PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adriano De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramos Muchado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

De Souza
vs
Muchado

170 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ramos Muchado!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muchado misses with a wild combination.
Muchado walks forward, straight into a front kick from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a series of wild punches.

De Souza shoots in and bounces Muchado off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
De Souza showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza wanted to stand there but Muchado had control of the position.

Muchado has his foot on De Souza's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. De Souza works his way back into a safe position though.
De Souza passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Muchado is trying to buck De Souza off.
Muchado looks gassed!
You can see the frustration on Muchado's face as De Souza controls the position.

That's two 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.
Muchado on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Muchado avoids any damage from the ground and pound of De Souza.

De Souza stands up and we're back to a striking position.

De Souza gets the takedown into side control.
Muchado tries to bench press De Souza off him but De Souza keeps the position.
De Souza tries to advance to mount but Muchado denies him.
De Souza controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Souza has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Muchado shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
De Souza gets full guard.
De Souza controlling the position.
Muchado landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muchado sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed De Souza's guard.

Muchado is trying to work for a kimura but De Souza is defending well.

Muchado is working for a submission of some sort.

De Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Muchado.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adriano De Souza dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muchado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

De Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
De Souza is pressing down on Muchado's thigh, looking to free his foot. Muchado is holding on for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muchado is staying active underneath De Souza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muchado trying to hold on to De Souza's head to control him but De Souza postures up.
De Souza trying to control from half guard but Muchado is working away.
De Souza trying to mount his opponent but Muchado defends it.

Muchado looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
De Souza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Muchado on the ground.
De Souza trying to control the action but Muchado is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Muchado looking for submissions off his back.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De Souza shoots in looking for a takedown. Muchado tries to sprawl out of it but De Souza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Muchado manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muchado.
De Souza keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swinging wilding here.
De Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

De Souza decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
De Souza is nestled in close to Muchado, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
De Souza wants to take a breather but Muchado is having none of it.
De Souza not doing much here.
De Souza tries to pass the half guard into mount. Muchado knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muchado is staying active underneath De Souza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

De Souza stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Muchado to get to his feet.
De Souza throws a head kick that misses.
De Souza fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adriano De Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Muchado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.

De Souza scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adriano De Souza dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

De Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Muchado sprawls well. He's pushed De Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Muchado fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muchado doesn't manage to clinch there - De Souza circles away.
De Souza shoots in looking for a takedown. Muchado tries to sprawl out of it but De Souza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Muchado manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ramos Muchado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Muchado is looking to clinch but De Souza is avoiding it.
De Souza throws a right and a left that Muchado avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza misses with a takedown attempt

and Muchado moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adriano De Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Souza gets underhooks to prevent Muchado's takedown attempt.

Muchado has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics De Souza uses from the top position.
De Souza showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muchado looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Souza is one step ahead there.
Muchado bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Souza's guard.
Muchado wants to stand but De Souza has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Muchado sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed De Souza's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Muchado not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De Souza is looking to escape.
De Souza is looking for a sweep. Muchado is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Souza is positioning himself well to prevent Muchado advancing to mount.
Muchado trying to mount his opponent but De Souza defends it.
De Souza wants to control but Muchado is keeping busy.

Muchado seems to be working for a kimura but De Souza defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza makes his way to full guard. A much better position for De Souza.

De Souza had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Muchado is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. De Souza Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Muchado's back instead.

De Souza is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Muchado has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Souza keeps control of the position as Muchado tries to break free.
Muchado prevents De Souza from getting a body triangle.
Muchado trying to control the position but De Souza manages to sink in the hooks.
Ramos Muchado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

De Souza is persistently looking for the submission but Muchado is defending it well.
De Souza is throwing strikes by Muchado counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Muchado regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramos Muchado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adriano De Souza!