PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jens Pulver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pulver might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Snapbacks and Tattoos. Jens Pulver could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vitor Belfort's chin.

Pulver
vs
Belfort

181 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jens Pulver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vitor Belfort!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulver tries to clinch but Belfort moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belfort misses with a wild body shot.

Pulver clinches with his opponent.
Pulver is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Belfort takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Vitor Belfort has been cut.
Pulver lands an elbow inside.
Belfort lands with a light punch inside.
Pulver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pulver lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Belfort has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pulver landing knees to the body.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
Belfort looks gassed!
Belfort is trying to pull guard but Pulver turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Belfort tries to pull guard but Pulver won't allow it.
Pulver lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Pulver.

Belfort pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Pulver gets to his feet. Belfort looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Pulver has Belfort up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulver is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pulver landing knees to the head.
Pulver connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.
Pulver lands a knee to the body.
Pulver lands a knee to the head.
Pulver lands an elbow inside.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Belfort is rocked!
Pulver lands a knee to the body.
Pulver lands an elbow inside that Belfort shrugs off.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
Belfort is still on wobbly legs! Can Pulver finish him?
Pulver lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulver 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 seems to have recovered his senses.
Pulver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pulver lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.
Pulver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pulver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belfort's defenses.
Belfort takes an elbow to the temple.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from Belfort.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
Belfort tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pulver smiles and moves away.
Jens Pulver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitor Belfort.

Pulver drives through and clinches with Belfort against the ropes.
Pulver slows down the pace here.
Pulver working Belfort over with knees to the body.
Pulver is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pulver lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulver with a knee to the head.
Pulver lands a nice knee to the body.
Pulver utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pulver lands an elbow inside.
Pulver utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pulver connects with a knee to the head.
Pulver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Pulver.
Pulver blocks an uppercut.
Belfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belfort's defenses.
Belfort fails to pull guard.
Belfort scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pulver landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pulver lands a good knee to the midsection. Belfort won't want to take too many of those.
Pulver landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Pulver.
Pulver lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Belfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pulver with a knee to the head.
Pulver working Belfort over with knees to the body.
Pulver with a knee to the head.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pulver just leaning against Belfort, taking a breather.
Pulver is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pulver lands a knee to the head.
Pulver with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Belfort jumps guard but Pulver turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belfort.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pulver lands an elbow inside that Belfort shrugs off.
Pulver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pulver lands an elbow that stopped Belfort in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Pulver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jens Pulver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Belfort's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pulver is looking to clinch but Belfort is avoiding it.
Belfort listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pulver tries to clinch up but Belfort circles away and keeps his distance.
Belfort misses with a hook. Pulver ducked under it nicely.
Pulver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Belfort can do to turn this around?
Pulver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belfort throws a poor cross that misses
and Pulver counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Belfort keeps the fight on the outside.
Belfort circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belfort throws a shot from downtown. Pulver moves away and avoids it.

Pulver moves into the clinch.
A short right from Belfort.
Pulver with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pulver utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Belfort ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Belfort no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Belfort has a closed guard, preventing Pulver from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belfort working a defensive guard here.

Pulver gets to his feet. Belfort looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belfort fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A cross from Belfort lands.
Belfort jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Belfort cracks Pulver with an open hand slap.
Jens Pulver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belfort misses with an uppercut.
Belfort works the jab nicely.
Belfort throws a jab but it's blocked by Pulver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belfort clobbers Pulver with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Belfort keeps the fight on the outside.
Belfort tries to clinch up.
Pulver tries to close the distance and clinch but Belfort swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pulver rushes Belfort and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belfort with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pulver lands a nice knee to the body.
Pulver connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.
Pulver scores with a knee to the head.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jens Pulver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pulver stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pulver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pulver scores with a knee to the head.
Belfort takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Pulver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pulver landing knees to the body.
Pulver landing knees to the body.
Pulver lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.
Pulver lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.
Pulver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pulver.
Pulver scores a nice knee to the body.
Pulver lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Belfort jumps guard but Pulver turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Pulver landing knees to the head.
Pulver lands an elbow inside that Belfort shrugs off.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pulver.
Pulver with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Belfort lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pulver lands a knee to the body.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pulver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pulver unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pulver connects with a nasty looking knee right to Belfort's face.
Belfort jumps guard but Pulver stands there with Belfort around his waist. Belfort gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jens Pulver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitor Belfort.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pulver.
Belfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Pulver.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belfort.
Pulver lands an elbow just above Belfort 's eye.
Pulver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jens Pulver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Belfort's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Belfort connects with a crisp jab.
Vitor Belfort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pulver instigates a clinch.
Belfort fails to pull guard.
Belfort doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pulver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belfort blocks it with crossed arms.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Belfort tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pulver just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Pulver lands an elbow inside.
Pulver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Pulver.
Pulver lands a nice elbow.
Pulver working Belfort over with knees to the body.
Pulver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Pulver.
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!
Pulver lands a knee to the body.
Pulver with a knee to the head.
Pulver lands an elbow inside.
Pulver's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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 Pulver walks away with a smile on his face. Belfort gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jens Pulver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitor Belfort.

Pulver clinches up with Belfort and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pulver tries to land a knee to the head but Belfort blocks with his arms.
Pulver lands an elbow inside that Belfort shrugs off.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Belfort tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pulver smiles and moves away.
Pulver tries to clinch but Belfort moves out of range.
Belfort might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pulver throws a nice outside leg kick.
Belfort throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Pulver forces Belfort back against the ropes and clinches.
Pulver with a knee to the head.
Belfort tries to pull guard but Pulver forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Pulver crunches a lovely knee into Belfort's ribcage.
Belfort takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulver lands an elbow inside that Belfort shrugs off.
Belfort misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pulver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pulver lands a knee to the body.
Pulver landing knees to the body.
Belfort tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pulver just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belfort misses with a knee to the head.
Belfort takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pulver crunches a lovely knee into Belfort's ribcage.
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 Pulver walks away with a smile on his face. Belfort gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Pulver closes the distance and clinches.
Pulver looking to throw knees to the head but Belfort is blocking nicely.
Pulver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belfort's defenses.
Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pulver landing knees to the body.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pulver working Belfort over with knees to the body.
Pulver with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pulver working Belfort over with knees to the body.
Belfort tries to pull guard but Pulver won't allow it.
Pulver lands a damaging elbow.
Belfort working aggressively here.
Vitor Belfort has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pulver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pulver is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pulver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pulver misses with a knee to the head.
Pulver trying to land knees to the body.
Belfort working aggressively here.
Pulver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Belfort blocks it with crossed arms.
Pulver blocks an uppercut.
Pulver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belfort is defending well for now.
Belfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belfort throws a punch but it's blocked by Pulver.
Pulver misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Belfort.
Belfort misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulver blocks an uppercut.
Pulver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Belfort gets control of Pulver's arms and successfully pulls guard. Belfort will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Belfort escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pulver gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pulver gets to his feet - Belfort follows without any prompting.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belfort throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulver sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Pulver.
Belfort throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jens Pulver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pulver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jens Pulver!
Jens Pulver seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.