PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Half Life (ranked 4684 p4p, 364 weight class) and Carlos Sousa (ranked 5049 p4p, 380 weight class). Sousa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dillaz - Mo Boy. Half Life could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carlos Sousa's chin.

Life
vs
Sousa

173 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

200 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Half Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Sousa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life connects with a looping right hand.

Life gets caught flat footed, as Sousa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sousa is fighting to break Life's control of his arms but Life is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sousa looking to pass the guard.

Sousa drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Life manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sousa has Life in his guard.

Life sitting in guard here, content to control.
Life trying to control but Sousa is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sousa seems keen to control Life's posture.
Sousa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life is looking for a sweep. Sousa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sousa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sousa is pressing down on Life's thigh, looking to free his foot. Life is holding on for now.
Sousa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Life might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Life wants to control but Sousa is keeping busy.
Life tries to get to full guard but Sousa has control of the leg.
It looks like Sousa is going to stand back up.
Sousa thows a huge punch but Life dodges it nicely.
Life wants to improve his position but Sousa is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Life controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Sousa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Life doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sousa.
Life tries to get to full guard but Sousa has control of the leg.
Sousa is thwarting Life's attempts to control the position.
Life knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sousa on the ground.
Life is trying is best to control the position here.
Life wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sousa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life trying to hold on to Sousa's head to control him but Sousa postures up.
Sousa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sousa is trying to control the action in half guard but Life is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sousa wants to free his trapped foot but Life is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sousa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sousa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Sousa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Sousa is working for a submission of some sort.

Sousa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Life wants to control but Sousa is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sousa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sousa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sousa prevents Life from improving his position.
Sousa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Life knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sousa wants to take a breather but Life is having none of it.
Sousa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sousa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sousa trying to control the action but Life is working from the bottom.
Sousa moves into full mount! Life won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice shot lands for Life.
Half Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Life bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sousa's head backwards.
Carlos Sousa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheers as Life lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sousa doesn't seem phased though.
Life cracks a nice hook into Sousa's ribs.
Life missing with a left hand there. Sousa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sousa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Sousa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Life is looking to improve his position.
Sousa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Life avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sousa.

Sousa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Life doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sousa.

Sousa is looking for a kimura but Life is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sousa to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sousa.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Life trying to control but Sousa postures up.
Sousa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Life's head.

Sousa is working for a kimura but Life is defending it quite comfortably.
Life is trying to control but can't.

Sousa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sousa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Life keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Life trying to control but Sousa postures up.
Life keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sousa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Sousa is looking for a kimura but Life is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sousa to get the leverage.
Sousa throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Life to regain full guard.
Sousa with a nice head shot there.
Life has Sousa pulled in close to control his posture.
Life not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sousa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Life keeping full guard, as Sousa tries to pass.
Life looking to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sousa preventing the sweep.
Sousa is working Life over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sousa postures up.
Sousa trying to control the position from guard on top but Life is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlos Sousa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Life bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sousa's guard.

Sousa has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sousa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sousa is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Sousa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life controlling from the top position.
Sousa lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Life not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sousa trying to control the position from guard on top but Life is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Life wants to sweep here but Sousa controlling him for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sousa trying to control the position from guard on top but Life is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sousa looking to sit in guard and control but Life gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Carlos Sousa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sousa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sousa walks into a left hand.
Sousa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Life.
Sousa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Life throws a jab but it's blocked by Sousa.
Sousa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sousa misses with a head kick.
Life jabs Sousa right on the nose. Sousa blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And Sousa tries to counter it with a takedown but Life pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sousa slips under a jab.
We've been informed that Sousa has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Life throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sousa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sousa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Sousa fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Life to the ground. Sousa is now in Life's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa tries to free his leg and advance position but Life is retaining full guard.
Sousa slips nicely into half guard.
Life wants to improve his position but Sousa is controlling well.

Life is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sousa pulls his head out easily.
Sousa wants to free his trapped foot but Life is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sousa prevents Life from improving his position.
Sousa is trying to control the action in half guard but Life is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sousa trying to mount his opponent but Life defends it.

Life looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sousa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Sousa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Life defends it well.
Sousa passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sousa throws a strike there. Life manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Life avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sousa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sousa thows a huge punch but Life dodges it nicely.
Sousa passes to side control.
Life is trying to improve his position.
Sousa misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sousa tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Life is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Life's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sousa wants to stand but Life is controlling his arm.
Sousa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Life keeps working.
Sousa working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sousa tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Sousa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Life wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Life tries to buck Sousa off but Sousa is having none of it.
Sousa lands an elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Life is trying to control Sousa's posture but Sousa avoids it.
Sousa working the ground and pound.
Carlos Sousa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sousa works to advance to full mount. Life defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Sousa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sousa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Sousa!
During a confident post fight interview, Carlos Sousa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.