PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moses The Litterbox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belfort
vs
The Litterbox

185 cm
43
180 lbs
28 - 17 - 1

180 cm
28
180 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Belfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moses The Litterbox!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Belfort dives in and scores a takedown into The Litterbox's guard.
Belfort lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belfort accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Belfort missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Belfort trying to control the position from guard on top but The Litterbox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Litterbox can do anything to dispel that myth.
Belfort scoring with some ground and pound.
The Litterbox is trying to control the position but Belfort postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Litterbox keeping full guard, as Belfort tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Litterbox looking for a sweep. Not yet The Litterbox, not yet.
Belfort loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Belfort wants to pass the guard but The Litterbox is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Belfort's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Belfort controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Belfort trying to control but The Litterbox is working from the bottom.
Belfort is really struggling to control The Litterbox but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The Litterbox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belfort scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Litterbox doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick by The Litterbox misses
and Belfort counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Litterbox just misses with a punch to the body.
The Litterbox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moses The Litterbox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Litterbox fails to land with a series of punches.
Belfort moves out of range of the body kick from The Litterbox.

Belfort has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belfort gets through The Litterbox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Litterbox throws a punch but it's blocked by Belfort.
Belfort softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Belfort has hold of one of The Litterbox's legs. The Litterbox is fighting the takedown attempt but Belfort gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belfort throwing strikes but missing.
Belfort scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Belfort working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of The Litterbox's head.
Belfort trying to control the position from guard on top but The Litterbox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belfort is fighting to break The Litterbox's control of his arms but The Litterbox is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Belfort postures up and lands a big shot to The Litterbox's brow.
Belfort has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Litterbox looking to control but Belfort passes into half guard.
Belfort missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Belfort frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Belfort looking for a guillotine from mount but The Litterbox is having none of it.
The Litterbox 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.
The Litterbox can't escape the position.
Belfort raining down shots from the mount!
Belfort dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Belfort.
Belfort dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Litterbox is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belfort landing shots from mount.
Belfort raining down hammerfists from mount.
Belfort controlling his opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Belfort cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Belfort fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

The Litterbox is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Belfort cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The Litterbox is still in real trouble! Can Belfort finish him?
Belfort lands a big shot to the head and The Litterbox winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Fedor Belfort!