PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chicharito Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Souza
vs
Souza

180 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
197 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Souza !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicharito Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Souza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Souza, pushing him back against the cage.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Chicharito Souza has been cut.
Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Souza tries to break free but Souza pushes him back against the cage.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza landing knees to the head.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
A right hook to the body lands for Souza .
Souza crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Souza has the dominant position.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Souza is trying to push Souza away but Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A knee to the head by Souza .
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Souza is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Souza .
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.
Souza with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Souza .
Souza connects with a knee to the head.
Souza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Souza gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Souza wants a takedown but no success here.
Souza landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Souza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Souza tries to circle away but Souza has him pinned against the cage.
Souza landing knees to the head.
Souza is trying to push Souza away but Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Souza crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza with a knee to the head.
Souza can't break the clinch.
Souza is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza .
Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Souza .
Souza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souza presses Souza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.
Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Souza won't want to take too many of those.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Souza tries to circle away but Souza has him pinned against the cage.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Souza as the two fighters clinch.
Souza landing knees to the body.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Souza is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Chicharito Souza's cut even more.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza lands a knee to the body.
Souza with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Souza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Souza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chicharito Souza's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Souza blocks the body kick.
Souza wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Souza throws a push kick but Souza slaps the foot to one side.

Souza closes the distance and clinches.
Souza has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Souza after a bit of a struggle.
Souza is trying to pull guard but Souza turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Souza has the dominant position.
Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Souza landing knees to the head.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Souza working Souza over with knees to the body.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza is trying to push Souza away but Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Souza lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Souza with a knee to the head.
Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Souza tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Thiago Souza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza has had enough of the clinch but Souza keeps him there for the moment.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.
Souza connects with a knee to the head.
Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but Souza blocks with his arms.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souza tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a body shot.
Souza lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Souza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Souza tries to break free but Souza pushes him back against the cage.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Souza is controlling him.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Souza is looking to break free of the clinch but Souza has double underhooks.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza landing knees to the head.
Souza presses Souza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Souza tries to circle away but Souza has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Souza .

The cut above Chicharito Souza's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice left hand lands by Souza .
Knees in the clinch landing for Souza .
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza wants to break free but Souza has control.
Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Souza fails to pull guard.
Thiago Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chicharito Souza.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Souza has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Souza . Those never looked like landing.
Thiago Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Souza throws a head kick that misses.
We've been told by Souza 's head coaches at Personal Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Souza blocks a jab.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Souza scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza lands a knee to the body.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza can't get the takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza working Souza over with knees to the body.
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
Souza working Souza over with knees to the body.
Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Souza can't break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.
Souza with a knee to the head.
Souza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Souza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chicharito Souza's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Souza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Souza lands a nice knee to the body.
Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Souza is controlling him.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Souza with a knee to the head.
Souza landing knees to the head.
Souza keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza .
Souza is trying to push Souza away but Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
A knee to the head by Souza .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.

Souza is rocked!
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Souza finish him?
A knee to the head by Souza .
Souza working the clinch nicely. Souza is working for position but Souza cracks him with a big knee to the head! Souza crumples up against the cage and Souza lands two more shots before the ref can save Souza! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Thiago Souza !