PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Jassole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulisses De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ulisses De Souza is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jassole
vs
De Souza

190 cm
25
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hugh Jassole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ulisses De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza misses with a straight left.

De Souza instigates a clinch.
Jassole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jassole is defending well for now.
Jassole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jassole has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jassole struggles to land a body shot inside as De Souza controls his hands.
Jassole lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
Jassole dodges an elbow strike from De Souza.
Jassole misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jassole avoids it.
De Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jassole's face.
Jassole tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jassole has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jassole stalls.
Jassole tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jassole avoids it.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Jassole.
Jassole misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza working Jassole over with knees to the body.
Jassole throws a head punch that misses.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Jassole.
Jassole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jassole trying to control the position but instead, De Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jassole into the cage.
De Souza misses with a knee to the head.
Jassole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jassole misses with a body punch.
Jassole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jassole avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Jassole.
Jassole being controlled against the cage.
De Souza has Jassole pressed against the cage, preventing Jassole from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jassole is leaning against De Souza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Souza looking to stall.
De Souza missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jassole tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
Jassole scores with a hook to the body.

Jassole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jassole throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Souza looks gassed!
De Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jassole.
Jassole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Jassole.
Jassole misses the shot to the body.
De Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jassole throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jassole feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Souzas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jassole chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jassole fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jassole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jassole punishes De Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
De Souza avoids the head kick by Jassole.
Jassole shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jassole fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Souza checks it well.
Jassole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Jassole.
Jassole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
Jassole scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ulisses De Souza has been cut.
Jassole is looking to wear down De Souza with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
De Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jassole. That's going to slow De Souza down.
De Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jassole tries to work over De Souza's front leg with a kick but De Souza checks it.
Jassole wants to land a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
Jassole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jassole looks to land a right hand but De Souza moved out of range.
Jassole goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jassole swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jassole.
De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jassole. Jassole obviously looking to wear him down.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Jassole lands a big head kick that sends De Souza tumbling to the mat! Jassole takes a step backwards and waves De Souza back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Jassole misses with a low kick.
Jassole misses with a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jassole. De Souza shrugs it off though.
Jassole misses with a series of wild punches.
De Souza walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jassole throws a leg kick but De Souza checks it.
Jassole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De Souza swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jassole throws a low kick but it's checked well by De Souza.
De Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jassole digs a good body shot into De Souza's ribs.
Jassole throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jassole misses with a wild body shot.
Jassole just misses with a punch to the body.
Jassole connects with a nice looking jab.
Jassole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jassole looks for the body kick but De Souza saw that one coming.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jassole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jassole misses with a low kick.
Jassole throws a sloppy head kick and De Souza moves out of range easily.
De Souza avoids the head kick by Jassole.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jassole.
De Souza blocks a head kick by Jassole.
De Souza's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jassole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza tries to clinch but Jassole is having none of it.
Jassole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Souza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jassole lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Jassole does it's job there.
De Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza moves forwards but Jassole connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jassole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
Jassole scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jassole just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jassole tries to bum rush De Souza with a series of wild strikes but De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ulisses De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Souza blocks a head kick by Jassole.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugh Jassole showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jassole has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Hugh Jassole!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Hugh Jassole!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Hugh Jassole!

Hugh Jassole wins by unanimous decision!
Hugh Jassole made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Chris Silvers can suck one mean hammer!'.