PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boy Bakal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulisses De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bakal
vs
De Souza

197 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Boy Bakal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ulisses De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
Bakal tries to stall but De Souza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakal's defenses.

It looks like Boy Bakal has been cut.
Bakal trying to control the position but instead, De Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bakal into the cage.
De Souza landing knees to the head.
Bakal is trying to break the clinch but De Souza is controlling him.
Bakal looking to stall.
Bakal is trying to force a seperation but De Souza has the dominant position.
Bakal takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bakal blocks an elbow strike.
De Souza landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Souza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakal.
De Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Souza throws an elbow that misses.
De Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
Bakal trying to stall but De Souza improves his position.
De Souza trying to land knees to the body.
De Souza lands a knee to the body.
De Souza lands a knee to the head.
Bakal is breathing heavily.
De Souza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Souza connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Souza.
De Souza working Bakal over with knees to the body.
De Souza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bakal takes a knee to the side of the body.
De Souza landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Souza obliges.
De Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakal's defenses.

Boy Bakal's cut is getting worse.
De Souza landing knees to the body.
De Souza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Souza landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakal takes an elbow to the temple.
De Souza slowing the pace effectively.
De Souza landing knees to the head.
De Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
De Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Souza stalling in the clinch.
De Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bakal's face.
Bakal is looking to control De Souza's arms but De Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bakal has his back to the cage.
De Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
De Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands an elbow inside.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Bakal avoids the damage to the body.
De Souza pushes off an throws an elbow but Bakal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Souza holding his opponent close, against the cage.
De Souza lands an elbow just above Bakal 's eye.
Bakal looking to stall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bakal is trying to push De Souza away but De Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
De Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Souza as Bakal tries to tie him up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Souza landing knees to the body.
De Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Bakal avoiding damage as De Souza throws knees to the body.
De Souza lands a knee to the body.
Bakal can't break the clinch.
De Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Bakal won't want to take too many of those.
A bit of stalling here from De Souza.
De Souza looking to throw knees to the head but Bakal is blocking nicely.
Bakal blocks the elbow strike.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a knee strike.
Bakal wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
De Souza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bakal avoids the elbow strike from De Souza, against the cage.
De Souza lands a knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Bakal avoids the damage to the body.
De Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a knee to the head.
Bakal is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bakal is trying to break the clinch but De Souza is controlling him.
Bakal is pushing De Souza 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 lands an elbow inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Souza as Bakal tries to tie him up.
Maybe Bakal would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but Bakal blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Souza obliges.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Souza tries a knee to the head but Bakal blocks it.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Bakal avoids the damage to the body.
De Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bakal is defending well for now.
Bakal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Souza.
De Souza looking to slow down the pace here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
De Souza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bakal is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Bakal avoids the damage to the body.
Bakal blocks an elbow strike from De Souza.
Bakal is looking to break free of the clinch but De Souza has double underhooks.
Bakal tries to stall but De Souza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Souza missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bakal controlling the action here for a moment.
Boy Bakal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bakal has had enough of the clinch but De Souza keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ulisses De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Souza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Ulisses De Souza!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Ulisses De Souza!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ulisses De Souza!

Ulisses De Souza wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Ulisses 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.