PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Pecilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillermo Pecilli is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pecilli
vs
Souza

165 cm
26
141 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

169 cm
26
142 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Guillermo Pecilli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcos Souza!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pecilli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Souza. Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pecilli misses with a looping left.
Souza throws out a counter right but Pecilli avoids it with no problem.
Pecilli blocks a jab.
Pecilli looks to land a right hand but Souza moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Souza! But no joy.
Souza staying out of range there.
Pecilli tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Souza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pecilli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pecilli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pecilli with a jab.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Souza swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pecilli throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Souza! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pecilli stuns Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Souza has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Pecilli rushes Souza and presses him up against the cage.

Souza manages to break the clinch.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza throws a counter combo.
Pecilli is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
Souza avoids the body shot from Pecilli.
It seemed like Souza was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pecilli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pecilli lands a jab to the nose.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pecilli tries to counter by clinching up but Souza breaks away and moves out of range.
Pecilli tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Souza! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Souza misses.
Pecilli is looking to counter the offense by Souza and move into the clinch.
Pecilli just misses with a punch to the body.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Souza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guillermo Pecilli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pecilli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pecilli takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Pecilli clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Pecilli.
Souza stalling in the clinch but Pecilli improves position.
A nice left hand lands by Pecilli.
Pecilli tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pecilli prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pecilli swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza tries a body shot but Pecilli blocks it.
Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza controlling the action here for a moment.
Pecilli lands a shoulder strike.
Pecilli is trying to stall.

Souza manages to break the clinch.
Pecilli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza throws out a counter right but Pecilli avoids it with no problem.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Pecilli.
Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Pecilli.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pecilli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Souza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pecilli wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Souza! But no joy.
A big left from Souza misses.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pecilli. Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Souza was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pecilli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Souza.
Souza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Souza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Souza cracks Pecilli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guillermo Pecilli dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pecilli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souza moves away.
Pecilli is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
Souza throws out a counter right but Pecilli avoids it with no problem.
Pecilli rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Souza counters with a stiff right hand.

Pecilli drives through and clinches with Souza against the cage.
Pecilli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pecilli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pecilli misses with some punches.
Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Pecilli.
Pecilli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pecilli lands with a light punch inside.
Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Pecilli avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pecilli has Souza pressed against the cage.
Pecilli digs a right hand into Souza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Souza's gas tank.
Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Souza digs a right hand underneath Pecilli's ribcage. Pecilli let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Souza can't break the clinch.

Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the body from Pecilli misses
and Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pecilli misses with a hook.
Pecilli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pecilli is looking to counter the offense by Souza and move into the clinch.
Pecilli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
Souza looks to land a left hand but Pecilli moved out of range nicely.
Pecilli throws an overhand right that lands on Souza's shoulder, as Souza tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Souza was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice uppercut there from Pecilli.
Pecilli misses with a body shot.
Souza throws out a counter right but Pecilli avoids it with no problem.
Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pecilli throws out the jab.
Souza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pecilli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souza moves away.
It seemed like Souza was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pecilli moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Pecilli throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pecilli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pecilli slips under a jab from Souza.
Guillermo Pecilli is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pecilli throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
Souza lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Souza misses with a looping right.
Souza lands a jab.
Pecilli moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Pecilli closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pecilli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pecilli tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pecilli backwards.

Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Souza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pecilli moves into range and clinches up with Souza.
Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pecilli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza trying to control the position but instead, Pecilli has worked for underhooks and has pushed Souza into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Souza.
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!
Souza presses Pecilli against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pecilli takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pecilli lands a damaging elbow.
Pecilli misses with the head strike.
Pecilli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Pecilli misses with a punch to the body.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Pecilli won't allow it.
Guillermo Pecilli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pecilli.
Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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 Guillermo Pecilli 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!

A big right from Souza misses.
Pecilli works Souza's body with a nice hook.
Pecilli is looking to wear down Souza with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Pecilli moves into the clinch.
Pecilli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Souza backwards.

Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pecilli misses with a shot to the body
and Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Souza missing with a left hand there. Pecilli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Souza might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pecilli misses with a right hand
and Pecilli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Guillermo Pecilli has been cut.
Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pecilli to score with a decent uppercut.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Souza unleashes a big counter combination but Pecilli bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws out a loose jab but Pecilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pecilli swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pecilli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pecilli tries to clinch up.

Pecilli moves into the clinch successfully.
Souza pushes Pecilli back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pecilli tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Pecilli back against the cage.
Pecilli is struggling to control the position.
Souza gets through Pecilli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pecilli trying to stall but Souza improves his position.
Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pecilli misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza wants to break free but Pecilli has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pecilli can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
Souza is looking to break free of the clinch but Pecilli has double underhooks.
Pecilli digs a right hand underneath Souza's ribcage. Souza let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Souza cracks Pecilli with a nice body shot.

Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pecilli misses with a body shot.
Pecilli tries to clinch up
and Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pecilli misses with a body shot.
Souza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw 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!
Pecilli tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Souza! But no joy.
Pecilli moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pecilli.
Souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pecilli.
Pecilli throws an off balance right hand
and Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Souza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pecilli looks to clinch
and Pecilli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pecilli is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Souza.
Pecilli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Souza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pecilli.
A little jabbing left from Souza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Pecilli.
Souza swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores with a sloppy right hand. Pecilli should have avoided that one.
Pecilli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pecilli doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Souza unleashes a big counter combination but Pecilli bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pecilli works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Souza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Souza throws a series of punches but Pecilli moves out of range.

Pecilli rushes Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pecilli stalling in the clinch.
Pecilli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Marcos Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guillermo Pecilli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pecilli has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!