PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Loggia Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebasti Perreira De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Loggia Jr
vs
Perreira De Souza

188 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
187 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Loggia Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perreira De Souza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Loggia Jr counters with a nice body shot.
Perreira De Souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Loggia Jr's waist but Loggia Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Perreira De Souza off to one side.
Loggia Jr fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Perreira De Souza avoids it really well and circles away.
Loggia Jr will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Perreira De Souza gets caught flat footed, as Loggia Jr shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Perreira De Souza controlling the position.
Perreira De Souza wants to stand and escape but Loggia Jr is having none of it.
Perreira De Souza seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Perreira De Souza wants to stand but Loggia Jr is controlling the position.
Perreira De Souza seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Sebasti Perreira De Souza has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Perreira De Souza closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Loggia Jr tries to kick Perreira De Souza off but Perreira De Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Loggia Jr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza is taking a breather. Loggia Jr says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Loggia Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Perreira De Souza on the ground.
Perreira De Souza winds up and cracks Loggia Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Loggia Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Loggia Jr tries to get out of the position.
Perreira De Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perreira De Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Perreira De Souza there.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Perreira De Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Perreira De Souza looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perreira De Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Loggia Jr's head.
Loggia Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
Loggia Jr is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at HARRY'S, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Perreira De Souza winds up and cracks Loggia Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but Loggia Jr is blocking nicely.
Perreira De Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Perreira De Souza controlling the action here.
Loggia Jr taking some punishment here, with Perreira De Souza in his half guard.
Perreira De Souza keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Loggia Jr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Perreira De Souza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Loggia Jr is trying to maintain the position but Perreira De Souza is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Loggia Jr has hold of Perreira De Souza's hands but Perreira De Souza slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza winds up and cracks Loggia Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Perreira De Souza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perreira De Souza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Perreira De Souza slips a nice elbow through Loggia Jr's hands, connecting with Loggia Jr's forehead.
Perreira De Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perreira De Souza lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loggia Jr has hold of Perreira De Souza's hands but Perreira De Souza slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Perreira De Souza keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Perreira De Souza is keen to just control but Loggia Jr is a slippery customer.
Perreira De Souza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Perreira De Souza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perreira De Souza thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Perreira De Souza connects with a nice short shot to Loggia Jr's temple.
Perreira De Souza working Loggia Jr over with strikes.
Loggia Jr is breathing heavily.
Perreira De Souza is taking a breather. Loggia Jr says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Perreira De Souza moves nicely into side control.
Loggia Jr takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Perreira De Souza cracks Loggia Jr with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Loggia Jr takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Loggia Jr is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perreira De Souza working the ground and pound.
Oh Loggia Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Perreira De Souza lands a few punches from side control.
Perreira De Souza is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Loggia Jr's shoulder. That is not cool.
Perreira De Souza lands a strong strike to the head of Loggia Jr. That's dazed him! Perreira De Souza looking to finish here. Loggia Jr is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Perreira De Souza lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
Sebasti Perreira De Souza seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.