PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Federico Manta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Alex De Souza. Manta is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ultima Corsa by Mondo Marcio. Alexsandro De Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Federico Manta's chin.

De Souza
vs
Manta

174 cm
25
161 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

177 cm
31
162 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
King of Fists

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 17 - 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 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Federico Manta!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manta cracks De Souza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Manta.
De Souza avoids a kick to the body.
Manta looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manta lands with a kick to the temple. De Souza shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De Souza lands a nice looking body shot.
Manta throws a sloppy head kick and De Souza moves out of range easily.
De Souza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Souza.
Manta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Souza's calf.
Manta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Manta misses with a hook.
Manta tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manta takes one to the side of the head.
De Souza lands a head kick. Manta smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A telegraphed right hand from De Souza misses the target.
De Souza throws a hook to the side of Manta's head but Manta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Manta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Manta with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Souza scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Souza blocks the body kick.
Manta throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Manta down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Manta.
Manta misses with an uppercut. De Souza saw that one coming.
De Souza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Manta is out of range.
Manta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Manta.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Manta's shoulder, as Manta tries to avoid the shot.
Manta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Souza appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
De Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De Souza moves out of range as Manta strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manta on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza lands a head kick!
Manta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Manta cracks the inside of De Souza's front leg.
A slow jab from De Souza misses its intended target.
Manta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De Souza throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Manta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manta throws a front kick that sends De Souza stumbling back into the cage.
Manta throws a head kick but De Souza moves out of range.
Manta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Souza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Manta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Souza staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Manta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Manta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manta misses with a takedown attempt - De Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
De Souza looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
De Souza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Manta misses with an uppercut
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manta throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
Manta scores with a kick to the midsection.
Manta misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.
Manta throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Manta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Manta slips a straight right by De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manta throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
De Souza lands a nice hook to Manta's body. Manta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza moves out of range of the leg kick from Manta.
Alexsandro De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Manta off balance momentarily.
Manta looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as De Souza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Manta doesn't seem phased though.
Manta throws the kick towards the body but De Souza avoids it.
A head kick from Manta lands but De Souza takes it in his stride.
Manta takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.

Manta rushes De Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Manta struggles to land a body shot inside as De Souza controls his hands.
Manta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Manta controls the action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Manta throws an elbow but misses.
Manta can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
De Souza misses with some punches.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manta.
Manta checks a low kick from De Souza.
Manta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Manta is looking to slow De Souza down with leg kicks.
A punch lands to the side of De Souza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Manta bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Manta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
Manta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza misses with a hook. Manta ducked under it nicely.
De Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
Manta scores with a sloppy right hand. De Souza should have avoided that one.
Manta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Manta connects with a body shot that sends De Souza's belly button to the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza staying out of range there.
Manta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Souza is able to avoid easily.
Manta slips under a jab.
De Souza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alexsandro De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Souza scores with a push kick.
De Souza cracks Manta with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Souza misses with an uppercut.
Manta misses with a low kick as De Souza jumps back.
Manta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Souza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Manta throws an overhand right that lands on De Souza's shoulder, as De Souza tries to avoid the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as De Souza blocks the leg kick.
Manta motions for De Souza to come forward. Manta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Manta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Souza.
Manta 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.
Manta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manta misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Manta.
Manta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Manta.
A jab from De Souza misses.
De Souza connects with a body shot that sends Manta's belly button to the back.
Manta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Manta throws a sloppy head kick and De Souza moves out of range easily.
Manta misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
De Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Manta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Souza walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Manta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Souza throws a looping overhand right but Manta ducks down to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Manta - just one landing.
De Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Manta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manta was well out of range. Poor timing from De Souza.
De Souza throws a hook but Manta blocks it.
Manta throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
De Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manta.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Souza.
Manta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Manta lands a glancing blow to the side of De Souza's head.
Nice uppercut lands for De Souza. That snapped Manta's head back.
Manta blocks the body kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Souza.
Manta takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Manta misses.
Manta misses with a head kick.
Manta misses the body punch
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manta misses with a hook
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Souza dips to his left and cracks Manta with an uppercut!
De Souza lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A clash of legs there as De Souza blocks the low kick.
A big right from De Souza misses.
Manta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a lunging right hand
and Manta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manta works the jab nicely.
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza misses with a looping left.
De Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Manta missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Souza scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Manta lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Souza's sensitive parts.
Manta shoots in and drives through. De Souza sprawls well.
Manta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manta. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Manta with a nice cross.
Manta connects with a crisp jab.
Manta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Manta looks to throw the jab but De Souza is out of range.
De Souza thumps Manta with a low kick.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Manta.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manta throws a leg kick
letting De Souza counter with a right hand.
Manta slips a jab from De Souza.
Manta throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza digs a good hook to Manta's body.
A jab from De Souza misses.
Manta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.

Manta clinches.
De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Manta.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manta can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
Manta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Souza tries a body shot but Manta blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from De Souza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manta prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Federico Manta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manta lands a shoulder strike.
De Souza is leaning against Manta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from De Souza.
Manta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head punch on the inside from Manta fails to land.
A body shot lands from De Souza.
Manta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Manta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Federico Manta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Manta lands a damaging elbow.
De Souza misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Manta.
Nice body punch from De Souza.
Manta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from De Souza.

De Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Souza drops his hands momentarily and Manta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - De Souza scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manta lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Manta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manta misses with a looping left.
Manta blocks the body kick.
Manta let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Manta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Manta's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Manta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Manta cracks De Souza with a right hand to the side of the head.
Manta throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Manta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Souza.
De Souza connects with the punch.

Manta has De Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
De Souza blocking some punches.
Manta tries to throw a body punch but De Souza avoids it by throwing Manta back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Manta.

It looks like Alexsandro De Souza has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from De Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manta swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manta pushes De Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manta prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Manta working aggressively here.
Manta blocks a body shot from De Souza.
Manta tries to throw a body punch but De Souza avoids it by throwing Manta back against the cage.
Manta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manta misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Manta.
Manta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manta can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
Manta takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

De Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manta walks into a jab.
Manta throws a jab when De Souza was well out of range.
Manta throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Manta is rocked!

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

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