PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Breckinridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabio Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Larry Breckinridge's chin.

Souza
vs
Breckinridge

167 cm
20
152 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

176 cm
26
153 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Larry Breckinridge!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Souza shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Breckinridge manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Breckinridge being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Breckinridge has Souza pulled in close to control his posture.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Souza throws out a loose jab but Breckinridge uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breckinridge looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.

Breckinridge takes the fight into the clinch.
Souza avoiding damage as Breckinridge throws knees to the body.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Breckinridge.
Souza avoids the elbow strike from Breckinridge, against the cage.
Souza misses with some punches.
Souza is trying to stall.
Breckinridge lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Breckinridge lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breckinridge throws an elbow but it misses.
Breckinridge blocking some punches.
Breckinridge misses with an elbow strike.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Breckinridge.
Souza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Breckinridge tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Breckinridge creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
Breckinridge just leaning against Souza, taking a breather.
Breckinridge lands an elbow just above Souza 's eye.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Breckinridge trying to land knees to the body.
Breckinridge is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Souza is defending well for now.
Souza has Breckinridge pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Breckinridge manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Breckinridge stops a takedown attempt from Souza.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Souza is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Breckinridge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Breckinridge tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Souza tries for a takedown but Breckinridge manages to get underhooks.
Breckinridge lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Breckinridge lands an elbow just above Souza 's eye.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Breckinridge.
Souza has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Breckinridge is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Breckinridge uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breckinridge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Breckinridge.
Breckinridge has Souza pressed against the cage.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Breckinridge throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Breckinridge misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Breckinridge.
Breckinridge creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Breckinridge 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.

Breckinridge moves into the clinch successfully.
Breckinridge throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Breckinridge is stalling here.
Breckinridge lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Breckinridge lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Breckinridge.
Breckinridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Nice elbow from Breckinridge.
Breckinridge lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Breckinridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Breckinridge blocks an uppercut.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breckinridge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Breckinridge will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Souza up against the cage.
Breckinridge lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.
Breckinridge misses with an elbow strike.
Breckinridge slowing the pace effectively.
Breckinridge tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Breckinridge trying to land knees to the body.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Breckinridge is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Souza is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Breckinridge blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Breckinridge tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breckinridge is stalling here.
Breckinridge creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
Breckinridge throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Breckinridge.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Breckinridge just misses with a elbow thrown towards Souza's brow.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Breckinridge.
Breckinridge creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
Breckinridge looking to slow down the pace here.
Souza avoids the elbow strike from Breckinridge, against the cage.
Breckinridge taking a breather.
Breckinridge lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breckinridge tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Breckinridge just leaning against Souza, taking a breather.
Breckinridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Souza avoiding damage as Breckinridge throws knees to the body.
Breckinridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Breckinridge leaning against his opponent.
Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Breckinridge.
Breckinridge lands a nice elbow.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Breckinridge comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Breckinridge pushes off an throws an elbow but Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Souza wants a takedown.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza blocks the elbow strike.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Breckinridge is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Breckinridge lands a damaging elbow.
Breckinridge is trying to stall.
Souza blocks the elbow strike.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Breckinridge.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Breckinridge is trying to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza avoiding damage as Breckinridge throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Breckinridge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Breckinridge moves away.

Breckinridge pushes Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
Breckinridge lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.
Souza is trying to maintain a safe position but Breckinridge gets an underhook and turns Souza into the cage.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Breckinridge.
Breckinridge throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Souza wants a takedown.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Breckinridge trying to land knees to the body.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza avoiding damage as Breckinridge throws knees to the body.
Breckinridge blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Breckinridge blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Breckinridge.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Breckinridge missing with knees to the body.
Breckinridge comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Breckinridge.
Souza taking a breather.
Breckinridge misses with an elbow over the top.
Breckinridge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Breckinridge lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Breckinridge.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Souza is trying to drag Breckinridge to the mat but Breckinridge just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Souza blocks an elbow strike.
Fabio Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breckinridge tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Breckinridge.
Breckinridge misses with an elbow over the top.
Breckinridge throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Souza misses with the head strike.
Souza misses with the head strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Breckinridge.
Breckinridge lands an elbow just above Souza 's eye.
Breckinridge wants to stall.
Souza being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza goes for a takedown attempt but Breckinridge pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Breckinridge is looking to clinch.
Breckinridge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Breckinridge tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
Fabio Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Souza drives through with a takedown into guard.
Souza is standing up over Breckinridge. Breckinridge looks to escape but Souza dives into side control.
Souza controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to score with some ground and pound. Breckinridge controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Souza tries for a kimura but Breckinridge is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Breckinridge is avoiding damage well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Larry Breckinridge.
I've got Breckinridge 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larry Breckinridge!
A less than humble Larry Breckinridge misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.