PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnest Abe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abe's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Uncle Sam Goddamn. 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.

Abe
vs
Souza

200 cm
33
283 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

196 cm
33
243 lbs
23 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

ONI
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 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Earnest Abe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza throws a right and a left that Abe avoids nicely.
Souza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Souza with a jab.
Souza has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Abe closes the distance and pushes Souza back into the cage.
Abe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abe wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Abe fails to land.
Abe lands a shot to the body.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Abe blocks a body shot from Souza.
Souza misses with the head strike.
Abe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abes head.
Abe lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Abe stalling against the cage.
Souza tries a body shot but Abe blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
Souza blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Abe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abe.
Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abe backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Souza as Abe tries to tie him up.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abe is trying to break the clinch but Souza has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abe wants to stall.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Abe.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Abe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Abe working aggressively here.
A short right from Souza.
Abe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Abe.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza lands a shoulder strike.
Abe misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abe.
Abe blocks an uppercut.
Souza works on Abe's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Souza.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abe blocking some punches.
Abe misses with a punch on the inside.
Abe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abe backwards.
Abe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Souza pushes Abe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abe avoiding damage as Souza throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Abe struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Souza fails to land.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abe is stalling here.
Abe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Abe.
Abe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Souza dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Souza feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Abes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Souza drives through and clinches with Abe against the cage.

Abe breaks from the clinch.
Souza lands a nice looking body shot.

Abe drives through and clinches with Souza against the cage.
Abe misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza blocks a body shot from Abe.
Abe struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
Souza lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abe working aggressively here.
Abe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abe missing with knees to the body.
Abe working aggressively here.
Abe trying to stall but Souza improves his position.
Abe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Abe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza blocking some punches.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Abe avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.
Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Souza.
Abe misses with some punches.
Souza lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Souza on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Souza.
Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Souza crunches a lovely knee into Abe's ribcage.
Sergio Souza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Souza working aggressively here.
Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abe backwards.
Souza lands an uppercut.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Souza.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza lands with a right to the head.

Abe is rocked!
Souza misses with the head strike.
Abe blocks an uppercut.
Abe misses with a body punch.
Souza lands with a left to the head.
Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abe backwards.
Oh Abe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Abe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Souza.
Good body shot from Souza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abe seems to have got his legs back now.
Abe misses with a punch on the inside.
Abe blocks an uppercut.
Abe tries a body shot but Souza blocks it.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abe.
Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Souza misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Souza.
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!
Souza digs a right hand underneath Abe's ribcage. Abe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abe managing to block the knees to the body from Souza.
Souza lands a left hand.
Souza lands a shoulder strike.
Souza lands a big right hand that drops Abe! The killer instinct kicks in and Souza finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Souza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza!
After winning the bout, Sergio Souza thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.