PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Gregorivich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregorivich's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Pot. Victor Gregorivich could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vitor Souza's chin.

Gregorivich
vs
Souza

177 cm
23
165 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
173 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Gregorivich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Souza!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gregorivich scores with a jab to the body.
Gregorivich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Souza misses with a hook.
Souza tries to clinch but Gregorivich moves out of range.
Gregorivich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Gregorivich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Souza's guard.
Gregorivich controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gregorivich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gregorivich scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gregorivich works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gregorivich moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza is not content to let Gregorivich control the position.
Gregorivich passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Souza!
Gregorivich is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Souza is squirming around, avoiding Gregorivich's attempts to control the action.
Souza is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorivich looking to control but Souza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gregorivich looking to finish Souza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Souza!
Gregorivich tries to control but Souza wriggling away.
Souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gregorivich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Souza is looking to escape.
Gregorivich postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Gregorivich content just to control the position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Souza swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich controlling the position easily from mount.
Gregorivich scoring with strikes but Souza is staying in there.
Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gregorivich. What's that going to do exactly?
Gregorivich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Souza is looking to escape.
Souza keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gregorivich unloading with bombs!

Gregorivich has control of Souza's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Souza regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gregorivich looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich trying to control but Souza is having none of it.
Gregorivich landing strikes from the mount.
Gregorivich looking to control but Souza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Gregorivich is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Souza can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gregorivich wants to control the pace but Souza is squirming around nicely.

Gregorivich working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Souza is squirming around, avoiding Gregorivich's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Victor Gregorivich just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Souza tries to clinch but Gregorivich is having none of it.
Gregorivich throws a jab but it's blocked by Souza.
Gregorivich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gregorivich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gregorivich is looking to clinch.
Souza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gregorivich slips a straight right by Souza.

Gregorivich instigates a clinch.

Gregorivich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gregorivich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Gregorivich 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregorivich will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Gregorivich closes the distance and pushes Souza back into the cage.
Gregorivich gets underhooks to prevent Souza's takedown attempt.
Gregorivich lands a body shot in the clinch.
Souza looks gassed!
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Gregorivich dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gregorivich moves into the clinch successfully.
Gregorivich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gregorivich presses Souza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Gregorivich jumps guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gregorivich is on top in guard.
Gregorivich seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gregorivich passes Souza's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gregorivich seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Gregorivich.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Well, if Gregorivich is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Souza is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorivich working over Souza with some ground and pound. Souza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gregorivich is trying to control. Souza wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gregorivich passes to side control.
Gregorivich lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Souza down.
Gregorivich wants to control but Souza is keeping him busy.

Gregorivich wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Souza, who protects the arm well.
Gregorivich tries to move to mount but Souza blocks the move with his legs.
Gregorivich happy to just control the position for now.
Souza manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Souza is looking to improve his position.
Gregorivich is nestled in close to Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Gregorivich is controlling the pace.
Gregorivich passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich staying calm.
Gregorivich 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.
Gregorivich wants to control but Souza is keeping him busy.
Gregorivich working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gregorivich advances to mount.
Souza working to try and regain half guard.
Souza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Gregorivich looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gregorivich works his way to his opponent's back.
Gregorivich throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Souza!
Gregorivich controlling the position well here. Souza rolled but Gregorivich kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Gregorivich controlling well, preventing Souza from escaping the position.
Gregorivich tries to keep control of the position but Souza is staying busy.
Gregorivich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Souza is really stuck here.
Gregorivich is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregorivich seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Souza for as long as he can get away with.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Victor Gregorivich just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Gregorivich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Gregorivich dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Souza dodges the punch combination from Gregorivich.
Souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Gregorivich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Souza is refusing to be controlled, as Gregorivich sits in half guard.

Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Souza is in trouble now - Gregorivich has advanced to mount!
Gregorivich content just to control the position here.
Souza is squirming around, avoiding Gregorivich's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gregorivich controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorivich unloading with bombs!
Gregorivich landing punches.
Gregorivich controlling from mount.
Gregorivich has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Gregorivich landing strikes, looking to finish!
Souza taking shots to the head.
Gregorivich controlling the position easily from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Souza is trying to reverse the position but instead Gregorivich has taken his back - oops!
Gregorivich has good solid back control here.
Souza turns into Gregorivich and is now in his guard.
Souza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws and elbow that misses. Gregorivich uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Souza's guard. Nice move by Gregorivich!
Gregorivich stands and throws Souza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gregorivich wants to control but Souza is keeping him busy.
Gregorivich in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gregorivich advances to full mount.
Gregorivich dominating with strikes here.
Gregorivich moves to take his opponent's back.
Souza breaks Gregorivich's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Souza drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Gregorivich dives on top into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich wants to control from the top but Souza keeps moving.
Gregorivich advances position into side control!

Gregorivich thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Souza is looking to regain half guard here but Gregorivich keeps moving and retains side control.
Gregorivich wants to control but Souza is keeping him busy.
Victor Gregorivich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gregorivich scores with a couple of short elbows.

Gregorivich is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Souza has escaped the position, nice work there.
Souza prevents Gregorivich from moving into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Gregorivich has control of the leg.
Victor Gregorivich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Well, if Gregorivich is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Gregorivich controlling the pace.
Vitor Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gregorivich decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gregorivich gets a takedown into half guard.
Gregorivich is figuring out what he wants to do next.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Gregorivich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gregorivich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Gregorivich!