PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Ayman Zawahiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Souza is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Souza
vs
Ayman Zawahiri

185 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Al Ayman Zawahiri!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Zawahiri catches Souza right on the button with a cross.
Souza with a jab.
Bruno Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zawahiri tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Souza moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Zawahiri thows a body shot but no joy.
Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Zawahiri off balance momentarily.
Zawahiri defending well as Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Souza misses with a looping left.
Zawahiri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Souza.
Zawahiri slips under a jab from Souza.
Souza closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zawahiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zawahiri scores with a body shot.
Souza misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zawahiri fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Souza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Souza connects with a solid leg kick.
Souza lands with a thumping leg kick.
Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zawahiri misses with a few strikes there.
Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Decent striking displayed by Souza there.
Souza cracks Zawahiri with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zawahiri walks into a straight right hand from Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands with a kick to the temple. Zawahiri shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Souza!
Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big left from Souza misses.
Zawahiri lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zawahiri tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zawahiri takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zawahiri thuds a left hand into Souza's body.
Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zawahiri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zawahiri dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Zawahiri lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Souza at a distance.
Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zawahiri counters with a stiff right hand.
Souza ducks right into an uppercut from Zawahiri.
Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Zawahiri makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zawahiri works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zawahiri.

Zawahiri has closed the distance and engaged Souza in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Zawahiri.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Zawahiri has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Zawahiri - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zawahiri lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Souza or not.
Zawahiri is looking to control Souza's arms but Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zawahiri has his back to the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Zawahiri - that landed with a thud.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zawahiri trying to control the position but instead, Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zawahiri into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Souza dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Zawahiri walks forward, straight into a front kick from Souza.
Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Souza. That's going to slow Zawahiri down.
Zawahiri takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zawahiri misses with a wild body shot.
Souza lands with a nice body kick.
Souza lands a body shot.
Zawahiri walks forward, straight into a front kick from Souza.
Zawahiri's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zawahiri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zawahiri tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Souza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zawahiri scores with a decent looking hook.
Zawahiri on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Souza.
Souza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bruno Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick misses from Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores with a jab.
Zawahiri avoids the body shot from Souza.
Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zawahiri.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Souza.
Zawahiri has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Souza.
Souza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zawahiri tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zawahiri works Souza's body with a nice hook.
Zawahiri slips a jab and a cross from Souza.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zawahiri cracks a nice hook into Souza's ribs.
Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Zawahiri counters with a straight right hand.
Souza lands with a nice body kick.
Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zawahiri is breathing heavily.
Souza lands a jab to Zawahiri's midsection.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Souza lands with a nice body punch.
Zawahiri on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zawahiri moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zawahiri takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza throws a hook but Zawahiri blocks it.
Zawahiri lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Souza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Souza.
Souza tries to bum rush Zawahiri with a series of wild strikes but Zawahiri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zawahiri scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Souza dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. 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.

Zawahiri on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice shot lands for Zawahiri.
Souza throws a leg kick which misses Zawahiri's front leg but catches the back leg as Zawahiri tries to avoid it.
Crunch! Souza slams his shin into Zawahiri's torso.
Zawahiri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Zawahiri lands a slapping body shot.
Zawahiri misses with a hook. Souza ducked under it nicely.
Souza misses with a left hand
and Zawahiri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zawahiri takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zawahiri fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zawahiri takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Souza scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zawahiri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Zawahiri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Souza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zawahiri stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zawahiri.
Souza misses with a straight left.
Al Ayman Zawahiri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruno Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Souza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Souza lands with a shot to the body.
Souza listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Zawahiri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zawahiri takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Zawahiri misses with a looping right.
Souza plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zawahiri takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes one on the button.
Souza lands with a kick to the ribs.
Souza swinging wildly here.
Zawahiri cracks Souza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Souza throws a series of punches but Zawahiri avoids them all with ease.
Souza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Souza scores with a leg kick.
Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zawahiri's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Zawahiri off balance momentarily.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Zawahiri looks to land a right hand but Souza moved out of range.
Zawahiri takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zawahiri stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Souza.
Zawahiri has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zawahiri there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zawahiri throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zawahiri misses with the combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zawahiri throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Souza makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zawahiri's sensitive parts.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Souza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Souza!