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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alex De Souza. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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164 lbs
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162 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
25 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hogan!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan feints a jab promting De Souza to slip. Hogan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. De Souza slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
De Souza blocks a leg kick.
Hogan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Souza is able to avoid easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Souza checks a leg kick.
De Souza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice cross by De Souza.
Hogan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Souza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Souza.
De Souza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
A jab lands there for Hogan.
De Souza cracks the inside of Hogan's front leg.
Hogan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza loads up on a big right hand but Hogan slips the punch.
Hogan scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Souza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Hogan misses.
We've been informed that Hogan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
Hogan connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza checks a leg kick.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
Hogan 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.
De Souza throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hogan throws a head kick that De Souza semi-blocks.
De Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hogan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Souza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hogan is trying to push De Souza away but De Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
De Souza scores with a shot to the side of Hogan's head.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Hogan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Hogan blocks an uppercut.
Hogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Hogan's front leg but catches the back leg as Hogan tries to avoid it.
De Souza walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza tried to counter with a leg kick but Hogan avoided it.
De Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hogan throws out a counter right but De Souza avoids it with no problem.
Hogan throws a head kick but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza tried to counter with a leg kick but Hogan avoided it.
De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hogan throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Hogan misses with a looping left.
De Souza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hogan throws a lazy uppercut
and De Souza counters with a leg kick.
Hogan blocks a leg kick.
Hogan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Souza throws a nice looking combination but Hogan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Souza takes a swing at Hogan's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan moves out of range of the body kick.
De Souza slips under a jab from Hogan.
De Souza jabs Hogan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Souza. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Hogan's shoulder, as Hogan tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hogan! But no joy.
Hogan blocks a head kick by De Souza.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
De Souza throws a series of punches but Hogan moves out of range.
De Souza misses with a low kick.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Hogan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hogan throws an overhand right that lands on De Souza's shoulder, as De Souza tries to avoid the shot.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.
Hogan misses with an uppercut. De Souza saw that one coming.
De Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hogan was well out of range. Poor timing from De Souza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan tries to land a leg kick but De Souza saw it coming and moves away.
Hogan throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
Hogan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Hogan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
De Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Souza lands a jab to the nose.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hogan.
Hogan 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.
Hogan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Souza misses with a hook. Hogan ducked under it nicely.
Hogan pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Souza is out of range and Hogan settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from De Souza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Hogan just misses with a punch to the body.
Hogan misses with a body shot.
De Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Hogan circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexsandro De Souza dominated that round.
That's time! De Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hogan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Souza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hogan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hogan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Souza's head backwards.
De Souza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hogan walks forward, straight into a front kick from De Souza.
Hogan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hogan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hogan defending well as De Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Hogan.
De Souza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Souza blocks a jab.
Hogan throws a low kick, looking for De Souza's leg but De Souza calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza lands a jab to the nose.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Hogan's shoulder, as Hogan tries to avoid the shot.
De Souza throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hogan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hogan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Souza. That one must have hurt.
Alexsandro De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan checks a leg kick nicely.
De Souza moves in looking to clinch but Hogan pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from Hogan. Those never looked like landing.
De Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogan manages to avoid it.
Hogan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hogan wants to land a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
Hogan connects with a leg kick. De Souza looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hogan throws the left hand but De Souza avoids the punch easily.
De Souza checks a leg kick.
De Souza scores with a nice head shot.
Hogan throws a leg kick but De Souza sees it coming and checks it nicely.
De Souza swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hogan loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
Hogan looks to land a right hand but De Souza moved out of range.
Hogan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hogan misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.
De Souza throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hogan tries a quick counter leg kick but De Souza is wise to it.
Hogan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza scores with a head kick. Hogan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hogan's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Souza takes a swing at Hogan's ribcage but misses.
De Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Souza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza blocks a head kick by Hogan.
De Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hogan to score with a decent uppercut.
De Souza moves away from the strike by Hogan.
De Souza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hogan throws the left hand but De Souza avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan scores with the left hand. De Souza knows he should have avoided that one.
Hogan throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Hogan avoids the body shot from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Hogan thinks about the counter body kick.
De Souza wants to slow Hogan down by chopping away at his legs.
A big right from De Souza misses.
Hogan takes one on the button.
Hogan throws a head kick but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hogan if he has to take too many more of those.
Hogan wants to land a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
De Souza moves away from the strike by Hogan.
Hogan avoids a kick to the body.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hogan.
Hogan throws a good cross that connects.
De Souza misses with a low kick.
Hogan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
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 wants to clinch.
Good work by Hogan as he checks the leg kick.
De Souza slips a jab from Hogan.
Hogan lands a two punch combo.
Hogan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab from De Souza.
De Souza lands a head shot.
De Souza avoids a kick to the body.
De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Hogan off the cage and back into range.
De Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hogan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
De Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hogan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from De Souza misses.
De Souza lands with a straight right. Hogan didn't see that one coming.
De Souza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hogan throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Souza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Souza.
A jab from De Souza does it's job there.
De Souza throws a hook but Hogan avoids it easily.
A jab from Hogan misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Hogan lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Souza doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan throws a nice looking combination but De Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hogan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hogan cracks De Souza with a good jab.
Hogan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Hogan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hogan looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Hogan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hogan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hogan, right into the meat.
Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan sizes up De Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hogan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Souza finds it's way round the side to connect with Hogan's head.
De Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogan avoids the body shot from De Souza.
It seemed like Hogan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hogan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good shot there by Hogan.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hogan moves away.
De Souza is looking to clinch.
De Souza checks a low kick from Hogan.
Nice uppercut there from Hogan.
Hogan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Souzas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Souza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hogan misses the jab.
De Souza connects with the punch.
De Souza throws a push kick but Hogan slaps the foot to one side.
De Souza lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hogan defending well as De Souza loads up on a big left hand.
De Souza looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A good leg kick by De Souza.
Hogan throws a combination that misses
and De Souza counters with a three punch combo that has Hogan backing up. Hogan nods at De Souza to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza walks into a stiff left hand from Hogan.
Hogan moves out of range as De Souza throws a body kick.
A slow jab from Hogan misses its intended target.
De Souza lands a really nice looking cross but Hogan seems unphased.
De Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hogan. Hogan obviously looking to wear him down.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hogan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hogan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Hogan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Souza throws a chopping leg kick but Hogan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hogan throws out a counter right but De Souza avoids it with no problem.
De Souza is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Souza takes a swing at Hogan's ribcage but misses.
De Souza throws a lazy right hand but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
Hogan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hogan thumps De Souza with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hogan has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De Souza misses the jab.
A slow jab from Hogan misses its intended target.
Hogan moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Hogan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Souza lands a nice looking body shot.
Hogan looks to land a left hand but De Souza moved out of range nicely.
De Souza throws a head kick that half lands.
Hogan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza dips to his left and cracks Hogan with an uppercut!
Hogan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Souza.
De Souza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Souza misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hogan thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Hogan.
De Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
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 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
Our winner, Alexsandro De Souza, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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