PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Sito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sito comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - What's my name?. De Souza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alex De Souza kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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?

Sito
vs
De Souza

172 cm
19
151 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

174 cm
17
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Sito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sito throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sito loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. Sito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sito takes one to the side of the head.
Sito takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sito looks to land a left hand but De Souza moved out of range nicely.
Sito looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sito tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza throws a low kick but Sito avoids it.
Sito misses with a looping right.
Sito misses with a two punch combination.
Sito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Sito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Sito sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza is looking to slow Sito down with leg kicks.
Robert Sito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by De Souza.
A leg kick checked by Sito.
Sito misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.
De Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sito throws out the jab.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.

Sito clinches.
Sito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Sito.
A nice left hand lands by Sito.
Sito lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitos head.
Sito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

De Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Sito blocks the leg kick.
Nice jab there from Sito.
Sito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sito takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza slips under a jab from Sito.
Sito tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sito walks forward, straight into a front kick from De Souza.
A telegraphed right hand from Sito misses the target.
De Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sito throws a big shot that misses.
De Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sito.
Nice body kick from De Souza.
De Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sito swings widly with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a nice leg kick.
De Souza misses with a leg kick.
Sito checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Souza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sito takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sito digs a good hook to De Souza's body.
Sito scores with a jab to the body.
Sito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
De Souza lands a jab to the head.

Sito closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sito misses with a punch on the inside.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Sito controls his hands.
Sito misses with some punches.
De Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Souza blocking some punches.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sito misses with a hook from the clinch.

De Souza manages to break the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
De Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sito throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
Sito misses with a lunging right hand
and De Souza counters with a nice body kick.
Sito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Souza counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sito takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sito catches De Souza with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sito scores with a nice head shot.
Sito misses with a straight left.
Sito blocks the body kick.

Sito closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Souza digs a right hand into Sito's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sito's gas tank.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

De Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexsandro De Souza will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Souza slips a jab from Sito.
Sito checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sito tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Souza thows a body kick. Sito tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sito misses with an uppercut. De Souza saw that one coming.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sito.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sito swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Souza makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sito throws a series of punches but De Souza moves out of range.
Sito misses the shot to the body.
Sito is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sito.
De Souza throws a body punch but Sito moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sito clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sito.
Sito tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Souza pushes Sito back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Sito.
Sito lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Souza or not.

De Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Souza misses with a low kick.
Sito throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sito will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
De Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
Sito misses with an uppercut
and De Souza counters with a nice body kick.
Sito blocks a leg kick.
De Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a leg kick
and Sito connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Sito.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Souza - that will leave a mark!
Sito just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sito has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
Sito misses with a body punch
and De Souza finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. Sito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Sito moves out of range easily.
Nice body kick from De Souza.
De Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sito throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza counters with an inside leg kick.
Sito tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.

Sito moves into range and clinches up with De Souza.
De Souza has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sito seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if De Souza can turn it around.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from De Souza.
De Souza blocking some punches.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Sito avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
Sito can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
De Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sito.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.

De Souza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Sito does no damage.
Sito scores with a nice right hand.
Sito looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
De Souza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Souza lands with a slapping head kick.
Sito fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza scores with a kick to the body.
De Souza misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for De Souza. That snapped Sito's head back.
Sito misses with a straight left.
De Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
A telegraphed right hand from Sito misses the target.
Sito takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De Souza lands a high kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by De Souza!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Souza connects with a high kick.
Sito throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sito misses with an uppercut. De Souza saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Souza walks into a stiff left hand from Sito.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sito takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sito throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Sito moved away.
Sito scores with a jab to the head.
Sito misses with a hook to the body
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
Sito checks a leg kick.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sito throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
De Souza throws a wild body kick that Sito sees coming a mile off.
De Souza feints and then cracks Sito's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sito down.
Sito throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Souza counters with a leg kick.
De Souza pushes Sito away with a front kick.
De Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sito misses with a hook.
Sito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza moves out of range as Sito strikes.
Sito throws a lazy uppercut
and De Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sito's knee momentarily.
De Souza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza punishes Sito's body with a nice straight punch.
De Souza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sito checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big right from Sito misses.
De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Souza lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sito takes a step back to recover.
Sito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza throws a head kick but Sito moves out of range.
Sito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
Sito throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Sito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from De Souza.
Sito on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza defending well as Sito loads up on a big left hand.
De Souza moves away from the strike by Sito.
Sito throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Sito throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Souza counters with a nice leg kick.
De Souza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
Sito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sito takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sito just misses with a punch to the body.
Sito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sito checks a leg kick.
Sito connects with the punch.
Robert Sito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a head kick that half lands.
Sito misses with a two punch combination.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Souza. Sito shrugs it off though.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De Souza.
Sito digs a good body shot into De Souza's ribs.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sito's sensitive parts.
Sito stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Souza.
De Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sito's head backwards.
De Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sito takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.
Sito throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sito tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sito misses with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Sito with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Sito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sito has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Souza.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Souza.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sito has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sito just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
Sito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Souza winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
A very excited looking Alexsandro De 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.