PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamal Jordan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Belfort
vs
Jordan

183 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
204 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vitor Belfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamal Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Belfort has taken the fight to the clinch.
Belfort doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jordan cracks Belfort with a nice body shot.
Jordan lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Vitor Belfort has been cut.
Belfort lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jamal Jordan has been cut.
Belfort looking to slow down the pace here.
Jordan avoids a wild elbow strike from Belfort.
Belfort looking to slow down the pace here.
Jordan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belfort gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jordan misses with a short punch on the inside.

Jordan manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jordan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Belfort misses with a hook. Jordan ducked under it nicely.
Jordan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Belfort throws a nice looking combination but Jordan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Jordan does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan slips a jab and a cross from Belfort.
Jordan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Belfort tries to land a front kick but Jordan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Belfort swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Belfort uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Jordan is looking to clinch but Belfort is avoiding it.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jordan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jordan looks to land a body kick but Belfort moved away.

Jordan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jordan blocks an elbow strike.
Jordan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A knee to the head by Belfort.
Jordan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Belfort lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jordan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belfort comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jordan tries a body shot but Belfort blocks it.
Belfort is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jordan is keeping busy.
Belfort looking to throw knees to the head but Jordan is blocking nicely.
Belfort tries to work over Jordan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jordan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
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!
Jordan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Belfort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Belfort gets through Jordan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Belfort creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Belfort has Jordan pressed against the ropes, preventing Jordan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Belfort creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jordan's defenses.
Belfort lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jordan avoids a wild elbow strike from Belfort.
Belfort looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jordan wants to stall.
Belfort lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Belfort keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jordan's efforts to push away.
Belfort softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Jordan lands a right hand.
Belfort is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jordan is keeping busy.
Jordan lands a left hand.
Belfort putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jordan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Belfort throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Belfort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belfort scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jordan is trying to push Belfort away but Belfort has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belfort throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jordans head.
Belfort landing knees to the body.
Jordan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Belfort misses with an elbow strike.
Belfort gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Belfort lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Belfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Jordan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jordan wants to get back to striking at distance but Belfort won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Belfort.

Jordan is rocked!
Jordan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jordan is still on wobbly legs! Can Belfort finish him?
Belfort gets through Jordan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Belfort using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Belfort on the inside.
Belfort breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Jordan with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Jordan looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Jordan get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vitor Belfort!
An out of breath Vitor Belfort thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.