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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Rotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Dry County. Rotten comes into a darkened arena with his song building. White Zombie - More Human Than Human kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Thiago de Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johnny Rotten's chin.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Rotten!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Rotten.
de Souza misses with a looping left.
A right-left combo lands from Rotten.
de Souza 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.
Rotten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
de Souza thuds his right hand into Rotten's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
de Souza throws a right and a left that Rotten avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Rotten.
Rotten connects with a looping right hand.
Rotten lands a slapping body shot.
de Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Rotten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from de Souza.
de Souza slips a jab from Rotten.
de Souza blocks a leg kick.
de Souza avoids the body shot from Rotten.
Rotten misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rotten. de Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Rotten coming out on top.
Rotten misses with a body kick.
de Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rotten throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The fight stays on the outside here - de Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rotten is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rotten connects with an inside leg kick.
de Souza avoids the body shot from Rotten.
de Souza wants to clinch.
Rotten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but de Souza manages to avoid it.
de Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Rotten's shoulder, as Rotten tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for de Souza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Rotten.
Rotten scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. de Souza doesn't seem bothered though.
Rotten shoots for a double leg takedown but de Souza sprawls well. He's pushed Rotten's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rotten.
Rotten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from de Souza misses.
de Souza lands a really nice looking cross but Rotten seems unphased.
Rotten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but de Souza moves away.
Horrible takedown by de Souza or perhaps it was just good defense by Rotten which made him look bad.
Rotten misses with a low kick.
de Souza closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rotten did well to prevent de Souza getting side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rotten defending well though.
de Souza with the ground and pound but Rotten uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Rotten is trying to control the position from the bottom.
de Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
de Souza drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Rotten dives on top into guard.
Rotten passes de Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
de Souza moves into full guard.
de Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rotten wants to control from the top but de Souza keeps moving.
Rotten throwing strikes from guard but de Souza blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Souza has his foot on Rotten's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rotten works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rotten scoring with some ground and pound.
de Souza looking for a sweep. Not yet de Souza, not yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rotten is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rotten looking to pass the guard.
de Souza manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
de Souza thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
de Souza controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rotten dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
de Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rotten swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de Souza throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rotten tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. de Souza is in Rotten's guard.
Rotten trying to control the position here.
de Souza throwing strikes but missing.
de Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
de Souza wants to control from the top but Rotten keeps moving.
de Souza wants to pass the guard but Rotten is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
de Souza preventing the sweep.
de Souza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rotten's guard.
Rotten tries to roll over but de Souza keeps him under control.
de Souza seems to be working for a kimura but Rotten defends the submission attempt.
Rotten blocking the ground and pound attempt from de Souza.
de Souza lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Souza seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rotten does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rotten regains full guard. Nicely done.
de Souza landing with the ground and pound.
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 throws an elbow that misses. Rotten uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de Souza's guard. Nice move by Rotten!
Rotten throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as de Souza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rotten must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rotten trying to control but de Souza is working from the bottom.
de Souza manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rotten is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza tries to control but Rotten wriggling away.
Rotten wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by de Souza.
de Souza goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Rotten is on top in guard.
Thiago de Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rotten lands a couple of digs.
de Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rotten scoring with punches to the head and body.
de Souza has momentary wrist control but Rotten slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Souza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rotten is aware though and is defending well.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rotten accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rotten lands a couple of digs.
de Souza thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rotten is working de Souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rotten lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rotten postures up in de Souza's guard and throws a big left but de Souza blocks it.
de Souza has control of Rotten's left arm, preventing Rotten from doing any damage.
de Souza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rotten manages to get himself to full guard.
de Souza being controlled here momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rotten controls de Souza momentarily but de Souza frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago de Souza dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
de Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Rotten circles away.
Rotten misses with a series of wild punches.
Rotten changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de Souza tries to avoid it but Rotten manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de Souza to the ground. de Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rotten misses the shot to the body.
Rotten takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rotten misses with a wild body shot.
de Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
de Souza misses with a leg kick.
Rotten digs a good body shot into de Souza's ribs.
Rotten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but de Souza moves away.
de Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Rotten circles away.
Johnny Rotten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rotten blocks a leg kick.
Rotten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and de Souza is able to avoid easily.
Rotten throws a leg kick
enabling de Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
Rotten misses with an uppercut.
Rotten throws a leg kick but de Souza moved away.
de Souza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rotten throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rotten is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down de Souza rather than just go for the knockout.
Some bone on bone action there as Rotten checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
de Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut lands for Rotten. That snapped de Souza's head back.
Rotten scores with a hook to the body. de Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rotten slips a straight right by de Souza.
de Souza moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rotten swings away with a body shot that misses
and de Souza counters with a straight right hand.
de Souza drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rotten looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rotten utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
de Souza throws a strike but Rotten rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rotten throwing strikes but missing.
de Souza is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rotten trying to control but de Souza is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now de Souza is on top in guard.
de Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rotten manages to escape and get back to his feet.
de Souza steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rotten. That one must have hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rotten takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rotten swings for the body but de Souza moves out of range.
Rotten uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Souza tries to clinch but Rotten moves out of range.
Rotten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rotten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de Souza checks the leg kick.
de Souza stuffs the takedown.
de Souza misses with a body kick.
Rotten throws a body punch but de Souza moves out of range.
Rotten moves out of range as de Souza strikes.
de Souza throws a shot from downtown. Rotten moves away and avoids it.
de Souza loads up on a big right hand but Rotten slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rotten tries to land a leg kick but de Souza saw it coming and moves away.
Rotten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rotten takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Thiago de Souza did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! de Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rotten pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces de Souza back to the cage. Rotten follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
de Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rotten.
de Souza fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rotten on the side of the head.
Rotten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as de Souza checks a leg kick.
Rotten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
de Souza walks into a straight right hand from Rotten.
de Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
de Souza finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rotten attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rotten scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rotten lands a nice shot to the body.
de Souza throws a jab when Rotten was well out of range.
Rotten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
de Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rotten manages to get to full guard.
Rotten preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
de Souza postures up.
de Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Souza stops Rotten from standing up.
Rotten preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
de Souza drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rotten manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now de Souza has Rotten in his guard.
de Souza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rotten wants to control from the top but de Souza keeps moving.
Rotten with a flurry of punches that miss.
de Souza keeping moving, preventing Rotten from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as de Souza holds on and takes a little breather.
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 looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten looking to pass the guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
de Souza is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rotten scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
de Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rotten is one step ahead there.
de Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rotten doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rotten manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rotten is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rotten wants to stand but de Souza has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten cracks de Souza with a solid left hand.
de Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rotten throwing strikes but missing.
de Souza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rotten!
de Souza unloads with some shots from mount but Rotten bucks and avoids them well.
Rotten tries to lock up and control but de Souza gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Souza throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rotten sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rotten dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rotten looks to land a left hand but de Souza moved out of range nicely.
Rotten throws a low kick, looking for de Souza's leg but de Souza calmly moves out of range.
de Souza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rotten moves into range and connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from de Souza misses the target.
Rotten scores with a jab.
Rotten throws a sloppy head kick and de Souza moves out of range easily.
A big right from Rotten misses.
Rotten moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
de Souza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
de Souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
de Souza feints and as Rotten raises his hands in defense, de Souza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rotten keeping full guard, as de Souza tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza is in close to Rotten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
de Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rotten is keeping the position for now.
de Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Rotten avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
de Souza stands up and waves to Rotten to follow him.
Rotten looks to land a right hand but de Souza moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from de Souza.
de Souza missing with a left hand there. Rotten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rotten closes this distance looking for a takedown but de Souza circles away.
Rotten tries to keep at a distance but de Souza has taken the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for de Souza.
Rotten is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rotten jumps guard but de Souza stands there with Rotten around his waist. Rotten gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
de Souza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rotten gets through de Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rotten fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Rotten.
de Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
de Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Rotten managing to block the knees to the body from de Souza.
Rotten is trying to force a seperation but de Souza has the dominant position.
Rotten is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza wants a takedown.
de Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rotten avoids it.
de Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
de Souza breaks the clinch.
A jab from de Souza does it's job there.
de Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rotten lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rotten connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rotten takes a swing at de Souza's ribcage but misses.
Rotten connects with an inside leg kick.
Rotten moves forwards but de Souza connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt.
de Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Souza shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rotten is trying to defend but de Souza finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de Souza working Rotten over with strikes.
de Souza looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rotten pushes de Souza off looking to stand but de Souza dives back in and keeps control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago de Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think de Souza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 48:48
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 48:48
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 48:47
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Thiago de Souza retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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