Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo Souza: Live round-by-round updates
MMA Fighting has live round-by-round updates for the boxing match between former UFC fighters, and past opponents Vitor Belfort and Ronaldo Souza at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Saturday night.
The bout will serve at the co-main event for Gamebred Boxing 4, which streams on on UFC Fight Pass and PPV.com. Check out our Jones Jr. vs. Pettis results page to find out what happened on the undercard.
Belfort and Souza fought each other when they were competing for the UFC, and Souza put Belfort away with a first-round TKO victory at UFC 198 in May 2016.
Belfort returns to the boxing ring for his first fight since stopping Evander Holyfield in the first round at a Triller event in November 2021. The 46-year-old hasn’t been active in combat sports competition as this will only be his second appearance since his final UFC fight when he was knocked out by Lyoto Machida at UFC 224 in May 2008.
Souza makes his first fighting appearance since leaving the UFC in 2021. “Jacare” lost four straight fights to cap off his octagon career, which included stoppage losses to Kevin Holland and Andre Muniz.
Check out the Belfort vs. Souza live blog below.
Round 1: Belfort and Souza look in absolutely incredible shape for this one.
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