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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rivera might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Push it to the Limit - Rick Ross. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
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175 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Rivera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vitor Belfort!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera catches Belfort with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Belfort uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivera.
Rivera tries to score with a low kick but Belfort moves his leg out of the way.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rivera.
Belfort gets tackled into the cage by Rivera. Rivera maintains the clinch.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Belfort has Rivera pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rivera manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Belfort is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rivera lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.
Rivera landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Belfort looks gassed!
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belfort in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Vitor Belfort has been cut.
Rivera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rivera has managed to clinch.
Rivera landing knees to the body.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Belfort's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Rivera stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rivera.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
Belfort takes a knee to the side of the body.
The referee calls for Rivera to work.
Rivera lands an elbow inside.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivera connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.
Rivera lands an elbow inside that Belfort shrugs off.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Belfort in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rivera gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Belfort regains guard.
Rivera trying to control the position from guard on top but Belfort is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivera thows a big elbow that misses.
Rivera working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rivera 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.
Rivera is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rivera works over Belfort with some ground and pound from guard.
Rivera trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rivera is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rivera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rivera connects with a couple of short punches.
Rivera won't allow Belfort to get back to his feet.
Belfort throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Rivera escapes and throws Belfort's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera happy to just control the position for now.
Rivera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Belfort keeps working.
Rivera lands a few punches from side control.
Rivera in side control lands a decent elbow.
Belfort is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rivera is controlling him well.
Rivera lands some shots froms side control.
Rivera landing strikes.
Belfort trying to remain calm as Rivera controls from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belfort pushes Rivera away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rivera gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivera controls the position.
Belfort is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rivera is controlling him well.
Rivera lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Check out the look on Rivera's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rivera wants to control but Belfort is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Rivera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Belfort's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rivera instigates a clinch.
Belfort takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Belfort regains guard immediately.
Rivera looking to pass the guard.
Belfort looking for subs off his back but Rivera has passed one foot through into half guard.
Rivera passes to full mount!
Belfort is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivera postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Belfort looks a forlorn figure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Belfort wants to get back to his feet.
Rivera working Belfort over with strikes here.
Rivera with the ground and pound from mount.
Rivera raining down shots from the mount!
Belfort is rocked!
Rivera looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Belfort covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Rivera!
Junior Rivera retains his welterweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Junior Rivera made sure he mentioned Fight Club Clothing est. 09™, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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