PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reko De Souza Da Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prince Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza Da Lima comes to the cage accompanied by Deekline and Wizard - All Your Love. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Souza Da Lima
vs
Adam

210 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
262 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ka-POW Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Reko De Souza Da Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Prince Adam!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adam rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Souza Da Lima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

De Souza Da Lima instigates a clinch.
Adam throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Souza Da Lima can't break the clinch.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Souza Da Lima takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Reko De Souza Da Lima has been cut.
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam scores a nice knee to the body.
Adam scores with a knee to the head.
Adam throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Souza Da Lima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to force a seperation but Adam has the dominant position.
De Souza Da Lima tries to circle away but Adam has him pinned against the cage.
Adam is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on De Souza Da Lima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Souza Da Lima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Souza Da Lima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Souza Da Lima tries to circle away but Adam has him pinned against the cage.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adam.
De Souza Da Lima is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adam using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adam lands a knee to the body.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adam.
Adam lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adam unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Souza Da Lima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adam stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Adam crunches a lovely knee into De Souza Da Lima's ribcage.
Adam landing knees to the head.
Adam throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adam with a knee to the head.
Adam displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Souza Da Lima up against the cage.
Adam lands a knee to the body.
Adam landing knees to the head.
Adam connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Souza Da Lima's face.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adam tries to land knees in the clinch but De Souza Da Lima avoids the damage to the body.
Adam stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
De Souza Da Lima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Souza Da Lima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adam lands a knee to the head.
Adam misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adam landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
De Souza Da Lima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Souza Da Lima takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adam looking to throw knees to the head but De Souza Da Lima is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Adam.
Adam tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Souza Da Lima avoids it.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Souza Da Lima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Souza Da Lima tries to break the clinch but Adam is controlling the position.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adam landing knees to the head.
Adam landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adam lands a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam working De Souza Da Lima over with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A frustrated look appears on De Souza Da Lima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adam is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adam will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning De Souza Da Lima up against the cage.
Adam misses with a knee to the head.
Adam has De Souza Da Lima pressed against the cage, preventing De Souza Da Lima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Adam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Souza Da Lima's efforts to push away.
Adam connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Souza Da Lima's face.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adam has De Souza Da Lima pressed against the cage.
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Souza Da Lima's efforts to push away.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adam obliges.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Adam landing knees to the head.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Souza Da Lima's efforts to push away.
Adam connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Souza Da Lima's face.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
De Souza Da Lima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adam's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adam lands a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to force a seperation but Adam has the dominant position.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam scores a nice knee to the body.
De Souza Da Lima takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Adam.
Adam keeps control of De Souza Da Lima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prince Adam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reko De Souza Da Lima's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Adam scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Adam misses with a few strikes there.

Adam rushes De Souza Da Lima and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adam obliges.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam is controlling him.
Adam avoiding damage.
Adam with a knee to the head.
Adam working De Souza Da Lima over with knees to the body.
Adam connects with a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adam obliges.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adam misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Souza Da Lima.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Souza Da Lima tries to break free but Adam pushes him back against the cage.
De Souza Da Lima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on De Souza Da Lima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Adam.

De Souza Da Lima pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adam misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza Da Lima misses with a jab, cross combination.
Adam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adam displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
De Souza Da Lima misses with a head kick.
Adam lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Prince Adam is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Adam fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Souza Da Lima, pushing him back against the cage.
Adam lands a knee to the head.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adam misses with a knee strike.
Adam utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Adam - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Adam is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Adam in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adam landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Adam prevents De Souza Da Lima from breaking the clinch.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break free but Adam has control.
Adam throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Souza Da Lima takes an elbow to the temple.
De Souza Da Lima working hard to break the clinch.
Adam putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Souza Da Lima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Souza Da Lima tries to break the clinch but Adam is controlling the position.
Adam leaning against his opponent.
Prince Adam seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Adam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Souza Da Lima blocks it with crossed arms.
Adam misses with a knee to the head.
Adam utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Adam.
A frustrated look appears on De Souza Da Lima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Souza Da Lima blocks it with crossed arms.
De Souza Da Lima working hard to break the clinch.
Adam scores with a knee to the head.
Adam avoiding damage.
Adam continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Souza Da Lima's face.
Adam landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adam misses with a knee strike.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to force a seperation but Adam has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Adam.
De Souza Da Lima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam looking to throw knees to the head but De Souza Da Lima is blocking nicely.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Adam lands a good knee to the midsection. De Souza Da Lima won't want to take too many of those.
De Souza Da Lima wants to get back to striking at distance but Adam won't allow it.
De Souza Da Lima has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adam has De Souza Da Lima pressed against the cage, preventing De Souza Da Lima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adam.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam landing knees to the head.
De Souza Da Lima being controlled against the cage.

That's four 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 Da Lima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adam manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to force a seperation but Adam has the dominant position.
Adam's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
De Souza Da Lima tries to circle away but Adam has him pinned against the cage.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adam looking to throw knees to the head but De Souza Da Lima is blocking nicely.
Adam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adam tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adam scores with a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prince Adam showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reko De Souza Da Lima's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Adam!
De Souza Da Lima changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adam tries to avoid it but De Souza Da Lima manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adam to the ground. Adam escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Adam fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Souza Da Lima, pushing him back against the cage.
Adam landing knees to the body.
Adam has De Souza Da Lima pressed against the cage, preventing De Souza Da Lima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by Adam.
Adam connects with a knee to the head.
Adam with a knee to the head.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam scores with a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Adam has double underhooks.
Adam lands an elbow inside that De Souza Da Lima shrugs off.
Adam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Souza Da Lima blocks it with crossed arms.

De Souza Da Lima manages to break the clinch.
Adam scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Adam drives through and clinches with De Souza Da Lima against the cage.
Adam lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Souza Da Lima wants to break free but Adam has control.
Adam misses with a knee to the head.
Adam landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza Da Lima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adam lands a nice knee to the body.
De Souza Da Lima can't break the clinch.
Adam with a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima can't break the clinch.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A bit of stalling here from Adam.
De Souza Da Lima tries to break free but Adam pushes him back against the cage.
Adam taking a breather.
Adam lands a knee to the body.
Adam lands a nice knee to the body.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam is controlling him.
Adam connects with a knee to the head.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adam misses with a knee strike.
De Souza Da Lima takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Souza Da Lima tries to break free but Adam pushes him back against the cage.

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.
De Souza Da Lima takes a knee to the side of the body.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam has him pressed against the cage.
Adam is pushing De Souza Da Lima up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Adam landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Souza Da Lima wants to get back to striking at distance but Adam won't allow it.
Adam lands a knee to the head.
Adam landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Adam.
Adam connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adam.
Adam scores with a knee to the head.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adam tries to land a knee to the head but De Souza Da Lima blocks with his arms.
Adam connects with a knee to the head.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adam misses with a knee to the head.
De Souza Da Lima working hard to break the clinch.
De Souza Da Lima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adam is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Souza Da Lima's face.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adam tries a knee to the head but De Souza Da Lima blocks it.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Souza Da Lima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adam misses with a knee strike.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam is controlling him.
De Souza Da Lima working hard to break the clinch.
Adam stalling against the cage.
Adam putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Souza Da Lima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adam lands a knee to the body.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to break the clinch but Adam is controlling him.
Adam landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adam looking to throw knees to the head but De Souza Da Lima is blocking nicely.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A knee to the head by Adam.
Adam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Prince Adam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
De Souza Da Lima tries to break the clinch but Adam is controlling the position.
Adam working De Souza Da Lima over with knees to the body.
Adam scores a nice knee to the body.
De Souza Da Lima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adam misses with a knee to the head.
Adam keeps control of De Souza Da Lima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Adam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adam putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Souza Da Lima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adam landing knees to the head.
Adam stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Adam is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Souza Da Lima is keeping busy.
Adam landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Souza Da Lima is trying to push Adam away but Adam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
De Souza Da Lima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adam with a knee to the head.
Reko De Souza Da Lima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A frustrated look appears on De Souza Da Lima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adam stalls.

And that's the end of the fight!
Prince Adam comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Adam 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prince Adam!