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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Manliest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai. Manliest has chosen Ontlogy as his entrance music. The Manliest is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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177 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Basic striking
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alfonso De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Manliest!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manliest is trying hard to land a takedown here. De Souza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Manliest doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Souza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No luck for Manliest with that takedown attempt.
Alfonso De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Manliest.
De Souza scores with a kick to the midsection.
Manliest closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into De Souza's guard.
Manliest postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De Souza is on top in guard.
De Souza engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manliest is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Souza is aware though and is defending well.
De Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Manliest swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Souza stays in close to Manliest's body and controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Alfonso De Souza just wasn't active enough.
Manliest shoots for a double leg takedown but De Souza sprawls well. He's pushed Manliest's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manliest's calf.
De Souza lands a right hook to the body.
De Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Manliest off balance momentarily.
Manliest shoots in looking for a takedown. De Souza tries to sprawl out of it but Manliest keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Souza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Manliest on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Manliest misses.
De Souza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manliest with a lazy takedown attempt
and De Souza counters with a nice leg kick.
Manliest fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Manliest looks gassed!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Souza.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
Manliest shoots in looking for a takedown. De Souza tries to sprawl out of it but Manliest keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Souza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Manliest tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Souza swivels and escapes.
Manliest shoots for a double leg takedown but De Souza sprawls well. He's pushed Manliest's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Souza scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Souza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Souza digs a good hook to Manliest's body.
Manliest misses with a takedown attempt
and De Souza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Souza scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manliest's calf.
De Souza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Manliest, pushing him back against the cage.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
De Souza works on Manliest's body with a couple of short punches.
Manliest is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
De Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manliest backwards.
Good body shot from De Souza.
De Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Manliest has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. De Souza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
De Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Souza.
De Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Manliest.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for De Souza.
De Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Souza pushes Manliest back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Manliest changes levels and goes for a takedown here. De Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
De Souza closes the distance and clinches.
De Souza works on Manliest's body with a couple of short punches.
De Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Souza presses Manliest against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Souza pushes Manliest back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Souza lands with a left to the head.
It looks like The Manliest has been cut.
A right handed body shot lands from De Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso De Souza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on The Manliest's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Manliest.
Manliest misses with a takedown
and De Souza counters with a slapping leg kick.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Manliest's sensitive parts.
De Souza lands with a shot to the body.
The Manliest seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
De Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Souza is working Manliest over against the cage.
De Souza scores with a hook to the body.
De Souza digs a right hand underneath Manliest's ribcage. Manliest let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from De Souza.
De Souza avoiding damage.
De Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manliest or not.
A right handed body shot lands from De Souza.
Manliest is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from De Souza.
De Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manliest's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Souza.
De Souza lands a right hand.
De Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Manliest's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Manliest fails to pull guard.
De Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
De Souza lands a left hand.
De Souza lands a body punch.
De Souza lands a knee 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!
De Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from De Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a body punch.
De Souza lands an elbow inside that Manliest shrugs off.
De Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manliest can do to turn this around?
De Souza scores with a hook to the body.
De Souza digs a right hand into Manliest's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Manliest's gas tank.
De Souza digs a right hand into Manliest's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Manliest's gas tank.
De Souza lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Manliest backwards.
De Souza content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De Souza gets through Manliest's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
Alfonso De Souza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike.
Manliest is rocked!
Nice body punch from De Souza.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A hook to the body from De Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from De Souza.
A short left from De Souza.
De Souza lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by De Souza.
De Souza presses Manliest against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Souza lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stalling in the clinch from De Souza.
Manliest drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alfonso De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Manliest.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Souza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike.
De Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Manliest is still on wobbly legs! Can De Souza finish him?
That's four 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!
Manliest is trying to break the clinch but De Souza has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Souza.
De Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manliest backwards.
De Souza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Souza works on Manliest's body with a couple of short punches.
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from De Souza.
De Souza presses Manliest against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Manliest backwards.
De Souza lands a nice shot to the body.
De Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Manliest backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
De Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso De Souza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on The Manliest's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
De Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Manliest seems to have recovered his senses.
Manliest avoids the body shot from De Souza.
Manliest shoots in but De Souza avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice takedown defense from De Souza. No joy for Manliest on that attempt.
De Souza thumps Manliest with a low kick.
Manliest has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Souza.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Souza.
Nice body kick from De Souza.
Nice body kick from De Souza.
De Souza cracks the inside of Manliest's front leg.
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!
De Souza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Souza is looking to wear down Manliest with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Manliest tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manliest walks into a left hand.
De Souza drives through and clinches with Manliest against the cage.
Manliest takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Souza pushes Manliest back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Manliest takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza lands a right hand.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Souza lands a body shot in the clinch.
Manliest letting De Souza take a breather here.
De Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Souza lands with a right to the head.
De Souza lands a big right hand that drops Manliest! The killer instinct kicks in and De Souza finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by De Souza!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfonso De Souza!
A very excited looking Alfonso De Souza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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