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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woima Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai. Karhu has chosen House of Pain - Jump Around as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfonso De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Woima Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karhu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Karhu misses with a low kick.
De Souza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Karhu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karhu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
Karhu slips under a jab.
De Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Karhu.
De Souza works the jab nicely.
De Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karhu.
De Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Karhu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Souza scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alfonso De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A bone on bone clash there as De Souza blocks the leg kick.
Karhu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Souza scores with a hook to the body. Karhu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Souza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De Souza throws a sloppy head kick
and Karhu counters with a nice kick to the body.
De Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Karhu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Souza.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Souza. Karhu does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza wants to land a leg kick but Karhu is out of range.
Nice jab there from De Souza.
De Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Souza throws a body punch but Karhu moves out of range.
Karhu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Souza.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
De Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karhu thows a leg kick but De Souza checks it
and Karhu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karhu.
Karhu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karhu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Karhu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karhu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karhu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Souza.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Karhu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Souza cracks a nice hook into Karhu's ribs.
Karhu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Souza throws a front kick aimed at Karhu's knee but Karhu avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu throws a leg kick but De Souza sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Souza jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Souza stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De Souza wants it to stay on the feet.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karhu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Karhu.
De Souza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Karhu will feel that in the morning.
A big right from De Souza misses.
Karhu throws a leg kick
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza motions for Karhu to come forward. De Souza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alfonso De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karhu.
A low kick from Karhu is predictable there
and De Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Karhu's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso De Souza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Karhu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Karhu moved away.
Karhu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karhu.
De Souza has managed to clinch.
De Souza keeps control of Karhu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Karhu controls the action.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Karhu avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
De Souza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karhu avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Souza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karhu's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karhus head.
De Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karhu is defending well for now.
De Souza blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Karhu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Karhu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karhu displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Souza up against the cage.
Karhu wants to get back to striking at distance but De Souza won't allow it.
Karhu swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Karhu controls the action.
De Souza misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Karhu controls the action.
De Souza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
De Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
De Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karhu's efforts to push away.
De Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karhu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Souza pushes off an throws an elbow but Karhu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
It looks like Woima Karhu has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from De Souza.
Karhu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Souza.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Souza avoiding damage as Karhu throws knees to the body.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karhu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karhu throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karhu's defenses.
Karhu lands an uppercut.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
De Souza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Karhu controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Souza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karhu's brow.
Karhu can't break the clinch.
De Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karhu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Karhu.
De Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karhu is defending well for now.
Karhu prevents a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karhu's efforts to push away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karhu working hard to break the clinch.
Karhu looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso De Souza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Woima Karhu's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Karhu tries to land a leg kick but De Souza saw it coming and moves away.
Karhu throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Souza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice takedown defense from De Souza. No joy for Karhu on that attempt.
De Souza thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Karhu if he has to take too many more of those.
Karhu misses with a low kick as De Souza jumps back.
Karhu throws a sloppy head kick and De Souza moves out of range easily.
De Souza jabs Karhu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Souza scores with a sloppy right hand. Karhu should have avoided that one.
Karhu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Karhu checks it.
Karhu thows a leg kick but De Souza checks it
and De Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by De Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Souza.
Karhu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Karhu avoids the body shot from De Souza.
De Souza checks a low kick from Karhu.
De Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karhu takes one on the button.
Karhu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
Nice shot lands for De Souza.
Karhu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A good leg kick by De Souza.
Karhu moves out of range of the leg kick from De Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu throws a head kick but De Souza moves out of range.
Alfonso De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza scores with a jab. Karhu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karhu ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
De Souza throws a big shot that misses.
De Souza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Karhu, pushing him back against the cage.
Karhu lands a shoulder strike.
Karhu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
Karhu swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Karhu as the two fighters clinch.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Karhu.
A knee to the head by Karhu.
Karhu blocks a body shot from De Souza.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karhu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De Souza tries a body shot but Karhu blocks it.
Karhu leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Karhu.
Karhu breaks from the clinch.
Alfonso De Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for De Souza.
Karhu throws a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice shot lands for De Souza.
Karhu misses with a low kick.
Woima Karhu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Souza. Karhu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karhu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
De Souza moves out of range as Karhu throws a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karhu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karhu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Souza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso De Souza!
During a confident post fight interview, Alfonso De Souza thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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