PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Nobre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilberto Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Nobre
vs
Souza

180 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Nobre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto Souza!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza shoots in but no luck this time.
Nobre looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Nobre gets caught flat footed, as Souza shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nobre wants to get back to his feet but Souza is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Nobre blocks nicely.
Souza wants to control from the top but Nobre keeps moving.
Souza thows a big elbow that misses.
Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nobre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Souza wants to control from the top but Nobre keeps moving.
Souza lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Souza connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nobre wriggles free and stands up.
Souza works Nobre's body with a nice hook.
Souza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Miguel Nobre has been cut.
Souza digs a good hook to Nobre's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Souza scores a takedown into full mount!
Souza controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza raining down shots from the mount!
Souza postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nobre looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Souza connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Souza.

Nobre is rocked!
Souza lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Nobre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nobre looks a forlorn figure.
Souza loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Nobre scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Souza land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Souza stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gilberto Souza!