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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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229 lbs
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190 cm
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221 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Lee!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belfort misses the jab.
A right-left combo lands from Belfort.
It looks like Michael Lee has been cut.
Lee moves into the clinch.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Belfort jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lee walks away with a smile on his face. Belfort gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Belfort takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Belfort is breathing heavily.
Lee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Belfort tries to pull guard but Lee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Belfort. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belfort in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee landing knees to the head.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. Belfort won't want to take too many of those.
Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Lee.
Lee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.
Lee landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lee closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Belfort gets tackled into the cage by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
Lee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee throws a head kick that Belfort semi-blocks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee clinches with his opponent.
Belfort takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee landing knees to the body.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lee pressing his opponent against the cage.
Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Belfort gets tackled into the cage by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee moves into the clinch.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belfort in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee breaks the clinch.
Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lee works on Belfort's body with a couple of short punches.
Lee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Belfort swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Belfort gets tackled into the cage by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Lee moves out of range as Belfort strikes.
Lee moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Lee.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee is keeping an eye on Lee - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lee obliges.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belfort tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Belfort tries to pull guard but Lee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. Belfort won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Belfort in his tracks for a moment.
Lee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Belfort up against the cage.
Belfort jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lee walks away with a smile on his face. Belfort gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lee scores with a kick to the body.
Belfort is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Lee Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Belfort is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Michael Lee!
After the fight, Michael Lee was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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FIGHT
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