PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Milat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza has chosen Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Milat
vs
De Souza

187 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
21
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Milat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alfonso De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Souza throws a shot from downtown. Milat moves away and avoids it.
De Souza lands a jab to the head.
De Souza connects with a solid leg kick.
Milat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Milat.
De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Milat cracks a nice hook into De Souza's ribs.
De Souza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Milat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Milat throws a head kick that De Souza semi-blocks.
Milat moves in looking to clinch but De Souza pushes him off.
Milat looks to land a left hand but De Souza moved out of range nicely.
Milat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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!
Milat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Milat checks a leg kick.
De Souza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De Souza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milat on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Souza misses with a body punch
and Milat counters with a nice leg kick.
De Souza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Milat checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Milat throws a low kick but De Souza moves out of range easily.
Milat fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Souza checks it well.
Milat throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Milat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza lands with a nice body punch.
Milat thows a body kick. De Souza tries to catch it but that hurt him.
De Souza moves out of range as Milat strikes.
Milat throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Milat. That's going to slow De Souza down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza slips under a jab from Milat.
Milat thows a body shot but no joy.

Milat has De Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Milat tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Milat leaning against his opponent.
Milat tries to break free but De Souza pushes him back against the cage.
De Souza taking a breather.
Milat throws a head punch that misses.
De Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Milat prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Milat tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza digs a right hand underneath Milat's ribcage. Milat let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milat throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Souzas head.
Milat misses with a body punch.
Milat cracks De Souza with a nice body shot.
Milat tries to throw a body punch but De Souza avoids it by throwing Milat back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Milat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Milat lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Milat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Milat lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
Milat is leaning against De Souza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Milat.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Milat.
De Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Milat uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
De Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Souza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice left hand lands by Milat.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Milat controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Milat backwards.
Milat digs a right hand into De Souza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Souza's gas tank.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Milat lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Milat scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Milat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Milat working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Milat dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Milat tries to move into range but De Souza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Souza jabs Milat to the body, keeping him at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.

De Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Milat. That snapped De Souza's head back.
Milat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
Milat blocks a head kick by De Souza.
A decent looking cross lands there for Milat.
Ivan Milat is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters circling a little - De Souza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A leg kick checked by De Souza.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Milat lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Milat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Souza scrambles back to his feet.
De Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Milat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Milat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Milat tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Milat scoring well with a low kick there.
Milat takes one to the side of the head.
Milat misses with a hook to the body
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Milat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Milat ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Souza avoids the head kick by Milat.
Milat is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Souza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Milat moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Milat tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
Milat misses with a punch to the body.
Milat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Milat blocks a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Milat controls his hands.
Milat blocks a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza gets through Milat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Milat.
Milat 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.
Milat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Souza lands a nice uppercut.
De Souza lands a right hand.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Milat controls his hands.
Milat misses with the head strike.
Milat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Milat.
Ivan Milat has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Souza misses with a body punch.
Milat swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milat pushes off an throws an elbow but De Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Souza cracks Milat with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Milat.
Milat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Milat backwards.
Milat tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Milat.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Milat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milat lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Milat avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
Milat swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza avoiding damage as Milat throws knees to the body.
Milat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Souza takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Milat lands a shoulder strike.
Milat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Souza pushes Milat back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Milat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alfonso De Souza will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.

De Souza tries a low kick but Milat avoids it.
De Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Milat jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Milat clinches up against the cage.
De Souza taking a breather.
Milat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Milat throws an elbow but it misses.
A short uppercut from Milat.
A short right from De Souza.
Milat tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Milat.
Milat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Souza.
Milat taking a breather.
De Souza is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milat tries to throw a body punch but De Souza avoids it by throwing Milat back against the cage.
Milat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Milat tries to throw a body punch but De Souza avoids it by throwing Milat back against the cage.
Milat tries a knee to the head but De Souza blocks it.
Milat working aggressively here.
Milat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Milat blocks a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza is trying to maintain a safe position but Milat gets an underhook and turns De Souza into the cage.
Milat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Milat.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Souza lands a body shot.
De Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Milat's elbow.
De Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milat blocks a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza works on Milat's body with a couple of short punches.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Milat.
Milat prevents a body shot from De Souza.
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Milat can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
Milat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza tries to work over Milat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.

De Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milat takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Souza throws a body punch but Milat moves out of range.
Milat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Souza.
A swing and a miss from Milat.
De Souza slips a straight right by Milat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milat loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
Milat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Souza tries to land a front kick but Milat steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Milat misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Milat. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Milat misses with an uppercut.
De Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Milat tries to work over De Souza's front leg with a kick but De Souza checks it.
De Souza slips a straight right by Milat.
De Souza swings for the body but Milat moves out of range.
De Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Milat is just out of range.
A big left from Milat misses.
De Souza tries to land a leg kick but Milat saw it coming and moves away.
De Souza scores with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milat just misses with a punch to the body.
Milat avoids the body shot from De Souza.
De Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
De Souza is looking to score with low kicks.
De Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Milat thows a body shot but no joy.

De Souza closes the distance and clinches.
Milat lands a damaging elbow.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Milat throws an elbow that misses.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Milat.
A shot in the inside from De Souza.
Milat digs a right hand into De Souza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Souza's gas tank.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alfonso De Souza.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight for Ivan Milat!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Ivan Milat!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight as a draw!

Ivan Milat wins by majority decision!
Our winner, Ivan Milat, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.