PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Tillman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Alex De Souza. Alexsandro De Souza had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

De Souza
vs
Tillman

174 cm
25
161 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

177 cm
25
160 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

King of Fists

Hellbent

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 16 - 5 - 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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Tillman!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tillman staying out of range there.
De Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tillman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Souza misses with a hook
and Tillman counters with a body kick.
De Souza moves out of range of the leg kick from Tillman.
De Souza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
De Souza moves out of range as Tillman throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tillman. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tillman misses with a body kick.
Tillman throws a poor cross that misses
and Tillman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tillman lands a nice shot that snaps De Souza's head back.
De Souza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Souza swings for the body but Tillman moves out of range.
Tillman throws out a counter right but De Souza avoids it with no problem.
De Souza lunges at Tillman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tillman's hand.
Tillman throws a low kick but it's checked well by De Souza.
A big left from Tillman misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza moves away from the strike by Tillman.
De Souza appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
De Souza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from De Souza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tillman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Tillman's shoulder, as Tillman tries to avoid the shot.
Tillman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! De Souza crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tillman - the referee stops the clock and De Souza gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tillman. De Souza manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
De Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A swing and a miss from Tillman.

De Souza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tillman can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
De Souza working aggressively here.
Tillman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tillman swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tillman working aggressively here.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Tillman.
Tillman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Tillman controls his hands.
Tillman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tillman blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from De Souza.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tillman working aggressively here.
De Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza misses with a body punch.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tillman throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Souza lands a body punch.
Tillman misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
Tillman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Tillman.
De Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tillman backwards.
Tillman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tillman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Tillman controls his hands.
Tillman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.
De Souza misses with a body punch.
Tillman throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Souza.
Tillman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tillman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
De Souza works on Tillman's body with a couple of short punches.
Tillman scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Tillman.
Tillman displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Souza up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tillman blocks a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Tillman misses with the head strike.
De Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tillman misses with a punch to the body.
Tillman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tillman lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tillman throws a head punch that misses.
Tillman throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
Tillman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tillman.
Tillman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tillman throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
Tillman misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexsandro De Souza will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tillman cracks De Souza with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Tillman has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
De Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tillman.
Tillman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Souza lands a head kick. Tillman smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tillman misses with a body kick.
De Souza is looking to counter with a body kick.
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza looks to land a left hand but Tillman moved out of range nicely.
De Souza checks a low kick from Tillman.
De Souza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Souza attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tillman throws a jab but it's blocked by De Souza.
Tillman moves out of range of the leg kick from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tillman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza takes a swing at Tillman's ribcage but misses.
Tillman throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Souza feints and then cracks Tillman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tillman down.

De Souza forces Tillman back against the cage and clinches.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from De Souza.
Tillman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tillman can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
Tillman leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tillman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Tillman.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
Alexsandro De Souza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tillman tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
Tillman is trying to break free.
De Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
Tillman gets through De Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Souza.
Tillman blocks an uppercut.
Tillman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tillman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tillman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Tillman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice defenses there by Tillman.
Tillman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tillman throws a leg kick
and Tillman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Souza throws out a powerful jab.
De Souza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tillman at a distance.
De Souza throws a shot from downtown. Tillman moves away and avoids it.
De Souza backing away here, and Tillman unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tillman lands a nice hook to De Souza's body. De Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Souza fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillman misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a good, hard body kick but Tillman shrugs it off.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alexsandro De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tillman thumps De Souza with a low kick.
Pat Tillman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tillman throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
A slow jab from De Souza misses its intended target.
Tillman was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tillman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tillman throws a wild body kick that De Souza sees coming a mile off.
Tillman lands a lovely overhand right.
Tillman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tillman throws a front kick that sends De Souza stumbling back into the cage.
Tillman keeps De Souza at a distance using the push kick.
Crunch! Tillman slams his shin into De Souza's torso.
An inside leg kick lands from Tillman.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza checks a leg kick.
De Souza feinted there with a counter leg kick.
De Souza throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Souza scores with a push kick.
De Souza will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
De Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tillman thinks about the counter body kick.
De Souza is looking to clinch.
Tillman drops his hands momentarily and De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tillman.
Tillman is clearly trying to counter these attacks from De Souza with a body shot.
De Souza blocks a head kick by Tillman.
Tillman looks to land a combination. De Souza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tillman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like De Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good leg kick by Tillman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Tillman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tillman tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
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 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! This is the final round!

Tillman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
Tillman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Souza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tillman throws a chopping leg kick but De Souza manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tillman misses with a low kick.
Tillman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tillman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Souza.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
De Souza looks to land a right hand but Tillman moved out of range.
Nice uppercut there from De Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tillman throws a leg kick that misses.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Tillman's shoulder, as Tillman tries to avoid the shot.
De Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tillman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tillman misses with a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Souza.
De Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tillman misses with a body kick.
It looked like De Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Tillman down.
Tillman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De Souza on the side of the head.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Souza cracks Tillman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tillman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Tillman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tillman. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Souza throws a hook but Tillman blocks it.
Tillman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Tillman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tillman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pat Tillman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tillman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tillman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza cracks Tillman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
Tillman throws a body kick that misses
and De Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tillman throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
A big left from Tillman misses.
De Souza throws a lazy uppercut
and Tillman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Souza checks a low kick from Tillman.
Tillman throws a wild body kick that De Souza sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from De Souza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tillman misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Souza lands a head kick!
Tillman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tillman pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Souza is out of range and Tillman settles back down.
De Souza was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
De Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
De Souza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Souza tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Souza moves out of range as Tillman throws a body kick.
De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Tillman moves out of range easily.
Tillman throws a wild body kick that De Souza sees coming a mile off.
De Souza half committed to a counter leg kick.
Tillman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Souza.
Tillman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tillman.
De Souza throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tillman avoids it.
Tillman throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Tillman down.
Tillman misses with a low kick.
De Souza connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tillman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A nice combination there by De Souza.
Tillman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tillman.
De Souza throws a body punch but Tillman moves out of range.
De Souza takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tillman finds it's way round the side to connect with De Souza's head.
Tillman throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza slips under a jab.
It looked like De Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tillman staying out of range there.
De Souza is looking to chop away at Tillman's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tillman throws a lazy body kick
and De Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick lands from Tillman.
Tillman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Tillman is looking to land body kicks.

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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
Alexsandro De Souza thanked the fans post fight for their support.