Post by The Sandmen on Feb 20, 2012 0:04:06 GMT -5
People are cheering for this fighter. You can hear Igor Vovchanchyn chants all around the place!
Igor Vovchanchyn raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Vitor Belfort shifts back and forth nervously.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Vitor Belfort is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Ice Cold and The Phenom move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Ice Cold decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Ice Cold moves back and takes a deep breath.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Ice Cold begins to launch a barrage of punches over The Phenom
Vitor Belfort is smart enough to duck backwards
Igor Vovchanchyn and The Phenom engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Igor Vovchanchyn is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Igor Vovchanchyn tries a middle kick
The Phenom blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
A right hand from Igor Vovchanchyn
makes The Phenom stumble back!
There is a small laceration on Vitor Belfort's Forehead
Ice Cold launches a flurry of punches
The Phenom slips out of danger.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Ice Cold launches a furious low kick!
The Phenom receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Vitor Belfort tries a hook to the body
and hits Ice Cold ribs hard
Ice Cold ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Igor Vovchanchyn jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Ice Cold seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Igor Vovchanchyn fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Igor Vovchanchyn who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Phenom doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Igor Vovchanchyn embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from The Phenom who put distance between them
Vitor Belfort is opening up on Ice Cold and raining down combinations!
Ice Cold's corner looks worried!
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Phenom won't budge, forcing Ice Cold to pull guard.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
Vitor Belfort hovers above Ice Cold
Good punches to Ice Cold's body.
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom is in closed guard... Ice Cold tries to roll on the ground!
Vitor Belfort uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Ice Cold clumsily fails here and it's time for Vitor Belfort to fight back!
Vitor Belfort tries to open Ice Cold's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Vitor Belfort. Ice Cold is unable to cover himself now!
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Igor Vovchanchyn! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Igor Vovchanchyn doesn't defend himself!
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
Ice Cold tries to stand up!
The Phenom doesn't allow him!
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of The Phenom's moves.
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Vitor Belfort fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Ice Cold tries to stand up!
The Phenom doesn't allow him!
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn attempts to move to full guard
Vitor Belfort keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The Phenom leads with a punch
Igor Vovchanchyn evades but whiffs with a counter.
Igor Vovchanchyn tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 2
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Vitor Belfort launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Vitor Belfort tries to bring the fight to the ground
Ice Cold goes down.
Vitor Belfort is in open guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Vitor Belfort launches a few punches to Ice Cold
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Ice Cold measures the resilience of The Phenom's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
The Phenom blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn attempts to move to full guard
Vitor Belfort keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom works on the ground with his fingers over Ice Cold's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Vitor Belfort tries to free his leg
Vitor Belfort uses some of his skill by jumping out of Ice Cold's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Vitor Belfort is in side mount over Igor Vovchanchyn
Vitor Belfort looks to pass to mount...
The Phenom slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Igor Vovchanchyn.
Vitor Belfort is in full mount over Igor Vovchanchyn
Vitor Belfort sits high on Igor Vovchanchyn's chest and pulls his leg underneath Ice Cold's head. There's the triangle attempt!
Ice Cold tries to roll out. He's too quick for Vitor Belfort and manages to slip out! That was a risky move by The Phenom and it cost him top position.
Igor Vovchanchyn is in closed guard over The Phenom
Vitor Belfort launches a few punches to Ice Cold's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Ice Cold tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Igor Vovchanchyn is in closed guard over The Phenom
Vitor Belfort is cooling the fight on the ground
Igor Vovchanchyn is in closed guard over The Phenom
Ice Cold is in closed guard... The Phenom tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Igor Vovchanchyn!
Vitor Belfort is in full mount over Igor Vovchanchyn
Ice Cold tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Vitor Belfort doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The Phenom looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Igor Vovchanchyn's punches
Ice Cold is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Phenom.
Crushing shot to Ice Cold's body! He's holding his side
Vitor Belfort tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Vitor Belfort who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Ice Cold pushes off of Vitor Belfort and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
The Phenom holds his opponent tight while he tries to cool down the action.
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Ice Cold decides to launch some tentative punches
Vitor Belfort takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Ice Cold's Right eye is beginning to swell
Ice Cold has a small cut in his Right eye
Ice Cold goes to the body...
his punches graze The Phenom's arm.
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Igor Vovchanchyn attempts a sweep single...
Vitor Belfort was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Igor Vovchanchyn goes with a looping right hand while Vitor Belfort jumps back and jabs
Ice Cold seems staggered and Vitor Belfort runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
A right hand from Igor Vovchanchyn
gets deflected.
The Phenom is trying to counter now!
Vitor Belfort just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Ice Cold may be in trouble!
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Vitor Belfort swings and Ice Cold has to retreat
The clock says 4:05 in the 2 round
Terrible one sided match... Ice Cold was not ready to fight a fighter of Vitor Belfort caliber.
Brilliant combination from Igor Vovchanchyn
The Phenom is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
The Phenom tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
The Phenom throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
The frightening power of Vitor Belfort has left Ice Cold sleeping peacefully on the canvas!
Ice Cold's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Igor Vovchanchyn's Chin
Winner is Vitor Belfort by KO (Punches) at 4:16 Round 2
Statistics: Igor Vovchanchyn
Punches 4/29 (14%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/6 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/2 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 220 s
Statistics: Vitor Belfort
Punches 24/32 (75%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 16/21 (76%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 220 s
Nice effort tonight from Igor Vovchanchyn who was thinking of the fans besides the fight itself
A highlight reel performance by The Phenom from beginning to end! We want this man in all the events!
ManMMA management should pay these guys extra just for the excitement they provide to the fans!
Igor Vovchanchyn raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Vitor Belfort shifts back and forth nervously.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Vitor Belfort is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Ice Cold and The Phenom move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Ice Cold decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Ice Cold moves back and takes a deep breath.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Ice Cold begins to launch a barrage of punches over The Phenom
Vitor Belfort is smart enough to duck backwards
Igor Vovchanchyn and The Phenom engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Igor Vovchanchyn is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Igor Vovchanchyn tries a middle kick
The Phenom blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
A right hand from Igor Vovchanchyn
makes The Phenom stumble back!
There is a small laceration on Vitor Belfort's Forehead
Ice Cold launches a flurry of punches
The Phenom slips out of danger.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Ice Cold launches a furious low kick!
The Phenom receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Vitor Belfort tries a hook to the body
and hits Ice Cold ribs hard
Ice Cold ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Igor Vovchanchyn jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Ice Cold seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Igor Vovchanchyn fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Igor Vovchanchyn who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Phenom doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Igor Vovchanchyn embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from The Phenom who put distance between them
Vitor Belfort is opening up on Ice Cold and raining down combinations!
Ice Cold's corner looks worried!
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Phenom won't budge, forcing Ice Cold to pull guard.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
Vitor Belfort hovers above Ice Cold
Good punches to Ice Cold's body.
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom is in closed guard... Ice Cold tries to roll on the ground!
Vitor Belfort uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Ice Cold clumsily fails here and it's time for Vitor Belfort to fight back!
Vitor Belfort tries to open Ice Cold's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Vitor Belfort. Ice Cold is unable to cover himself now!
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Igor Vovchanchyn! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Igor Vovchanchyn doesn't defend himself!
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
Ice Cold tries to stand up!
The Phenom doesn't allow him!
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of The Phenom's moves.
Vitor Belfort is in closed guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Vitor Belfort fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Ice Cold tries to stand up!
The Phenom doesn't allow him!
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn attempts to move to full guard
Vitor Belfort keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The Phenom leads with a punch
Igor Vovchanchyn evades but whiffs with a counter.
Igor Vovchanchyn tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Vitor Belfort tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 2
=========================================
Vitor Belfort launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Vitor Belfort tries to bring the fight to the ground
Ice Cold goes down.
Vitor Belfort is in open guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Vitor Belfort launches a few punches to Ice Cold
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Ice Cold measures the resilience of The Phenom's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
The Phenom blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Igor Vovchanchyn attempts to move to full guard
Vitor Belfort keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
The Phenom works on the ground with his fingers over Ice Cold's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Vitor Belfort is in half guard over Ice Cold
Vitor Belfort tries to free his leg
Vitor Belfort uses some of his skill by jumping out of Ice Cold's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Vitor Belfort is in side mount over Igor Vovchanchyn
Vitor Belfort looks to pass to mount...
The Phenom slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Igor Vovchanchyn.
Vitor Belfort is in full mount over Igor Vovchanchyn
Vitor Belfort sits high on Igor Vovchanchyn's chest and pulls his leg underneath Ice Cold's head. There's the triangle attempt!
Ice Cold tries to roll out. He's too quick for Vitor Belfort and manages to slip out! That was a risky move by The Phenom and it cost him top position.
Igor Vovchanchyn is in closed guard over The Phenom
Vitor Belfort launches a few punches to Ice Cold's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Ice Cold tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Igor Vovchanchyn is in closed guard over The Phenom
Vitor Belfort is cooling the fight on the ground
Igor Vovchanchyn is in closed guard over The Phenom
Ice Cold is in closed guard... The Phenom tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Igor Vovchanchyn!
Vitor Belfort is in full mount over Igor Vovchanchyn
Ice Cold tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Vitor Belfort doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The Phenom looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Igor Vovchanchyn's punches
Ice Cold is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Phenom.
Crushing shot to Ice Cold's body! He's holding his side
Vitor Belfort tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Vitor Belfort who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Ice Cold pushes off of Vitor Belfort and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
The Phenom holds his opponent tight while he tries to cool down the action.
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Ice Cold decides to launch some tentative punches
Vitor Belfort takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Ice Cold's Right eye is beginning to swell
Ice Cold has a small cut in his Right eye
Ice Cold goes to the body...
his punches graze The Phenom's arm.
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Igor Vovchanchyn attempts a sweep single...
Vitor Belfort was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Igor Vovchanchyn goes with a looping right hand while Vitor Belfort jumps back and jabs
Ice Cold seems staggered and Vitor Belfort runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
A right hand from Igor Vovchanchyn
gets deflected.
The Phenom is trying to counter now!
Vitor Belfort just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Ice Cold may be in trouble!
Igor Vovchanchyn tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Vitor Belfort swings and Ice Cold has to retreat
The clock says 4:05 in the 2 round
Terrible one sided match... Ice Cold was not ready to fight a fighter of Vitor Belfort caliber.
Brilliant combination from Igor Vovchanchyn
The Phenom is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
The Phenom tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
The Phenom throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
The frightening power of Vitor Belfort has left Ice Cold sleeping peacefully on the canvas!
Ice Cold's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Igor Vovchanchyn's Chin
Winner is Vitor Belfort by KO (Punches) at 4:16 Round 2
Statistics: Igor Vovchanchyn
Punches 4/29 (14%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/6 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/2 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 220 s
Statistics: Vitor Belfort
Punches 24/32 (75%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 16/21 (76%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 220 s
Nice effort tonight from Igor Vovchanchyn who was thinking of the fans besides the fight itself
A highlight reel performance by The Phenom from beginning to end! We want this man in all the events!
ManMMA management should pay these guys extra just for the excitement they provide to the fans!
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!