PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hanzo Sasori Hasashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasori Hasashi comes to the cage accompanied by Scorpion. De Souza has chosen Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sasori Hasashi
vs
De Souza

186 cm
23
182 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

177 cm
24
177 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hanzo Sasori Hasashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alfonso De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sasori Hasashi checks it well.
Sasori Hasashi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Souza's head.
De Souza tries to land a front kick but Sasori Hasashi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De Souza scores with a decent looking hook.
Sasori Hasashi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Souza misses with a hook. Sasori Hasashi ducked under it nicely.
Sasori Hasashi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sasori Hasashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi misses with a few strikes there.
De Souza with a hook.
Sasori Hasashi tries to clinch up.
Sasori Hasashi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasori Hasashi 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 looks to land a left hand but Sasori Hasashi moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sasori Hasashi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Souza misses with a low kick.
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sasori Hasashi moves forwards but De Souza connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Souza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sasori Hasashi will feel that in the morning.
A low kick from De Souza is predictable there
and Sasori Hasashi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice body kick there by De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi lands a lovely overhand right.
Sasori Hasashi moves out of range of the body kick from De Souza.
De Souza throws a hook but Sasori Hasashi blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza thumps Sasori Hasashi with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Sasori Hasashi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
De Souza thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sasori Hasashi if he has to take too many more of those.
Sasori Hasashi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Souza. That one must have hurt.
Sasori Hasashi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sasori Hasashi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Souza connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sasori Hasashi scrambles back to his feet.
Sasori Hasashi throws a body kick that misses.
De Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Sasori Hasashi scores with a decent looking hook.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sasori Hasashi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Sasori Hasashi's front leg but catches the back leg as Sasori Hasashi tries to avoid it.
That kick from De Souza tenderised Sasori Hasashi's leg. Sasori Hasashi is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Souza lands a nice hook to Sasori Hasashi's body. Sasori Hasashi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sasori Hasashi is breathing heavily.
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Souza throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Souza lands a nice shot that snaps Sasori Hasashi's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Souza throws out a loose jab but Sasori Hasashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sasori Hasashi punishes De Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
De Souza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sasori Hasashi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Souza works Sasori Hasashi's body with a nice hook.
Sasori Hasashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sasori Hasashi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Souza's calf.
De Souza lands a jab to the nose.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Souza.
De Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Sasori Hasashi.
Sasori Hasashi moves out of range of the body kick from De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasori Hasashi blocks the body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasori Hasashi avoids a kick to the body.
De Souza scores with a body shot.
Sasori Hasashi throws a head kick that misses.
De Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Sasori Hasashi in the body.
De Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
De Souza lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Souza connects with a body shot that sends Sasori Hasashi's belly button to the back.
De Souza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sasori Hasashi. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza throws a body kick that misses
and Sasori Hasashi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Souza lands with a nice body kick.
Sasori Hasashi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
Some bone on bone action there as Sasori Hasashi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonso De Souza dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

De Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sasori Hasashi on the side of the head.
De Souza tries to score with a low kick but Sasori Hasashi moves his leg out of the way.
Sasori Hasashi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Souza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Souza throws out a powerful jab.
De Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Souza staying out of range there.
De Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza tries to clinch but Sasori Hasashi is having none of it.
Sasori Hasashi misses with a wild body shot.
Sasori Hasashi throws a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a body kick that stops Sasori Hasashi in his tracks momentarily.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sasori Hasashi.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Sasori Hasashi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sasori Hasashi moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by De Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza slips under a jab.

De Souza has closed the distance and engaged Sasori Hasashi in a clinch.
Sasori Hasashi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Souza scores with a hook to the body.
Sasori Hasashi misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza lands an elbow that stopped Sasori Hasashi in his tracks for a moment.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Sasori Hasashi takes an elbow to the temple.
De Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from De Souza.
De Souza lands with a left to the head.
De Souza scores with a shot to the side of Sasori Hasashi's head.
Sasori Hasashi dodges an elbow strike from De Souza.
De Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Souza digs a right hand into Sasori Hasashi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sasori Hasashi's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Sasori Hasashi.
Sasori Hasashi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Souza is keeping busy.
Sasori Hasashi misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza works on Sasori Hasashi's body with a couple of short punches.
Sasori Hasashi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Souza manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sasori Hasashi's elbow.
De Souza is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Sasori Hasashi backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza is working Sasori Hasashi over against the cage.
De Souza misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza is pushing Sasori Hasashi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hand to the body from Sasori Hasashi.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Sasori Hasashi.
De Souza tries to work over Sasori Hasashi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza is stalling here.
De Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sasori Hasashi.
De Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Sasori Hasashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alfonso De Souza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sasori Hasashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sasori Hasashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sasori Hasashi misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza stalls.
De Souza looking to slow down the pace here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
Sasori Hasashi tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Sasori Hasashi controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonso De Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

De Souza misses with a straight left.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
De Souza throws a lazy right hand but Sasori Hasashi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sasori Hasashi takes a jab right on the kisser.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Souza. Sasori Hasashi does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sasori Hasashi.
A telegraphed right hand from De Souza misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as De Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sasori Hasashi blocks a low kick nicely.
De Souza thumps Sasori Hasashi with a low kick.
De Souza cracks Sasori Hasashi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sasori Hasashi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Souza lands a nice looking body kick.
Sasori Hasashi scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasori Hasashi moves out of range of the strikes.
Sasori Hasashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sasori Hasashi throws a wild body kick that De Souza sees coming a mile off.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sasori Hasashi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That kick from De Souza tenderised Sasori Hasashi's leg. Sasori Hasashi is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
De Souza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

De Souza drives through and clinches with Sasori Hasashi against the cage.
A body shot lands from De Souza.
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 misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasori Hasashi looking to stall.
De Souza gets through Sasori Hasashi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Souza is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sasori Hasashi has a couple of punches blocked by De Souza.
Hanzo Sasori Hasashi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sasori Hasashi slowing the pace effectively.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sasori Hasashi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Sasori Hasashi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Sasori Hasashi avoids the damage to the body.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Sasori Hasashi controls his hands.
Sasori Hasashi throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
De Souza cracks Sasori Hasashi with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi blocks a body shot from De Souza.
A right hand to the body from De Souza.
De Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sasori Hasashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
A right handed body shot lands from De Souza.
Alfonso De Souza 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.
De Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Souza lands a body punch.
De Souza lands a body punch.
De Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sasori Hasashi or not.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Souza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sasori Hasashi's brow.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Sasori Hasashi prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Sasori Hasashi working aggressively here.
De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sasori Hasashi throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Souza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso De Souza!
Alfonso De Souza decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.