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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Letters from the sky - Civil Twilight. Victor de Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gustavo Santos's chin.
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145 lbs
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179 cm
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos lands with a nice body punch.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
de Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but de Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Souza.
de Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed de Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
de Souza is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos missing with a left hand there. de Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Santos as de Souza shoots in.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
de Souza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Santos!
Santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza looking to secure an arm triangle but Santos defends it well.
de Souza goes for an armbar but Santos turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Santos.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with de Souza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on de Souza, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Souza closes the distance and clinches up with Santos, looking for a takedown. de Souza pushes Santos against the cage but Santos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor de Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
de Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but de Souza persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos throws a series of punches but de Souza moves out of range.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Santos throws a series of punches but de Souza moves out of range.
Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
de Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but de Souza persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
de Souza takes one to the chin there.
de Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santos.
de Souza dives in and grabs Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes down on de Souza's head and hops out.
Santos tries to bum rush de Souza with a series of wild strikes but de Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
de Souza shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
de Souza fails to land the takedown.
Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
de Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santos circles away.
de Souza dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos throws a right and a left that de Souza avoids nicely.
de Souza closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santos to the mat! Santos manages to get full guard.
Santos kicks de Souza off and gets to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
de Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed de Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santos works over de Souza's head and body with a nice combination.
de Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos pushes de Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but de Souza is controlling him.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
de Souza tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gustavo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos throws a series of punches but de Souza moves out of range.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Souza.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but de Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Souza fails with the takedown.
de Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos clinches up with de Souza and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Santos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos throws a series of punches but de Souza avoids them all with ease.
de Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Santos gets caught flat footed, as de Souza shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
de Souza won't allow Santos to get back to his feet.
de Souza wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
de Souza controls from within his opponent's guard.
Santos wants to stand but de Souza is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza looking to pass the guard.
de Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
de Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but de Souza persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
de Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but de Souza persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor de Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
de Souza dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos throws a series of punches but de Souza moves out of range.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from de Souza. de Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Victor de Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santos.
de Souza shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but de Souza finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Santos is trying to stand back up but de Souza is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santos is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Santos is staying active underneath de Souza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Santos pushes de Souza off looking to stand but de Souza dives back in and keeps control.
de Souza is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Santos is just riding it out for now. de Souza eventually gives up the hold.
Santos tries to kick de Souza off but de Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor de Souza dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Santos misses with a low kick.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos throws a right and a left that de Souza avoids nicely.
de Souza is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
de Souza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
de Souza is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Santos is trying to escape and de Souza transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Santos is forced to tap! Nice work there by de Souza! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Victor de Souza!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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