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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Do Souza (ranked 5600 p4p, 4476 weight class) and Big Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anderson Do Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Big Boy!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Do Souza's half guard.
Do Souza is positioning himself well to prevent Boy advancing to mount.
Do Souza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Boy wants to get up but he can't break Do Souza's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Do Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
Do Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy cracks Do Souza with a solid left hand.
Do Souza keeping moving, preventing Boy from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do Souza is trying to keep Boy in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boy prevents Do Souza from getting back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Do Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Do Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Boy.
Do Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Do Souza keeps control of Boy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Do Souza jumps guard but Boy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Boy jumps guard.
Boy is looking to sweep but instead, Do Souza has passed into half guard.
Do Souza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Boy wants to get back to full guard but Do Souza has passed into side control.
Do Souza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Boy regains half guard.
Do Souza wants to get back to his feet.
Boy wants to control but Do Souza is keeping busy.
Boy tries to get to full guard but Do Souza has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Boy punching from the bottom.
Do Souza stands up out of the half guard.
Do Souza seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Boy closes the distance and clinches.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Boy pushes Do Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Do Souza ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Do Souza no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Boy is looking to stand up but Do Souza won't let him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Do Souza is on top in guard.
Do Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Do Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Big Boy will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Do Souza fails with the takedown.
Do Souza shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Boy is pressing down on Do Souza's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Do Souza trying to control but Boy is working from the bottom.
Anderson Do Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Do Souza is fighting to break Boy's control of his arms but Boy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Do Souza trying to control but Boy is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Souza throws a strike but Boy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Do Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Boy is one step ahead there.
Do Souza is trying to keep Boy in close.
Boy trying to control the position from guard on top but Do Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do Souza wants to stand but Boy is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Boy won't allow Do Souza to sweep him here.
Do Souza is looking for a triangle but Boy pushes his legs off easily.
Boy looking to pass the guard.
Do Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Boy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Do Souza working a defensive guard here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Do Souza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Do Souza is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Do Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Boy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Boy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Do Souza wants to sweep here but Boy controlling him for the moment.
Boy controlling from the top position.
Boy passes Do Souza's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Boy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Do Souza regains half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Boy decides to return to a standing position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Big Boy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Boy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Do Souza shoots in for a takedown but Boy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Boy moves into range and clinches up with Do Souza.
A frustrated look appears on Boy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Do Souza manages to break the clinch.
Do Souza will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice body kick there by Do Souza.
Do Souza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Do Souza.
Do Souza shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Do Souza showed some decent athleticism there.
Boy trying to hold on to Do Souza's head to control him but Do Souza postures up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boy looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy wants to improve his position but Do Souza is controlling well.
Boy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Do Souza with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Boy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Do Souza looking to pass the guard.
Boy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Do Souza looking to pass the guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Do Souza tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Boy defends well and Do Souza ends up having to push Boy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Souza tries to pull guard but Boy won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Do Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do Souza avoiding damage as Boy throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Boy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Do Souza tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Boy smiles and moves away.
Boy throws a sloppy head kick
and Do Souza counters with a takedown into side control.
Boy explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
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!
Do Souza throws a wild body kick that Boy sees coming a mile off.
Boy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Do Souza did well to prevent Boy getting side control.
Boy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Boy moves nicely into side control.
Do Souza takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Boy wants to control but Do Souza is keeping him busy.
Anderson Do Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Big Boy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Do Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Big Boy.
I've got Boy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Big Boy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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