PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Tiger (ranked 4289 p4p, 471 weight class) and Juan De Souza (ranked 4079 p4p, 450 weight class). Tony Tiger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tiger
vs
De Souza

185 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger misses with a body shot.
Tiger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tiger scores with a body shot.
Tiger seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
De Souza needs to keep his hands up - Tiger had a free shot at his head there.
De Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Tiger.
Jab by Tiger.
Tiger misses with a body shot.
De Souza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Souza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Souza looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tiger scores with a leg kick.
Tiger is looking to clinch but De Souza is avoiding it.
De Souza appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tiger missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like De Souza was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A head kick from Tiger lands but De Souza takes it in his stride.
Tiger lands a jab to De Souza's midsection.
Tony Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiger throws a leg kick
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiger.
De Souza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

De Souza drops Tiger with a beautiful combination! Tiger stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - De Souza is looking for the KO!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiger misses with a double jab.
De Souza drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Souza slips a straight right by Tiger.
A head kick from Tiger lands but De Souza takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

De Souza cracks Tiger with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. De Souza has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tiger to stand back up!

Tiger is rocked!
De Souza staying out of range there.
Oh Tiger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tiger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tiger is aggressively charging in as De Souza backs up avoiding any damage. De Souza tosses out a jab and Tiger runs right into it face first! Tiger is out cold! De Souza dropped down on all fours and is barking in Tiger's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Juan De Souza!
Our winner, Juan 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.