PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ritchie Souza (ranked 1642 p4p, 203 weight class) and Nebu Chadnezzar (ranked 1660 p4p, 204 weight class). Souza comes into the arena with Gwen Stefani-Luxurious blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Chadnezzar's choice of entrance music: Wrong side of Heaven. Ritchie Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Souza
vs
Chadnezzar

170 cm
27
170 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

179 cm
27
183 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritchie Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nebu Chadnezzar!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chadnezzar lands with a hook. Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chadnezzar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chadnezzar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Souza at a distance.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chadnezzar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chadnezzar scores with a hook to the body. Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Souza darts in trying to clinch
and Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Souza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Chadnezzar counters with a nice uppercut.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chadnezzar scores with a decent looking hook.

Souza closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Chadnezzar did well to prevent Souza getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chadnezzar tries to roll over but Souza keeps him under control.
Souza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chadnezzar defending well though.
Souza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chadnezzar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Souza working over Chadnezzar with some ground and pound. Chadnezzar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Souza is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chadnezzar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Souza is thwarting Chadnezzar's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chadnezzar trying to control but Souza postures up.
Souza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Souza throwing shots but Chadnezzar is blocking nicely.
Chadnezzar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Souza.
Souza not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Chadnezzar keeping control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chadnezzar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chadnezzar desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Let's hope that Chadnezzar has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Souza lands a nice short elbow.
Chadnezzar keeping control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chadnezzar is trying to get back to full guard.
Souza looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Souza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Chadnezzar defends it well.
Chadnezzar wants to get back to full guard.
Souza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Souza lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chadnezzar preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Chadnezzar wants to get back to his feet.
Chadnezzar is looking to improve his position.
Souza lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Chadnezzar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Chadnezzar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Chadnezzar trying to control the pace.
Chadnezzar is looking to take a break and control but Souza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Souza tries to roll over but Chadnezzar keeps him under control.
Souza is in trouble now - Chadnezzar has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nebu Chadnezzar will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Souza tries to move into range but Chadnezzar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Souza wants to clinch up but Chadnezzar keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chadnezzar! But no joy.
Souza wants to clinch.
Chadnezzar doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chadnezzar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chadnezzar lands with a hook. Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Souza throws a low kick but Chadnezzar avoids it.
Chadnezzar blocks a head kick by Souza.
Chadnezzar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chadnezzar lunges at Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Souza's hand.
Chadnezzar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Souza in his tracks.
Chadnezzar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chadnezzar counters with a nice body shot.
Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Chadnezzar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza has been working on his balance at Official UFC Performance Institute Training Center, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Chadnezzar.
Chadnezzar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Souza on the side of the head.
Souza misses with a straight left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Souza.
Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Chadnezzar pinned against the cage. Chadnezzar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice jab there from Chadnezzar.
Souza scores with a jab to the body.

Souza clinches up with Chadnezzar and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chadnezzar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Souza tries a head kick but it misses.
Souza darts in looking for a takedown but Chadnezzar gets double underhooks and turns Souza into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ritchie Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chadnezzar scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chadnezzar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chadnezzar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chadnezzar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chadnezzar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Ritchie Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chadnezzar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chadnezzar slaps away a takedown attempt from Souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chadnezzar connects with a looping right hand.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nebu Chadnezzar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chadnezzar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nebu Chadnezzar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chadnezzar cracks Souza with an open hand slap.
Chadnezzar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chadnezzar jabs Souza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chadnezzar jabs at Souza's body.
No joy there for Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Chadnezzar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Souza with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Chadnezzar to counter with a crisp jab.
Chadnezzar lands with an uppercut that bounces Souza off the cage and back into range.
Chadnezzar keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza looks to clinch
and Chadnezzar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chadnezzar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Souza. Those never looked like landing.
Souza's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chadnezzar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Souza scrambles back to his feet.

Chadnezzar sends Souza crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Chadnezzar is motioning to the referee to let Souza up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Souza is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chadnezzar scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Chadnezzar counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Souza has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nebu Chadnezzar!
Nebu Chadnezzar thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Ritchie Souza stepped up to the mic, saying 'That dude is on PED's he needs to be tested ASAP. Cheater...'.