PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belfort has chosen Bate Pesadão as his entrance music. Vitor Belfort struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Vitor Belfort has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Moses
vs
Belfort

187 cm
24
197 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

183 cm
24
202 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Belfort!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moses has his takedown stuffed
and Belfort counters with a stiff right hand.
Belfort lands a jab-cross combination.

Belfort gets a clinch.
Moses tries to pull guard but Belfort won't allow it.
Belfort lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moses backwards.
Belfort stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Moses tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Belfort smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belfort connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moses momentarily.
Belfort misses with an uppercut.
Moses moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belfort scores with a nice head shot.
Moses misses with a takedown attempt
letting Belfort counter with a right hand.
Belfort lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Moses is rocked!
BOOM! Belfort lands a beautiful left hook that drops Moses. Moses tries to recover but Belfort is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Moses lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitor Belfort!