PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Barbery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Alex De Souza. Alexsandro De Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zach Barbery's chin.

De Souza
vs
Barbery

174 cm
18
166 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
165 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zach Barbery!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbery checks a leg kick.
Barbery ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barbery throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Souza counters with a body kick that stops Barbery in his tracks momentarily.
Barbery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbery.
De Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barbery takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Zach Barbery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Barbery.
De Souza takes a swing at Barbery's ribcage but misses.
We've been informed that Barbery 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.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barbery's sensitive parts.
Barbery throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbery scores with a jab.

It looks like Alexsandro De Souza has been cut.
Barbery misses with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a good low kick that Barbery was not able to check.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbery darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbery misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbery.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Barbery checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barbery looks to throw the jab but De Souza is out of range.
Barbery takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
De Souza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barbery. That did some damage!
Barbery takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Souza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barbery stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A shot to the body from Barbery misses
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barbery looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbery works De Souza's body with a nice hook.
Barbery ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbery takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza throws out a leg kick but Barbery moves out of range and De Souza only half commits.
Barbery misses the jab.
De Souza misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbery scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barbery rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Souza counters with a nice kick to the body.
De Souza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barbery is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Souza rather than just go for the knockout.
Barbery misses with a double jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Souza.
Barbery thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Souza slips a jab and a cross from Barbery.
And De Souza counters with a quick kick to the body but Barbery blocks it.
Barbery takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barbery blocks a head kick by De Souza.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbery darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
Barbery moves out of range as De Souza throws a body kick.
De Souza scores with a hook to the body. Barbery takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barbery throws a right and a left that De Souza avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from De Souza tenderised Barbery's leg. Barbery is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Souza. Barbery shrugs it off though.
Barbery takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Barbery off the cage and back into range.
A swing and a miss from Barbery.
Barbery lands a two punch combo.
Barbery throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Souza connects with a body shot that sends Barbery's belly button to the back.
Barbery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbery.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza lunges at Barbery with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barbery's hand.
De Souza lands with a nice body kick.
Barbery ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbery misses with a looping right.
De Souza clobbers Barbery with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Souza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
It looks like De Souza has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Barbery misses with an uppercut. De Souza saw that one coming.
De Souza is looking to chop away at Barbery's legs.
Barbery throws a counter combo.
De Souza lands with a shot to the body.
Barbery misses with a right hand
and De Souza counters with an inside leg kick.
Barbery thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barbery's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Souza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De Souza dips to his left and cracks Barbery with an uppercut!
Barbery throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donk. De Souza catches Barbery right on the button with a cross.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbery shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Barbery is rocked!
That kick from De Souza tenderised Barbery's leg. Barbery is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexsandro De 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.

De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Souza. Barbery shrugs it off though.
A slow jab from De Souza misses its intended target.
De Souza blocks a jab.
Barbery throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbery misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Barbery swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbery misses with a body shot.
Barbery moves away from the strike by De Souza.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbery swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Souza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Souza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Souza cracks the inside of Barbery's front leg.
De Souza lands a nice looking kick to the body. Barbery takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by De Souza as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Souza staying out of range there.
Barbery stuns De Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Souza has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Barbery checks a leg kick.
Barbery takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Souza.
Barbery takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Souza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alexsandro De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Barbery lands with a straight right. De Souza didn't see that one coming.
Barbery scores with the left hand. De Souza knows he should have avoided that one.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
Barbery blocks the body kick.
Barbery misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbery throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbery tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Barbery might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, De Souza has got the better of the exchanges.
Barbery on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Barbery.
It looked like De Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
De Souza feints and then cracks Barbery's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barbery down.
De Souza looks to land a left hand but Barbery moved out of range nicely.
Barbery swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Souza blocks a jab.
De Souza throwing a counter right hand but Barbery manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by De Souza.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Barbery down.
De Souza tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbery avoids the head kick by De Souza.
De Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbery can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbery misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Barbery throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from De Souza.
Barbery throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
De Souza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barbery feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Souzas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Souza lands with a nice body kick.
Barbery throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Souza throwing a counter right hand but Barbery manages to avoid it.
De Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barbery misses with a lunging right hand
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbery misses with a body shot.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbery.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbery. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a nice looking body kick.
De Souza slips under a jab from Barbery.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barbery momentarily.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbery.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Barbery's front leg but catches the back leg as Barbery tries to avoid it.
Barbery blocks a leg kick.
Barbery cracks De Souza with an open hand slap.
De Souza lands with a slapping head kick.
Barbery misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Barbery misses with an uppercut.
Barbery misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza scores with a jab to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Barbery crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Souza - the referee stops the clock and Barbery gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Souza. Barbery manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A telegraphed right hand from Barbery misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexsandro De Souza's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A big left from Barbery misses.
De Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barbery misses with a body shot.
Barbery misses with a straight left.
De Souza slips under a jab.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbery.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbery moves away.
Barbery misses with an uppercut
and De Souza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barbery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and De Souza tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbery looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbery waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
Barbery misses with a body shot.
Barbery takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barbery lands a head shot.
De Souza throws a jab when Barbery was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza lands with a shot to the body.
Barbery takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
De Souza throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Barbery's head.
De Souza slips a jab from Barbery.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
De Souza slips under a jab from Barbery.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barbery.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Souza.
Barbery just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza tried to counter with a leg kick but Barbery avoided it.
Barbery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbery.
Barbery throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Souza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Barbery thinking.
De Souza lands a high kick!
Barbery is still on wobbly legs! Can De Souza finish him?
The fighters circling - Barbery throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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!
The fighters circling - Barbery throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbery steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Souza. That one must have hurt.
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from De Souza tenderised Barbery's leg. Barbery is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barbery takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barbery seems to have recovered his senses.
Barbery swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Barbery's knee momentarily.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barbery has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Souza.
Barbery lands a slapping body shot.
Barbery misses with an uppercut
and De Souza counters with a good low kick that Barbery was not able to check.
That kick from De Souza tenderised Barbery's leg. Barbery is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barbery has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Souza.
De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbery.
De Souza with a hook.
De Souza missing with a left hand there. Barbery was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Barbery misses with a left hand
and De Souza makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza connects with a body shot that sends Barbery's belly button to the back.
De Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbery.
De Souza lands a slapping body shot.
Barbery rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barbery takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Barbery throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
De Souza quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Barbery's front leg but catches the back leg as Barbery tries to avoid it.
De Souza throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Souza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barbery takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Barbery catches De Souza right on the button with a cross.
De Souza scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Souza misses with a hook. Barbery ducked under it nicely.
Barbery on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
De Souza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Barbery lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
De Souza throws a low kick but Barbery moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barbery.
Barbery slips a straight right by De Souza.
Barbery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
You can see that Barbery has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Barbery jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Souza tried to counter with a leg kick but Barbery avoided it.
Zach Barbery has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbery takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barbery takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barbery displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Souza throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Souza 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
An out of breath Alexsandro De Souza thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.