PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro De La Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenzo Nakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

De La Souza
vs
Nakata

187 cm
26
219 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

180 cm
21
208 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alejandro De La Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenzo Nakata!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nakata shoots for a double leg takedown but De La Souza sprawls well. He's pushed Nakata's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De La Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakata takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De La Souza.
De La Souza tries to clinch up but Nakata circles away and keeps his distance.
De La Souza cracks the inside of Nakata's front leg.
Nakata avoids the head kick by De La Souza.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nakata.
De La Souza wants to control but Nakata postures up.
De La Souza tries to improve position but can't.
Nakata scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nakata fails to land a wild elbow strike.
De La Souza struggling a bit here.
De La Souza is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Nakata are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nakata working the ground and pound but De La Souza is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Nakata are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
De La Souza is trying to control Nakata's posture but Nakata avoids it.
Nakata working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nakata working the head with strikes.
Nakata working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
De La Souza struggling a bit here.
Nakata in side control, throwing shots but De La Souza defends.
De La Souza is trying to escape the position but Nakata is controlling the position.
Nakata throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza taking punishment in the form of punches.
De La Souza is looking for a sweep.
Nakata cracks De La Souza with an elbow. That is naaassty.
De La Souza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Nakata.
Nakata looking to punish the body of his opponent here but De La Souza is avoiding damage well.
Nakata landing strikes.
Nakata looking to punish the body of his opponent here but De La Souza is avoiding damage well.
De La Souza is breathing heavily.

Nakata is trying to get an arm triangle but De La Souza is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
De La Souza takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Nakata in side control, throwing shots but De La Souza defends.
De La Souza can't do much from the bottom here.
Nakata lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakata scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at De La Souza to see if he's OK.
De La Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nakata has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De La Souza on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Nakata's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
De La Souza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Nakata.
De La Souza can't do much from the bottom here.
De La Souza takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nakata advances to mount.
Nakata with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Nakata.
Nakata lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De La Souza hang on?
Nakata lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De La Souza hang on?
De La Souza on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if De La Souza tries to get out of the position.
Nakata cracks De La Souza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
De La Souza taking shots to the head.
Nakata connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nakata with good strikes from the mount here!
Nakata connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakata lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakata postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. De La Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Nakata with shots to the head and body - De La Souza looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenzo Nakata dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nakata throws a lazy right hand but De La Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakata will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nakata staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from De La Souza.
De La Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A left lands for De La Souza.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nakata is defended easily by De La Souza.
Nakata looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De La Souza is fending him off so far but Nakata persists. Nope, De La Souza circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakata misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alejandro De La Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenzo Nakata.
Nakata has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakata shoots in looking for a takedown. De La Souza tries to sprawl out of it but Nakata keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De La Souza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nakata is breathing heavily.
Nakata changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De La Souza tries to avoid it but Nakata manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De La Souza to the ground. De La Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for De La Souza.
De La Souza moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nakata avoids the head kick by De La Souza.
De La Souza swings for the body but Nakata moves out of range.
Nakata misses with a takedown attempt - De La Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alejandro De La Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De La Souza is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by De La Souza. That's going to slow Nakata down.
De La Souza throws a combination. Nakata tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
De La Souza lands a head kick!
De La Souza connects with a jab.
Nakata has a takedown stuffed.
Nakata shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De La Souza as he jumps to the side.
De La Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nakata swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De La Souza scores with a nice head shot.
De La Souza lands with a right hand.
De La Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nakata shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De La Souza as he jumps to the side.
De La Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Nakata in the body.
De La Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Nakata moves out of range easily.
De La Souza connects with a high kick.
Nakata has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nakata there as he acknowledges the shot.
De La Souza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De La Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Danga de danga de dang - De La Souza scores with a four punch combination!
Alejandro De La Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakata lands a nice looking body shot.
Good work by Nakata as he checks the leg kick.
De La Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nakata can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nakata shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nakata was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Nakata fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nakata cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nakata landing shots from mount.
De La Souza is in a horrible position here. Nakata smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nakata lands a nice shot to the head.
Nakata lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakata dominating with strikes here.
Nakata throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Nakata.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakata postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. De La Souza looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alejandro De La Souza dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Nice takedown defense from De La Souza. No joy for Nakata on that attempt.
De La Souza tries to land a front kick but Nakata steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De La Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De La Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Nakata on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Nakata closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Nakata maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! De La Souza could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Nakata has cracked it and De La Souza is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Nakata!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kenzo Nakata!