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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Porsche Valeron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza's entrance music is Alex De Souza. A fine choice. Alexsandro De Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Porsche Valeron!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Valeron has closed the distance and engaged De Souza in a clinch.
Valeron lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valeron.
Valeron fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Souza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Valeron is out of range.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Valeron.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Valeron's front leg but catches the back leg as Valeron tries to avoid it.
Valeron misses with a looping left.
De Souza tries a low kick but Valeron avoids it.
Valeron throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Valeron 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.
De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Valeron lands with a right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Valeron.
Valeron tests De Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valeron with a hook.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valeron lands with an uppercut that bounces De Souza off the cage and back into range.
A lazy left from Valeron finds it's target.
De Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Valeron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Souza.
De Souza wants to land a leg kick but Valeron is out of range.
Valeron scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Souza.
Valeron throws a big shot that misses.
De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza connects with a solid leg kick.
Valeron slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Valeron if he has to take too many more of those.
De Souza defending well as Valeron loads up on a big left hand.
Valeron fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Souza throws a nice head kick!
De Souza is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valeron's sensitive parts.
De Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valeron lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Valeron takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Valeron checks a leg kick nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
De Souza lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Souza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Valeron checks a low kick from De Souza.
De Souza connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
Porsche Valeron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Valeron punishes De Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
Valeron has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Valeron lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De Souza keeps Valeron at a distance using the push kick.
De Souza throws a head kick but Valeron moves out of range.
Valeron throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good leg kick by De Souza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Valeron digs a good hook to De Souza's body.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Valeron's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valeron's calf.
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
De Souza lands a head kick. Valeron smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Valeron.
De Souza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Valeron takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Souza blocks a jab.
De Souza wants to land a leg kick but Valeron is out of range.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valeron's calf.
Valeron misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.
De Souza tries to land a leg kick but Valeron saw it coming and moves away.
Valeron tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valeron tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
Valeron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Souza had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Valeron throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Souza counters with an inside leg kick.
Valeron connects with a right hand. De Souza shakes it off.
Valeron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
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 Alexsandro De Souza will probably get the nod.
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.
Valeron on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Valeron connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Valeron.
De Souza staying out of range there.
Valeron loads up on a big right hand but De Souza slips the punch.
De Souza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza throws the kick towards the body but Valeron avoids it.
Valeron scores with a one two! De Souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A nice combination there by Valeron.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Souza. Valeron shrugs it off though.
Valeron lands with a nice body punch.
De Souza misses with a low kick as Valeron jumps back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valeron lands a jab-cross combination.
Valeron scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Porsche Valeron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valeron avoids the head kick by De Souza.
Valeron's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Valeron duly obliges.
De Souza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Valeron clobbers De Souza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
Valeron swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Souza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Valeron misses with a straight left.
Valeron shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. De Souza eats them both and turns towards Valeron to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Valeron swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valeron throws a right hand that De Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that De Souza also avoids with ease.
De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valeron. Valeron obviously looking to wear him down.
Valeron misses with a hook.
Valeron's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Souza under the eye.
De Souza throws a low kick but Valeron moves out of range easily.
Valeron tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
De Souza looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Valeron checks a leg kick.
Valeron throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and De Souza counters with a thumping low kick.
De Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Valeron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Souza.
Valeron cracks De Souza with a right hand to the side of the head.
Valeron throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valeron tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valeron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Valeron scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Valeron checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
De Souza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Valeron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valeron throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Valeron misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Souza throws a wild body kick that Valeron sees coming a mile off.
Jab by Valeron.
De Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Valeron with a nice cross.
A head kick misses from De Souza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Valeron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Souza scores with a kick to the body.
Valeron is breathing heavily.
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 nice leg kick lands there from De Souza.
De Souza wants to slow Valeron down by chopping away at his legs.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valeron.
De Souza lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Souza lands a high kick!
Valeron is rocked!
Valeron walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Souza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Valeron is still on wobbly legs! Can De Souza finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valeron takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Valeron seems to have recovered his senses.
Valeron checks a leg kick nicely.
De Souza lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexsandro De Souza will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Valeron misses with an uppercut.
Valeron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valeron's sensitive parts.
Valeron throws an overhand right that lands on De Souza's shoulder, as De Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Valeron scores with a jab to the head.
Both fighters circling a little - De Souza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Valeron on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Valeron thuds a left hand into De Souza's body.
Valeron takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.
Valeron wants to clinch.
De Souza throws a head kick but Valeron moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valeron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valeron misses with a straight left.
Valeron bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De Souza's head backwards.
Valeron looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
Valeron misses with a hook to the body
and De Souza counters with an outside leg kick.
De Souza connects with an inside leg kick.
Valeron throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Valeron in the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for De Souza.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Valeron throws a big shot that misses.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Valeron has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Valeron.
De Souza throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De Souza lands a nice looking body kick.
De Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Valeron throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Souza counters with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by De Souza.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.
Valeron on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by De Souza!
De Souza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valeron's sensitive parts.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
Valeron tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Souza is looking to slow Valeron down with leg kicks.
Valeron connects with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valeron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Souza delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Valeron tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valeron throws out a powerful jab.
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!
De Souza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Valeron moves into range and clinches up with De Souza.
A nice left hand lands by Valeron.
Valeron lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Souza.
De Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Valeron.
Valeron misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Valeron.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valeron misses with a punch on the inside.
Valeron misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
Porsche Valeron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valeron throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
Our winner, Alexsandro De Souza, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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