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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dayton Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clarke has chosen Bob Marley - Jammin' as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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275 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dayton Clarke!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Clarke.
It looks like Dayton Clarke has been cut.
Clarke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clarke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clarke scores with a jab. Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
No joy there for Clarke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza is looking to clinch but Clarke is avoiding it.
Clarke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Clarke throws a sloppy head kick and Souza moves out of range easily.
Clarke slips under a jab.
Souza avoids the head kick by Clarke.
Souza throws a looping overhand right but Clarke ducks down to avoid it.
Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clarke was well out of range. Poor timing from Souza.
Souza misses with a looping left.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clarke misses with a low kick.
Souza tries to clinch up but Clarke circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clarke.
A telegraphed right hand from Souza misses the target.
Clarke swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza.
Clarke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clarke swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Clarke wants to land a leg kick but Souza is out of range.
Souza misses with a hook.
Clarke throws a hook but Souza avoids it easily.
Clarke throws out a loose jab but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza checks the leg kick.
Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clarke.
Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Clarke.
A nice leg kick lands there from Clarke.
Clarke misses with an uppercut.
Souza lands a jab to Clarke's midsection.
Clarke loads up on a big right hand but Souza slips the punch.
Clarke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Souza clinches up with Clarke and pushes him back against the ropes.
Clarke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clarke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza tries a body shot but Clarke blocks it.
Clarke scores with a shoulder strike.
Clarke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza is leaning against Clarke and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clarke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Clarke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Souza moves into the clinch.
Clarke is looking to break free of the clinch but Souza has double underhooks.
Clarke tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Clarke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clarke is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Clarke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Clarke throws a lazy right hand but Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clarke loads up on a big right hand but Souza slips the punch.
Souza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Clarke walks into a jab.
Clarke throws the kick towards the body but Souza avoids it.
Clarke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clarke swinging wildly here.
Clarke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clarke.
Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Souza misses with an uppercut.
Souza scores with the left hand. Clarke knows he should have avoided that one.
Clarke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Souza on the side of the head.
Souza checks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Souza.
Clarke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Souza misses with a hook. Clarke ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Souza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dayton Clarke's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Souza sizes up Clarke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Souza swings for the body but Clarke moves out of range.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Souza here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clarke was well out of range. Poor timing from Souza.
Souza is looking to clinch.
Souza takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Souza wants to clinch.
Souza connects with a jab.
Clarke moves out of range as Souza strikes.
Clarke misses with a straight right.
Clarke takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Clarke throws a hook but Souza avoids it easily.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from Clarke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Clarke misses the shot to the body.
Clarke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dayton Clarke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clarke slips under a jab from Souza.
A combination from Clarke does no damage.
Sergio Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Clarke takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Clarke moves out of range of the strikes.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Clarke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Clarke misses with a wild body shot.
Souza has closed the distance and engaged Clarke in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clarke taking a breather.
Clarke can't break the clinch.
Clarke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Souza prevents a body shot from Clarke.
Clarke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clarke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clarke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Clarke.
Nice defenses there by Clarke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarke misses with a body kick.
Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clarke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Souza is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Clarke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clarke lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Clarke walks into a left hand.
Souza instigates a clinch.
Clarke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clarke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clarke manages to break the clinch.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clarke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza takes a jab right on the kisser.
Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clarke.
Clarke dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza misses with a looping right.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Clarke circles away.
Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clarke manages to avoid it.
Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Clarke.
Clarke misses with a double jab.
Souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clarke slips a jab from Souza.
Souza connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clarke. Clarke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Clarke tries a head kick but it misses.
Clarke tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clarke throws a hook but Souza blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dayton Clarke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dayton Clarke'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.
Clarke is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Clarke throws a solid leg kick but Souza takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Clarke.
Clarke dodges the punch combination from Souza.
A big right from Souza misses.
Souza tries to clinch up but Clarke circles away and keeps his distance.
Souza looks to land a right hand but Clarke moved out of range.
Clarke throws a lazy uppercut
and Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Souza avoids the body shot from Clarke.
Souza avoids the body shot from Clarke.
Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Clarke, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Clarke.
Clarke tries a head kick but it misses.
Souza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Clarke, pushing him back against the ropes.
A short right from Souza.
Clarke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Souza is keeping busy.
Clarke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch lands to the side of Souza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Souza closes the distance and clinches.
Clarke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clarke backwards.
Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza scores with a shot to the side of Clarke's head.
Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clarkes head.
Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Clarke wants to break free but Souza has control.
Clarke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Clarke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Sergio Souza has been cut.
Souza has Clarke pressed against the ropes, preventing Clarke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Souza has Clarke pressed against the ropes, preventing Clarke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clarke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza misses with some punches.
Clarke struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Souza.
Clarke misses with the head strike.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Clarke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clarke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clarke is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clarke.
A short right from Clarke.
Clarke blocking some punches.
Clarke leaning against his opponent.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Clarke.
Souza keeps control of Clarke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clarke throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza.
Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clarke blocks an uppercut.
Clarke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Clarke backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clarke misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clarke.
Souza lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza blocks a body shot from Clarke.
Clarke swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza blocks a body shot from Clarke.
Souza has Clarke pressed against the ropes, preventing Clarke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clarkes head.
Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Clarke backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
A head punch on the inside from Souza fails to land.
Souza lands a nice uppercut.
Clarke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Souza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clarke is trying to break free.
Souza prevents Clarke from breaking the clinch.
Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza gets through Clarke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Souza clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Clarke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Souza lands the left hand.
That has opened up Dayton Clarke's cut even more.
Souza lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Clarke circles away.
Souza pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Clarke back to the ropes. Souza follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Souza throws a right hand that misses
and Clarke counters with a head kick.
Clarke slips a jab from Souza.
Clarke ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Clarke circles away.
Clarke loads up on a big right hand but Souza slips the punch.
Clarke lands a jab to Souza's midsection.
Clarke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Souza misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza slips a jab from Clarke.
Clarke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Clarke misses with a body shot.
Clarke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clarke misses with a body shot.
Clarke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza avoids the body shot from Clarke.
Clarke throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
Clarke looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clarke circles away quickly and effectively.
Clarke ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a glancing blow to the side of Clarke's head.
Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Clarke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Clarke moves away and avoids it.
Clarke ducks right into an uppercut from Souza.
The fighters circling - Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clarke looks to land a left hand but Souza moved out of range nicely.
Clarke throws a shot from downtown. Souza moves away and avoids it.
Souza throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Clarke. That one must have hurt.
Clarke looks to land a body kick but Souza moved away.
Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clarke.
Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Clarke's head backwards.
Nice straight punches there by Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza ducks under a wild hook from Clarke.
Clarke throws the kick towards the body but Souza avoids it.
Clarke blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Clarke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot lands for Souza.
Clarke throws the left hand but Souza avoids the punch easily.
Clarke looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
Souza misses with a hook. Clarke ducked under it nicely.
Souza ducks under a wild hook from Clarke.
Souza blocks a jab.
Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Souza works Clarke's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Clarke on the side of the head.
Clarke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
Souza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clarke lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clarke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clarke.
Clarke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Souza throws out the jab.
Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Souza throws a hook but Clarke blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clarke throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Souza scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Souza gets a clinch.
Clarke trying to stall but Souza improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Souza had his way with Dayton Clarke in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Clarke ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Souza throws a lazy right hand but Clarke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Souza clinches up against the ropes.
Clarke is trying to force a seperation but Souza has the dominant position.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Clarke uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
Clarke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clarke breaks from the clinch.
Clarke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big right from Souza misses.
The fighters circling - Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clarke slips a jab from Souza.
Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clarke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Clarke misses its intended target.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Clarke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Clarke missing with a left hand there. Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Souza tries to clinch up but Clarke circles away and keeps his distance.
Clarke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Souza.
Clarke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clarke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Souza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Souza clinches up against the ropes.
Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clarke's elbow.
Clarke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clarke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sergio Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clarke.
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!
Clarke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souza moves away.
Souza missing with a left hand there. Clarke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Souza.
A swing and a miss from Souza.
Souza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Clarke pushes him off.
Clarke lands with a slapping head kick.
Clarke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clarke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clarke.
A jab from Souza misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke throws a jab when Souza was well out of range.
Souza blocks a head kick by Clarke.
Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Souza lands a jab to the nose.
Clarke lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Souza backs up against the ropes.
Clarke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clarke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Souza misses with a hook.
Clarke misses with a body shot
and Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Clarke throws a sloppy head kick and Souza moves out of range easily.
Clarke is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Souza tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Clarke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Souza's jab looks to have found its range, popping Clarke under the eye.
Souza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza moves away from the strike by Clarke.
Clarke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Souza moves out of range as Clarke strikes.
Clarke tries to move into range but Souza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Souza moves out of range of the leg kick from Clarke.
Clarke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Clarke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza with a jab.
Clarke throws a front kick aimed at Souza's knee but Souza avoids it well.
Dayton Clarke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clarke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Souza is looking to clinch.
A jab from Clarke misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dayton Clarke.
Well Souza 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:47
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:46
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Souza!
Sergio Souza retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Sergio Souza, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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