PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Down Syndromia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulisses De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Down Syndromia could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ulisses De Souza's chin.

Syndromia
vs
De Souza

196 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
270 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Down Syndromia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ulisses De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Syndromia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
De Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Syndromia moves out of range easily.
De Souza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Ulisses De Souza has been cut.
Jab, jab by Syndromia - just one landing.
De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Syndromia checks it.
Ulisses De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

De Souza moves into range and clinches up with Syndromia.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Syndromia tries to break the clinch but De Souza is controlling the position.
De Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Syndromia is defending well for now.
De Souza lands a damaging elbow.
De Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
De Souza working Syndromia over with knees to the body.
Syndromia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Syndromia jumps guard but De Souza stands there with Syndromia around his waist. Syndromia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syndromia wants to get back to striking at distance but De Souza won't allow it.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Souza.
Syndromia is breathing heavily.
De Souza lands a damaging elbow.
De Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Syndromia's face.
Knees to the body from De Souza.
Syndromia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Souza landing knees to the head.
De Souza with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from De Souza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Syndromia takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Syndromia won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from De Souza.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Souza obliges.
De Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Souza working Syndromia over with knees to the body.
De Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Syndromia's defenses.
De Souza's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
De Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Syndromia won't want to take too many of those.
De Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Syndromia's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Souza obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza connects with a knee to the head.
De Souza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Syndromia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Souza lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Souza.
De Souza slowing the pace effectively.
De Souza working Syndromia over with knees to the body.
De Souza working Syndromia over with knees to the body.
De Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Souza is struggling to control the position.
Syndromia takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syndromia being controlled against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Souza.

Syndromia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Syndromia checks it.
Syndromia avoids the body shot from De Souza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza tries to clinch but Syndromia is having none of it.
A clash of legs there as Syndromia blocks the low kick.
Syndromia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Syndromia lands a jab.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Syndromia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Syndromia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fighters circling - Syndromia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

De Souza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Syndromia takes a knee to the side of the body.
De Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
Syndromia takes an elbow to the temple.
De Souza working Syndromia over with knees to the body.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the head but Syndromia blocks with his arms.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syndromia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Syndromia avoids a wild elbow strike from De Souza.
Syndromia manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Syndromia tries to break free but De Souza pushes him back against the cage.
Syndromia is trying to push De Souza away but De Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Syndromia has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by De Souza after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Down Syndromia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza crunches a lovely knee into Syndromia's ribcage.
Syndromia takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Souza keeps control of Syndromia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Syndromia is trying to break the clinch but De Souza has him pressed against the cage.
De Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
De Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but Syndromia blocks it.
De Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Souza scores with a knee to the head.
De Souza missing with knees to the body.
Syndromia is looking to break free of the clinch but De Souza has double underhooks.
Syndromia working hard to break the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Syndromia lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza has Syndromia pressed against the cage, preventing Syndromia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Syndromia wants to break free but De Souza has control.
Syndromia is trying to break the clinch but De Souza is controlling him.
Syndromia wants to get back to striking at distance but De Souza won't allow it.
De Souza crunches a lovely knee into Syndromia's ribcage.
De Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Syndromia's efforts to push away.
De Souza lands a knee to the body.
Syndromia wants to get back to striking at distance but De Souza won't allow it.
Syndromia tries to circle away but De Souza has him pinned against the cage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
De Souza connects with a knee to the head.
De Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Syndromia's efforts to push away.
Syndromia is trying to break the clinch but De Souza has him pressed against the cage.
De Souza stalling against the cage.
Syndromia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Souza scores with a knee to the head.
De Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Syndromia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Down Syndromia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Syndromia.
De Souza misses with a knee strike.
Syndromia is trying to force a seperation but De Souza has the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ulisses De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Ulisses De Souza!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Ulisses De Souza!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Ulisses De Souza!

Ulisses De Souza wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Ulisses De Souza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.