PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebasti Perreira De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Great
vs
Perreira De Souza

187 cm
26
194 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

187 cm
22
187 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Meet the Future

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Great as he avoids it easily.
Great changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Perreira De Souza tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Great defends well and Perreira De Souza ends up having to push Great into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Perreira De Souza breaks the clinch.
Great misses with a wild combination.
Perreira De Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Alexander Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sebasti Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza with a lazy takedown attempt
and Great counters with a nice uppercut.
Perreira De Souza shoots for a takedown but Great saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Perreira De Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Great pinned against the cage. Great gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Perreira De Souza tries to score a power double leg takedown but Great sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Perreira De Souza somewhat.
Great lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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!
Great looks to land a combination but Perreira De Souza avoids it well.
Great misses with a wild combination.
Great stuffs the takedown attempt from Perreira De Souza. Perreira De Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Great throws a nice looking combination but Perreira De Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perreira De Souza closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Great did well to prevent Perreira De Souza getting side control.
Great definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Perreira De Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Perreira De Souza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Perreira De Souza thows a huge punch but Great dodges it nicely.
Perreira De Souza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Perreira De Souza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Perreira De Souza working the head and body with strikes.
Great wants to control but Perreira De Souza is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Great is trying to stand up here but Perreira De Souza is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Perreira De Souza lands a nice short elbow.
Great pushes Perreira De Souza off but Perreira De Souza dives into side control.
Perreira De Souza in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Perreira De Souza in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Great taking punishment in the form of punches.
Perreira De Souza working the head with strikes.
Perreira De Souza working the ground and pound from side control.
Great is working to avoid the ground and pound but Perreira De Souza connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza lands some shots froms side control.
Great 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 staying calm.
Perreira De Souza sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Great is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Perreira De Souza is working Great over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Perreira De Souza's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Great is rocked!
Perreira De Souza scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Great is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Perreira De Souza can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
After winning the bout, Sebasti Perreira De Souza thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.