PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davison comes to the cage accompanied by Cinderella Man - Eminem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davison
vs
De Souza

178 cm
19
155 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

169 cm
26
157 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Davison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davison misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza dodges the punch combination from Davison.
Davison tests De Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Davison gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows De Souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Davison wants to stand and escape but De Souza is having none of it.
De Souza looking to pass the guard.

De Souza is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
De Souza postures up and lands a big shot to Davison's brow.
Davison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
De Souza throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison wants to get back to his feet but De Souza is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
De Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davison is looking to stand up but De Souza isn't so interested in that idea.
De Souza lands a couple of digs.
De Souza scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

De Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
De Souza landing some decent shots from guard.
De Souza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza landing with the ground and pound.
Davison is trying to keep De Souza in close.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
De Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Souza lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

De Souza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Souza is pushing down on Davison's leg trying to pass to half guard. Davison is fighting to maintain full guard but De Souza has managed to sneak the leg through.
Davison is trying to stand back up but De Souza is controlling him
De Souza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
De Souza lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza passes to side control.

De Souza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Davison has escaped the position, nice work there.
Davison is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

De Souza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Davison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Davison is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but De Souza has just dragged him back down to the mat.

De Souza wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Davison, who protects the arm well.
De Souza lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davison pushes De Souza away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, De Souza gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Davison tries to bench press De Souza off him but De Souza keeps the position.
Davison is pushing De Souza's head away, looking to escape. De Souza manages to hold on to the position though.
De Souza lands a few punches from side control.
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 looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Check out the look on De Souza's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
De Souza landing a few strikes.
Davison is trying to buck De Souza off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davison is breathing heavily.

De Souza has hold of Davison's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Davison seems comfortable defending it but De Souza has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Davison is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Davison is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but De Souza couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jose De Souza! Jose De Souza retains his lightweight title!