Robson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belfort fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robson tries for a takedown but Belfort sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Belfort fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belfort moves in looking to clinch but Robson pushes him off.
Belfort tries to clinch there but Robson circles away.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson moves out of range.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Robson is avoiding it.
Robson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Belfort but Belfort pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Robson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belfort tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robson swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Belfort moves in looking to clinch but Robson pushes him off.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson moves out of range.
Robson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Robson shoots in and bounces Belfort off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Robson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Belfort on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson connects with a couple of short punches.
Belfort wants to stand up but Robson is controlling him.
Robson working some strikes from top position.
Robson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Robson looking to pass the guard.
Belfort is looking to stand up but Robson isn't so interested in that idea.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson is having none of it.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson is having none of it.
Robson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Belfort circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Robson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Robson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Robson lands in his opponent's guard.
Robson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Belfort's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belfort wants to stand up but Robson is controlling him.
Belfort looks gassed!
Robson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Belfort swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Belfort is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Robson is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Robson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Robson won't allow Belfort to get back to his feet.
Robson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Robson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Belfort is trying to stand up here but Robson is controlling him well.
Robson slips a nice elbow through Belfort's hands, connecting with Belfort's forehead.
Belfort is trying to stand back up but Robson is controlling him
Belfort is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belfort moves in looking to clinch but Robson pushes him off.
Vitor Belfort is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Robson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Belfort as he jumps to the side.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Robson is avoiding it.
Vitor Belfort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Robson circles away and keeps his distance.
Robson swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Robson has a takedown stuffed.
Belfort wants to clinch.

Robson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Belfort on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Belfort wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Robson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Belfort is rocked!
Robson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Belfort is still in real trouble! Can Robson finish him?
Check out the look on Robson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Robson landing a few strikes.
Robson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Robson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson moves out of range.
Belfort doesn't manage to clinch there - Robson circles away.

Robson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Belfort's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robson trying to control but Belfort is working from the bottom.
Belfort keeping full guard, as Robson tries to pass.
Robson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Robson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Belfort's head.
Robson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Robson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Robson swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Belfort seems to have recovered his senses.
Belfort tries to clinch there but Robson circles away.
Robson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Belfort circles away.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belfort tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robson keeps the fight on the outside.
Belfort fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson moves out of range.
Belfort is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belfort keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Robson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belfort wants to clinch.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Belfort wants to clinch up but Robson keeps it at a distance.
Belfort tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson moves out of range.
Belfort doesn't manage to clinch there - Robson circles away.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Darren Robson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Robson is avoiding it.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Robson circles away and keeps his distance.
Belfort doesn't manage to clinch there - Robson circles away.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
Belfort fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robson shoots in and drives through. Belfort sprawls well.
Belfort moves in looking to clinch but Robson pushes him off.

Robson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Robson showed some decent athleticism there.

Belfort pushes Robson off and gets back to his feet.

Robson gets the takedown into side control.
Belfort prevents Robson from improving position.
Belfort wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Robson cracks Belfort with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belfort is trying to buck Robson off.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Robson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Robson lands a few punches from side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Robson is avoiding it.
Belfort wants to clinch.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Robson circles away and keeps his distance.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Robson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Robson trying to control the position from guard on top but Belfort is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belfort wants to stand and escape but Robson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson is in close to Belfort's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Robson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Robson wants to stand but Belfort is controlling his posture from full guard.
Darren Robson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Belfort has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Robson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Robson shoots in for a takedown but Belfort shows good takedown defense.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Robson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robson swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Robson swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belfort looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Robson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robson keeps the fight on the outside.

Robson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Belfort is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Robson has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Belfort throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson swats away the attempt to clinch by Belfort.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch but Robson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belfort tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belfort is looking to clinch but Robson is avoiding it.
Belfort tries to clinch but Robson moves out of range.
Belfort tries to clinch up but Robson circles away and keeps his distance.

Belfort gets caught flat footed, as Robson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Robson stops Belfort from standing up.
Robson working some strikes from top position.
Robson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Belfort is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Robson is controlling him.
Robson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Robson tries to free his leg and advance position but Belfort is retaining full guard.
Belfort wants to stand but Robson is controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Robson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Belfort wants to stand up but Robson is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Robson dominated that second round.
That's time! Robson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Belfort tries to clinch there but Robson circles away.
Robson shoots in looking for a takedown. Belfort tries to sprawl out of it but Robson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Belfort manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
Belfort fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belfort wants to clinch.
Belfort tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belfort tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belfort wants to clinch.

Belfort gets caught flat footed, as Robson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robson stops Belfort from standing up.
Robson advances to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belfort is trying to stand back up but Robson is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Belfort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belfort tries to clinch up.
Belfort is looking to clinch.
Robson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Robson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Belfort as he jumps to the side.
Robson closes the distance and clinches up with Belfort, looking for a takedown. Robson pushes Belfort against the cage but Belfort circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Robson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belfort wants to clinch.
Belfort is looking to clinch.

Robson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Belfort!
Belfort trying desperately to get to his feet.
Robson lands a big elbow.
Robson landing strikes from the mount.
Belfort is bucking up trying to escape but Robson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Robson cracks Belfort with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darren Robson!