PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and N A Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moore comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Da Boss kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Thiago de Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

de Souza
vs
A Moore

183 cm
19
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

184 cm
18
173 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

EFC-S 150Q Energy, 147Q strength & Stamina, CHEAP!
ENDLESS 152

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, N A Moore!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from de Souza.

Moore takes the fight into the clinch.
Moore blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from de Souza fails to land.
Moore managing to block the knees to the body from de Souza.
de Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
de Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
de Souza throws an elbow but it misses.
de Souza lands with a right to the head.
de Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Moore is working for takedown but de Souza is calmly controlling the position for now.

Moore lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
de Souza is refusing to be controlled, as Moore sits in half guard.
de Souza trying to control but Moore postures up.
Moore seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but de Souza does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

de Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Moore pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore moves nicely into side control.
Moore is trying to ground and pound but de Souza uses the momentary lack of control by Moore to regain half guard.
Moore trying to control from half guard but de Souza is working away.
Moore not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
de Souza trying to control here.
The fighters are battling for position here. de Souza manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Moore throws a big right hand that misses.

de Souza looking for a guillotine here but Moore defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

de Souza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Moore looking to pass the guard.
de Souza looking to control.
Moore tries to free his leg and advance position but de Souza is retaining full guard.
Moore scoring with punches to the head and body.

de Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

de Souza is working an open guard so Moore takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Moore fails with a takedown attempt.
Moore lands a lovely overhand right.
Moore lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Moore looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for de Souza!
de Souza keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moore wants to finish this one by submission but de Souza is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Moore.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
de Souza can't escape the position.
de Souza avoids a series of strikes thrown by Moore.
de Souza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
de Souza wants to try and get back to his feet.
de Souza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moore wants to control the pace but de Souza is squirming around nicely.
Moore lands a big elbow.
de Souza holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Moore tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

N A Moore dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Moore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

de Souza has managed to clinch.
de Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
de Souza landing knees to the head.

It looks like N A Moore has been cut.
de Souza scores with a shot to the side of Moore's head.
de Souza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
de Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
de Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
de Souza stops a takedown attempt from Moore.
Moore tries for a takedown but de Souza manages to get underhooks.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of N A Moore.
de Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Moore avoids the damage to the body.
de Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moore's elbow.
Moore jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Moore gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Moore misses with a double jab

and de Souza counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
de Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Moore won't want to take too many of those.
Moore is breathing heavily.
de Souza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
de Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
de Souza works on Moore's body with a couple of short punches.
de Souza trying to land knees to the body.
de Souza with a knee to the head.
de Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Moore avoids the damage to the body.
A short body shot lands from de Souza as the two fighters clinch.

de Souza successfully pulls guard.

de Souza has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Moore doesn't defend quickly enough and de Souza has managed to lock this one up! Can Moore escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to de Souza on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Thiago de Souza!