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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pope comes to the cage accompanied by LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It . On his way into the cage it seems that Trent Pope has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Trent Pope seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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273 lbs
24 - 8 - 0 |
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196 cm
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243 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pope uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Souza.
Souza with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Souza throws a series of strikes that have Pope backpedaling.
Pope fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Souza checks it well.
Pope cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
Pope uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Souza moves into range and clinches up with Pope.
A hook to the body from Souza.
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
Pope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Pope controls his hands.
Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Pope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pope lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pope backwards.
Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pope is looking to break free of the clinch but Souza has double underhooks.
Pope throws an elbow that misses.
Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pope.
Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pope's elbow.
Pope goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pope's elbow.
Pope lands a left hand.
It looks like Sergio Souza has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Souza avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the cage.
Pope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza lands a left hand.
Pope takes a shot to the head.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pope struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
Pope is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Souza.
Souza tries to work over Pope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pope is working Souza over against the cage.
Pope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pope throws the left hand but Souza avoids the punch easily.
Pope thuds a left hand into Souza's body.
Souza throws a shot to the body.
Pope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza closes the distance and pushes Pope back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Pope.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Souza misses with the head strike.
Pope tries a body shot but Souza blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pope.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
Souza working aggressively here.
Pope blocks a body shot from Souza.
Pope blocks a body shot from Souza.
Pope unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Pope throws an elbow that misses.
Pope throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pope backwards.
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!
Pope scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza scores with a shot to the side of Pope's head.
Pope just leaning against Souza, taking a breather.
Pope pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pope or not.
A short left from Souza.
Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pope.
A short right from Pope on the inside.
Souza works on Pope's body with a couple of short punches.
Souza tries a body shot but Pope blocks it.
Pope can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pope with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Souza on the inside.
Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
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 Sergio Souza's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Souza moves out of range of the body kick.
Pope goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pope misses with a low kick.
Souza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pope stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donk. Souza catches Pope right on the button with a cross.
Pope takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pope looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pope on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pope jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Souza lands.
Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
Pope pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pope misses with an elbow over the top.
Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Pope can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
Pope tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pope backwards.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Souza misses with some punches.
Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pope lands a damaging elbow.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
Pope misses with a knee strike.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Pope.
Pope misses with a punch to the body.
Pope tries to land a knee to the head but Souza blocks with his arms.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Pope looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pope.
A nice right hand lands inside from Souza.
That's two 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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Souza.
Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pope blocks a body shot from Souza.
Pope has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Souza lands an uppercut.
Sergio Souza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Souza drops Pope onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Pope is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Pope is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Oh Pope is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza misses with the head strike.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pope seems to have got his legs back now.
A right hand to the body from Souza.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Souza. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Souza lands with a left to the head.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pope backwards.
Pope blocks a body shot from Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Souza lands with a short shot to the head.
Souza avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the cage.
Pope looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Souza works on Pope's body with a couple of short punches.
Pope landing knees to the body.
Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Pope controls his hands.
Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Souza is leaning against Pope and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pope blocks an uppercut.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Souza.
Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pope misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Souza.
Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
Souza lands a body punch.
Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Souza lands a left hand.
Souza pushes Pope against the cage. Souza is working some dirty boxing. Souza pushes off with a quick right hook! Pope goes down! Pope tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Souza moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza!
After the fight, Sergio Souza was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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