PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reko De Souza Da Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza Da Lima comes to the cage accompanied by Deekline and Wizard - All Your Love. Reko De Souza Da Lima has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

De Souza Da Lima
vs
Summers

210 cm
20
270 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

200 cm
25
267 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 3 - 6 - 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, Luke Summers!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for De Souza Da Lima with that takedown attempt.
De Souza Da Lima tries to clinch there but Summers circles away.
A punch combination from De Souza Da Lima misses.
Summers swats away the attempt to clinch by De Souza Da Lima.
De Souza Da Lima wants to clinch up but Summers keeps it at a distance.

Summers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. De Souza Da Lima sprawls well initially but Summers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
De Souza Da Lima wants to get back to his feet.
Summers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De Souza Da Lima with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Summers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De Souza Da Lima with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Summers works his way into full mount!
Summers lands a big shot there that rocks De Souza Da Lima but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. De Souza Da Lima looks a forlorn figure.
Summers landing shots from mount.
Summers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
De Souza Da Lima wants to control but Summers is having none of it.
Summers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Souza Da Lima is in all sorts of trouble here.
Summers controlling the position easily from mount.
Summers lands a big shot there that rocks De Souza Da Lima but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Summers punching from mount but De Souza Da Lima doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers content just to control the position here.
De Souza Da Lima knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Summers on the ground.
Summers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Souza Da Lima is looking to escape.
Summers with a couple of short strikes.
De Souza Da Lima tries to hold on but Summers pushes him away.
Summers is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Summers controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza Da Lima is wriggling around trying to escape.
Summers with a couple of short strikes.
Summers looking to control and managing it successfully.
De Souza Da Lima is working to get back to half guard.
Summers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Summers's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Summers has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Summers lands with some strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Summers trying to control but he's not successful this time.
De Souza Da Lima holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Summers tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza Da Lima is squirming around, avoiding Summers's attempts to control the action.
Summers landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Summers dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

De Souza Da Lima shoots in looking for a takedown. Summers tries to sprawl out of it but De Souza Da Lima keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Summers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Summers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Souza Da Lima pinned against the cage. De Souza Da Lima gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Summers with a nice cross.
Summers missing with a left hand there. De Souza Da Lima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

De Souza Da Lima rushes Summers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Souza Da Lima lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Souza Da Lima.

It looks like Luke Summers has been cut.
De Souza Da Lima keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Summers's efforts to push away.
De Souza Da Lima struggles to land a body shot inside as Summers controls his hands.
De Souza Da Lima lands a right hand.
Summers working hard to break the clinch.
De Souza Da Lima lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers is looking to break free of the clinch but De Souza Da Lima has double underhooks.

De Souza Da Lima breaks the clinch.
Summers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and De Souza Da Lima counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Summers! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Reko De Souza Da Lima!
Reko De Souza Da Lima decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.