PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jairo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Hondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Souza
vs
Hondo

187 cm
20
182 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jairo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trent Hondo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hondo lands with a right hand.
Trent Hondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Hondo - just one landing.

It looks like Jairo Souza has been cut.
Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hondo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Souza.
Hondo throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Hondo throws a combination that misses
and Souza counters with a good, hard body kick but Hondo shrugs it off.

Hondo cracks Souza with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Souza looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hondo finish him?

Souza is rocked!
Hondo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Hondo.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Hondo throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely.
An inside leg kick from Souza misses.
Hondo throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hondo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hondo misses with a body punch
and Souza counters with a nice kick to the body.
Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hondo throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
Hondo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Souza.
Souza jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hondo throws a combination that misses
and Souza counters with a left to the body.
A left and a right from Souza both land. Nice combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Souza.
Hondo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Souza misses with the combination.
Souza looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hondo throws a combination that misses
and Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hondo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hondo wants to slow Souza down by chopping away at his legs.
Hondo lands the left hand.
Souza scores with a head kick.
Hondo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Souza counters with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hondo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Trent Hondo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hondo looks gassed!
Hondo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hondo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hondo misses the shot to the body.
Souza's corner calls for a 1-2. Souza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hondo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hondo looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hondo.
Hondo looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
Hondo thows a leg kick but Souza checks it
and Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Souza lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Souza takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Souza cracks Hondo with a good jab.
A big right from Hondo misses.
Souza lands with a nice combination. Hondo backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Trent Hondo has been cut.
Hondo throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hondo misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hondo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Souza.
Hondo throws a sloppy head kick
and Souza counters with a nice body kick.
Souza lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza scores with a jab to the body.

Souza shoots in and bounces Hondo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Souza lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hondo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jairo Souza will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hondo throws out a loose jab but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza fails to land the takedown.
Decent striking displayed by Souza there.
Hondo throws a hook but Souza avoids it easily.
Hondo throws a sloppy body shot
and Souza counters with a body kick that stops Hondo in his tracks momentarily.
Hondo misses with a body punch
and Souza counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hondo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Souza counters with a nice body kick.
Hondo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Souza counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hondo is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Souza scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Souza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Souza lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza wants to free his trapped foot but Hondo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hondo is breathing heavily.
Souza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hondo is trying to stand back up but Souza is controlling him
Hondo regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Souza.
Souza thows a big elbow that misses.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Hondo blocks nicely.

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.
Souza throws a strike but Hondo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hondo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Souza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hondo wants to get up but he can't break Souza's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Hondo stands and steps away. Souza gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Souza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hondo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souza counters with a series of strikes. Hondo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hondo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Souza counters with an outside leg kick.
Hondo misses with a jab to the body
and Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hondo misses with a combination
letting Souza counter with a right hand.
Souza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slapping body kick lands there for Souza.
Hondo throws a sloppy head kick
and Souza counters with a three punch combo that has Hondo backing up. Hondo nods at Souza to acknowledge the strikes.
Hondo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Souza.
Hondo avoids the head kick by Souza.
Hondo throws a head kick that misses
and Souza counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hondo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Souza swinging wildly here.
Souza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hondo will feel that in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hondo throws a lazy body kick
and Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Souza lands with a nice body punch.
Souza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hondo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hondo misses with a combination
and Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hondo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Souza cracks Hondo with a good jab.
Souza moves away from the strike by Hondo.
A cross from Souza lands.
Good exchange - Souza coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jairo Souza dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Hondo connects with a body shot.
Hondo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Souza scores with a decent looking hook.
Souza throws a combination. Hondo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hondo misses with a straight left.
Souza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hondo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A shot to the body from Hondo misses
and Souza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jairo Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hondo's sensitive parts.
Souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hondo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hondo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Souza counters with a head kick. That will keep Hondo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Souza.
Souza throws an elbow but Hondo slips to the side and avoids it well.
Souza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The ground and pound from Souza seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Souza throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hondo tries to escape but Souza is in control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hondo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Souza is looking to take a break and control but Hondo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hondo dodges the ground and pound from Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Souza are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Souza cracks Hondo with a big elbow.
Souza looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hondo is avoiding damage well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Crunch! Souza slams his shin into Hondo's torso.
Souza misses with a hook. Hondo ducked under it nicely.
Hondo throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hondo misses with a shot to the body
and Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hondo's knee momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Hondo misses the target.
Souza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt
and Hondo counters with a stiff right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hondo, right into the meat.
Hondo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hondo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hondo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hondo misses the body punch
and Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Souza throws a right hand that Hondo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hondo also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a leg kick which misses Hondo's front leg but catches the back leg as Hondo tries to avoid it.
Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Hondo moves out of range easily.
Souza throws a body kick that misses.
Hondo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hondo misses with a combination
and Souza counters with a series of strikes. Hondo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Souza throws a head kick that misses
and Hondo counters with a head kick.
A jab from Souza finds it's way through Hondo's defenses.
Hondo misses with a combination
and Souza counters with a slapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jairo Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Souza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jairo Souza!