PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Fridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as The Fridge enters the cage!

Souza
vs
Fridge

210 cm
27
298 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

225 cm
25
347 lbs
4 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Fridge!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza looks to land a right hand but Fridge moved out of range.
Fridge looks gassed!
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fridge circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fridge throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Souza's waist but Souza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fridge off to one side.
Souza misses with a double jab.
A left and a right from Souza both land. Nice combination.
A jab from Souza does it's job there.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fridge circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Souza works Fridge's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot by Souza.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Souza moves into the clinch.

Souza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Souza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Souza lands the left hand.
Souza is looking to score with low kicks.
Souza scores with a sloppy right hand. Fridge should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Fridge checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Souza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Souza feints a jab promting Fridge to slip. Souza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fridge slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A jab from Souza finds it's way through Fridge's defenses.
Souza's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Souza duly obliges.
Fridge takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Souza lands a nice shot to the body.

Souza clinches.

Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souza with a nice cross.
Souza misses with a body shot.

Souza instigates a clinch.

Souza manages to break the clinch.
Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fridge checks it well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Souza.
Fridge on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Souza throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Souza throws a hook but Fridge blocks it.
Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Fridge's shoulder, as Fridge tries to avoid the shot.
Fridge on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Souza does no damage.
Souza catches Fridge with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Souza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Souza lands with an overhand left.
Souza is looking to score with low kicks.
Souza cracks Fridge with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Good work by Fridge as he checks the leg kick.
Souza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Souza fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fridge shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Souza feints a jab promting Fridge to slip. Souza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fridge slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fridge has his takedown stuffed
and Souza counters with a left and a right that stings Fridge.
Souza throws a leg kick but Fridge checks it.
Anderson Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fridge doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Souza lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Souza closes the distance and clinches.

Souza manages to break the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fridge checks a leg kick.

Souza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Souza lands a slapping body shot.
Souza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fridge shoots in but no luck this time.
Anderson Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Fridge.
A jab from Souza misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fridge has time to react.
Fridge misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Souza misses with the combination.
Souza cracks Fridge with a good jab.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Souza.
Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fridge moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fridge fails with a takedown attempt.
Fridge shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Souza pinned against the cage. Souza gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fridge avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Souza dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fridge misses with a takedown
and Souza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Souza closes the distance and clinches.
Fridge is trying desperately to land a takedown but Souza is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Fridge.

Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Souza is working the combinations to good effect here.
Fridge ducks right into an uppercut from Souza.
Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fridge moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fridge takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Souza lands with a nice combination. Fridge backs away looking to recover.
Souza lands with a nice body punch.
Fridge has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza misses with a wild combination.
Fridge shoots for a takedown but Souza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Souza. No joy for Fridge on that attempt.
Anderson Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Fridge.
Souza lands with a thumping leg kick.
Souza jabs Fridge to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Souza misses with a few strikes there.
Fridge dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fridge moves out of range of the strikes.
Fridge checks the leg kick nicely there.
Souza throws a series of punches but Fridge moves out of range.
Souza lands a slapping body shot.
Souza missing with a left hand there. Fridge was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Souza is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fridge shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fridge takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Souza connects with a jab.
Souza misses with the combination.
Fridge misses with a takedown
and Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Souza throws a body punch but Fridge moves out of range.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fridge moves away.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fridge moves out of range as Souza strikes.
An inside leg kick from Souza misses.
Souza throws a left and a right that both miss

and Fridge counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fridge.
Fridgeis looking to pass into half guard but Souza pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Souza is in guard.

Souza stands and steps away. Fridge gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fridge fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Fridge with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Souza darts in and clinches Fridge up against the cage.

Souza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Souza clinches up against the cage.

Souza manages to break the clinch.
Fridge shoots for a double leg takedown but Souza sprawls well. He's pushed Fridge's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fridge misses with a takedown
and Souza counters with a right hand to the body.

Souza closes the distance and clinches.

Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Souza cracks Fridge with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fridge on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza falls off balance throwing a combination

and Fridge counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Souza's guard now.
Fridge wants to pass the guard but Souza is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fridge stops Souza from standing up.
Souza looking for a sweep. Not yet Souza, not yet.
Souza is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Souza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Souza stands up and beckons Fridge to join him on the feet.
Fridge with a poor takedown
and Souza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fridge thinking.
Fridge shoots in looking for a takedown but Souza manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fridge's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Souza stuffs the takedown attempt from Fridge. Fridge gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Souza dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Souza as Fridge shoots in.
Fridge misses with a takedown attempt - Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Souza lands a glancing blow to the side of Fridge's head.
Souza closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fridge sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Souza throws a series of punches but Fridge avoids them all with ease.
Fridge gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Anderson Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A combination from Souza does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fridge manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Souza stuns Fridge with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fridge walks into a straight right hand from Souza.
Fridge doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Fridge steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fridge takes one to the side of the head.
Souza dips to his left and cracks Fridge with an uppercut!
Souza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Fridge.
Fridge fails with the takedown
and Souza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fridge is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Souza.
Souza lands a nice hook to Fridge's body. Fridge takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza throws a left and a right that both miss

and Fridge counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fridge.
Souza keeping moving, preventing Fridge from controlling successfully.

Souza pushes Fridge off and gets back to his feet.
Souza looks to land a combination but Fridge avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fridge.
The fighters circling - Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fridge gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Souza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fridge wants to break free but Souza has control.
Fridge has Souza pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Souza manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fridge will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Fridge's shoulder, as Fridge tries to avoid the shot.
Fridge fails with the takedown.
Fridge fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Souza avoids it really well and circles away.
Souza throws a combination that misses

and Fridge counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fridge looking to control but instead Souza has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fridge seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Souza does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fridge trying to mount his opponent but Souza defends it.

Fridge seems to be looking for submissions.
Fridge looks to land a strike but Souza avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Souza keeping full guard, as Fridge tries to pass.
Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fridge is one step ahead there.

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.
Fridge looking to sit in guard and control but Souza gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Souza is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Souza slips nicely into half guard.
The Fridge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fridge trying to hold on to Souza's head to control him but Souza postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anderson Souza.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Souza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Souza!