PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gucci La Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronaldo De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Gucci La Flare has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

La Flare
vs
De Souza

183 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gucci La Flare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronaldo De Souza!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Flare throws a series of punches but De Souza moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for La Flare. That snapped De Souza's head back.
La Flare's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and La Flare duly obliges.
De Souza fails to land the takedown.
De Souza shoots for a takedown but La Flare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
De Souza shoots in but La Flare avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronaldo De Souza.
La Flare is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Souza shoots in but no luck this time.
De Souza shoots for a takedown but La Flare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
De Souza looks gassed!
La Flare works over De Souza's head and body with a nice combination.
De Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but La Flare circles away.
La Flare thuds a left hand into De Souza's body.
A combination from La Flare does no damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from La Flare.
La Flare scores with a three punch combo!
De Souza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but La Flare swivels and escapes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza slips a jab and a cross from La Flare.

De Souza darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
De Souza working over La Flare with some ground and pound. La Flare looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza prevents La Flare from standing back up.

De Souza is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, La Flare has managed to free his arm - good work.

De Souza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
De Souza stops La Flare from getting back to his feet.
De Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Souza wants to pass the guard but La Flare is defending well.
La Flare pushes De Souza off looking to stand but De Souza dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
La Flare lands with a nice combination. De Souza backs away looking to recover.
La Flare tries to bum rush De Souza with a series of wild strikes but De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danga de danga de dang - La Flare scores with a four punch combination!
De Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? La Flare is fending him off so far but De Souza persists. Nope, La Flare circles away and we're back to standing.
De Souza fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Flare fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La Flare misses with a body shot.
La Flare misses with a looping right.
La Flare misses with the combination.
De Souza tries to move into range but La Flare moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
La Flare throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.

De Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, De Souza cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

La Flare is rocked!

It looks like Gucci La Flare has been cut.
De Souza lands with some vicious ground and pound - can La Flare hang on?
Oh La Flare is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
De Souza misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
De Souza thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
De Souza throwing strikes here but La Flare is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
De Souza thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
De Souza throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
La Flare knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Souza on the ground.
De Souza unloads with some shots from mount but La Flare bucks and avoids them well.

De Souza jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but La Flare manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice sprawl there from La Flare as De Souza shoots in.
La Flare is working the combinations to good effect here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Souza.
De Souza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but La Flare swivels and escapes.
De Souza shoots in but no luck this time.
La Flare seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Flare wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

De Souza gets the takedown into side control.

De Souza tries for a kimura but La Flare is defending well.
De Souza prevents La Flare from escaping the position.

De Souza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, La Flare has escaped the position, nice work there.
La Flare wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

De Souza working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sloppy strikes there by De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Flare tries to escape but De Souza is in control.

De Souza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. La Flare knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
La Flare is looking to work his way out of this bad position but De Souza is controlling him well.
La Flare manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
La Flare tries to stand but can't do so whilst De Souza controls his leg.

De Souza is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but La Flare pulls his head out easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
La Flare connects with a looping right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Souza shoots for a takedown but La Flare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice jab there from La Flare.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danga de danga de dang - La Flare scores with a four punch combination!
A decent looking cross lands there for La Flare.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by La Flare!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gucci La Flare dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gucci La Flare's cut.
That's time! La Flare's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

De Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? La Flare is fending him off so far but De Souza persists. Nope, La Flare circles away and we're back to standing.
De Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
La Flare throws a series of strikes that have De Souza backpedaling.
De Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but La Flare sprawls well. He's pushed De Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronaldo De Souza.
La Flare scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Souza in his tracks.
De Souza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Flare lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La Flare connects with a looping right hand.
La Flare scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
La Flare throws a shot to the body.
Nice shot by La Flare.
De Souza moves forwards but La Flare connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab from La Flare does it's job there.
Gucci La Flare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Souza drops his hands momentarily and La Flare takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
La Flare scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
La Flare lands a body shot.
La Flare moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from La Flare.
La Flare throws a series of strikes that have De Souza backpedaling.
La Flare scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
La Flare throws a right and a left that De Souza avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Flare swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza slips a jab and a cross from La Flare.
Gucci La Flare is winning the standup battle so far.
La Flare throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.

De Souza shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in La Flare's guard.
De Souza is in close to La Flare's body, working some short punches and elbows.
De Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
La Flare is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Souza is controlling him.
De Souza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
La Flare wants to stand and escape but De Souza is having none of it.
De Souza with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De Souza forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Flare is trying to stand back up but De Souza is controlling him
La Flare won't allow De Souza to pass to mount.
De Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed La Flare's head.
La Flare looks like he's trying to stand up.
La Flare trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. La Flare defending well though.
La Flare avoiding damage under a succession of punches from De Souza.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Souza slips under a jab from La Flare.

De Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
De Souza is in close to La Flare's body, working some short punches and elbows.
La Flare utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
La Flare is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Souza can do to turn this around?
De Souza prevents La Flare from getting back to his feet.
De Souza thows a big elbow that misses.
De Souza working some strikes from top position.
De Souza prevents La Flare from getting back to his feet.
De Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as La Flare works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Souza stops La Flare from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jab from La Flare.
La Flare changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
La Flare will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La Flare slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Flare lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ronaldo De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Flare misses with a two punch combination.
De Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts La Flare as he jumps to the side.
La Flare wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

De Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
De Souza with a nice head shot there.

Gucci La Flare's cut is getting worse.
La Flare is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Souza is controlling him.
De Souza pushes down on La Flare's leg and manages to get into half guard.
La Flare is trying to stand back up but De Souza is controlling him

De Souza wants to work for an arm triangle but La Flare is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
La Flare tries to kick De Souza off but De Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
De Souza lands strikes from half guard.

Gucci La Flare's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
De Souza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
La Flare tries to kick De Souza off but De Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

De Souza is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Flare is trying to stand back up but De Souza is controlling him
De Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Jeez, Gucci La Flare's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gucci La Flare's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ronaldo De Souza!