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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos De Souza (ranked 894 p4p, 1902 weight class) and Mike Okafor (ranked 123 p4p, 258 weight class). Marcos De Souza had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcos De Souza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Okafor lands in his opponent's guard.
Okafor is in close to De Souza's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okafor connects with a couple of short punches.
Okafor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
De Souza keeping moving, preventing Okafor from controlling successfully.
Okafor being controlled here momentarily.
Okafor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De Souza is on top in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza is pushing down on Okafor's leg trying to pass to half guard. Okafor is fighting to maintain full guard but De Souza has managed to sneak the leg through.
De Souza is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Okafor is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcos De Souza!
Marcos De Souza retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcos De Souza thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Mike Okafor stepped up to the mic, saying 'coming back stronger'.
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