PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Van Beethoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Beethoven comes to the cage accompanied by Beethoven-Symphony 7. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Van Beethoven
vs
Souza

213 cm
30
277 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

196 cm
31
243 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Merciless Gladiators
Cynical Truth (steel penn)

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza thuds a left hand into Van Beethoven 's body.
Souza connects with a single shot there.
Souza moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Souza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Sergio Souza has been cut.
Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Beethoven is just out of range.
Van Beethoven has been working on his boxing with his coaches at *Nelson Fight Camp* in the buildup to the fight.
Van Beethoven misses with a low kick.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Beethoven .
Souza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Beethoven connects with a right hand. Souza shakes it off.
Van Beethoven throws a lazy uppercut

and Souza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Souza tries to work over Van Beethoven 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Beethoven lands a shoulder strike.
Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Souza obliges.
Souza lands a knee to the body.
Van Beethoven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Souza lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Beethoven .
Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Souza.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven misses with a punch to the body.
Souza with a knee to the head.

It looks like Wolfgang Van Beethoven has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Beethoven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Van Beethoven fails to land.
Van Beethoven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souza's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Van Beethoven 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Souza fails to land.
Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Souza missing with knees to the body.
Souza misses with some punches.
Van Beethoven blocking some punches.
Van Beethoven lands a shoulder strike.
Van Beethoven swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza digs a right hand into Van Beethoven 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van Beethoven 's gas tank.
Van Beethoven 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Souza has Van Beethoven pressed against the cage, preventing Van Beethoven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Souza scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven misses with some punches.
Van Beethoven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Van Beethoven breaks the clinch.
Souza tries to clinch up but Van Beethoven circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Beethoven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Beethoven needs to keep his hands up - Souza had a free shot at his head there.
Van Beethoven misses with a wild body shot.
Souza throws a shot to the body.
Van Beethoven 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.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza with a jab.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souza scores with a jab to the head.
Van Beethoven misses with a looping left.

Souza drives through and clinches with Van Beethoven against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Van Beethoven breaks the clinch.
Van Beethoven blocks a jab.
Van Beethoven throws a predictable looking body shot

and Souza counters by clinching up.
Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Beethoven .
Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Souza scores with a shot to the side of Van Beethoven 's head.
Van Beethoven takes a shot to the head.
Van Beethoven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Van Beethoven breaks from the clinch.
Souza avoids the body shot from Van Beethoven .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Souza dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Van Beethoven misses with a straight right.
Van Beethoven listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Beethoven .
A swing and a miss from Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven swings widly with a right hand

and Souza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven .
A short uppercut from Souza.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Beethoven .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
Van Beethoven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Beethoven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Beethoven misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Beethoven throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Van Beethoven - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Beethoven can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
We've been informed that Souza has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Beethoven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van Beethoven has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Van Beethoven lands a left hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
A short uppercut from Van Beethoven .
Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Beethoven avoids it.
Van Beethoven misses with a body punch.

Van Beethoven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Souza tries to clinch but Van Beethoven moves out of range.
Van Beethoven misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Van Beethoven misses.
Van Beethoven loads up on a big right hand but Souza slips the punch.
A big right from Van Beethoven misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Souza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souza tries to clinch up
and Van Beethoven counters with a right hand to the body.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Beethoven circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Beethoven misses with a jab, cross combination.
Souza misses with the combination.
Souza avoids the body shot from Van Beethoven .
Souza scores with a body shot.
Van Beethoven loads up on a big right hand but Souza slips the punch.
Souza cracks Van Beethoven with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Van Beethoven will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Van Beethoven .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Souza.
Sergio Souza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Souza lands a slapping body shot.

Van Beethoven gets tackled into the cage by Souza. Souza maintains the clinch.
Van Beethoven working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Souza.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but Van Beethoven blocks with his arms.
Van Beethoven throws a head punch that misses.
Souza blocks a body shot from Van Beethoven .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza misses with a knee strike.
Souza prevents a body shot from Van Beethoven .
Souza lands a nice uppercut.
Sergio Souza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza cracks Van Beethoven with a nice body shot.
A short right from Souza on the inside.
Souza landing knees to the body.
Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Beethoven trying to stall but Souza improves his position.
Van Beethoven tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Van Beethoven back against the cage.
A short left from Souza.
Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Beethoven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
A shot in the inside from Souza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Van Beethoven misses.
Souza connects with the punch.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Beethoven takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Van Beethoven misses with a looping left.
Van Beethoven goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Van Beethoven throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza scores with a punch to the head.
Souza connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Souza pushes Van Beethoven up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Beethoven manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Souza lands a body punch.
Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Beethoven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Beethoven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Beethoven misses with a punch to the body.
Souza scores with a shot to the side of Van Beethoven 's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza lands a body shot.
Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Van Beethoven is rocked!
Van Beethoven takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oh Van Beethoven is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Beethoven s head.
Souza unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Van Beethoven ! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Souza is unloading with more strikes now! Van Beethoven drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza!
A very excited looking Sergio 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.