PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neo Kable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Kable
vs
Souza

201 cm
28
290 lbs
25 - 4 - 0

196 cm
32
243 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q
Conquer

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neo Kable!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kable scores with a push kick.
Kable goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kable scores with a one two! Souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Sergio Souza has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kable throws a leg kick that misses.
We've been informed that Souza has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kable bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kable misses with a kick to the body.
Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kable throws out the jab.
Souza lands a jab to the nose.
Kable looks to land a body kick but Souza moved away.
Kable misses with a wild combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Souza.
Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab lands there for Souza.
Souza works the jab nicely.
Neo Kable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza ducks under a wild hook from Kable.
Kable scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kable throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
Souza moves out of range of the body kick from Kable.
Souza jabs Kable to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kable bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Souza's head.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Kable swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kable.
Nice defenses there by Souza.
Kable tries to land a front kick but Souza steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Kable finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kable jabs Souza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Souza scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kable takes one to the side of the head.
Kable throws a leg kick but Souza moved away.
Souza connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kable swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Souza takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kable fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
Kable tries to move into range but Souza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kable throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kable takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.

Kable tries to keep at a distance but Souza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kable missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kable can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Souza.
Kable tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souza's elbow.
Souza blocks an elbow strike from Kable.
Kable with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kable creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kable misses with some punches.

Kable breaks from the clinch.
Souza cracks a nice hook into Kable's ribs.
A bone on bone clash there as Souza blocks the leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Souza.
Souza lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kable.
Souza throws the left hand but Kable avoids the punch easily.
Souza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kable had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kable misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souza throws a body punch but Kable moves out of range.
Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kable throws a jab but it's blocked by Souza.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Souza scores with a nice strike.
A nice combination there by Souza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kable swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Kable keeps Souza at a distance using the push kick.
Souza connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neo Kable dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergio Souza's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Souza throws a series of punches but Kable avoids them all with ease.
Souza moves out of range of the leg kick from Kable.
Kable tries a head kick but it misses.
Kable throws a poor cross that misses

and Souza moves into the clinch.
Kable throws an elbow but it misses.
Kable trying to land knees to the body.
Kable tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
A short uppercut from Kable.
Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Kable.
Kable pushes off an throws an elbow but Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kable looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kable wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Kable tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Kable back against the cage.
Souza misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Kable.
Kable has had enough of the clinch but Souza keeps him there for the moment.
A short body shot lands from Kable as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Souza.
Kable utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kable tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kable tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Kable scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kable.
Kable trying to land knees to the body.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Kable.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Kable.
Kable lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Kable.
Souza is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Kable fails to land.
Kable lands a left hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Kable misses with a punch to the body.
Souza prevents a body shot from Kable.
Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kable's elbow.
Kable crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
Kable swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kable lands a shoulder strike.

That has opened up Sergio Souza's cut even more.
Neo Kable has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kable tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Kable.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kable throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Souza lands a shoulder strike.
Kable is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kable lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Kable pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kable lands a big uppercut and Souza crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Souza looks OK. Kable waves Souza back to his feet!
Kable takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
Kable with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Souza blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kable is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Souza.
Kable with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sloppy strikes from Kable. Those never looked like landing.
Kable throws a push kick but Souza slaps the foot to one side.
Souza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kable cracks Souza with an open hand slap.

The cut above Sergio Souza's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A solid body kick from Kable.
Kable is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Souza avoids the body shot from Kable.
Kable with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kable thuds a left hand into Souza's body.
Nice body kick from Kable.
Kable throws a hook to the side of Souza's head but Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neo Kable dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sergio Souza's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kable throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
Neo Kable is winning the standup battle so far.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kable!

Kable cracks Souza with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Souza looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Kable finish him?
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!
Crunch! Kable slams his shin into Souza's torso.
Kable lands with a good body shot.
Kable swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Souza throws the left hand but Kable avoids the punch easily.
Kable is looking to land body kicks.
Kable connects with a leg kick. Souza looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
An inside leg kick lands from Kable.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kable looks to throw the jab but Souza is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Souza has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kable.
That kick from Kable tenderised Souza's leg. Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kable takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Souza on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kable throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Souza swings widly with a right hand
and Kable counters with a stiff right hand.
Souza is looking to clinch but Kable is avoiding it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kable rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kable tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Kable.
Kable misses the shot to the body.
Kable swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Souza misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kable walks into a straight right hand from Souza.
Souza takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kable fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kable to score with a decent uppercut.
Kable tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Kable.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kable.
Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Kable.
Kable scores with a hook to the body. Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kable swings widly with a right hand

and Souza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Souza.
A head punch on the inside from Souza fails to land.
Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza prevents Kable from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kable just misses with a elbow thrown towards Souza's brow.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Kable.
Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Kable.
Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Kable lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kable misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kable throws an elbow but misses.
Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kable's elbow.
Kable lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kable putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Souza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Kable.
Souza lands a right hand.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kable misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kable throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Kable breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kable throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kable misses the target.
Nice straight punches there by Kable. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kable.

Sergio Souza's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kable was well out of range. Poor timing from Souza.
A jab lands there for Souza.
Kable works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kable throws a push kick but Souza slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neo Kable clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Sergio Souza's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Souza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kable's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kable misses with a body shot.
Kable swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Souza moves into the clinch.
Kable blocks an uppercut.
Souza misses with some punches.
Kable goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kable gets through Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
Kable is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kable blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kable tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Kable breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Souza scores with a body shot.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kable takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kable misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Kable on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kable swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Souza moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kable lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kable with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza is working Kable over against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Souza.
Kable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Souza.
Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kable has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza is leaning against Kable and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Souza presses Kable against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Souza.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.
Souza misses with the head strike.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Souza is leaning against Kable and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Souza lands an uppercut.
Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kable backwards.
Kable avoiding damage as Souza throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Kable.
Kable pushes off an throws an elbow but Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kable gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Souza working aggressively here.
Kable lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Souza or not.
Kable blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kable blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Souza obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kable tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kable obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Souza dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sergio Souza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Kable.
Souza gets through Kable's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kable.
Souza gets through Kable's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kable lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Kable doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kable avoiding damage as Souza throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kable tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souza's elbow.
Kable misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Souza avoiding damage as Kable throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kable.
Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Souza.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kable throws an elbow but misses.
Souza lands a left hand.
Kable scores with a knee to the head.
Kable missing with knees to the body.
Kable can't break the clinch.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Souza fails to land.
Souza blocks an elbow strike from Kable.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kable blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Souza.
Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
Sergio Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souza working aggressively here.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Kable avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.
Souza lands an uppercut.
Souza scores with a shoulder strike.

Kable is rocked!
Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
Oh Kable is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Kable can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kable blocking some punches.
Kable blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza pushes Kable against the cage. Souza is working some dirty boxing. Souza pushes off with a quick right hook! Kable goes down! Kable tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Souza moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza!
Sergio Souza is the new super heavyweight champion!
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.