Light Heavyweight 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Tito Ortiz v Vitor Belfort
UFC 51: Super Saturday, Sat, Feb 5, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Referee John McCarthy
Referee John McCarthy
Tito Ortiz won by Split decision, R3 5:00. Nelson Hamilton 28 - 29. Cecil Peoples 28 - 29. Jeff Mullen 29 - 28.
“The People's Champ”
Height 6'3", Reach 74", Stance Orthodox, Age 30 on the night
Coming in 10-4-0 in the UFC over 14 fights
“The Phenom”
Height 6'0", Reach 74", Stance Southpaw, Age 27 on the night
Coming in 7-3-0 in the UFC over 10 fights
01/Round by round
3 of 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
| Tito Ortiz | Vitor Belfort | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | |
| Round 15:00 | 16 of 20 | 1 of 4 | 3:29 | 0 | 9 of 20 | 0 of 0 | 0:13 | 0 |
| Round 25:00 | 4 of 8 | 1 of 3 | 1:27 | 0 | 10 of 17 | 0 of 0 | 2:52 | 0 |
| Round 35:00 | 7 of 19 | 2 of 4 | 4:28 | 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0:00 | 0 |
| Fight, 15:00 | 27 of 47 | 4 of 11 | 9:24 | 0 | 19 of 38 | 0 of 0 | 3:05 | 0 |
Landed of attempted in each round, control time as recorded, and knockdowns scored. The fight ran 15.0 minutes. Total strikes are held and not printed; they count the pitter-patter on the ground. A round where control reads “not recorded” is one the source did not time, not one with no control.