PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pascal Lesveque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Dry County. Pascal Lesveque has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

de Souza
vs
Lesveque

183 cm
27
177 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

193 cm
26
197 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pascal Lesveque!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesveque lands a straight punch to the body, keeping de Souza at a distance.
That kick from Lesveque tenderised de Souza's leg. de Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lesveque misses with a double jab.
de Souza tries to work over Lesveque's front leg with a kick but Lesveque checks it.
Lesveque cracks de Souza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
de Souza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

de Souza takes the fight into the clinch.
de Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
de Souza looking for a takedown.
de Souza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lesveque.
Lesveque avoiding damage as de Souza throws knees to the body.
Lesveque managing to block the knees to the body from de Souza.
de Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lesveque misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lesveque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but de Souza has him pressed against the cage.

Lesveque breaks the clinch.
Lesveque throws a jab but it's blocked by de Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza throws a head kick but Lesveque moves out of range.
Lesveque throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lesveque takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lesveque throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
de Souza throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lesveque.
de Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
de Souza misses with a low kick as Lesveque jumps back.
de Souza wants to clinch.
Lesveque moves forwards but de Souza connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesveque moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lesveque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lesveque thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Lesveque.
de Souza is looking to clinch but Lesveque is avoiding it.
Lesveque throws a big shot that misses.
Lesveque throws an off balance right hand
and de Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
de Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lesveque.
de Souza moves forwards but Lesveque connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A clash of legs there as Lesveque blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesveque keeps the fight on the outside.
de Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lesveque lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lesveque lands with a hook. de Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lesveque missing with a left hand there. de Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lesveque lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lesveque.
Lesveque loads up on a big right hand but de Souza slips the punch.
Pascal Lesveque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lesveque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lesveque falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lesveque takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lesveque connects with a right hand. de Souza shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lesveque.
The fighters circling - Lesveque throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
de Souza walks into a jab.
Lesveque tries to bum rush de Souza with a series of wild strikes but de Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Lesveque lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Lesveque misses the target.
de Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
de Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Souza slips under a jab from Lesveque.
de Souza looks to land a right hand but Lesveque moved out of range.

de Souza drives through with a takedown into Lesveque's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Lesveque dominated that round.
That's time! de Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lesveque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - de Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Lesveque finds it's way through de Souza's defenses.
Lesveque defending well as de Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Lesveque misses with a hook. de Souza ducked under it nicely.
de Souza misses with a hook.
Lesveque throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Souza.
Lesveque misses with a wild body shot.
Lesveque scores with a jab.
A low kick from Lesveque misses
and de Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
Lesveque scores with a hook to the body. de Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza throws a lazy uppercut
and Lesveque counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
de Souza staying out of range there.
Lesveque steps to the side to avoid the strikes from de Souza.
Lesveque misses with a wild body shot.
Lesveque pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lesveque throws a right hand that misses
and de Souza counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lesveque throws a right and a left that both miss.
de Souza tries to move into range but Lesveque moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lesveque lands a glancing blow to the side of de Souza's head.

de Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

de Souza has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Lesveque defend it? de Souza steps over the head and cranks it - Lesveque is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for de Souza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago de Souza!
Thiago de Souza retains his middleweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Thiago de Souza made sure he mentioned GR Design - Top quality, from $10 to $150 !, along with how happy he was to win his fight.