PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebasti Perreira De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Easton West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). West has chosen Stick To Your Guns - Against Them All as his entrance music. 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.

Perreira De Souza
vs
West

187 cm
26
187 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

191 cm
26
190 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Easton West!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza misses with an uppercut.
Perreira De Souza misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.
Easton West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West throws a head kick but Perreira De Souza moves out of range.
West looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perreira De Souza. West does a little dance to reset his feet.
West lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
West connects with a high kick.

Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches West napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perreira De Souza misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
West tries to improve position but can't.
Perreira De Souza trying to control the action but West is working from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Perreira De Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza working the strikes but West uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
West pushes Perreira De Souza off looking to stand but Perreira De Souza dives back in and keeps control.
Perreira De Souza is looking to take a break and control but West is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed West's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perreira De Souza tries to pass the half guard into mount. West knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Perreira De Souza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. West defending well though.
Perreira De Souza is looking to take a break and control but West is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
West controlling the position well.
Perreira De Souza working West over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is not content to let Perreira De Souza control the position.
Perreira De Souza throws a strike but West avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Perreira De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Perreira De Souza has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

West is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Perreira De Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Perreira De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
West working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza controlling from the top position.

West is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Perreira De Souza defends well.
Perreira De Souza distracts West with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is trying to control the position from the bottom.
West keeping full guard, as Perreira De Souza tries to pass.
Perreira De Souza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perreira De Souza wants to control from the top but West keeps moving.
Perreira De Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
Perreira De Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Perreira De Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

West is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West controls Perreira De Souza momentarily but Perreira De Souza frees himself.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Perreira De Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as West works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza lands a couple of elbows.
Perreira De Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
Perreira De Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
Perreira De Souza throws a strike but West rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

West being controlled here momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perreira De Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebasti Perreira De Souza dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A leg kick checked by Perreira De Souza.
West throws a jab when Perreira De Souza was well out of range.
Perreira De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by West. West obviously looking to wear him down.
West swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Perreira De Souza fails to land with a series of punches.

Perreira De Souza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Perreira De Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Perreira De Souza.
West pushes off an throws an elbow but Perreira De Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Perreira De Souza lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perreira De Souza.
West lands a damaging elbow.
Perreira De Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
West swings away with an uppercut that misses.
West crunches a lovely knee into Perreira De Souza's ribcage.
Perreira De Souza is pushing West up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Perreira De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perreira De Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West throws a head punch that misses.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Perreira De Souza's defenses.
Perreira De Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of West backwards.
West misses with a knee strike.
West misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from West fails to land.
Perreira De Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
West connects with a nasty looking knee right to Perreira De Souza's face.
West throws a head punch that misses.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Perreira De Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Perreira De Souza is leaning against West and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
West is breathing heavily.
Perreira De Souza looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice elbow from West.
Perreira De Souza holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Perreira De Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wests head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perreira De Souza scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza lands with a left to the head.
West lands an elbow just above Perreira De Souza 's eye.
West throws an elbow but it misses.
Perreira De Souza misses with the head strike.
Perreira De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as West controls his hands.

Perreira De Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perreira De Souza. West does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perreira De Souza tries for a takedown but West sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Perreira De Souza avoids the head kick by West.
Perreira De Souza throws a shot to the body.
West on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perreira De Souza blocks a jab.
West scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perreira De Souza blocks a head kick by West.
West misses with a leg kick.
Perreira De Souza is looking to clinch.
Perreira De Souza throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
West throws a solid leg kick but Perreira De Souza takes the impact on his shin and smiles at West.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West throws a leg kick but Perreira De Souza checks it.
Perreira De Souza blocks a head kick by West.
Perreira De Souza tries to counter by clinching up but West breaks away and moves out of range.
Easton West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
West throws a head kick that misses.

Perreira De Souza shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. West manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Perreira De Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but West is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

West working for a triangle but Perreira De Souza defends it easily.
West working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Perreira De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza wants to control from the top but West keeps moving.
Perreira De Souza is stalling in the full guard.

West has his foot on Perreira De Souza's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Perreira De Souza works his way back into a safe position though.
Perreira De Souza landing with the ground and pound.
Perreira De Souza is in close to West's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Perreira De Souza postures up in West's guard and throws a big left but West blocks it.
Perreira De Souza distracts West with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Perreira De Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
Perreira De Souza looking to pass the guard.
Perreira De Souza working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sebasti Perreira De Souza will probably get the nod.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

West tried to score with a low kick but Perreira De Souza checks it.
West goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
West throws a leg kick but Perreira De Souza sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perreira De Souza motions for West to come forward. Perreira De Souza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by West there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perreira De Souza blocks a head kick by West.
West plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Perreira De Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from West.
West fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
West tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
West fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perreira De Souza is out of range.
Perreira De Souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
West loads up on a big right hand but Perreira De Souza slips the punch.
Perreira De Souza misses the shot to the body.

Perreira De Souza feints and as West raises his hands in defense, Perreira De Souza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perreira De Souza controlling from the top position.
Perreira De Souza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of West's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza connects with a couple of short punches.
Perreira De Souza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of West's head.

West looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Perreira De Souza lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Perreira De Souza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
West keeping moving, preventing Perreira De Souza from controlling successfully.
West is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza scoring with punches to the head and body.
West controls Perreira De Souza momentarily but Perreira De Souza frees himself.
West might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Perreira De Souza haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Perreira De Souza trying to control but West is working from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
West has momentary wrist control but Perreira De Souza slips an elbow through the middle.

West is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
West is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
West trying to keep a closed guard but Perreira De Souza is proving a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
Perreira De Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perreira De Souza is looking to wear down West with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perreira De Souza is looking to clinch.
Perreira De Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before West can pounce on him.
Perreira De Souza misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
West ducks right into an uppercut from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza is looking to clinch.
Perreira De Souza tries a low kick but West avoids it.

West gets tackled into the cage by Perreira De Souza. Perreira De Souza maintains the clinch.
West lands a nice uppercut.

Perreira De Souza breaks the clinch.
West keeps the fight on the outside.
West checks a leg kick nicely.
West looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

Perreira De Souza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
West pushes off an throws an elbow but Perreira De Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from West on the inside.
Perreira De Souza tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Perreira De Souza back against the cage.
Perreira De Souza lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West lands an elbow inside that Perreira De Souza shrugs off.
Perreira De Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perreira De Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
West is looking to control Perreira De Souza's arms but Perreira De Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now West has his back to the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
West blocks an uppercut.
Easton West has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
West misses with the head strike.
Perreira De Souza lands with a right to the head.
Perreira De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from West.
Still in the clinch, Perreira De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Perreira De Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Perreira De Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Perreira De Souza lands with a light punch inside.
West takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Still in the clinch, Perreira De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Perreira De Souza is working West over against the cage.
Perreira De Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Perreira De Souza scores with a shot to the side of West's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sebasti Perreira De Souza.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Perreira De Souza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
Sebasti Perreira De Souza seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.