PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Luke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro De La Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Luke
vs
De La Souza

187 cm
18
216 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
206 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeffrey Luke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alejandro De La Souza!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luke loads up on a big right hand but De La Souza slips the punch.
Luke misses with a straight right.
Luke thows a body shot but no joy.
Luke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De La Souza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Luke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De La Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luke manages to avoid it.
Luke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A combination from De La Souza does no damage.
Luke moves out of range of the body kick.
De La Souza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Luke is out of range.

Luke bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
De La Souza is looking to regain half guard here but Luke keeps moving and retains side control.

Luke tries for a kimura but De La Souza is defending well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
De La Souza is looking to reverse the position.
Luke wants to control but De La Souza is keeping him busy.
Luke creates some space and throws a big elbow, but De La Souza sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Luke wants to lay and pray for a moment but De La Souza keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luke prevents De La Souza from escaping the position.
Luke fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De La Souza throws a head kick that half lands.
Luke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling De La Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
Luke moves out of range of the body kick from De La Souza.
De La Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alejandro De La Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luke stuns De La Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Luke cracks De La Souza with an open hand slap.
Luke misses with a hook to the body
and De La Souza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Luke scoring well with a low kick there.
De La Souza looks gassed!
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!

Luke has closed the distance and engaged De La Souza in a clinch.

Luke breaks the clinch.
De La Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Luke moves out of range easily.
De La Souza avoids the head kick by Luke.
Luke connects with a high kick.

It looks like Alejandro De La Souza has been cut.
Luke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Luke or perhaps it was just good defense by De La Souza which made him look bad.
De La Souza walks into a stiff left hand from Luke.
De La Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Luke moves into range and clinches up with De La Souza.
De La Souza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Luke.

Luke has clasped his hands together around De La Souza's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
De La Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Luke tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Luke misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Luke throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Luke are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Luke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luke working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Luke is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. De La Souza knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Luke trying to control the position but De La Souza is working away.
De La Souza is trying to control Luke's posture but Luke avoids it.
Luke misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Luke working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luke trying to control the action but De La Souza is working from the bottom.
An elbow from Luke crashes against the mat.
Luke working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
De La Souza is looking for a sweep.
Luke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De La Souza is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Luke postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Luke throws an elbow but De La Souza slips to the side and avoids it well.
Luke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Luke passes to full mount! That's big trouble for De La Souza!
Luke throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for De La Souza because Luke loaded up on that one.
De La Souza wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Luke.
De La Souza tries to lock up and control but Luke gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Luke misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

De La Souza defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Luke.
Luke prevents De La Souza from getting the reversal.
De La Souza avoids a series of strikes thrown by Luke.
Luke throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for De La Souza because Luke loaded up on that one.
Luke has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of De La Souza's face.
De La Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Luke. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De La Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Luke with good strikes from the mount here!
De La Souza is squirming around, avoiding Luke's attempts to control the action.
Luke thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Luke has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of De La Souza's face.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De La Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Luke working De La Souza over with strikes here.
Luke with the ground and pound from mount.
Luke controlling his opponent.
Luke throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
De La Souza holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Luke tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Luke has hold of De La Souza's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and De La Souza manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Luke throwing strikes here but De La Souza is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Luke looking to ground and pound but De La Souza is blocking nicely.
Luke misses with a head shot.
Luke looking to control but De La Souza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De La Souza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Luke lands a big shot there that rocks De La Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
De La Souza tries to reverse the position but Luke maintains control.
Luke working the ground and pound effectively.
Luke throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
De La Souza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Luke lands a nice shot to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Luke throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Luke sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Luke there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Luke landing strikes from the mount.
Luke lands a big shot there that rocks De La Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Luke working De La Souza over with strikes here.
Luke trying to control but De La Souza is having none of it.
Luke throwing strikes here but De La Souza is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Luke lands a nice shot to the head.
Luke with a couple of short strikes.
Luke throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for De La Souza because Luke loaded up on that one.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Luke looking for a guillotine from mount but De La Souza is having none of it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luke misses with a head shot.
Luke thowing shots but they're missing.
Luke unloads with some shots from mount but De La Souza bucks and avoids them well.
Luke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De La Souza is looking to escape.
De La Souza is bucking up trying to escape but Luke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Luke looking to finish with strikes here!

Luke is working for a guillotine from mount but De La Souza frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey Luke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alejandro De La Souza's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Luke drops his hands momentarily and De La Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luke throws a head kick that misses.
Luke tries a head kick but it misses.
De La Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luke.
A head kick misses from De La Souza.
Luke misses with a wild combination.
Jeffrey Luke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luke lands with a slapping head kick.
Luke throws a big shot that misses.
De La Souza misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Souza with a nice cross.
Nice takedown defense from De La Souza. No joy for Luke on that attempt.
Jeffrey Luke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luke avoids the head kick by De La Souza.
Jeffrey Luke is winning the standup battle so far.
Luke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luke misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luke cracks De La Souza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Luke throws a front kick that sends De La Souza stumbling back into the ropes.
De La Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Luke scores with a takedown into De La Souza's guard.
Luke stands up over De La Souza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Luke drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Luke jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Luke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Luke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Luke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Luke controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Luke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De La Souza wants to stand and escape but Luke is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Luke misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from De La Souza.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De La Souza.
De La Souza avoids the head kick by Luke.
A solid leg kick lands there for Luke.
Luke tries a head kick but it misses.
Luke throws a lazy head kick
and De La Souza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luke is looking to slow De La Souza down with leg kicks.
A head kick by Luke misses
and De La Souza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Luke throws a head kick that De La Souza semi-blocks.
Luke misses with a takedown attempt - De La Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Luke throws a head kick that misses.
De La Souza dodges the punch combination from Luke.
Luke on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by De La Souza.
De La Souza throws a jab when Luke was well out of range.
Luke closes the distance and clinches up with De La Souza, looking for a takedown. Luke pushes De La Souza against the ropes but De La Souza circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeffrey Luke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick by Luke misses
and De La Souza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De La Souza throws a head kick that misses
and Luke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Luke throws a big shot that misses.
De La Souza tries to bum rush Luke with a series of wild strikes but Luke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luke looks to score with a jab to the body but De La Souza is just out of range.
De La Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Luke misses
and De La Souza counters with a flying knee. Nice.
De La Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from De La Souza. No joy for Luke on that attempt.
Luke misses with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Luke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Luke takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Luke throws a body kick the misses
and De La Souza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De La Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Luke uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A head kick from Luke lands but De La Souza takes it in his stride.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Luke crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De La Souza - the referee stops the clock and Luke gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De La Souza. Luke manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
De La Souza moves away from the strike by Luke.
De La Souza lands with a thumping leg kick.
Luke throws a sloppy head kick
and De La Souza counters with a head kick. That will keep Luke thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
De La Souza lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Luke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De La Souza.

Luke looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for De La Souza!

Luke looking to secure an arm triangle but De La Souza defends it well.
Luke thowing shots but they're missing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza taking shots to the head.
Luke throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Luke thowing shots but they're missing.
Luke landing strikes from the mount.
De La Souza wants to hold on but Luke pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Luke there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Luke throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Luke landing punches.
Luke throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
De La Souza is trying desperately to improve position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Luke lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
De La Souza taking shots to the head.
De La Souza tries to reverse the position but Luke maintains control.
Luke punishing his opponent with strikes.
Luke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De La Souza is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Luke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
De La Souza wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Luke.

Luke looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Luke sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Luke looking to ground and pound but De La Souza is blocking nicely.
Luke lands a heavy elbow.
Luke unloads with some shots from mount but De La Souza bucks and avoids them well.
De La Souza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Luke is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. De La Souza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Luke landing strikes, looking to finish!
Luke landing strikes from the mount.
Jeffrey Luke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jeffrey Luke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Luke controlling his opponent.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
De La Souza tries to lock up and control but Luke gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Luke looking to control and managing it successfully.
Luke has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De La Souza is looking to escape.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jeffrey Luke just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Nice cross by De La Souza.
Luke throws a sloppy head kick
and De La Souza counters with a straight right hand.
De La Souza tries to bum rush Luke with a series of wild strikes but Luke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from De La Souza misses its intended target.
Alejandro De La Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luke will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Luke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luke tests De La Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luke throws a sloppy head kick
and De La Souza counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Luke scores with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffrey Luke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Jeffrey Luke!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Jeffrey Luke!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Jeffrey Luke!

Jeffrey Luke wins by unanimous decision!