PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Murilo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabiano Contreiras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Talib Kweli-Palookas. Contreiras has chosen Whiskey in the jar as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Souza
vs
Contreiras

189 cm
22
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
165 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabiano Contreiras!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Contreiras gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Contreiras blocks nicely.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
Souza with a nice head shot there.
Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
Souza prevents Contreiras from getting back to his feet.
Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Contreiras works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Contreiras blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza looking to sit in guard and control but Contreiras gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Contreiras is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Fabiano Contreiras wasn't active enough on the ground.
Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores with a jab. Contreiras acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Souza cracks Contreiras with a good jab.
Contreiras ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Contreiras off the cage and back into range.
Souza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A telegraphed right hand from Contreiras misses the target.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Contreiras.
Souza scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to score with a low kick but Contreiras moves his leg out of the way.
Contreiras misses with a hook to the body
and Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Contreiras takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Good leg kick by Contreiras there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Contreiras pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Contreiras misses with a right hand
and Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Contreiras sprawls well. He's pushed Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Souza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Contreiras cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreiras misses with a kick to the body.
Contreiras fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza.
Souza throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Contreiras misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Souza looks to land a combination but Contreiras avoids it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Contreiras looks to land a right hand but Souza moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murilo Souza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Contreiras scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Souza is trying to control Contreiras's posture but Contreiras avoids it.
Souza holding on.

Contreiras stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Fabiano Contreiras seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contreiras showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Souza.
Contreiras scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Souza doesn't seem bothered though.
Contreiras ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
A big left from Contreiras misses.
Murilo Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Contreiras tried to score with a low kick but Souza checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands with an overhand left.
Souza is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Contreiras checks a leg kick.
Contreiras moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Contreiras turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Contreiras scores with a leg kick.
Souza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Contreiras.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreiras thows a body shot but no joy.
Souza looks to throw the jab but Contreiras is out of range.
Contreiras takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Contreiras wants to slow Souza down by chopping away at his legs.
Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Souza misses with an uppercut.
Contreiras is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Souza throws a hook but Contreiras avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreiras throws a hook but Souza blocks it.
Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Souza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Contreiras has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Contreiras checks the leg kick.
Contreiras avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Souza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza misses the jab.
Souza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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 Murilo Souza will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Contreiras on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Contreiras misses with a looping right.
Souza works the jab nicely.
Contreiras throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Souza.
Contreiras turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Contreiras lands a slapping body shot.
A shot to the body from Souza misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Contreiras takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Souza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Contreiras napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Contreiras defending against the ground and pound.
Souza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Contreiras dodges the ground and pound from Souza.
Souza in side control, throwing shots but Contreiras defends.
Souza landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Souza cracks Contreiras with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Souza sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Contreiras is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Souza working the ground and pound but Contreiras is defending the strikes.
Contreiras defending against the ground and pound.
Souza throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Souza throws an elbow but Contreiras slips to the side and avoids it well.
Souza in side control, throwing shots but Contreiras defends.
Souza misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Souza tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Contreiras keeps working.
Souza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Souza in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Contreiras keeps working.
Souza throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Souza creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Contreiras sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Souza tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Souza throwing strikes but Contreiras manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Souza struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreiras wants to stand but Souza is controlling his arm.
Souza manages to work his way to half guard, despite Contreiras's best efforts.
Souza is controlling Contreiras's position as best he can from this difficult position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Contreiras drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Murilo Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Souza 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Murilo Souza!
A very excited looking Murilo 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.