PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nakki Fakiiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alex De Souza. Fakiiri has chosen Arch Enemy - You Will Know My Name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

De Souza
vs
Fakiiri

174 cm
27
161 lbs
21 - 6 - 2

182 cm
33
156 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nakki Fakiiri!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fakiiri connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Souza misses with a left hand
and Fakiiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fakiiri moves out of range as De Souza throws a body kick.
De Souza wants to land a leg kick but Fakiiri is out of range.
Good exchange - Fakiiri coming out on top.
Fakiiri scores with a nice head shot.
De Souza misses with a body shot
and Fakiiri counters with a nice body shot.
De Souza is looking to chop away at Fakiiri's legs.
A cross from Fakiiri lands.
Fakiiri throws a head kick but De Souza moves out of range.
Fakiiri takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fakiiri 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.
Fakiiri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fakiiri.
Fakiiri uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Fakiiri loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
De Souza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fakiiri misses with an uppercut. De Souza saw that one coming.
Fakiiri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good work by Fakiiri as he checks the leg kick.
Fakiiri throws a push kick but De Souza slaps the foot to one side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fakiiri checks a leg kick.
Fakiiri throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice side step and Fakiiri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fakiiri thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on De Souza if he has to take too many more of those.
Fakiiri misses with a shot to the body
and De Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nakki Fakiiri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fakiiri avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fakiiri flicks out a counter leg kick but De Souza steps away.
Fakiiri thumps De Souza with a low kick.
Fakiiri thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on De Souza if he has to take too many more of those.
Fakiiri moves to clinch but De Souza breaks away
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Fakiiri misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from De Souza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fakiiri fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
De Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fakiiri throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fakiiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fakiiri lands a head shot.
Fakiiri connects with an inside leg kick.
Fakiiri throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Fakiiri throws a leg kick that misses.
Fakiiri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Souza's head backwards.
Fakiiri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fakiiri misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
De Souza quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Fakiiri avoids the body shot from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a body punch
and De Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Souza walks into a stiff left hand from Fakiiri.
De Souza moves out of range as Fakiiri throws a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Fakiiri.
Fakiiri thows a leg kick but De Souza checks it
and De Souza counters with a nice leg kick.
Fakiiri connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fakiiri slips under a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fakiiri, as that shot connected.
Fakiiri throws a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fakiiri tries to work over De Souza's front leg with a kick but De Souza checks it.
Fakiiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri tries to clinch but De Souza moves out of range.
Fakiiri attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fakiiri digs a good hook to De Souza's body.
De Souza is looking to chop away at Fakiiri's legs.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
Fakiiri lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fakiiri misses with a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Fakiiri gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Fakiiri.
De Souza digs a right hand underneath Fakiiri's ribcage. Fakiiri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fakiiri working aggressively here.
Fakiiri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fakiiri misses with a punch on the inside.
Fakiiri misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nakki Fakiiri dominated that round.
That's time! De Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fakiiri chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fakiiri.
Fakiiri slips a jab from De Souza.
De Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fakiiri catches De Souza with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fakiiri throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Souza needs to keep his hands up - Fakiiri had a free shot at his head there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fakiiri, right into the meat.
Fakiiri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Souza connects with a right hand. Fakiiri shakes it off.
Fakiiri scoring well with a low kick there.
De Souza throws a hook but Fakiiri blocks it.
Fakiiri lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza swings for the body but Fakiiri moves out of range.
Fakiiri takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fakiiri avoids a kick to the body.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
Fakiiri connects with a right hand. De Souza shakes it off.
Fakiiri takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fakiiri moves out of range of the strikes.
Fakiiri closes the distance but De Souza moves to the side
and De Souza counters with a nice body shot.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fakiiri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by De Souza - just one landing.
De Souza misses with a leg kick.
Fakiiri fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fakiiri takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fakiiri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fakiiri connects with a crisp jab.
Nakki Fakiiri seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza keeps Fakiiri at a distance using the push kick.
Fakiiri has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fakiiri takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fakiiri 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 is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fakiiri is breathing heavily.
Fakiiri tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fakiiri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Souza.
Fakiiri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fakiiri on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fakiiri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Souza swings for the body but Fakiiri moves out of range.
Fakiiri tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab lands there for Fakiiri.
Fakiiri misses with a lunging right hand
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri connects with a body shot.
De Souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fakiiri scores with a hook.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
De Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fakiiri can pounce on him.
Fakiiri tries a low kick but De Souza avoids it.
De Souza lands a nice looking body shot.
De Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fakiiri.
De Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Fakiiri off the cage and back into range.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Fakiiri down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fakiiri.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fakiiri loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza connects with a single shot there.

Fakiiri is rocked!
De Souza throws a jab when Fakiiri was well out of range.
Fakiiri is still on wobbly legs! Can De Souza finish him?
Fakiiri 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.
Nice uppercut there from De Souza.
Fakiiri throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fakiiri thinking.
De Souza lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fakiiri attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fakiiri motions for De Souza to come forward. Fakiiri throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fakiiri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Souza.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fakiiri.
Fakiiri seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice cross by Fakiiri.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fakiiri ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
De Souza lands a body shot.
Fakiiri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Souza has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Fakiiri misses with a low kick.
Fakiiri throws a right hand that misses

and De Souza counters with a head kick that drops Fakiiri to the mat! Fakiiri scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Fakiiri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fakiiri misses with a body punch
and De Souza counters with a crisp right that sends Fakiiri to the canvas! De Souza follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexsandro De Souza!
Alexsandro De Souza retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Alexsandro De Souza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.