PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vasco Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ubereem alistair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Vasco Sousa has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sousa
vs
alistair

190 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

210 cm
23
197 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vasco Sousa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, ubereem alistair!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sousa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sousa tries to clinch but alistair moves out of range.

Sousa rushes alistair and presses him up against the ropes.

Sousa manages to break the clinch.
Sousa tries to clinch but alistair moves out of range.

Sousa moves into the clinch.

Sousa manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Sousa.

Sousa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Sousa stands up and we're back to a striking position.

alistair shoots in and bounces Sousa off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Sousa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sousa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
alistair has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sousa is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa wants to get back to his feet but alistair passes into half guard.
Sousa wants to get back to full guard but alistair has passed into side control.
Sousa trying desperately to get to his feet.
alistair scoring with strikes but Sousa is staying in there.
Sousa bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sousa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
alistair throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
alistair keeping moving, preventing Sousa from controlling successfully.
Sousa preventing the sweep.
alistair is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sousa gets to his feet - alistair follows without any prompting.
alistair tries for a takedown but Sousa circles away easily

so Sousa counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sousa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sousa preventing the sweep.

Sousa gets to his feet. alistair looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
alistair is looking to clinch.

alistair gets caught flat footed, as Sousa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sousa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
alistair is not content to let Sousa control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sousa tries to advance to mount but alistair denies him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sousa decides to take the fight back to the feet.
alistair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

alistair changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sousa looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sousa is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sousa is looking to escape.
Sousa is breathing heavily.
Sousa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. alistair is working away from the top position though.
alistair thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sousa's head.
alistair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
alistair is looking to stall here but Sousa recovers full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sousa striking off his back but it's not causing alistair any problems.
alistair throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sousa working a defensive guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
alistair tries for a takedown but Sousa circles away easily

and Sousa counters by clinching up.

Sousa breaks the clinch.
Sousa lands with a thumping leg kick.

Sousa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Sousa stands up from guard. Let's bang!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sousa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sousa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from alistair.
alistair doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sousa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sousa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasco Sousa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sousa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
alistair looks to clinch

and Sousa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Sousa escapes and gets back to his feet.
alistair shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sousa counters with a left to the body.

Sousa has taken the fight to the clinch.

Sousa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
alistair with a poor takedown
and Sousa counters with a leg kick.
Vasco Sousa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sousa fakes the leg kick and cracks alistair in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sousa throws a combination. alistair tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

alistair tries to keep at a distance but Sousa has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sousa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sousa throws a head kick but alistair moves out of range.
Sousa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Sousa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
alistair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sousa.
alistair is breathing heavily.
Sousa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Sousa pulls alistair into guard.
Sousa wants to stand but alistair is controlling the position.
Sousa lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Sousa keeping moving, preventing alistair from controlling successfully.
Sousa wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and alistair manages to pass to side control.
alistair wants to take a breather but Sousa is having none of it.
Sousa wants to get back to his feet.
Vasco Sousa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sousa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
alistair is looking to advance position but Sousa won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
alistair has his takedown stuffed

and Sousa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in alistair's guard now.
Vasco Sousa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ubereem alistair.
alistair trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
alistair keeping moving, preventing Sousa from controlling successfully.
Sousa passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Sousa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by alistair, who protects the arm well.
Sousa scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sousa trying to control the action but alistair is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on alistair's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Sousa decides to stand up, so the ref orders alistair to his feet.

Sousa clinches.

Sousa manages to break the clinch.

alistair shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sousa is trying to defend but alistair finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
alistair sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sousa defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sousa wants to control but alistair is keeping busy.
alistair is looking to take a break and control but Sousa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sousa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sousa.

alistair decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sousa closes the distance and clinches.
Sousa tries to break the clinch but alistair is controlling the position.
Sousa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasco Sousa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

alistair tries to clinch up.
Nice cross by Sousa.
Sousa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of alistair's head.
Sousa throws a head kick that misses.
alistair throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sousa moves into the clinch.
alistair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sousa has had enough of the clinch but alistair keeps him there for the moment.

Sousa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sousa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sousa controlling the action here for a moment.

alistair has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sousa uses from the top position.
Sousa postures up in alistair's guard and throws a big left but alistair blocks it.
Sousa trying to control the position from guard on top but alistair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Sousa stands and steps away. alistair gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
alistair has his takedown stuffed
and Sousa counters with a nice kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sousa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sousa throws a head kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sousa lands with a slapping head kick.

Sousa forces alistair back against the ropes and clinches.
alistair goes for a takedown attempt but Sousa pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Sousa scores a takedown into full mount!
Sousa tries to control but alistair wriggling away.
Sousa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
alistair in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sousa is landing with some decent strikes but alistair is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sousa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sousa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sousa landing shots from mount.

alistair is rocked!
Sousa has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of alistair's face.
alistair is still in real trouble! Can Sousa finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sousa connects with a bit shot that sees alistair covering up! More strikes from Sousa and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sousa is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vasco Sousa!