PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cole Tessier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza has chosen Sex Dwarf as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tessier
vs
Souza

164 cm
28
140 lbs
13 - 12 - 1

162 cm
28
146 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Cole Tessier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donaldo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tessier gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tessier wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Tessier slows down the pace here.
Souza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Souza pulls guard successfully.
Tessier is looking to stand up but Souza won't let him.

Souza looking for a guillotine here but Tessier defends easily.
Souza trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tessier sitting in guard here, content to control.
Tessier passes Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tessier wants to stand but Souza has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Souza makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is adopting a defensive guard.
Tessier tries to stand but Souza is controlling from the bottom.
Souza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Souza is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tessier throws a shot to the body.
Tessier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Souza.
Tessier avoids the head kick by Souza.
Nice jab there from Souza.
A punch combination from Tessier misses.
Cole Tessier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tessier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tessier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza slips under a jab.
Some wild striking there from Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tessier finds it's way round the side to connect with Souza's head.
Souza looks to land a combination. Tessier sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Souza tries a head kick but it misses.

Souza closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tessier moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tessier keeping full guard, as Souza tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Donaldo Souza will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tessier slips under a jab from Souza.
Souza cracks Tessier with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tessier stuns Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big right from Tessier misses.
Tessier looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Tessier.
Tessier throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Tessier tries to clinch but Souza moves away

so Souza counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Souza sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tessier is trying to control the position but Souza postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cole Tessier wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tessier slaps away a takedown attempt from Souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cole Tessier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tessier connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Souza. Those never looked like landing.
Tessier misses with a wild combination.
That kick from Tessier tenderised Souza's leg. Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Souza throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tessier's head.
Souza shoots in but no luck this time.
Tessier throws a hook to the side of Souza's head but Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tessier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tessier ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souza moves away.
Tessier tries to clinch there but Souza circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tessier. Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tessier lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Souza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Souza throws a series of punches but Tessier avoids them all with ease.
Souza lands with a kick to the ribs.
Souza connects with a solid leg kick.
Cole Tessier is winning the standup battle so far.
Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Tessier misses its intended target.
Donaldo Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tessier's corner calls for a 1-2. Tessier obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tessier rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tessier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza shoots in but Tessier avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cole Tessier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tessier tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Souza throws a body kick that misses.
Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tessier circles away.
Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Tessier off balance momentarily.
Tessier jabs Souza right on the nose. Souza blinks but takes it well.
Tessier's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Souza connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tessier scrambles back to his feet.
Tessier thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tessier takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Tessier misses with a right hand
and Souza counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cole Tessier will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Souza.
Some wild striking there from Souza.
Tessier lands a jab-cross combination.
Tessier is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Tessier cracks Souza with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tessier has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Souza to stand back up!

Souza is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tessier lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Souza is looking to close the distance but Tessier sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Souza crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Souza is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Cole Tessier!
Cole Tessier very nearly forgot to thank TFP Graphics - Pit Inc amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.