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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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195 cm
28
265 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucas Alves!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves scores with a nice strike.
Lucas Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
Souza tried to score with a low kick but Alves checks it.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Souza lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Souza misses with an uppercut.
Souza throws a leg kick that is checked
and Alves counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Alves.
Souza is rocked!
Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
Oh Souza is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza is pulling down on Alves's head. It's preventing any offense from Alves, at least for the moment.
Souza is trying to control the position but Alves postures up.
Souza seems to have got his legs back now.
Souza looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alves throwing strikes but missing.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza looking for a sweep. Not yet Souza, not yet.
Alves tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.
Alves is still trying to improve position.
Alves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza wants to sweep here but Alves controlling him for the moment.
Souza is pulling down on Alves's head to control his posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Alves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza misses with a low kick.
Alves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alves defending well as Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown but Souza manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Alves's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Souza sprawls well. Souza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigo Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Alves.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Souza moved out of range nicely.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt
and Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alves's knee momentarily.
Alves looks winded!
Souza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alves avoids the body shot from Souza.
Souza throws a low kick, looking for Alves's leg but Alves calmly moves out of range.
Souza closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Alves quickly recovers to half guard.
Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Souza scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Souza is just content to waste time from the top position. Alves takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Souza working some strikes from top position.
Souza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alves's head.
Souza works over Alves with some ground and pound from guard.
Souza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Souza postures up and lands a big shot to Alves's brow.
Souza trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Souza postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Souza has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Souza scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Souza working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Souza might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alves is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Souza is aware though and is defending well.
Souza scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Souza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Souza swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Alves.
Alves tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Souza connects with a couple of short punches.
Alves wants to get back to his feet but Souza is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves has momentary wrist control but Souza slips an elbow through the middle.
Alves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Souza is controlling him.
Souza throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rodrigo Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Souza wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
Souza scoring with some ground and pound.
Souza with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alves is looking to stand up but Souza isn't so interested in that idea.
Souza is looking to work some ground and pound but Alves has wrist control.
Alves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Souza trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Souza manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Souza is keeping the position.
Souza lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Souza is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Souza tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Alves preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Souza trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Alves trying to control but Souza is working from the bottom.
Souza has control of Alves's left arm, preventing Alves from doing any damage.
Souza on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Souza tries to get out of the position.
Alves preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alves trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Souza controlling Alves's posture.
Alves throws an elbow that misses. Souza uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alves's guard. Nice move by Souza!
Souza distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Souza dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Alves shoots for a double leg takedown but Souza sprawls well. He's pushed Alves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Souza manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Alves on his heels. He'll look to pass Alves's guard now, I'm sure.
Souza working some strikes from top position.
Souza distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Souza throws an elbow that misses. Alves uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Souza's guard. Nice move by Alves!
Souza is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Souza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Alves is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Souza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alves tries to roll over but Souza keeps him under control.
Souza landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Souza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alves taking some punishment here, with Souza in his half guard.
Alves wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is trying to control. Alves wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to get back to his feet.
Souza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Souza is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Souza lands a couple of good shots and Alves has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Alves grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Souza's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Alves is trying to stand back up.
Souza cracks Alves with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Alves from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can Alves hold on?! Souza is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Souza tries to keep control of the position but Alves is staying busy.
Souza scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Alves is looking for a way out.
Alves takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Souza throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Alves!
Souza is punishing Alves with some ground and pound.
Souza punches Alves on the ear.
Souza has good solid back control here.
Alves is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Souza lands strikes to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Alves can't escape the position.
Rodrigo Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Souza.
Lucas Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Souza looking to hold on to the position here but Alves rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Souza trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Souza!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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