UFC 187 Chris Weidman Def. Vitor Belfort First-Round TKO

LAS VEGAS – Chris Weidman had to weather an early storm to do it, but the UFC middleweight champion defended his title in devastating fashion against Vitor Belfort. After being cut open by an early flurry, Weidman (13-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) took Belfort (24-11 MMA, 13-7 UFC) down and pummeled him relentlessly on the mat, forcing the TKO stoppage at the 2:53 mark of Round 1. The middleweight title fight was the co-main event of today’s UFC 187 event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.After a sloppy take down attempt, one that resulted in Belfort nearly getting ahold of him, he backed up and fell to his feet. Belfort fell backing away and Weidman rushed at Belfort and went for a flying knee. He slipped landing and Belfort was able to capitalize and it looked like Weidman was in a lot of trouble. Chris seemed to be cut near his eye and Belfort teed off on him in a massive flurry but Weidman took his best shots and covered up well. Chris had an easy takedown of Belfort and dominated from there. He gained full mount, then back mount, and unloaded a series of ruthless ground-and-pound. Weidman returned to full mount and crushed Belfort with punishing punches and elbows that literally had Vitor's head bouncing off the canvas. Herb Dean had seen enough and called an end to the fight not even 3 minutes into the round.