PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio De Souza (ranked 5087 p4p, 114 weight class) and Ruud Huisbrink (ranked 21911 p4p, 259 weight class). Ruud Huisbrink is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

De Souza
vs
Huisbrink

190 cm
18
196 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

194 cm
18
277 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ruud Huisbrink!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Huisbrink throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Huisbrink jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Huisbrink takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Souza is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Huisbrink takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Souza has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Huisbrink lands a body shot.
Huisbrink lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Huisbrink throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Huisbrink throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Huisbrink throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
De Souza slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Huisbrink 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Huisbrink throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Huisbrink loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
De Souza drops down looking for a counter takedown but Huisbrink sprawls and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. De Souza catches Huisbrink right on the button with a cross.
Huisbrink throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
De Souza slips a straight right by Huisbrink.
De Souza feinted with a counter takedown.
De Souza misses with a straight left.
Ruud Huisbrink seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza lands a nice looking body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Huisbrink misses the target.
Huisbrink's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Souza connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Huisbrink scrambles back to his feet.
Huisbrink throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Huisbrink 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.
De Souza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Huisbrink counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Huisbrink misses with a looping right.
Huisbrink fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
Huisbrink ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza slips a jab from Huisbrink.
De Souza connects with a body shot that sends Huisbrink's belly button to the back.
Huisbrink throws a jab when De Souza was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huisbrink scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huisbrink bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Souza throws a nice looking combination but Huisbrink bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Souza misses with a looping left.
Huisbrink throws the left hand but De Souza avoids the punch easily.
De Souza misses with the combination.
De Souza slips a straight right by Huisbrink.
Huisbrink slips under a jab from De Souza.
Huisbrink throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Huisbrink fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De Souza misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Huisbrink! But no joy.
Huisbrink scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Huisbrink.
Good exchange - De Souza coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huisbrink thows a left - swing and a miss!
Huisbrink bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Huisbrink misses with a two punch combination.
Huisbrink drops his hands momentarily and De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Huisbrink.
De Souza connects with a body shot.
Huisbrink throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza attempts a counter takedown but Huisbrink avoids it well and moves away.
De Souza slips a straight right by Huisbrink.
De Souza misses with a hook
and Huisbrink connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Souza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Huisbrink takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
De Souza misses with a body punch
enabling Huisbrink to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Huisbrink looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Huisbrink.
Huisbrink fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Huisbrink.
Huisbrink catches De Souza with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
De Souza stuns Huisbrink with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Huisbrink gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Souza.
Huisbrink throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Huisbrink misses.
De Souza slips under a jab.
De Souza staying out of range there.
Huisbrink throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Huisbrink finds it's target.
De Souza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Huisbrink showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Souza.
De Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Huisbrink.
De Souza takes a swing at Huisbrink's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from De Souza does it's job there.
Huisbrink keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Souza.
Huisbrink throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Huisbrink takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
Huisbrink misses with a left hand

and De Souza counters with a nice double leg into side control. Huisbrink won't be happy with that.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Huisbrink can do anything to dispel that myth.
Huisbrink wants to get back to his feet but De Souza drags him back down.
Huisbrink can't do much from the bottom here.

De Souza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Huisbrink has escaped the position, nice work there.

De Souza wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Huisbrink, who protects the arm well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

De Souza working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

De Souza is working to tighten his grip on Huisbrink's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Huisbrink has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but De Souza is really squeezing tight and eventually Huisbrink passes out! De Souza breaks the hold and jumps onto the ropes to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Rogerio De Souza!