PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between That Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iggor Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guy comes to the cage accompanied by Walk by Pantera. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Guy
vs
Souza

180 cm
31
205 lbs
20 - 27 - 0

191 cm
28
215 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, That Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iggor Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Souza lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Guy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Guy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Souza sprawls well. Souza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Guy gets slowly back to his feet.
That Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.

Guy scores with a takedown into Souza's guard.

Guy drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Guy off! Guy jumps back into Souza's guard.
Guy lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Guy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Guy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Souza's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Guy drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Guy off! Guy jumps back into Souza's guard.
Guy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Souza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Guy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Guy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Guy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Guy scoring with some ground and pound.

Guy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Souza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Guy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Guy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Guy drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Guy off! Guy jumps back into Souza's guard.

Souza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Guy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Souza wants to stand and escape but Guy is having none of it.
Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Guy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Guy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy landing some decent shots from guard.

It looks like Iggor Souza has been cut.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Guy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Guy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Guy lands a couple of digs.
Guy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Guy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Guy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Souza is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy chips away with some ground and pound.

Guy drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Guy off! Guy jumps back into Souza's guard.
Souza wants to sweep here but Guy controlling him for the moment.
Guy connects with a couple of short punches.

Guy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Guy connects with a couple of short punches.

Souza is rocked!
Guy 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.

Guy postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Souza is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Guy, into his guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Guy is on top in guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That Guy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iggor Souza's cut.
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 has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Guy.

Guy scores with a takedown into Souza's guard.
Souza throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Guy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Souza's head.
Souza is still in real trouble! Can Guy finish him?
Guy gets to his feet and stands over Souza, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Souza felt that one! Guy unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Souza from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). That Guy!
During a confident post fight interview, That Guy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.