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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chicharito Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Psina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicharito Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Psina!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psina takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Souza dives in for a single leg takedown but Psina sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Psina breaks the clinch.
Souza lands a nice shot that snaps Psina's head back.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Psina throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've been hearing reports that Souza has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Psina throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Souza avoids the head kick by Psina.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Psina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Psina lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Psina displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Souza throws out the jab.
Souza fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Psina misses with a jab, cross combination.
Psina ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
Souza misses with a looping right.
Psina leaves Souza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chicharito Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Psina.
Psina walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Psina as he jumps to the side.
Souza lands a head shot.
Some wild striking there from Souza.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Psina moves away and avoids it.
Psina lands with a kick to the temple. Souza shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
John Psina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Psina takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Souza avoids the head kick by Psina.
Psina misses with a few strikes there.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Psina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Psina drops his hands momentarily and Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Psina misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Psina ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
Souza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Psina avoids the body shot from Souza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Psina does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Psina swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Souza drives through with a takedown into Psina's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza drops back looking for a leg! Psina is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Psina manages to kick Souza off! Souza jumps back into Psina's guard.
Souza prevents Psina from getting back to his feet.
Souza advances to half guard.
Souza has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Psina defend it? Souza steps over the head and cranks it - Psina is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Souza!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chicharito Souza!
An out of breath Chicharito Souza thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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