PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dynamite Glove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

De Souza
vs
Glove

177 cm
24
177 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
177 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alfonso De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dynamite Glove!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza cracks the inside of Glove's front leg.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Glove misses with a low kick as De Souza jumps back.
De Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Glove.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. Glove looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Glove misses with a few strikes there.
Glove 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.
Glove uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Glove checks a leg kick.
Glove walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Glove.
Glove gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Glove clinches.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Glove controls his hands.
Glove lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Glove's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Glove lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glove prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Glove misses with a punch to the body.
Glove lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Glove tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
De Souza keeps control of Glove as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Glove swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glove letting De Souza take a breather here.
Glove tries to break free but De Souza pushes him back against the cage.
Glove struggles to land a body shot inside as De Souza controls his hands.
Glove misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Glove.
Glove lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Glove.
De Souza lands a nice elbow.
De Souza lands with a right to the head.
Glove lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glove working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Glove fails to land.

Glove breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glove motions for De Souza to come forward. Glove throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza walks forward, straight into a front kick from Glove.
Glove moves out of range of the body kick.

Glove clinches up against the cage.
Glove has a couple of punches blocked by De Souza.
De Souza working aggressively here.
De Souza lands a nice uppercut.
Glove lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Glove pushes De Souza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Glove wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Souza throws a head punch that misses.
De Souza avoiding damage.
Glove tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glove is trying to break free.
Glove misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Glove.
A head punch on the inside from Glove fails to land.
Glove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glove avoiding damage as De Souza throws knees to the body.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Glove avoids it.
Glove wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Souza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
De Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Glove doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glove misses with a punch on the inside.
De Souza lands a right hand.
Glove lands a right hand.
Glove misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza prevents Glove from breaking the clinch.
Glove lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for De Souza.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Souza throws an elbow but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glove misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Glove's efforts to push away.
Glove misses with a short punch on the inside.
Glove avoiding damage as De Souza throws knees to the body.
Glove blocks the elbow strike.
Glove misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Glove fails to land.
De Souza cracks Glove with a nice body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from De Souza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Glove.

Glove escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Souza lunges at Glove with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Glove's hand.
Glove tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dynamite Glove will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Glove takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good exchange - Glove coming out on top.

Glove takes the fight into the clinch.
Glove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glove throws a head punch that misses.
De Souza tries to work over Glove's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Glove on the inside.
Glove tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
Glove wants to break free but De Souza has control.
Glove looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza digs a right hand underneath Glove's ribcage. Glove let out a lung full of air as it connected.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Glove.
Dynamite Glove seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza wants to stall.
De Souza lands with a right to the head.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Glove controls the action.

De Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glove throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Glove changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza thows a leg kick but Glove checks it
and Glove counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Glove.
De Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Glove.
Glove tries to clinch up
and De Souza counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Glove is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A punch lands to the side of De Souza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Glove swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glove lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a body kick that misses.

De Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
Glove lands a body punch in the clinch.
Glove is looking to break free of the clinch but De Souza has double underhooks.
Glove stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Glove escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Souza scores with a jab to the body.
Glove wants to land a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
Glove misses with a wild combination.
De Souza keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Souza.
De Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
De Souza avoids the head kick by Glove.
De Souza has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Glove.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glove throws a lazy right hand but De Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Souza throws a jab when Glove was well out of range.
De Souza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Souza walks into a straight right hand from Glove.
De Souza missing with a left hand there. Glove was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Glove scores with a decent looking hook.
Glove blocks a low kick nicely.
Glove checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Glove has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Glove looks to land a right hand but De Souza moved out of range.
Glove throws a leg kick but De Souza moved away.
Glove looks to land a left hand but De Souza moved out of range nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Glove scores with a four punch combination!
De Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Glove in the body.
An inside leg kick from De Souza misses.
De Souza cracks the inside of Glove's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glove throws a series of punches but De Souza moves out of range.
Glove swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glove throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glove misses with a hook.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Glove throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza lands a slapping body shot.
Glove lands a really nice looking cross but De Souza seems unphased.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
Glove ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
Glove swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Souza throws a big shot that misses.
Glove throws a combination that misses
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Souza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dynamite Glove will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

De Souza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Glove swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glove connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glove.
Glove misses with a kick to the body.
De Souza wants to slow Glove down by chopping away at his legs.
Glove blocks a jab.
Glove takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Glove throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
Glove dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Glove clinches up against the cage.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza misses with a body punch.
Glove misses with a punch on the inside.
Glove's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Glove gets through De Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glove tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Souza missing with knees to the body.
De Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Glove controls the action.
Glove lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Souza obliges.
De Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza lands an elbow inside.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Glove controls the action.
Glove lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glove lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
Glove misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza pushes Glove back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza tries to work over Glove's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glove lands with a right to the head.
Alfonso De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glove has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dynamite Glove is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De Souza misses with some punches.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike.
De Souza is pushing Glove up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glove doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Souza misses with the head strike.
Glove prevents a body shot from De Souza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Souza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Glove's brow.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Souza is looking to control Glove's arms but Glove gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Souza has his back to the cage.
De Souza works on Glove's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Souza.
A left hand lands to the body for Glove.
De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Glove blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Souza lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Souza lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
De Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glove's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Souza misses with the head strike.
De Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza tries a body shot but Glove blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Glove has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dynamite Glove!
After winning the bout, Dynamite Glove thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.