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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatchakorn Yeerum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai. Yeerum has chosen The Thai Monk as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 cm
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177 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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188 cm
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180 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfonso De Souza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tatchakorn Yeerum! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yeerum throws a right and a left that both miss. De Souza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Yeerum tries to clinch but De Souza moves out of range. De Souza lunges at Yeerum with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yeerum's hand. De Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing. De Souza moves out of range as Yeerum strikes. Yeerum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Souza throws out the jab. Yeerum misses with a straight left. Yeerum checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Souza connects with a single shot there. Tatchakorn Yeerum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. De Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Souza swings for the body but Yeerum moves out of range.
De Souza attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. De Souza clinches up against the cage. With the fighters up against the cage, De Souza throws an elbow but misses. Yeerum throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza. De Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Yeerum throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yeerum working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Yeerum avoids a wild elbow strike from De Souza. De Souza lands an elbow that stopped Yeerum in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Tatchakorn Yeerum has been cut. Yeerum blocks an uppercut.
Yeerum creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yeerum. Yeerum misses with some punches.
De Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yeerum backwards. Nice elbow from Yeerum. De Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Yeerum backwards. De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Souza working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza. Yeerum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Alfonso De Souza has been cut. Yeerum looks to throw an elbow but misses. Yeerum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Yeerum breaks from the clinch.
De Souza with a body punch. A glancing blow. De Souza takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yeerum lands a nice shot that snaps De Souza's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeerum. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet. Yeerum checks a leg kick nicely. Yeerum throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a slapping leg kick. De Souza avoids the body shot from Yeerum.
Yeerum swinging wildly here.
Yeerum checks a leg kick. Yeerum cracks De Souza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Yeerum throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range. De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Yeerum checks it. De Souza throws a solid leg kick but Yeerum takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Souza. Yeerum scores with a nice strike. De Souza blocks a jab. De Souza scores with a nice strike. Yeerum lands with an uppercut that bounces De Souza off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yeerum looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range. Yeerum takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Souza is looking to slow Yeerum down with leg kicks. De Souza is looking to land body kicks. De Souza pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yeerum is out of range and De Souza settles back down. De Souza tries a head kick but it misses.
A right-left combo lands from Yeerum. A looping hook to the body misses from Yeerum. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet. A big right from De Souza misses. Yeerum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A leg kick checked by Yeerum. Yeerum moves into the clinch. A short right from Yeerum. Yeerum throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza. De Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Yeerum has a couple of punches blocked by De Souza.
Yeerum lands an elbow inside that De Souza shrugs off. Yeerum misses with a hook from the clinch. Yeerum scores with a shot to the side of De Souza's head. Yeerum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Souza. Yeerum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yeerum pushes off an throws an elbow but De Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yeerum takes an elbow to the temple. De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Souza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yeerum's defenses. A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. De Souza lands a nice shot to the body. De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yeerum backwards. Still in the clinch, De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alfonso De Souza will probably get the nod. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yeerum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. De Souza lands a right hook to the body.
Yeerum misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yeerum. De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Yeerum clinches with his opponent.
Yeerum has had enough of the clinch but De Souza keeps him there for the moment. Yeerum throws an elbow that misses.
Yeerum misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza. Yeerum misses with a hook from the clinch. A body shot lands from De Souza.
Yeerum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yeerum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. De Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yeerum avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Souza lands a body punch. De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Yeerum. Yeerum tries to circle away but De Souza has him pinned against the cage. Yeerum misses with the head strike.
De Souza blocks an elbow strike. Yeerum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Souza backwards. De Souza lands with a short shot to the head. De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Yeerum.
Nice elbow from De Souza. A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza. De Souza scores with a nice hook to the head. De Souza misses with some punches.
De Souza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. A short uppercut from Yeerum. De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Yeerum. 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! Yeerum lands a hook to the side of the head. Nice elbow from Yeerum. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yeerum. De Souza takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yeerum misses with an elbow strike.
Yeerum blocking some punches.
De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Yeerum. A right hook to the body lands for De Souza.
De Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yeerum backwards. De Souza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. De Souza lands a left hand.
De Souza misses with an elbow strike.
Yeerum throws a head punch that misses. De Souza blocks an elbow strike. De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Yeerum avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage. De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Yeerum. Yeerum working aggressively here.
De Souza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Yeerum on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. The fighters circling - Yeerum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yeerum avoids the body shot from De Souza.
Nice cross by De Souza.
Yeerum is rocked! Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by De Souza! Yeerum is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfonso De Souza! Alfonso De Souza decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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