PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Denis Valentinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabio Souza has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Denis Valentinov's chin.

Valentinov
vs
Souza

175 cm
26
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

167 cm
20
152 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Denis Valentinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Souza!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza tries to bum rush Valentinov with a series of wild strikes but Valentinov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Valentinov drives through with a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Souza pulls Valentinov in close to prevent any damage.
Valentinov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Souza controlling the position.

Fabio Souza has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Souza tries to clinch there but Valentinov circles away.

Valentinov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Souza holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fabio Souza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Valentinov circles away.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Valentinov circles away.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.

Valentinov dives in and scores a takedown into Souza's guard.
Souza pulls Valentinov in to control the position.
Valentinov throwing strikes from guard but Souza blocks nicely.
Souza wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fabio Souza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Valentinov keeps the fight on the outside.

Valentinov shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Souza holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

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!
Valentinov with the ground and pound but Souza uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Souza is pulling down on Valentinov's head to control his posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fabio Souza was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Valentinov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentinov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Souza gets back to full guard.
Souza is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Souza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Valentinov defends it well.
Souza is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Souza frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Souza is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Souza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fabio Souza!
Our winner, Fabio Souza, 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.