PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Templeton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Templeton might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Trap Ball. De Souza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alex De Souza kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Templeton
vs
De Souza

175 cm
38
170 lbs
41 - 16 - 2

174 cm
27
161 lbs
22 - 6 - 2

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Lance Templeton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza connects with a looping right hand.
De Souza lands a jab to Templeton's midsection.
De Souza cracks Templeton with a good jab.
Templeton misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Templeton.
De Souza throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Souza staying out of range there.
De Souza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
De Souza throws a hook but Templeton blocks it.
Templeton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A good leg kick by De Souza.
De Souza needs to keep his hands up - Templeton had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Templeton drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Templeton seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Templeton momentarily.
De Souza swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De Souza lands with a kick to the ribs.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza wants to clinch
and Templeton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

De Souza closes the distance and clinches.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.

Templeton breaks from the clinch.
Templeton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Templeton misses the shot to the body.
De Souza slips a jab from Templeton.
De Souza flicks out a counter leg kick but Templeton steps away.
De Souza moves out of range of the body kick from Templeton.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Templeton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Templeton there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Souza has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Templeton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Souza.
De Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Templeton swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Souza is looking to land body kicks.
Templeton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Souza throws a body kick that misses.
Templeton just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Templeton in the body.
De Souza looks to clinch
and Templeton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Souza thinking.
De Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Templeton throws out a powerful jab.
Jab, jab by De Souza - just one landing.
Templeton swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Templeton slips a jab from De Souza.
De Souza delivers a nice body kick.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Templeton.
Templeton swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza lands a body shot.
Templeton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Souza.
De Souza misses with a leg kick
and Templeton makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. De Souza really felt that one!
De Souza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Templeton had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De Souza wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templeton misses with a body punch
and De Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Templeton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Souza's head.
A cross from De Souza lands.
De Souza digs a good body shot into Templeton's ribs.
Templeton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Templeton counters with a right hand to the body.
That kick from De Souza tenderised Templeton's leg. Templeton is trying to keep his angry face on.
Templeton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De Souza drives through and clinches with Templeton against the cage.
De Souza scores with a shoulder strike.

Templeton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Templeton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Souza.
Templeton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Souza.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Templeton.
De Souza throws out a loose jab but Templeton uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza slips a straight right by Templeton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Templeton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A lazy left from De Souza finds it's target.
Templeton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Templeton takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza tries to clinch there but Templeton circles away.
Nice defenses there by Templeton.
De Souza misses with a leg kick
and Templeton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Templeton misses
and De Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Souza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Templeton lands a head kick!

It looks like Alexsandro De Souza has been cut.
De Souza throws a leg kick that misses.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Templeton takes a kick to the side of the head.
De Souza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands with a nice body kick.
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!
De Souza avoids the body shot from Templeton.
De Souza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Templeton's sensitive parts.
Templeton thuds a left hand into De Souza's body.
Templeton thuds his right hand into De Souza's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Templeton takes one to the chin there.
De Souza closes the distance but Templeton moves to the side
and Templeton counters with a nice body shot.
Templeton misses with a body shot.
De Souza throws a lazy uppercut
and Templeton counters with a straight right hand.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Templeton's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Templeton punishes De Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
De Souza thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Templeton if he has to take too many more of those.
Templeton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.
Templeton looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
De Souza throws a jab when Templeton was well out of range.
De Souza rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Templeton to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Templeton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Souza feints and then cracks Templeton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Templeton down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Souza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Templeton, pushing him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Templeton.
Templeton wants to get back to striking at distance but De Souza won't allow it.

Templeton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Souza misses with a body shot.
Templeton throws a jab when De Souza was well out of range.
De Souza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Templeton. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Templeton ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
De Souza lands a nice shot that snaps Templeton's head back.
De Souza's jab looks to have found its range, popping Templeton under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexsandro De Souza's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters circling - Templeton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Souza misses with a head kick.
A quick step to the side and Templeton tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - De Souza coming out on top.
De Souza throws a hook but Templeton blocks it.
De Souza scores with a jab.
Templeton will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
De Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Templeton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Templeton's sensitive parts.
Templeton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Souza! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Templeton.
Nice cross by De Souza.
De Souza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body
and Templeton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Souza takes a swing at Templeton's ribcage but misses.
De Souza throws a hook but Templeton avoids it easily.
A cross from De Souza lands.
Templeton 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 throws a shot from downtown. Templeton moves away and avoids it.
Templeton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Templeton misses with a shot to the body
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Souza swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Templeton counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab by De Souza.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Templeton throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza works Templeton's body with a nice hook.
De Souza throws a hook but Templeton avoids it easily.
Templeton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Templeton misses the shot to the body.
De Souza now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Souza throws a low kick, looking for Templeton's leg but Templeton calmly moves out of range.
Templeton was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Templeton moves away from the strike by De Souza.
Templeton throws a shot to the body.
Templeton throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Templeton throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Templeton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Templeton blocks a jab.
Templeton misses with a hook.
De Souza moves in looking to clinch but Templeton pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Templeton misses the target.
De Souza throws a push kick but Templeton slaps the foot to one side.
Templeton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Templeton looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Templeton loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
De Souza takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.
De Souza connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Templeton's hands.
Templeton throws a body shot but no joy.
Templeton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Templeton.
Templeton tries a head kick but it misses.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Souza.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza scores with a sloppy right hand. Templeton should have avoided that one.
De Souza throws a hook but Templeton avoids it easily.
De Souza is looking to chop away at Templeton's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexsandro De Souza's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De Souza cracks the inside of Templeton's front leg.
De Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Templeton off balance momentarily.
Templeton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
Templeton moves out of range as De Souza throws a body kick.
Templeton misses with a looping right.
Templeton lands with a hook. De Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Templeton.
Templeton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Templeton with a jab.
Templeton staying out of range there.
De Souza throws a body kick that misses
and Templeton counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws the kick towards the body but Templeton avoids it.
Templeton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Templeton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Templeton throws a lazy uppercut
and De Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Souza lands a nice looking kick to the body. Templeton takes a step back to recover.
De Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Templeton throws a sloppy body shot
and De Souza counters with a good low kick that Templeton was not able to check.
Templeton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Templeton misses with a combination
and De Souza counters with a low kick, right behind Templeton 's knee.
De Souza cracks Templeton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Templeton lands a slapping body shot.
De Souza blocks a head kick by Templeton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Templeton.
Templeton takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Templeton misses with a body kick.
De Souza appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Templeton. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Templeton.
De Souza flicks out a counter leg kick but Templeton steps away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templeton scores with a sloppy right hand. De Souza should have avoided that one.
De Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Templeton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Templeton is looking to counter punch.
De Souza lands with a cross.
Templeton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A lazy body kick from De Souza
and Templeton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Souza throws the left hand but Templeton avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a push kick but Templeton slaps the foot to one side.
Templeton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Souza tries to clinch but Templeton is having none of it.
De Souza misses with a low kick.
De Souza throws a leg kick
and Templeton counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Templeton misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Templeton swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Alexsandro De Souza's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Templeton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Templeton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Souza lands with a nice body kick.
De Souza throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Templeton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for De Souza. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice straight punches there by De Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Souza.
Templeton lands a nice hook to De Souza's body. De Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Templeton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Templeton moves out of range of the body kick from De Souza.
De Souza feints and then cracks Templeton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Templeton down.
A swing and a miss from Templeton.
Templeton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A slow jab from Templeton misses its intended target.
De Souza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Templeton will feel that in the morning.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. Templeton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De Souza jabs at Templeton's body.
A slow jab from Templeton misses its intended target.
Lance Templeton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body
letting Templeton counter with a right hand.
De Souza throws a shot to the body.
Templeton misses with a right hand
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheers as De Souza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Templeton doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Templeton looks to land a right hand but De Souza moved out of range.
Templeton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Templeton misses the target.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Templeton's calf.
Templeton lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Souza takes a step back to recover.
Templeton throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
De Souza appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a jab to the nose.
De Souza misses with an uppercut. Templeton saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Templeton misses the target.
De Souza lands a right hook to the body.
Templeton misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.
De Souza scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Souza throws a good cross that connects.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Templeton's sensitive parts.
De Souza connects with a jab.
Templeton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Souza's head backwards.
De Souza's corner calls for a 1-2. De Souza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Templeton throws the kick towards the body but De Souza avoids it.
De Souza swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Souza scores with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Templeton slips under a jab.
Templeton misses the shot to the body.
De Souza scores with a nice strike.
Templeton misses with a body shot.
De Souza moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Souza misses with an uppercut
and De Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Templeton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Souza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
Alexsandro De Souza is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexsandro De Souza thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.