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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Belliveau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belliveau comes to the cage accompanied by We will rock you. On his way into the cage it seems that Steve Belliveau has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steve Belliveau seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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195 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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183 cm
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184 lbs
27 - 4 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Belliveau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Rutherford!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belliveau blocks a leg kick.
Belliveau throws a lazy right hand but Rutherford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Belliveau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Belliveau throws a wild body kick that Rutherford sees coming a mile off.
A little jabbing left from Rutherford on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rutherford thuds his shin into the meat of Belliveau's side.
Rutherford misses with a body kick.
Rutherford lands a slapping body shot.
Rutherford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Belliveau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rutherford looks to land a left hand but Belliveau moved out of range nicely.
Belliveau throwing a counter right hand but Rutherford manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutherford misses with a body kick.
Rutherford takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rutherford has managed to clinch.
Rutherford breaks the clinch.
Rutherford throws a lazy right hand but Belliveau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Belliveau counters with a quick kick to the body but Rutherford blocks it.
Rutherford jabs at Belliveau's body.
Belliveau throws a push kick but Rutherford slaps the foot to one side.
Rutherford is trying to counter with his kicks.
Rutherford scores with the left hand. Belliveau knows he should have avoided that one.
Rutherford tries a low kick but Belliveau avoids it.
Belliveau throws a hook to the side of Rutherford's head but Rutherford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rutherford! But no joy.
Belliveau moves away from the strike by Rutherford.
Belliveau swings for the body but Rutherford moves out of range.
Belliveau takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Belliveau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutherford.
Rutherford lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rutherford lands a jab to Belliveau's midsection.
Belliveau lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rutherford's sensitive parts.
Rutherford on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belliveau moves out of range as Rutherford strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau throws a hook but Rutherford blocks it.
Rutherford jabs Belliveau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Belliveau takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Belliveau slips a jab from Rutherford.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rutherford.
Belliveau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Scotty's Yard in the buildup to the fight.
Rutherford checks a leg kick.
Rutherford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rutherford throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Belliveau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some bone on bone action there as Belliveau checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rutherford lands with an overhand left.
Belliveau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rutherford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Good standup being displayed there by Rutherford as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rutherford is out of range.
Rutherford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Belliveau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Belliveau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rutherford throws a right hand that Belliveau ducks under and follows up with a left that Belliveau also avoids with ease.
Rutherford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutherford misses with a straight left.
Steven Rutherford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belliveau clobbers Rutherford with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Belliveau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rutherford throws out the jab.
Belliveau wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutherford.
Rutherford swats away the attempt to clinch by Belliveau.
Rutherford is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Belliveau finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Belliveau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Belliveau there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rutherford misses.
Belliveau misses the shot to the body.
Rutherford appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rutherford misses with a leg kick.
Rutherford moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutherford takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Belliveau throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rutherford throws a wild body kick that Belliveau sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Belliveau wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rutherford lands a leg kick that knocks Belliveau off balance momentarily.
Belliveau throws a hook to the side of Rutherford's head but Rutherford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Belliveau checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rutherford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belliveau wants to land a leg kick but Rutherford is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Rutherford.
Rutherford takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Rutherford dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rutherford throws a lazy body kick
and Belliveau counters with a nice uppercut.
Rutherford lands a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Belliveau.
Belliveau staying out of range there.
Belliveau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Belliveau checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rutherford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Belliveau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Belliveau tried to score with a low kick but Rutherford checks it.
Rutherford throws a leg kick but Belliveau sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belliveau digs a good body shot into Rutherford's ribs.
Rutherford lunges at Belliveau with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Belliveau's hand.
Belliveau lands with a thumping leg kick.
Belliveau ducks right into an uppercut from Rutherford.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford gets a clinch.
Rutherford presses Belliveau against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Belliveau prevents a body shot from Rutherford.
Belliveau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Belliveau misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belliveau.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Belliveau.
Rutherford tries to throw a body punch but Belliveau avoids it by throwing Rutherford back against the cage.
Rutherford blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belliveau.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belliveau.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rutherford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by Belliveau.
Rutherford lands with a left to the head.
Rutherford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Belliveau lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutherford misses with a body punch.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
Belliveau blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Belliveau.
A short right from Belliveau.
A head punch on the inside from Rutherford fails to land.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
Rutherford has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Belliveau seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rutherford can turn it around.
Belliveau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rutherford backwards.
Rutherford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutherford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rutherford lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rutherford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steven Rutherford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rutherford lands a left hand.
Rutherford tries to throw a body punch but Belliveau avoids it by throwing Rutherford back against the cage.
Rutherford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Belliveau lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Rutherford fails to land.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Rutherford.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rutherford.
Belliveau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rutherford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Belliveau tries a body shot but Rutherford blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Belliveau fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rutherford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Belliveau controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rutherford.
Rutherford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Belliveau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Belliveau - that landed with a thud.
Belliveau scores with a nice hook to the head.
Belliveau lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Belliveau - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Belliveau scores with a nice short uppercut.
Belliveau misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Belliveau.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by Belliveau.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Belliveau blocks it.
Belliveau blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Belliveau controls the action.
Belliveau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau struggles to land a body shot inside as Rutherford controls his hands.
Rutherford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Belliveau lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutherford lands a nice shot to the body.
Rutherford is leaning against Belliveau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Belliveau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
Belliveau lands with a right to the head.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
Belliveau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutherford's elbow.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Rutherford.
A left hand lands to the body for Belliveau.
A short uppercut from Rutherford.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Belliveau blocks it.
Rutherford lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rutherford pushes Belliveau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rutherford drops down looking for an ankle pick but Belliveau pulls his leg out and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belliveau throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Steven Rutherford will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Belliveau wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Belliveau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rutherford under the eye.
Rutherford throws a lazy uppercut
and Belliveau counters with a stiff right hand.
Rutherford checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rutherford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Belliveau misses with a body shot.
Steven Rutherford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rutherford wants to clinch
and Belliveau counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Belliveau uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutherford tries to clinch but Belliveau moves out of range.
Belliveau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Belliveau looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rutherford is trying to counter with his kicks.
Belliveau moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belliveau takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rutherford throws out a leg kick but Belliveau moves out of range and Rutherford only half commits.
Belliveau takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rutherford throws a hook but Belliveau blocks it.
Rutherford is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belliveau.
Belliveau is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rutherford. Belliveau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rutherford throws a body kick that misses.
Belliveau looks for the body kick but Rutherford saw that one coming.
Rutherford connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A lazy body kick from Belliveau
and Rutherford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Belliveau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Belliveau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belliveau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rutherford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford misses with a straight left.
Belliveau is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rutherford.
Belliveau is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutherford throws a jab but it's blocked by Belliveau.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut. Belliveau saw that one coming.
Belliveau tries to score with a low kick but Rutherford moves his leg out of the way.
Belliveau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutherford.
Rutherford fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Belliveau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Belliveau throws a body punch but Rutherford moves out of range.
Rutherford replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Belliveau blocks it well.
Rutherford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Belliveau.
Belliveau avoids the head kick by Rutherford.
Rutherford is looking to clinch but Belliveau is avoiding it.
Rutherford throws a sloppy body shot
and Belliveau counters with a stiff right hand.
Belliveau lands a jab to Rutherford's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford checks a low kick from Belliveau.
Rutherford swings for the body but Belliveau moves out of range.
Belliveau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rutherford moves away.
Belliveau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rutherford flicks out a counter leg kick but Belliveau steps away.
Belliveau punishes Rutherford's body with a nice straight punch.
Belliveau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Belliveau ducks right into an uppercut from Rutherford.
Rutherford throws an off balance right hand
and Belliveau counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rutherford thinking.
Rutherford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Belliveau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Belliveau misses the body punch
and Rutherford makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rutherford throws the kick towards the body but Belliveau avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rutherford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Belliveau tries to land a front kick but Rutherford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Belliveau connects with a single shot there.
Belliveau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutherford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belliveau feints and then cracks Rutherford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rutherford down.
Belliveau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belliveau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rutherford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rutherford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Belliveau manages to avoid it.
Rutherford throws a leg kick which misses Belliveau's front leg but catches the back leg as Belliveau tries to avoid it.
Belliveau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Steve Belliveau did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rutherford checks a leg kick nicely.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut. Belliveau saw that one coming.
Belliveau walks into a left hand.
Rutherford throws a leg kick but Belliveau sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rutherford looks for the body kick but Belliveau saw that one coming.
Belliveau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rutherford.
Belliveau throws a body kick that misses
and Rutherford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutherford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belliveau was well out of range. Poor timing from Rutherford.
Belliveau tries to close the distance and clinch but Rutherford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belliveau looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutherford blocks a low kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rutherford. Belliveau does a little dance to reset his feet.
A leg kick checked by Rutherford.
Rutherford lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belliveau lands a nice shot to the body.
Rutherford keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rutherford closes the distance and pushes Belliveau back into the cage.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Belliveau blocks it.
Belliveau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutherford's elbow.
A short uppercut from Belliveau.
Rutherford lands an uppercut.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but Belliveau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belliveau lands with a right to the head.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
Rutherford lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Belliveau controls his hands.
Rutherford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rutherford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford misses with some punches.
Belliveau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Belliveau tries to work over Rutherford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Belliveau scores with a hook to the body.
Belliveau tries to work over Rutherford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Rutherford as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Belliveau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belliveau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Belliveau controls his hands.
Belliveau misses with a body punch.
Belliveau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutherford throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
Belliveau prevents a body shot from Rutherford.
Belliveau misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Belliveau fails to land.
Rutherford is leaning against Belliveau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford lands a body punch.
Rutherford drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Belliveau misses with some punches.
Rutherford lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutherford lands with a right to the head.
Belliveau blocking some punches.
Belliveau lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rutherford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutherford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Belliveaus head.
Belliveau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutherford lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Rutherford.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau swings wildly with an uppercut but Rutherford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belliveau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belliveau misses with a punch on the inside.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Belliveau controls his hands.
Rutherford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rutherford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belliveau blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belliveau.
Rutherford lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Belliveau.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rutherford.
Rutherford prevents a body shot from Belliveau.
Rutherford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rutherford misses with some punches.
Belliveau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Belliveau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belliveau throws a punch but it's blocked by Rutherford.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Rutherford dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Belliveau looks to clinch
and Rutherford counters with a nice body shot.
Rutherford cracks Belliveau with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A bone on bone clash there as Rutherford blocks the leg kick.
Good shot there by Belliveau.
Belliveau looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rutherford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutherford scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rutherford darts in and clinches Belliveau up against the cage.
Belliveau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Belliveau.
Belliveau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rutherford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
Belliveau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belliveau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rutherford lands an uppercut.
Rutherford misses with the head strike.
Belliveau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rutherford.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Belliveau.
Rutherford presses Belliveau against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belliveau's elbow.
Rutherford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Belliveaus head.
Rutherford prevents a body shot from Belliveau.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by Belliveau.
Belliveau misses with a punch to the body.
Belliveau misses with a punch on the inside.
Belliveau tries to work over Rutherford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Rutherford.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Rutherford.
Belliveau tries a body shot but Rutherford blocks it.
Steve Belliveau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford takes a shot to the head.
Belliveau misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belliveau.
Rutherford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Belliveau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutherford misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Rutherford.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Belliveau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belliveau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutherford is leaning against Belliveau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Belliveau has a couple of punches blocked by Rutherford.
Belliveau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutherford tries to throw a body punch but Belliveau avoids it by throwing Rutherford back against the cage.
Rutherford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Belliveau backwards.
Rutherford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Rutherford misses its intended target.
And Belliveau counters with a quick kick to the body but Rutherford blocks it.
Belliveau wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Steven Rutherford is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutherford scores with a jab. Belliveau acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rutherford throws a body shot but no joy.
Belliveau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rutherford throws a one two combo.
Rutherford jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rutherford is looking to land body kicks.
Belliveau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutherford manages to avoid it.
Belliveau is looking to score with low kicks.
Belliveau backing away here, and Rutherford unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A low kick from Belliveau is predictable there
and Rutherford counters with an outside leg kick.
Rutherford misses with a few strikes there.
Rutherford goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Rutherford misses.
Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Belliveau.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rutherford takes a swing at Belliveau's ribcage but misses.
Rutherford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Belliveau tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rutherford throws out a loose jab but Belliveau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belliveau takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rutherford lands with a nice combination. Belliveau backs away looking to recover.
Belliveau throws a head kick that misses.
Belliveau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Belliveau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rutherford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belliveau was well out of range. Poor timing from Rutherford.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Rutherford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rutherford has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 46:49
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Rutherford!
Steven Rutherford thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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