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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan De Souza (ranked 3935 p4p, 2156 weight class) and Roundhouse Luke (ranked 455 p4p, 277 weight class). Roundhouse Luke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roundhouse Luke!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
Luke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Souza throws a right and a left that Luke avoids nicely.
Luke scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Souza doesn't seem bothered though.
Luke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luke scores with a shot to the body.
Luke lands a nice looking body shot.
De Souza misses with a body shot.
Luke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Luke scores with a nice strike.
Luke thuds a left hand into De Souza's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luke scores with a punch to the head.
De Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luke throws out the jab.
Luke throws a lazy uppercut
and De Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luke drops his hands momentarily and De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luke bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Souza's head.
Luke lands with a cross.
Luke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Souza throws out the jab.
Good shot there by De Souza.
De Souza scores with a body shot.
Luke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Souza rather than just go for the knockout.
Luke works De Souza's body with a nice hook.
De Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Luke counters with a nice uppercut.
Luke loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been told by De Souza's head coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jab by De Souza.
Luke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Luke misses.
De Souza moves away from the strike by Luke.
It looked like De Souza was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Roundhouse Luke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from De Souza misses.
A punch combination from Luke misses.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luke.
Luke connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luke throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
De Souza is looking to counter punch.
Luke staying out of range there.
Luke throws a series of punches but De Souza moves out of range.
Luke throws a sloppy body shot
and De Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Luke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
A little feinted left hand from De Souza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza connects with a crisp jab.
Luke walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
Luke misses with a few strikes there.
De Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luke.
Luke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luke is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A right-left combo lands from De Souza.
Luke misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Luke just misses with a punch to the body.
Luke throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Souza connects with the punch.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luke.
De Souza misses with an uppercut.
De Souza cracks Luke with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Luke looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can De Souza finish him?
Luke is rocked!
De Souza cracks Luke 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 Luke to stand back up!
Luke is still on wobbly legs! Can De Souza finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza misses with a few strikes there.
Luke seems to have recovered his senses.
Luke throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza throwing a counter right hand but Luke manages to avoid it.
A jab lands there for De Souza.
Luke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A combination from De Souza does no damage.
Luke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Luke throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Left hook, right uppercut from De Souza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Luke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luke misses with the combination.
De Souza throws a shot from downtown. Luke moves away and avoids it.
Luke misses with a lunging right hand
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fighters circle momentarily. De Souza darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
De Souza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Luke just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza looks to land a combination. Luke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Luke throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Luke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza moves out of range as Luke strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luke works the jab nicely.
De Souza scores with a jab to the head.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Luke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan De Souza dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
De Souza's jab looks to have found its range, popping Luke under the eye.
Juan De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luke. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Souza on the side of the head.
De Souza scores with a shot to the body.
Luke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Luke off the cage and back into range.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Souza.
De Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza cracks Luke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
De Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Luke misses with a looping left.
Luke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Souza throws a jab when Luke was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Luke on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Luke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch combination from De Souza misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luke.
De Souza swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luke.
Luke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Luke.
Luke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luke can do to turn this around?
Luke throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza scores with a punch to the head.
De Souza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Decent striking displayed by Luke there.
Luke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Souza throws a lazy right hand but Luke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Souza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Luke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Juan De Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Souza misses with an uppercut
and De Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luke misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
De Souza punishes Luke's body with a nice straight punch.
Luke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Luke.
Luke misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
Luke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Souza to score with a decent uppercut.
De Souza lands a really nice looking cross but Luke seems unphased.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
De Souza throws a jab when Luke was well out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Luke.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luke.
De Souza throwing a counter right hand but Luke manages to avoid it.
Luke just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza misses with a body shot.
Luke misses with a straight right.
De Souza throws a big counter combination but Luke scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Luke misses the jab.
Luke misses the jab.
Luke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luke defending well as De Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Luke throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza counters with a crisp one two that drops Luke! De Souza thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Luke to his feet! Luke is in big trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza looks to land a left hand but Luke moved out of range nicely.
Luke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Luke throws a series of punches but De Souza avoids them all with ease.
Luke is breathing heavily.
Luke throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
Luke misses the body punch
and Luke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luke throws a combination that misses
and De Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Souza closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Luke! De Souza dives in looking to finish! Luke is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan De Souza!
A very excited looking Juan De Souza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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