PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafao Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jungle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Souza
vs
Jungle

170 cm
20
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafao Souza!
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, Steve Jungle!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Souza misses with a head kick.
Souza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Jungle shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jungle was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jungle looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
You get the feeling that Souza really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jungle lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jungle landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jungle content just to control the position here.
Jungle lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jungle landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jungle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jungle looking to finish Souza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Souza!
Jungle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jungle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jungle lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jungle landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jungle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jungle working Souza over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jungle has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Souza's face.
Souza is trying to stand.
Jungle is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jungle lands a big shot there that rocks Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jungle landing strikes from the mount.
Jungle content just to control the position here.
Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jungle controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jungle with good strikes from the mount here!
Jungle controlling from mount.
Jungle scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jungle with the ground and pound from mount.
Jungle controlling the pace for now.
Jungle lands a big shot there that rocks Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jungle controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jungle is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Souza squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jungle landing shots from mount.
Jungle controlling his opponent.
Jungle lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.
Jungle landing shots from mount.
Jungle is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jungle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Jungle dominated that 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.

Jungle shoots in and drives through. Souza sprawls well.

Jungle closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jungle tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Jungle controls the position.
Souza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jungle on the ground.
Jungle working the body and head with strikes.
Jungle just content to control the position.
Jungle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jungle trying to control the position but Souza is working away.
Souza taking a bit of punishment here - Jungle scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jungle remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jungle creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Souza is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Souza being controlled for a moment.
Jungle works to advance to full mount. Souza defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jungle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Despite being in the dominant position, Steve Jungle just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice sprawl there from Souza as Jungle shoots in.
Jungle has a takedown stuffed.
Rafao Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Jungle.
Souza tries for a takedown but Jungle circles away easily

and Jungle counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Souza's guard now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jungle controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jungle passes into half guard.
Jungle is nestled in close to Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jungle is taking a breather. Souza says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Steve Jungle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jungle seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jungle passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Souza!
Jungle is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Souza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jungle lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jungle landing strikes from the mount and Souza is in trouble!
Souza is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jungle controlling from the full mount.
Jungle lands with some strikes.
Jungle pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.
Jungle looking to finish Souza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Souza!
Jungle controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Jungle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Souza tries to clinch but Jungle moves out of range.

Jungle changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Souza looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jungle landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jungle passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Souza!
Jungle punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jungle unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Jungle connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jungle landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jungle with the ground and pound from mount.
Jungle dominating with strikes here.
Jungle lands with some strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jungle lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jungle in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jungle working Souza over with strikes here.
Jungle dominating with strikes here.
Jungle controlling from the full mount.
The referee warns Souza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jungle looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jungle landing strikes from the mount.
Jungle controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Jungle has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.
Jungle looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jungle landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jungle controlling from the full mount.
Jungle punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jungle tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jungle dominating with strikes here.
Jungle content just to control the position here.
Jungle lands a big shot there that rocks Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jungle lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Souza tries to buck Jungle off but he can't manage it.
Jungle with the ground and pound from mount.
Jungle unloading with bombs!
Jungle landing punches.
Jungle looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.
Rafao Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steve Jungle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jungle content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Jungle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jungle winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Jungle!