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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Mustard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro De La Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alejandro De La Souza acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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198 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Mustard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Alejandro De La Souza!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustard instigates a clinch.
Mustard wants a takedown but no success here.
De La Souza is looking to break free of the clinch but Mustard has double underhooks.
De La Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mustard pulls guard effortlessly.
Mustard looking for a sweep. Not yet Mustard, not yet.
Mustard doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mustard trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Mustard throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De La Souza controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De La Souza goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
De La Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De La Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Mustard.
A head kick misses from De La Souza.
De La Souza throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De La Souza throws a head kick that misses.
De La Souza looks gassed!
De La Souza throws a head kick but Mustard moves out of range.
De La Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De La Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustard.
Mustard blocks a head kick by De La Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustard throws a sloppy head kick and De La Souza moves out of range easily.
Mustard is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in De La Souza's half guard.
De La Souza blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mustard.
De La Souza is staying active underneath Mustard, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mustard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
De La Souza won't allow Mustard to pass to mount.
Mustard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mustard wants to lay and pray for a moment but De La Souza keeps working.
Mustard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mustard.
Mustard is trying to control. De La Souza wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mustard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mustard scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
De La Souza wants to get back to his feet.
De La Souza keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mustard wants to clinch.
A head kick from De La Souza lands but Mustard takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Mustard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De La Souza throws a good cross that connects.
De La Souza scores with a jab.
Alejandro De La Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for De La Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De La Souza throws a head kick but Mustard moves out of range.
De La Souza tries to land a front kick but Mustard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustard tries to clinch up but De La Souza circles away and keeps his distance.
Mustard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alejandro De La Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Souza throws a front kick that sends Mustard stumbling back into the ropes.
De La Souza lands with a slapping head kick.
Mustard clinches up with De La Souza and pushes him back against the ropes.
De La Souza is pressed up against the ropes. Mustard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De La Souza down to the mat. De La Souza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mustard moves in looking to clinch but De La Souza pushes him off.
Mustard takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mustard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mustard is looking to clinch but De La Souza is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Souza misses with a head kick.
De La Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mustard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mustard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but De La Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mustard misses with a double jab
and De La Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mustard's knee momentarily.
De La Souza throws the left hand but Mustard avoids the punch easily.
Mustard blocks a head kick by De La Souza.
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.
Mustard wants to clinch.
De La Souza lands a glancing blow to the side of Mustard's head.
Mustard ducks under a wild hook from De La Souza.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mustard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mustard seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but De La Souza does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro De La Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
De La Souza throws a body kick that misses.
Mustard defending well as De La Souza loads up on a big left hand.
De La Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but De La Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Souza throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mustard's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustard shoots in but De La Souza avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mustard blocks a head kick by De La Souza.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustard is looking to clinch.
De La Souza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De La Souza stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mustard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mustard blocks a head kick by De La Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
De La Souza gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
De La Souza seems keen to control Mustard's posture.
Mustard scoring with some ground and pound.
Mustard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mustard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mustard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De La Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mustard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mustard throwing strikes from guard but De La Souza blocks nicely.
De La Souza doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mustard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De La Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De La Souza is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
De La Souza lands a head kick. Mustard smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
De La Souza connects with a high kick.
De La Souza works Mustard's body with a nice hook.
De La Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four 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.
A head kick misses from De La Souza.
A head kick misses from De La Souza.
Mustard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De La Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De La Souza lands with a slapping head kick.
De La Souza misses with a head kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De La Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De La Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Mustard moves out of range easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro De La Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De La Souza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight as a draw!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Alejandro De La Souza!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Alejandro De La Souza!
Alejandro De La Souza wins by majority decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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