PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gilberto Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bo zo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Souza
vs
zo

176 cm
21
146 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

150 cm
23
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Very confident

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, bo zo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
zo scoring well with a low kick there.
zo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gilberto Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza swings and misses with a shot to the body
and zo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Souza swings for the body but zo moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by zo. That's going to slow Souza down.
zo throws a body kick that misses.
Souza connects with a right hand. zo shakes it off.
zo scores with a leg kick.
Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
zo scoring well with a low kick there.
Souza thuds a left hand into zo's body.
Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but zo manages to avoid it.
zo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza.
Souza throws a body punch but zo moves out of range.
Souza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
zo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Souza.
zo throws the left hand but Souza avoids the punch easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from zo.
zo lands a jab to the nose.
Souza is looking to wear down zo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
zo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Souza is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Good leg kick by zo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
zo looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from zo.
A decent looking cross lands there for zo.
Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
zo misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zo connects with a solid leg kick.
Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. zo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
zo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Souza cracks a nice hook into zo's ribs.
zo misses with a double jab.
Souza is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Souza works zo's body with a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Souza crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from zo - the referee stops the clock and Souza gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says zo. Souza manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but zo manages to avoid it.
zo thumps Souza with a low kick.
Souza swings for the body but zo moves out of range.
Souza swings for the body but zo moves out of range.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souza looks to land a right hand but zo moved out of range.
Souza looks to throw the jab but zo is out of range.
Souza digs a good hook to zo's body.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
zo looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from zo.
zo keeps Souza at a distance using the push kick.
zo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Souza. That did some damage!
Souza has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by zo.
A good leg kick by zo.
zo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
zo throws a right and a left that both miss.
zo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza dodges the punch combination from zo.
zo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
zo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice defenses there by zo.
zo scores with a nice body kick.
Souza swings and misses with a shot to the body
and zo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
zo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
zo lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but zo manages to avoid it.
Crunch! zo slams his shin into Souza's torso.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Souza crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from zo - the referee stops the clock and Souza gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says zo. Souza manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
zo works the jab nicely.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Souza misses with a looping left.
Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but zo moves away.
zo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Souza misses with a hook. zo ducked under it nicely.
Souza looks to throw the jab but zo is out of range.
zo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
zo moves away from the strike by Souza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
zo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by zo. That's going to slow Souza down.
Souza misses with a shot to the body
and zo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
zo pushes Souza away with a front kick.
Souza throws an overhand right that lands on zo's shoulder, as zo tries to avoid the shot.
zo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
zo scores with a kick to the body.
zo connects with a solid leg kick.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from zo.
zo misses with a double jab.
zo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
zo lands with a hook. Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
zo tries to land a front kick but Souza steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
zo thumps Souza with a low kick.
zo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
zo scores with a jab.
zo misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. zo does a little dance to reset his feet.
zo tests Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. zo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
zo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. zo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
zo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
zo lands with a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for zo.
Souza will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
zo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
zo fakes the leg kick and cracks Souza in the body.
zo delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
zo lands a nice looking body kick.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
zo cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
zo throws a looping overhand right but Souza ducks down to avoid it.
zo misses with the combination.
zo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Souza avoids the body shot from zo.
A swing and a miss from Souza.
A thudding body kick lands there by zo!
zo misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick lands from zo.
zo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
zo scores with a push kick.
Jab by zo.
Nice body kick from zo.
Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
zo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
zo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

bo zo 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.

Thud! ouch! good body kick from zo - that will leave a mark!
A kick lands to the mid section there for zo.
A big right from Souza misses.
zo connects with a looping right hand.
zo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
zo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big right from zo misses.
Souza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed zo momentarily.
zo lands with a thumping leg kick.
zo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
zo misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut lands for zo. That snapped Souza's head back.
Souza digs a good hook to zo's body.
zo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
zo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Souza has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by zo.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
Souza moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
zo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from zo.
zo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zo throws a quick inside leg kick.
zo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Souza thuds his right hand into zo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
zo throws a shot to the body.
No joy there for zo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza misses with a telegraphed body shot
and zo counters with a slapping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from zo.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Souza might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Both fighters circling a little - zo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A lazy left from zo finds it's target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from zo.
Souza on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
zo misses the shot to the body.
zo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Souza avoids the body shot from zo.
zo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Souza's sensitive parts.
zo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by zo. That's going to slow Souza down.
zo throws a nice inside leg kick.
zo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
zo scores with a spinning back kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for zo.
zo misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for zo.
bo zo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
zo throws a series of strikes that have Souza backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
zo scores with a nice body kick.
zo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
zo thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from zo.
zo cracks Souza with an open hand slap.
bo zo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Souza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Souza walks forward, straight into a front kick from zo.
zo misses with the combination.
zo just misses with a punch to the body.
zo lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
A combination from zo does no damage.
zo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but zo is just out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from zo, right into the meat.
zo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souza slips under a jab.
Crunch! zo slams his shin into Souza's torso.
zo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
zo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Souza if he has to take too many more of those.
zo misses with a kick to the body.
zo misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for zo.
zo pushes Souza away with a front kick.
An inside leg kick lands from zo.
A big right from zo misses.
Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by zo.
Souza misses with a hook. zo ducked under it nicely.
zo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
zo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from zo.
A punch lands to the side of Souza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Souza has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by zo.
Souza avoids the body shot from zo.
zo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
zo lands a jab to the nose.
Souza misses with a shot to the body
and zo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Souza really felt that one!
Souza misses the shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by zo.
zo scores with a one two! Souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
zo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Souza if he has to take too many more of those.
zo scores with a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for zo.
Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
zo lunges at Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Souza's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from zo. Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Souza looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
zo thumps Souza with a low kick.
zo cracks Souza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
zo misses with the combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for zo.
zo lands a front kick.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by zo.
zo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.
zo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by zo. zo obviously looking to wear him down.
zo feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
Souza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from zo. Souza shrugs it off though.
zo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
zo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Souza. That did some damage!
zo lands a glancing blow to the side of Souza's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
zo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
Souza walks into a jab.
zo misses the shot to the body.
zo connects with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for zo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

bo zo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Souza throws a body punch but zo moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for zo.
zo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by zo.
zo swinging wildly here.
zo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from zo there as he acknowledges the shot.
zo tests Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
zo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Souza will feel that in the morning.
Souza swings away with a body shot that misses
and zo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Souza's knee momentarily.
zo throws out a loose jab but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
zo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
zo connects with a solid leg kick.
zo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
zo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Souza to score with a decent uppercut.
zo scores with a leg kick.
zo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Souza walks forward, straight into a front kick from zo.
Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but zo was well out of range. Poor timing from Souza.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
zo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
zo looks to land a left hand but Souza moved out of range nicely.
zo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zo dips to his left and cracks Souza with an uppercut!
zo staying out of range there.
zo lands with a kick to the ribs.
zo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
zo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
zo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by zo. zo obviously looking to wear him down.
Crunch! zo slams his shin into Souza's torso.
zo throws a front kick that sends Souza stumbling back into the cage.
zo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Souza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Crunch! zo slams his shin into Souza's torso.
zo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
zo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza.
zo throws a right and a left that both miss.
zo lands with a nice body punch.
zo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
zo throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Souza throws a lazy right hand but zo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
zo throws a nice outside leg kick.
zo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Souza on the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from zo, right into the meat.
Souza sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
zo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gilberto Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
zo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by zo.
zo looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
zo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
zo throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from zo.
zo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from zo. Souza shrugs it off though.
zo cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
zo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
zo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Souza takes a step back to recover.
zo lunges at Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Souza's hand.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
zo connects with a body shot.
zo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
zo cracks Souza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for zo.
zo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by zo.
Both fighters circling a little - zo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
zo lands with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
zo throws a nice inside leg kick.
zo scores with a kick to the body.
zo cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
A looping hook to the body misses from zo. Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
zo sizes up Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
zo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Souza.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from zo - that will leave a mark!
zo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Souza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
zo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Souza if he has to take too many more of those.
zo connects with a solid leg kick.
zo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
zo fakes the leg kick and cracks Souza in the body.
zo scores with a spinning back kick!
zo thumps Souza with a low kick.
zo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.
zo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
zo feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
zo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from zo.
zo is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
zo misses with a hook.
zo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
zo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Souza swings for the body but zo moves out of range.
zo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Souza takes a step back to recover.
zo scores with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by zo. That's going to slow Souza down.
zo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
zo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Souza tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
zo just misses with a punch to the body.
zo misses with the combination.
Souza looks to land a right hand but zo moved out of range.
Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
zo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
zo lands a jab to Souza's midsection.
zo throws a nice inside leg kick.
zo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
zo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A thudding body kick lands there by zo!
Souza walks into a straight right hand from zo.
zo lands a slapping body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from zo, right into the meat.
zo scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
bo zo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well zo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 25:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... bo zo!