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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Dry County. Roman has chosen Momma said knock you out as his entrance music. Thiago de Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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177 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Roman!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Souza ducks under a wild hook from Roman.
Roman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnny Roman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roman misses with the combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Roman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from de Souza - the referee stops the clock and Roman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says de Souza. Roman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
de Souza drives through and clinches with Roman against the cage.
de Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roman looks gassed!
A short right from de Souza on the inside.
de Souza lands with a light punch inside.
de Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
de Souza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from de Souza.
de Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
Roman takes a shot to the head.
de Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
de Souza gets through Roman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
de Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
de Souza lands a body shot.
de Souza is working Roman over against the cage.
de Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Roman won't want to take too many of those.
de Souza with a knee to the head.
A short left from de Souza.
de Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from de Souza.
de Souza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
de Souza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from de Souza.
de Souza landing knees to the body.
de Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Roman won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from de Souza - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from de Souza.
de Souza lands a body shot.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Souza.
de Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
de Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roman or not.
de Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from de Souza.
de Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
de Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
de Souza scores with a shot to the side of Roman's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from de Souza.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
de Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
de Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roman.
A short right from de Souza.
de Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
de Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
de Souza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for de Souza.
Still in the clinch, de Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by de Souza.
Roman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. de Souza smiles and moves away.
Roman misses with a combination
and de Souza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
de Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
de Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
de Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roman.
A left hand lands to the body for de Souza.
Roman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. de Souza smiles and moves away.
Roman tries to keep at a distance but de Souza has taken the fight into the clinch.
de Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
de Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. de Souza just stands there and leans against the cage.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Roman.
de Souza working Roman over with knees to the body.
Roman takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right handed body shot lands from de Souza.
A hook to the body from de Souza.
de Souza lands a nice uppercut.
de Souza lands an elbow inside that Roman shrugs off.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
de Souza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
de Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
de Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roman's defenses.
de Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
de Souza lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for de Souza.
Nice body punch from de Souza.
Roman takes a shot to the head.
de Souza lands a nice uppercut.
de Souza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Roman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
de Souza scores with a hook to the body.
Roman is looking to break free of the clinch but de Souza has double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from de Souza.
de Souza lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, de Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, de Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
de Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roman's defenses.
A right hand to the body from de Souza.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza lands a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Souza.
Roman takes an elbow to the forehead.
de Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
de Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roman is trying to break the clinch but de Souza is controlling him.
Roman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Roman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Roman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and de Souza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Roman misses with a double jab
and de Souza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
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.
A left hand lands to the body for de Souza.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by de Souza.
Nice body punch from de Souza - that landed with a thud.
Roman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Roman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de Souza scores with a jab to the body.
de Souza instigates a clinch.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza is working Roman over against the cage.
de Souza lands with a left to the head.
de Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roman's defenses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short left from de Souza.
Roman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roman tries to pull guard but de Souza won't allow it.
de Souza scores with a shot to the side of Roman's head.
de Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roman's efforts to push away.
Roman is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
de Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Roman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de Souza has closed the distance and engaged Roman in a clinch.
Roman working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago de Souza dominated that round.
That's time! de Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from de Souza. Roman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roman misses with a double jab
and de Souza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
de Souza lands a body punch.
de Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
de Souza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
de Souza has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A knee to the head by de Souza.
de Souza presses Roman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
de Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roman takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
de Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
de Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roman takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Souza crunches a lovely knee into Roman's ribcage.
de Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
de Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roman can do to turn this around?
Roman takes an elbow to the forehead.
de Souza scores with a shot to the side of Roman's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Souza landing knees to the body.
A hook to the body from de Souza.
Knees to the body from de Souza.
de Souza lands an elbow inside that Roman shrugs off.
Roman tries to break the clinch but de Souza is controlling the position.
de Souza lands an uppercut.
Roman takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hook to the body lands for de Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from de Souza on the inside.
A right hand to the body from de Souza.
de Souza lands with a light punch inside.
de Souza landing knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from de Souza.
de Souza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
de Souza lands a nice elbow.
Roman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. de Souza smiles and moves away.
Roman misses with a combination
and de Souza moves into the clinch.
de Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roman or not.
de Souza cracks Roman with a nice body shot.
Roman tries to circle away but de Souza has him pinned against the cage.
de Souza landing knees to the body.
Thiago de Souza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
de Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
de Souza lands a knee to the body.
Roman takes a shot to the head.
de Souza lands with a light punch inside.
de Souza lands a nice elbow.
Roman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. de Souza smiles and moves away.
de Souza rushes Roman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
de Souza lands with a left to the head.
Roman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
de Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
de Souza connects with a knee to the head.
de Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by de Souza.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. de Souza obliges.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roman avoids a wild elbow strike from de Souza.
Roman jumps guard but de Souza stands there with Roman around his waist. Roman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Roman.
de Souza lands a knee to the body.
de Souza lands a knee to the body.
Roman wants to get back to striking at distance but de Souza won't allow it.
Roman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
de Souza lands an elbow inside that Roman shrugs off.
de Souza lands a body shot.
de Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
de Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Roman won't want to take too many of those.
de Souza presses Roman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
de Souza is leaning against Roman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
de Souza digs a right hand into Roman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roman's gas tank.
de Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
de Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from de Souza - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
de Souza lands an elbow just above Roman 's eye.
de Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roman's defenses.
de Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
Roman wants to get back to striking at distance but de Souza won't allow it.
de Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
de Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Roman takes a shot to the head.
de Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
de Souza lands a knee to the head.
Good body shot from de Souza.
de Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Romans head.
A hook to the body from de Souza.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Roman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
de Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roman or not.
Roman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by de Souza.
A right hand to the body from de Souza.
de Souza lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by de Souza.
A body shot lands from de Souza.
de Souza lands a shoulder strike.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four 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.
A right handed body shot lands from de Souza.
Roman tries to pull guard but de Souza holds him up against the cage and eventually Roman drops back down to his feet.
de Souza scores with a shot to the side of Roman's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from de Souza.
A body shot lands from de Souza.
Roman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. de Souza smiles and moves away.
de Souza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
de Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
de Souza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Souza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
de Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Roman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de Souza has taken the fight to the clinch.
de Souza working Roman over with knees to the body.
de Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Roman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de Souza thuds a left hand into Roman's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago de Souza dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Roman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as de Souza throws out the jab.
Roman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and de Souza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
de Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from de Souza.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Souza.
A right handed body shot lands from de Souza.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
de Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
de Souza lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Souza.
de Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
de Souza crunches a lovely knee into Roman's ribcage.
A short right from de Souza.
de Souza lands an elbow inside that Roman shrugs off.
de Souza lands a body shot in the clinch.
de Souza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Roman has had enough of the clinch but de Souza keeps him there for the moment.
Roman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
de Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roman jumps guard but de Souza stands there with Roman around his waist. Roman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
de Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roman's defenses.
Nice elbow from de Souza.
de Souza lands a knee to the body.
Roman tries to break free but de Souza pushes him back against the cage.
de Souza lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from de Souza.
Roman is looking to break free of the clinch but de Souza has double underhooks.
Roman takes an elbow to the temple.
Roman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
de Souza digs a right hand into Roman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roman's gas tank.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Souza.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Souza.
A frustrated look appears on Roman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
de Souza lands a right hand.
Roman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Roman.
de Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de Souza crunches a lovely knee into Roman's ribcage.
A short body shot lands from de Souza as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from de Souza.
de Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for de Souza.
de Souza cracks Roman with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for de Souza.
de Souza scores with a shot to the side of Roman's head.
de Souza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Souza lands a left hand.
de Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
de Souza pushes Roman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from de Souza.
Roman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
de Souza lands a right hand.
de Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnny Roman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
de Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
Roman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Roman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice elbow from de Souza.
de Souza working Roman over with knees to the body.
de Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
de Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
de Souza presses Roman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roman takes a shot to the head.
de Souza crunches a lovely knee into Roman's ribcage.
de Souza is leaning against Roman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Roman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
de Souza lands a right hand.
Roman takes an elbow to the forehead.
de Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
de Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
Roman is looking to break free of the clinch but de Souza has double underhooks.
de Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
de Souza lands an uppercut.
de Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for de Souza.
Roman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. de Souza just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nice body punch from de Souza - that landed with a thud.
Roman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Souza.
de Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
de Souza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
de Souza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from de Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roman.
de Souza works on Roman's body with a couple of short punches.
Roman takes an elbow to the temple.
de Souza lands a body shot.
de Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from de Souza.
Roman is trying to break free.
A right hand to the body from de Souza.
Roman takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Souza lands an elbow that stopped Roman in his tracks for a moment.
de Souza lands an elbow that stopped Roman in his tracks for a moment.
Roman fails to pull guard.
Roman misses with a hook from the clinch.
de Souza lands an elbow that stopped Roman in his tracks for a moment.
de Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roman is looking to break free of the clinch but de Souza has double underhooks.
de Souza crunches a lovely knee into Roman's ribcage.
de Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
de Souza landing knees to the body.
Roman is trying to break free.
Roman fails to pull guard.
A short left from de Souza.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from de Souza.
de Souza gets through Roman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
de Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
de Souza with a knee to the head.
Roman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by de Souza.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de Souza is working Roman over against the cage.
Roman tries to break free but de Souza pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from de Souza.
A short uppercut from de Souza.
de Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
de Souza crunches a lovely knee into Roman's ribcage.
de Souza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Souza.
de Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
de Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
de Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
de Souza with a knee to the head.
Thiago de Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Good body shot from de Souza.
de Souza keeps control of Roman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
de Souza lands a damaging elbow.
de Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roman.
de Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Roman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago de Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de Souza 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago de Souza!
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