PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Willie Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza has chosen Sex Dwarf as his entrance music. Donaldo Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bader
vs
Souza

176 cm
28
148 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

162 cm
28
146 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willie Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donaldo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Bader there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bader is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bader moves out of range as Souza throws a body kick.
Bader scores with a head kick.
Bader throws a sloppy head kick and Souza moves out of range easily.
Bader throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Souza's head.

Bader closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bader scores with a nice hook to the head.

Souza gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bader throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bader has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bader is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader is trying to control the position but Souza postures up.

Bader looking for a guillotine here but Souza defends easily.
Souza controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bader is keeping the position for now.
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Bader is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Donaldo Souza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Bader feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.
Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bader misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Souza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bader looks to land a right hand but Souza moved out of range.
Bader blocks a head kick by Souza.
Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bader.
Bader lands a jab to the head.
Souza throws a push kick but Bader slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Souza throws a looping overhand right but Bader ducks down to avoid it.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bader as he avoids it easily.
Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bader.
Bader throws a hook but Souza avoids it easily.
Souza avoids the head kick by Bader.
Souza dives in and grabs Bader's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bader pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Willie Bader has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.
Bader throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Souza does no damage.
Bader connects with a crisp jab.
Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bader lands a head kick. Souza smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Souza fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bader takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Willie Bader is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bader throws a push kick but Souza slaps the foot to one side.
Bader plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Souza throws out a leg kick but Bader moves out of range and Souza only half commits.
Some bone on bone action there as Bader checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good leg kick by Bader there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bader fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Souza is out of range.
Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bader is fending him off so far but Souza persists. Nope, Bader circles away and we're back to standing.
Souza cracks the inside of Bader's front leg.
Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza checks the leg kick.
Souza checks a leg kick.
Bader throws a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Bader dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Souza blocks a jab.
Willie Bader seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza misses with an uppercut.

Souza shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bader is trying to defend but Souza finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bader is looking to improve his position.
Souza slows the pace down in half guard.
Souza wants to take a breather but Bader is having none of it.

Souza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Souza is looking to stall here but Bader recovers full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bader working a defensive guard here.
Souza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Souza trying to control but Bader is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Souza trying to control but Bader is working from the bottom.
Bader not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Bader is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souza with a nice head shot there.
Souza not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bader not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bader looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Souza has picked Bader up and slammed him! Bader can't keep hold of the triangle and Souza manages to pass to side control!

Souza tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Souza gets to mount! Bader was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Bader is trying to escape the mount.

Souza jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bader manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza working away.
Bader is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Souza's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Souza takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Souza works his way into full mount!
Bader is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bader is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donaldo Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Willie Bader is winning the standup battle so far.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bader throws a shot to the body.
Bader misses with an uppercut.
Bader lunges at Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Souza's hand.
Bader throws a nice outside leg kick.
No joy there for Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza throws a leg kick but Bader moved away.
Souza closes the distance and clinches up with Bader, looking for a takedown. Souza pushes Bader against the cage but Bader circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bader.
Bader misses with a head kick.
Bader throws a nice inside leg kick.
Souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bader's waist but Bader gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Souza off to one side.
Willie Bader has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.
Bader is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader digs a good body shot into Souza's ribs.
Donaldo Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza throws a lazy head kick
and Bader cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bader moves out of range of the body kick from Souza.
Bader displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Souza.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Bader throws out a leg kick but Souza moves out of range and Bader only half commits.
Bader dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bader throws the kick towards the body but Souza avoids it.
Bader swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bader takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Souza misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bader blocks the body kick.
Bader tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Bader.
Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bader moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Bader moves into range and clinches up with Souza.
Souza is working for takedown but Bader is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bader misses with a body punch.
Souza fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Souza jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bader walks away with a smile on his face. Souza gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bader moves out of range as Souza throws a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Bader.
Bader moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bader is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bader looks to land a body kick but Souza moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to score with a low kick but Bader moves his leg out of the way.
No joy there for Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bader looks for the body kick but Souza saw that one coming.
Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bader's calf.
Souza throws a series of strikes that have Bader backpedaling.
Bader throws a nice head kick!
Bader connects with a crisp jab.
Souza throws a series of punches but Bader moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Souza. That's going to slow Bader down.
Bader is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Souza takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Souza shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bader counters with an inside leg kick.
Bader is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
Souza walks into a straight right hand from Bader.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A cross from Bader lands.
Bader takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Souza blocks a jab.
Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good shot there by Bader.
Bader connects with a good right hand that stumbles Souza. Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bader to score with a decent uppercut.
Souza tries to clinch but Bader is having none of it.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza throws a wild body kick that Bader sees coming a mile off.
Bader is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bader.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Bader showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bader has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Bader!