PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Breno Estima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Breno Estima is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Souza
vs
Estima

180 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
27
155 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 5 - 2 - 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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Breno Estima !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estima fails with an attempt to clinch.
Estima keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Estima tries to clinch up.
Estima circles away from the clinch attempt.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Estima circles away.

Souza clinches with his opponent.
Souza misses with a knee to the head.
Souza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Estima .
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza scores with a hook to the body.
Estima has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Souza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Souza .
Souza scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Estima won't want to take too many of those.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but Estima is blocking nicely.
Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but Estima blocks with his arms.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estima avoids it.
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estima avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Souza obliges.
Estima is working for takedown but Souza is calmly controlling the position for now.
Thiago Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Breno Estima .
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right handed body shot lands from Souza .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Estima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Estima avoiding damage as Souza throws knees to the body.
Estima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Estima on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Come on Estima - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Estima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Estima controls his hands.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but Estima is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a nice uppercut.
Estima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Souza obliges.
Souza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Estima .
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza lands with a left to the head.
Souza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but Estima is blocking nicely.
Estima wants to take the fight to the mat but Souza manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Estima drops down looking for an ankle pick but Souza pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Souza rushes Estima and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Estima looking for a takedown.
Souza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but Estima is blocking nicely.

Estima has picked Souza up - he's going for a ride! Estima dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Estima seems to be looking for submissions.
Souza tries to kick Estima off but Estima keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Souza dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Estima swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza .
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Estima takes the fight into the clinch.
Souza tries a knee to the head but Estima blocks it.
Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Estima is defending well for now.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.
Souza landing knees to the head.
Souza lands an uppercut.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.
Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estima drops down looking for an ankle pick but Souza pulls his leg out and moves away.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza works Estima 's body with a nice hook.

Estima drives through and clinches with Souza against the cage.
Estima controlling the action here for a moment.
Thiago Souza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Estima backwards.
Estima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Estima avoiding damage as Souza throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estima takes a knee to the side of the body.
Souza tries a body shot but Estima blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Estima is looking to take this one to the mat.
Thiago Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Breno Estima .
Souza connects with a knee to the head.
Estima just leaning against Souza , taking a breather.
Souza crunches a lovely knee into Estima 's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza stops a takedown attempt from Estima .
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but Estima blocks with his arms.
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Estima 's face.
Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Estima avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Souza .
Souza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Estima or not.
Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Estima is looking for a takedown.
Souza lands a knee to the body.
Souza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Souza scores with a knee to the head.
Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Estima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Souza landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estima on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.
Souza tries a knee to the head but Estima blocks it.
Estima is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Souza pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Estima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Souza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Estima 's face.
Souza misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Estima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Estima looking to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Estima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Estima stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Souza dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Estima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Estima keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thiago Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza tries to clinch but Estima is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Souza throws a combination. Estima tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Souza tries to clinch there but Estima circles away.
Estima swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza .
Souza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Souza is looking to clinch.
Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Estima swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza .
Souza wants to clinch up but Estima keeps it at a distance.
Estima tries to clinch up but Souza circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Estima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Souza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Souza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but Estima is blocking nicely.
Estima takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but Estima avoids the damage to the body.

Estima has Souza pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Estima pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Souza tumbling to the mat - Estima dives into Souza 's guard.
Estima trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Estima pushing down on Souza 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Estima looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is trying to stand.
Estima is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Estima is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Souza is just riding it out for now. Estima eventually gives up the hold.
Estima trying to control from Souza 's half guard. Souza has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Estima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estima wants to control from the top but Souza keeps moving.
Estima looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Estima trying to control but Souza is working from the bottom.
Souza wants to stand but Estima is controlling the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Estima looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Breno Estima wasn't active enough on the ground.
Souza with a hook.

Souza tries to keep at a distance but Estima has taken the fight into the clinch.
Estima wants a takedown.
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but Estima blocks with his arms.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Estima blocks it with crossed arms.
Souza misses with a body punch.
Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Estima .
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Estima .
Souza missing with knees to the body.
Breno Estima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Estima tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thiago Souza .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Souza , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Souza !