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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vasco Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Diza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasco Sousa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jerome Diza's chin.
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190 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vasco Sousa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Diza!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Sousa.
Sousa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diza throws a sloppy head kick and Sousa moves out of range easily.
Sousa tries to clinch but Diza is having none of it.
Sousa darts in and clinches Diza up against the ropes.
Sousa working Diza over with knees to the body.
Sousa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sousa avoiding damage.
Sousa manages to pull guard.
Sousa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Diza defends it easily.
Diza wants to stand and escape but instead Sousa has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sousa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sousa slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Diza avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sousa.
Diza is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sousa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sousa decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Diza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diza throws a head kick that misses.
Diza fails to land with a series of punches.
Sousa throws a right and a left that Diza avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Diza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diza swats away the attempt to clinch by Sousa.
Sousa wants to clinch.
Sousa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Jerome Diza has been cut.
Sousa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sousa breaks the clinch.
Sousa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diza's waist but Diza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sousa off to one side.
Sousa instigates a clinch.
Diza wants to get back to striking at distance but Sousa won't allow it.
Diza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sousa slowing the pace effectively.
Sousa manages to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diza is looking to stand up but Sousa won't let him.
Diza postures up.
Sousa wriggles free and stands up.
Sousa avoids the body shot from Diza.
A head kick misses from Diza.
Diza sizes up Sousa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sousa clinches up with Diza and pushes him back against the ropes.
Sousa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sousa.
Sousa has Diza pressed against the ropes, preventing Diza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sousa stalls.
Diza tries to circle away but Sousa has him pinned against the ropes.
Sousa has Diza pressed against the ropes, preventing Diza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sousa pushes Diza back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Diza takes an elbow to the temple.
Sousa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sousa moves into the clinch.
Sousa keeps control of Diza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sousa.
Diza looks gassed!
Sousa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sousa landing knees to the body.
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!
Sousa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sousa takes the fight into the clinch.
Sousa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sousa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diza avoids the body shot from Sousa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick from Sousa lands but Diza takes it in his stride.
That has opened up Jerome Diza's cut even more.
Sousa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diza is trying to break the clinch but Sousa has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vasco Sousa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerome Diza's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Diza tries to bum rush Sousa with a series of wild strikes but Sousa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diza misses with a straight left.
Sousa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sousa prevents Diza from getting back to his feet.
Sousa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sousa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sousa gets to his feet. Diza looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sousa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sousa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diza throws out the jab.
Sousa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diza.
Diza is breathing heavily.
Sousa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sousa showed some decent athleticism there.
Diza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sousa scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sousa stops Diza from getting back to his feet.
Sousa is looking for a kimura here.
Sousa stands up out of the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sousa gets a clinch.
Sousa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sousa manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Sousa or perhaps it was just good defense by Diza which made him look bad.
Sousa clinches.
Sousa breaks from the clinch.
Sousa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jerome Diza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diza misses with a few strikes there.
Diza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sousa.
Diza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sousa.
Diza throws a nice looking combination but Sousa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diza throws the kick towards the body but Sousa avoids it.
Diza throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sousa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sousa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sousa chips away with some ground and pound.
Sousa trying to control but Diza is working from the bottom.
Sousa gets to his feet. Diza looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sousa fails to land with a series of punches.
Sousa takes the fight into the clinch.
Sousa stalls.
Sousa breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sousa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Diza is trying to defend but Sousa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Diza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sousa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sousa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sousa works his way into side control.
An elbow from Sousa crashes against the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sousa has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sousa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vasco Sousa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jerome Diza's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sousa lands a high kick!
Diza throws a head kick but Sousa moves out of range.
Sousa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diza's waist but Diza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sousa off to one side.
Vasco Sousa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sousa is looking to clinch but Diza is avoiding it.
Sousa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sousa rushes Diza and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sousa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sousa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diza.
Diza misses with a body shot.
Sousa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sousa decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diza takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sousa stands up and beckons Diza to join him on the feet.
A head kick by Diza misses
and Sousa moves into the clinch.
Sousa manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sousa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sousa has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Diza off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Sousa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Diza swings for the body but Sousa moves out of range.
Sousa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sousa moves into range and clinches up with Diza.
Vasco Sousa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sousa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sousa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sousa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A low kick from Diza is predictable there
and Sousa moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Sousa as the two fighters clinch.
Sousa keeps control of Diza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sousa has Diza pressed against the ropes, preventing Diza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sousa breaks the clinch.
Diza misses with a two punch combination.
Sousa instigates a clinch.
Sousa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diza can do to turn this around?
Sousa lands an elbow inside that Diza shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sousa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sousa works over Diza's head and body with a nice combination.
Sousa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sousa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Diza is trying to force a seperation but Sousa has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Diza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sousa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sousa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Diza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sousa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diza up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diza wants to break free but Sousa has control.
Sousa leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sousa for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vasco Sousa.
A jab from Diza finds it's way through Sousa's defenses.
Diza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diza lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sousa moves out of range of the body kick from Diza.
Vasco Sousa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diza throws a right and a left that Sousa avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sousa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sousa content just to control the position here.
Jerome Diza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sousa landing strikes from the mount and Diza is in trouble!
And that's the end of the fight!
Vasco Sousa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sousa 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vasco Sousa!
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