PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine De La Morte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Morte is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Prodigy - Spitfire . Viktor Belfort has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Belfort
vs
De La Morte

185 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

203 cm
24
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Viktor Belfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antoine De La Morte!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belfort misses with a looping left.
Belfort throws a looping overhand right but De La Morte ducks down to avoid it.

Belfort closes the distance and clinches.
De La Morte lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from De La Morte - that landed with a thud.
De La Morte blocks an uppercut.
De La Morte tries to throw a body punch but Belfort avoids it by throwing De La Morte back against the cage.
De La Morte goes for a takedown attempt but Belfort pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Belfort takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Belfort gets a clinch.
Belfort throws a head punch that misses.
De La Morte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De La Morte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Belfort lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Morte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belfort's elbow.
Belfort working aggressively here.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Morte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De La Morte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Morte tries to work over Belfort's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belfort fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort throws a head punch that misses.
Belfort tries to circle away but De La Morte has him pinned against the cage.
De La Morte lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short left from Belfort.
Belfort has a couple of punches blocked by De La Morte.
Belfort has a couple of punches blocked by De La Morte.
A right handed body shot lands from De La Morte.
De La Morte blocks an uppercut.

De La Morte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Belfort has closed the distance and engaged De La Morte in a clinch.
Belfort misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Morte lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Belfort or not.
De La Morte drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Belfort gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Belfort lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belfort misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from De La Morte.
Belfort throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Morte struggles to land a body shot inside as Belfort controls his hands.

De La Morte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De La Morte walks into a jab.
Belfort takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De La Morte connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Belfort momentarily.

De La Morte has Belfort up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De La Morte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Belfort misses with a short punch on the inside.
Belfort misses with the head strike.
De La Morte lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Belfort backwards.
De La Morte misses with a punch to the body.
De La Morte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Belfort working aggressively here.
De La Morte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De La Morte misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Morte lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Belfort or not.
De La Morte misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Morte works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De La Morte tries to throw a body punch but Belfort avoids it by throwing De La Morte back against the cage.
Belfort has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Morte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Belfort misses with some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from De La Morte.
Belfort misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Morte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Belfort's elbow.
Belfort working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De La Morte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De La Morte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De La Morte drops down looking for an ankle pick but Belfort pulls his leg out and moves away.
Viktor Belfort has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoine De La Morte.
De La Morte misses the shot to the body.
De La Morte lands a jab to the nose.
Belfort misses with a hook.
De La Morte is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice cross by De La Morte.

Belfort darts in and clinches De La Morte up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Belfort scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

De La Morte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Belfort scores with a jab. De La Morte acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De La Morte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Morte misses with the combination.
Belfort staying out of range there.

Belfort closes the distance and pushes De La Morte back into the cage.
Belfort misses with the head strike.
De La Morte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De La Morte blocking some punches.
De La Morte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De La Morte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De La Morte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De La Morte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belfort stops a takedown attempt from De La Morte.
De La Morte misses with a punch to the body.
De La Morte struggles to land a body shot inside as Belfort controls his hands.
De La Morte struggles to land a body shot inside as Belfort controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Morte misses with a body punch.
Belfort working aggressively here.
De La Morte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

De La Morte breaks the clinch.
De La Morte misses with an uppercut. Belfort saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antoine De La Morte dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Belfort clinches.
Belfort has a couple of punches blocked by De La Morte.
De La Morte misses with a body punch.
De La Morte misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De La Morte.

De La Morte gets a trip takedown into half guard.
De La Morte lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from De La Morte there.

Belfort looking for submissions off his back.
De La Morte stops Belfort from getting back to his feet.

Belfort looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
De La Morte is trying to control. Belfort wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Morte working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
De La Morte seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Belfort looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
De La Morte prevents Belfort from standing back up.
De La Morte is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
De La Morte working over Belfort with some ground and pound. Belfort looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belfort actively working from the bottom here.

Belfort actively working from the bottom here.
Belfort is staying active underneath De La Morte, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Belfort is trying to stand up here but De La Morte is controlling him well.
De La Morte slips a nice elbow through Belfort's hands, connecting with Belfort's forehead.
De La Morte slows the pace down in half guard.
De La Morte seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
De La Morte working the head and body with strikes.
De La Morte lands with a punch from half guard.

Belfort is rocked!
De La Morte not doing much here.
Oh Belfort is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
De La Morte landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw De La Morte working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
De La Morte lands a big elbow - Belfort is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for De La Morte!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antoine De La Morte!
Antoine De La Morte seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.