PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sebasti Perreira De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Kehoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kehoe has chosen "Master of Puppets" by Metallica as his entrance music. Sebasti Perreira De Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Perreira De Souza
vs
Kehoe

187 cm
27
187 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

178 cm
30
175 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Kehoe!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kehoe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kehoe duly obliges.
Perreira De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kehoe.
Kehoe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perreira De Souza.
Kehoe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Perreira De Souza doesn't seem bothered though.
Perreira De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kehoe.
Perreira De Souza throws a big counter combination but Kehoe scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Perreira De Souza shoots in looking for a takedown. Kehoe tries to sprawl out of it but Perreira De Souza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kehoe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kehoe lands with a hook. Perreira De Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kehoe misses with a body shot.
Perreira De Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kehoe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perreira De Souza tries to clinch but Kehoe is having none of it.
Kehoe was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Perreira De Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kehoe pushes Perreira De Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
Perreira De Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kehoe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Kehoe.
Kehoe goes for a double leg but Perreira De Souza avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Perreira De Souza continues to drive forward.
Kehoe looks to land a left hand but Perreira De Souza moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza goes for a double leg but Kehoe avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kehoe continues to drive forward.
Perreira De Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kehoe.
Perreira De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kehoe throws a shot from downtown. Perreira De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Perreira De Souza seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Perreira De Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kehoe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perreira De Souza blocks a jab.
A big right from Kehoe misses.
Perreira De Souza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Perreira De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kehoe.
Perreira De Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A swing and a miss from Kehoe.
Perreira De Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Kehoe throws a right hand that Perreira De Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Perreira De Souza also avoids with ease.
Kehoe slips a jab from Perreira De Souza.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kehoe jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Perreira De Souza rushes Kehoe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kehoe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perreira De Souzas head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kehoe breaks from the clinch.
Kehoe lands a nice looking body shot.
Kehoe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kehoe misses with a series of wild punches.
As Kehoe looks to move away, Perreira De Souza throws a big counter combo bu Kehoe just gets out of the way.
Perreira De Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kehoe.
Kehoe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kehoe throws a jab when Perreira De Souza was well out of range.
Perreira De Souza wants to clinch up but Kehoe keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Kehoe misses.
Kehoe fails to land the takedown.
Perreira De Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kehoe connects with a single shot there.
Kehoe misses with an uppercut.
Kehoe misses with a looping right.
Perreira De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kehoe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza is looking to slow Kehoe down with leg kicks.
Perreira De Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Perreira De Souza throws a head kick but Kehoe moves out of range.
Kehoe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Perreira De Souza defending well as Kehoe loads up on a big left hand.
Andrew Kehoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kehoe doesn't manage to clinch there - Perreira De Souza circles away.
Kehoe throws a good cross that connects.
Kehoe fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Kehoe.
Kehoe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kehoe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kehoe stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kehoe wants it to stay on the feet.
A little jabbing left from Kehoe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kehoe walks into a stiff left hand from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza tries to clinch there but Kehoe circles away.
Kehoe throws out a loose jab but Perreira De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Perreira De Souza defending well as Kehoe loads up on a big left hand.
Kehoe with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza works the jab nicely.
Kehoe throws a jab when Perreira De Souza was well out of range.
Perreira De Souza 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.
Perreira De Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kehoe appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kehoe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kehoe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perreira De Souza.
Kehoe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perreira De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kehoe.
Perreira De Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Perreira De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kehoe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Perreira De Souza shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kehoe's guard.
Kehoe seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Perreira De Souza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kehoe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kehoe wants to sweep but no luck.
Perreira De Souza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kehoe dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Perreira De Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kehoe throws out the jab.
Perreira De Souza appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

Perreira De Souza has managed to clinch.
Perreira De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perreira De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kehoe blocks an uppercut.
Kehoe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kehoe throws a knee to the head but misses.

Kehoe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kehoe throws a leg kick but Perreira De Souza sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kehoe uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perreira De Souza has time to react.

Kehoe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Perreira De Souza quickly recovers to half guard.
Kehoe is nestled in close to Perreira De Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Perreira De Souza is staying active underneath Kehoe, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perreira De Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Kehoe.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Perreira De Souza trying to control from the bottom.
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!
Kehoe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza wants to get back to full guard.
Kehoe stops Perreira De Souza from getting back to his feet.
Kehoe performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kehoe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Perreira De Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
Perreira De Souza wants to get back to his feet.
Kehoe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kehoe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perreira De Souza's head.
Perreira De Souza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kehoe is working away from the top position though.
Kehoe lands with a punch from half guard.
Kehoe wants to free his trapped foot but Perreira De Souza is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Perreira De Souza trying to hold on to Kehoe's head to control him but Kehoe postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kehoe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perreira De Souza regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kehoe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kehoe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kehoe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kehoe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Perreira De Souza keeping moving, preventing Kehoe from controlling successfully.
Perreira De Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
Perreira De Souza is pulling down on Kehoe's head. It's preventing any offense from Kehoe, at least for the moment.
Perreira De Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
Kehoe is looking to work some ground and pound but Perreira De Souza has wrist control.
Kehoe tries to free his leg and advance position but Perreira De Souza is retaining full guard.
Kehoe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Perreira De Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Kehoe loads up on a big right hand but Perreira De Souza slips the punch.
Kehoe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kehoe loads up on a big right hand but Perreira De Souza slips the punch.
Perreira De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kehoe lands with a hook. Perreira De Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Perreira De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Kehoe off the cage and back into range.
Kehoe with a jab.

Perreira De Souza scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kehoe is trying to control but can't.
Perreira De Souza thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Perreira De Souza looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kehoe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Perreira De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kehoe has hold of Perreira De Souza's hands but Perreira De Souza slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kehoe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but Kehoe is blocking nicely.
Kehoe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza winds up and cracks Kehoe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza is looking to take a break and control but Kehoe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza slips a nice elbow through Kehoe's hands, connecting with Kehoe's forehead.
Perreira De Souza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but Kehoe is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Andrew Kehoe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Perreira De Souza connects with a leg kick. Kehoe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kehoe lands the left hand.

Perreira De Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
Perreira De Souza thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kehoe defending well though.
Perreira De Souza not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kehoe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Perreira De Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kehoe is looking for a sweep. Perreira De Souza is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots but Kehoe is blocking nicely.
Perreira De Souza thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Perreira De Souza there.

It looks like Andrew Kehoe has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kehoe makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Perreira De Souza slips a jab from Kehoe.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kehoe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kehoe defending against the ground and pound.
Kehoe tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Perreira De Souza wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Perreira De Souza is looking to take a break and control but Kehoe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kehoe is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Perreira De Souza lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kehoe down.
Perreira De Souza scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza in side control, throwing shots but Kehoe defends.
Kehoe dodges the ground and pound from Perreira De Souza.
Kehoe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
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!
Kehoe can't do much from the bottom here.
Perreira De Souza fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Perreira De Souza is trying to ground and pound but Kehoe uses the momentary lack of control by Perreira De Souza to regain half guard.
Perreira De Souza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Perreira De Souza moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kehoe sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Kehoe is trying to control Perreira De Souza's posture but Perreira De Souza avoids it.
The strikes coming from Perreira De Souza are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Perreira De Souza tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Andrew Kehoe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Perreira De Souza scoring with punches and elbows.
Perreira De Souza trying to control the position but Kehoe is working away.
Perreira De Souza throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Kehoe works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Perreira De Souza not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kehoe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kehoe is trying is best to control the position here.
Perreira De Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kehoe's head.
Perreira De Souza looks to land a strike but Kehoe avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Perreira De Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
Perreira De Souza scoring with some ground and pound.
Kehoe trying to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perreira De Souza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kehoe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sebasti Perreira De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kehoe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Andrew Kehoe!
A relieved looking Andrew Kehoe thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.