PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Dry County. Thiago de Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr's chin.

de Souza
vs
Tatsuhiko Jr

183 cm
27
177 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

178 cm
22
183 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from de Souza tenderised Tatsuhiko Jr's leg. Tatsuhiko Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
de Souza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
de Souza throws a head kick but Tatsuhiko Jr moves out of range.
de Souza connects with a body shot.
Tatsuhiko Jr fakes a jab and throws a low kick but de Souza checks it well.
de Souza motions for Tatsuhiko Jr to come forward. de Souza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tatsuhiko Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but de Souza moves away.
Tatsuhiko Jr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big left from Tatsuhiko Jr misses.
Tatsuhiko Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Tatsuhiko Jr. No joy for de Souza on that attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Tatsuhiko Jr blocks the leg kick.
Tatsuhiko Jr shoots in for a takedown but de Souza shows good takedown defense.
de Souza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tatsuhiko Jr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza throws a half hearted mid kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by de Souza.
de Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tatsuhiko Jr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tatsuhiko Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatsuhiko Jr takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
de Souza tries to clinch but Tatsuhiko Jr moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by de Souza there.
de Souza misses the shot to the body.

Tatsuhiko Jr bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Tatsuhiko Jr scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at de Souza to see if he's OK.
Tatsuhiko Jr landing a few strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
de Souza is trying to improve his position.
de Souza is working hard here to advance position.

Tatsuhiko Jr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko Jr trying to control the position but de Souza is working away.
de Souza on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
de Souza is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Tatsuhiko Jr's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tatsuhiko Jr connects with a nice short shot to de Souza's temple.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tatsuhiko Jr passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for de Souza!
Tatsuhiko Jr working de Souza over with strikes here.
Tatsuhiko Jr is in the full mount, landing strikes.
de Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
de Souza is looking to improve his position but Tatsuhiko Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Tatsuhiko Jr controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza is in all sorts of trouble here.
de Souza slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

de Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tatsuhiko Jr is keen to just control but de Souza is a slippery customer.

Tatsuhiko Jr is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tatsuhiko Jr is pressing down on de Souza's thigh, looking to free his foot. de Souza is holding on for now.
Tatsuhiko Jr frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tatsuhiko Jr landing strikes from the mount and de Souza is in trouble!
de Souza is desperately trying to improve his position but Tatsuhiko Jr has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de Souza is trying to escape the mount.
Tatsuhiko Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish de Souza?
de Souza regains half guard.

de Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tatsuhiko Jr works his foot free and advances to mount.
Tatsuhiko Jr breaks from de Souza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatsuhiko Jr with shots to the head and body - de Souza looks very uncomfortable down there.

Tatsuhiko Jr looking for a guillotine from mount but de Souza is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

de Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatsuhiko Jr scores with a jab to the body.
de Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from de Souza.
de Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
de Souza tries to land a front kick but Tatsuhiko Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from de Souza lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tatsuhiko Jr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tatsuhiko Jr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tatsuhiko Jr throws a head kick that misses.
de Souza throws a lazy right hand but Tatsuhiko Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tatsuhiko Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
de Souza has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tatsuhiko Jr.
Thiago de Souza is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko Jr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
de Souza throws a right and a left that Tatsuhiko Jr avoids nicely.
Tatsuhiko Jr takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tatsuhiko Jr looks for the body kick but de Souza saw that one coming.
Tatsuhiko Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
de Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
de Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
A good leg kick by de Souza.
Good leg kick by Tatsuhiko Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
de Souza tries to clinch
and Tatsuhiko Jr counters with a nice body kick.
de Souza throws out a leg kick but Tatsuhiko Jr moves out of range and de Souza only half commits.
de Souza misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatsuhiko Jr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says de Souza as he avoids it easily.
Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tatsuhiko Jr lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and de Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from de Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tatsuhiko Jr lands a jab-cross combination.
A head kick by Tatsuhiko Jr misses
and de Souza counters with a leg kick.
de Souza misses with a head kick.
de Souza is looking to slow Tatsuhiko Jr down with leg kicks.
Tatsuhiko Jr misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
de Souza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as de Souza blocks the leg kick.
Tatsuhiko Jr throws a leg kick but de Souza checks it.
Thiago de Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Souza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tatsuhiko Jr.
Tatsuhiko Jr tries for a takedown but de Souza circles away easily
and de Souza makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by de Souza.
de Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
de Souza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
de Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tatsuhiko Jr.
de Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
de Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
de Souza misses with a body punch
and Tatsuhiko Jr counters with a good, hard body kick but de Souza shrugs it off.
A thudding body kick lands there by de Souza!
Tatsuhiko Jr checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
de Souza tries to land a body kick
and Tatsuhiko Jr counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Souza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tatsuhiko Jr.
de Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
Tatsuhiko Jr misses with a low kick.

de Souza gets caught flat footed, as Tatsuhiko Jr shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatsuhiko Jr stopping the sweep attempt from de Souza.

de Souza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tatsuhiko Jr is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Souza keeping moving, preventing Tatsuhiko Jr from controlling successfully.
Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
de Souza keeping full guard, as Tatsuhiko Jr tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tatsuhiko Jr trying to control but de Souza is working from the bottom.

de Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tatsuhiko Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good shot there by de Souza.
de Souza scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tatsuhiko Jr in his tracks.
de Souza avoids the head kick by Tatsuhiko Jr.
Tatsuhiko Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
de Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
de Souza slips under a jab.
A leg kick checked by Tatsuhiko Jr.
Tatsuhiko Jr fails to land the takedown.
de Souza fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tatsuhiko Jr checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
de Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tatsuhiko Jr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
de Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
de Souza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
de Souza thumps Tatsuhiko Jr with a low kick.

Tatsuhiko Jr manages to get an easy takedown there - catching de Souza on his heels. He'll look to pass de Souza's guard now, I'm sure.

de Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tatsuhiko Jr doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tatsuhiko Jr manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

de Souza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tatsuhiko Jr gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tatsuhiko Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Tatsuhiko Jr landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tatsuhiko Jr drops back looking for a leg! de Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and de Souza manages to kick Tatsuhiko Jr off! Tatsuhiko Jr jumps back into de Souza's guard.
Tatsuhiko Jr wants to pass the guard but de Souza is keeping the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

de Souza is looking for a triangle but Tatsuhiko Jr pushes his legs off easily.
de Souza wants to sweep but no luck.

de Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tatsuhiko Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tatsuhiko Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tatsuhiko Jr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
de Souza keeping moving, preventing Tatsuhiko Jr from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko Jr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tatsuhiko Jr advances position into side control!
de Souza is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tatsuhiko Jr off and has taken his back!
de Souza is trying to stick to Tatsuhiko Jr's back but Tatsuhiko Jr is turning into de Souza. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in de Souza's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Tatsuhiko Jr.
Tatsuhiko Jr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tatsuhiko Jr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de Souza is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tatsuhiko Jr is one step ahead there.
de Souza keeping full guard, as Tatsuhiko Jr tries to pass.
de Souza looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuhiko Jr sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed de Souza's guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tatsuhiko Jr in particular looking to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
de Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
Tatsuhiko Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
de Souza tries to get to full guard but Tatsuhiko Jr has control of the leg.
Thiago de Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

de Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tatsuhiko Jr pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

de Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tatsuhiko Jr content to control rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr.
I've got Tatsuhiko Jr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Akihito Tatsuhiko Jr waved his t-shirt featuring Down Under - Supplements. New 160Q's logo in front of the cameras.