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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alfonso De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Dale!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza moves to clinch but Dale breaks away
letting Dale counter with a right hand.
Dale shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De Souza as he jumps to the side.
Dale misses with a combination
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza lands with a good body shot.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. Dale looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De Souza clobbers Dale with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dale on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dale looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Souza digs a good body shot into Dale's ribs.
Dale looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dale keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Souza punishes Dale's body with a nice straight punch.
Alfonso De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Souza leaves Dale with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
De Souza lands a really nice looking cross but Dale seems unphased.
Dale fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alfonso De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Dale.
De Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dale.
It looks like Jason Dale has been cut.
Dale is trying desperately to land a takedown but De Souza is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Dale.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Souza listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
De Souza sizes up Dale with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dale gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Dale in the body.
De Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Souza tries to clinch but Dale moves out of range.
De Souza lands a jab.
De Souza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dale.
De Souza clinches.
Dale has De Souza pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De Souza manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from De Souza.
De Souza scores with a shot to the side of Dale's head.
A short right from De Souza.
De Souza is pushing Dale up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Souza prevents a takedown attempt there.
De Souza is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
De Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dale backwards.
De Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Souza digs a right hand into Dale's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dale's gas tank.
A right handed body shot lands from De Souza.
De Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dales head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dale takes an elbow to the temple.
De Souza is struggling to control the position.
De Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
De Souza is struggling to control the position.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
Dale has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. De Souza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Souza displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dale up against the cage.
Dale tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. De Souza smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso De Souza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Dale's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
De Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dale.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dale's sensitive parts.
Dale missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Souza scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dale closes the distance and clinches up with De Souza, looking for a takedown. Dale pushes De Souza against the cage but De Souza circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dale is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. Dale looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jason Dale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Souza delivers a nice body kick.
De Souza digs a good body shot into Dale's ribs.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Souza closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by De Souza.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Dale avoids the damage to the body.
De Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dale can do to turn this around?
De Souza lands a damaging elbow.
A bit of stalling here from De Souza.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dale avoids it.
De Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Souza prevents Dale from breaking the clinch.
De Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from De Souza.
De Souza slows down the pace here.
Dale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dale tries to circle away but De Souza has him pinned against the cage.
Dale working hard to break the clinch.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Dale avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from De Souza.
Nice body punch from De Souza - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dale wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Dale can't break the clinch.
Dale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dale backwards.
A short right from De Souza.
De Souza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Souza gets through Dale's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Souza presses Dale against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Come on De Souza - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Souza misses with a knee strike.
De Souza'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 is pressed up against the cage. Dale has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Souza down to the mat. De Souza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
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.
De Souza lands the left hand.
De Souza wants to clinch up but Dale keeps it at a distance.
Dale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Souza.
Still in the clinch, De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
De Souza throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso De Souza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Dale's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
De Souza cracks a nice hook into Dale's ribs.
A head kick from De Souza lands but Dale takes it in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from De Souza.
Dale takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dale.
Nice shot lands for De Souza.
Dale on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dale throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Souza makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dale takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Souza lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza dips to his left and cracks Dale with an uppercut!
De Souza jabs Dale to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Dale off balance momentarily.
De Souza lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
De Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Dale off balance momentarily.
Dale shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dale takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
Alfonso De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza scores with a shot to the body.
De Souza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Souza scores with a jab to the head.
Dale on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by De Souza.
Dale's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dale was well out of range. Poor timing from De Souza.
De Souza scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dale in his tracks.
Dale takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Souza lands with a hook. Dale tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alfonso De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Dale takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dale circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
Alfonso De Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike.
Dale takes an elbow to the temple.
Dale can't get the takedown.
A shot in the inside from De Souza.
Dale goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Souza prevents it.
A right hand to the body from De Souza.
Jason Dale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dale working hard to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso De Souza!
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