PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yen Askren (ranked 2685 p4p, 332 weight class) and Rogerio De Souza (ranked 2571 p4p, 319 weight class). Askren's entrance music is Hello from the Askren Side. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Askren
vs
De Souza

178 cm
24
185 lbs
11 - 9 - 1

190 cm
20
196 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Yen Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Souza scores with a takedown into Askren's guard.
Askren might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Askren pulls De Souza in to control the position.
De Souza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Askren's guard.
De Souza stops Askren from getting back to his feet.
De Souza tries to pass the half guard into mount. Askren knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

De Souza has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Askren defend it? De Souza steps over the head and cranks it - Askren is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for De Souza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rogerio De Souza!
In defeat, Yen Askren stepped up to the mic, saying 'I blame Bjorn and the Egg.'.