PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and brock mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). brock mir has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

De Souza
vs
mir

200 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, brock mir!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from mir is defended easily by De Souza.
De Souza lands a lovely overhand right.
mir fails with a takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Souza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed mir momentarily.

mir throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. De Souza was covering up waiting for the punch and mir finishes the takedown easily into guard.
mir prevents De Souza from getting back to his feet.
mir stays in close to De Souza's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
mir slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
mir's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
De Souza wants to stand up but mir is controlling him.
De Souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as mir controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Souza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Souza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst mir is controlling him.
mir content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, brock mir just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Souza is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

mir decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
mir looks gassed!
mir perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Souza trying to control from the bottom.
mir stops De Souza from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Souza displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from mir.
Igor De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of brock mir.
De Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. mir looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Souza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
mir changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Souza tries to avoid it but mir manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Souza to the ground. De Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
De Souza fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches mir on the side of the head.
De Souza lands a two punch combo.
De Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck mir on the side of the head.
De Souza lands with a nice combination. mir backs away looking to recover.
De Souza connects with a good right hand that stumbles mir. mir circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
De Souza scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but brock mir will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

mir takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice takedown defense from De Souza. No joy for mir on that attempt.
The crowd cheers as De Souza lands an impressive looking overhand right. mir doesn't seem phased though.
mir looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
mir shoots in but no luck this time.
Igor De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of brock mir.
De Souza cracks mir with a good jab.
De Souza works the jab nicely.
mir on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
De Souza catches mir with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good exchange - De Souza coming out on top.
A jab from De Souza does it's job there.
De Souza stalks mir and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into mir's face. mir staggers backwards, shaken.
De Souza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza works the jab nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - De Souza scores with a four punch combination!
De Souza lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by De Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Souza.
mir is breathing heavily.
De Souza cracks mir with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mir takes a jab right on the kisser.
mir takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Souza connects with a right hand. mir shakes it off.
De Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
mir walks into a jab.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Souza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
De Souza lands a with a good body shot.
mir takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Souza displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
De Souza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Souza, as that shot connected.
De Souza looks to land a combination. mir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice jab there from De Souza.
De Souza sizes up mir with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Igor De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and De Souza duly obliges.
De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces mir off the cage and back into rage.
mir with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Souza to score with a decent uppercut.
A cross from De Souza lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by De Souza.

De Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
De Souza trying to control but mir is having none of it.

De Souza looking for a guillotine from mount but mir is having none of it.

De Souza has control of mir's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and mir regains control of the situation pretty easily.
mir wants to hold on but De Souza pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Souza looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

De Souza swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and mir is now in De Souza's guard. A big mistake from De Souza there, giving up the dominant position!
De Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but mir is one step ahead there.
mir controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Souza pushes mir off and scrambles back to his feet.
De Souza sizes up mir with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
mir misses with a takedown attempt
and mir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
mir misses with a takedown
and De Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
De Souza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De Souza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

mir scores a takedown into full mount!
mir looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
mir wants to control the pace but De Souza is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor De Souza dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

De Souza works over mir's head and body with a nice combination.
mir has his takedown stuffed
and De Souza counters with a nice body shot.
mir is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Souza throws a one two combo.
mir is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
mir takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

De Souza feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

De Souza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

De Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Souza looking to pass the guard.
mir controlling De Souza's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza works a leg free and moves into half guard.

De Souza is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

De Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

De Souza is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
mir manages to get to full guard.

De Souza postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! mir is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of De Souza, into his guard.
mir trying to control but De Souza is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mir trying to move into half guard but instead De Souza has managed to sweep!

De Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
mir wants to pass the guard but De Souza is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Igor De Souza!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Igor De Souza!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Igor De Souza!

Igor De Souza wins by unanimous decision!