PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Jennings Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jairo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan comes to the cage accompanied by Taylor Swift- Love Story. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jennings Bryan
vs
Souza

180 cm
22
178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
182 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Clube Da Esquina Nutrition ($45 Q156 Rec)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William Jennings Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jairo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bryan takes a step back to recover.
A head kick misses from Bryan.
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Bryan swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Bryan is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bryan closes the distance and clinches.

Bryan breaks the clinch.

Bryan moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bryan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
Bryan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
The referee calls for Bryan to work.
Bryan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Bryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bryan clinches up against the cage.
Bryan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bryan lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Bryan misses with a knee strike.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Bryan scores with a knee to the head.
Bryan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Souza wants to break free but Bryan has control.
Souza fails to pull the fight into his guard.
William Jennings Bryan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jairo Souza.

Bryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryan.

Bryan closes the distance and pushes Souza back into the cage.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bryan lands an elbow just above Souza 's eye.
Bryan misses with a knee to the head.
Bryan misses with an elbow over the top.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.

Bryan breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bryan wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Souza takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bryan is looking to clinch.

Bryan closes the distance and clinches.
Bryan throws a head punch that misses.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bryan.
Bryan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Souza.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.
Bryan throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Bryan is controlling him.
Souza tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bryan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Souza is defending well for now.
Bryan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Souza blocks it with crossed arms.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Souza is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bryan lands an elbow inside.
Bryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Souza blocks it with crossed arms.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Bryan.
Bryan looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.

Bryan breaks the clinch.
Good work by Bryan as he checks the leg kick.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Jennings Bryan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bryan is looking to land body kicks.
Souza misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Bryan misses
and Souza finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bryan circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bryan pinned against the cage. Bryan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bryan clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Bryan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bryan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Souza's brow.
Souza avoiding damage as Bryan throws knees to the body.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Bryan is struggling to control the position.
Bryan lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bryan.
Bryan looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Souza is defending well for now.
Bryan with a knee to the head.
Bryan misses with the head strike.

Bryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Souza is predictable there

and Bryan moves into the clinch.
Bryan is stalling here.
Bryan misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Bryan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Bryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jairo Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bryan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bryan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Souza. Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
Bryan wants to clinch but Souza slips to the side
and Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Souza lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bryan dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza throws a leg kick that is checked

and Bryan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Bryan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bryan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Souza is trying to break free.
Bryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryan has him pressed against the cage.
Bryan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Bryan landing knees to the head.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Bryan has the dominant position.

Bryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bryan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Souza looks for the body kick but Bryan saw that one coming.
Bryan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Souza to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Souza fails with the takedown

and Bryan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bryan.
Bryan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bryan misses with a knee strike.
Bryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bryan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bryan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Souza wants to break free but Bryan has control.
Bryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Bryan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza has had enough of the clinch but Bryan keeps him there for the moment.
Souza blocks the elbow strike.
William Jennings Bryan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bryan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Jennings Bryan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bryan throws a low kick, looking for Souza's leg but Souza calmly moves out of range.
Bryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bryan is looking to clinch.
Souza throws a wild body kick that Bryan sees coming a mile off.
Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryan.
Bryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws the kick towards the body but Bryan avoids it.
Souza misses with a double jab.

Bryan moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Bryan.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bryan for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Souza avoiding damage as Bryan throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Bryan.
Bryan trying to land knees to the body.
Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bryan.
Souza is trying to break free.
Bryan working aggressively here.
Bryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bryan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bryan misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bryan is struggling to control the position.
Knees to the body from Bryan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bryan.
Bryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bryan tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
William Jennings Bryan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryan has him pressed against the cage.
Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Souza tries to break the clinch but Bryan is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bryan.
Nice body punch from Bryan - that landed with a thud.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Bryan is controlling him.
Souza can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan is pushing Souza up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bryan looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Bryan gets through Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Souza has had enough of the clinch but Bryan keeps him there for the moment.
Bryan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souza tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bryan smiles and moves away.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Souza wants to slow Bryan down by chopping away at his legs.

Bryan moves into the clinch successfully.
Bryan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Souza tries to circle away but Bryan has him pinned against the cage.
Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bryan connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jairo Souza has been cut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Bryan has the dominant position.
Jairo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryan prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Souza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Jennings Bryan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bryan 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Jennings Bryan!