PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoppsan Barley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos De Souza Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva
vs
Barley

179 cm
25
168 lbs
11 - 14 - 1

176 cm
27
160 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Hoppsan Barley!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Barley throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva decides to stand and escape the position.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barley was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Barley wants to clinch.
Barley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves away.
No luck for Dos Santos De Souza Silva with that takedown attempt.
Barley tries to clinch up but Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Barley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Barley ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries a low kick but Barley avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Hoppsan Barley has been cut.
Barley leaves Dos Santos De Souza Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Barley on his heels. He'll look to pass Barley's guard now, I'm sure.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barley has Dos Santos De Souza Silva pulled in close to control his posture.

Barley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Barley is adopting a defensive guard.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva stands and steps away. Barley gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos De Souza Silva as he jumps to the side.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets a double leg takedown into Barley's guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to get up but he can't break Barley's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Barley is working an open guard so Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids the head kick by Barley.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with an uppercut.

Barley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Barley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Barley controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barley gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Barley throws a wild body kick that Dos Santos De Souza Silva sees coming a mile off.
Barley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dos Santos De Souza Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hoppsan Barley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barley.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoppsan Barley.
A punch combination from Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails with the takedown.

Barley clinches up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Barley has double underhooks.
Barley tries to circle away but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Barley has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva can't break the clinch.
Barley goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva prevents it.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barley.
Barley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Barley lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hoppsan Barley's cut.
That's time! Dos Santos De Souza Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barley shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos De Souza Silva shows good takedown defense.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barley is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has Barley pressed against the cage, preventing Barley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to break the clinch but Barley is controlling him.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to break the clinch.
Barley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barley throws a looping overhand right but Dos Santos De Souza Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Barley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice sprawl there from Barley as Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in.
Barley tries to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is having none of it.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from Barley as Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in.
Barley changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to avoid it but Barley manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dos Santos De Souza Silva to the ground. Dos Santos De Souza Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
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!
Barley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks a head kick by Barley.
Barley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets caught napping as Barley dives in and scores a takedown. Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to retain guard.
Barley advances position into side control!
Barley working away.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is not content to let Barley control the position.

Barley is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dos Santos De Souza Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoppsan Barley.
Barley is stalling here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to break the clinch but Barley has him pressed against the cage.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Barley fails with a takedown attempt.
Barley misses with an uppercut. Dos Santos De Souza Silva saw that one coming.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barley tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands a high kick!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a body shot.
Barley tries to move into range but Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barley. Dos Santos De Souza Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a body shot.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Barley off the cage and back into range.
Barley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barley is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to clinch there but Barley circles away.
Barley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Barley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets a double leg takedown into Barley's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva stands and steps away. Barley gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A nice combination there by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Barley napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Dos Santos De Souza Silva stands up and beckons Barley to his feet.
Donk. Dos Santos De Souza Silva catches Barley right on the button with a cross.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Dos Santos De Souza Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids the head kick by Barley.
Barley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Barley feints and as Dos Santos De Souza Silva raises his hands in defense, Barley changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Barley won't allow Dos Santos De Souza Silva to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hoppsan Barley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Barley connects with an inside leg kick.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to stall here but Barley recovers full guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to stand up but Barley won't let him.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Barley's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barley working for a triangle but Dos Santos De Souza Silva defends it easily.
Barley working a defensive guard here.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets to his feet - Barley follows without any prompting.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Barley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barley lands with a kick to the temple. Dos Santos De Souza Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barley.
Hoppsan Barley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Barley avoids it really well and circles away.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva connects with a right hand. Barley shakes it off.
Barley moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva pushes him off.
Barley slips a straight right by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands with a right hand.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barley in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a two punch combination.

Barley tries to keep at a distance but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barley is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dos Santos De Souza Silva to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to break free but Barley pushes him back against the cage.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva breaks the clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a right hand that Barley ducks under and follows up with a left that Barley also avoids with ease.

Barley forces Dos Santos De Souza Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Barley tries to circle away but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Barley is trying to break free.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to clinch there but Barley circles away.
Barley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos De Souza Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barley tries to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is having none of it.
Barley wants to clinch
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dos Santos De Souza Silva on the side of the head.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barley counters with a nice uppercut.
Barley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Dos Santos De Souza Silva counter with a right hand.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoppsan Barley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Dos Santos De Souza Silva does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in for a takedown but Barley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails with the takedown
and Barley counters with a two punch combo.
Barley wants to clinch up but Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps it at a distance.
Barley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids the head kick by Barley.
Barley walks into a jab.
Barley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Barley thows a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Well Dos Santos De Souza Silva 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 William Gold scores the fight for Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!

Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva wins by unanimous decision!
After the big win, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.