PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Souza might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alex De Souza. Nazaryan has chosen DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

De Souza
vs
Nazaryan

174 cm
19
166 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

167 cm
21
165 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

FJCP Healthy Nutrition

DC Unrivaled
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from De Souza.
De Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Nazaryan off the cage and back into range.
Nazaryan throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nazaryan's knee momentarily.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nazaryan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazaryan jabs at De Souza's body.
De Souza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nazaryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nazaryan.
De Souza misses with a body shot.
De Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Souza throws a shot to the body.
De Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nazaryan checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
Nazaryan blocks a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Souza.
Nazaryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
Nazaryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nazaryan looks to land a combination but De Souza avoids it well.
Nazaryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza cracks Nazaryan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Nazaryan.
A little feinted left hand from De Souza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nazaryan's head backwards.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza scores with a nice head shot.

Nazaryan is rocked!
Nazaryan works De Souza's body with a nice hook.
Nazaryan is still on wobbly legs! Can De Souza finish him?
De Souza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nazaryan seems to have recovered his senses.
De Souza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nazaryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Souza misses with an uppercut.
De Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nazaryan's head backwards.
De Souza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Souza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nazaryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Souza attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And Nazaryan responds with a good body kick, but De Souza manages to step out the way in time.
De Souza tries to land a leg kick but Nazaryan saw it coming and moves away.
Nazaryan drops his hands momentarily and De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
Nazaryan throws a big shot that misses.
As Nazaryan backs away, De Souza returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Nazaryan clinches up against the cage.
Nazaryan is looking to control De Souza's arms but De Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nazaryan has his back to the cage.
De Souza lands with a right to the head.
Nazaryan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Souza lands a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from De Souza.
De Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nazaryans head.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan trying to control the position but instead, De Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nazaryan into the cage.
Nazaryan stalling in the clinch but De Souza improves position.
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike.
De Souza blocking some punches.
De Souza digs a right hand into Nazaryan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nazaryan's gas tank.
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!
Nazaryan misses with some punches.
Nazaryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nazaryan backwards.
De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nazaryan takes a shot to the head.
Nazaryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Nazaryan fails to land.
De Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Nazaryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nazaryan blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexsandro De Souza dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nazaryan lands with a right hand.
De Souza throws a body punch but Nazaryan moves out of range.
De Souza connects with a single shot there.
De Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazaryan can do to turn this around?
Nazaryan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A head kick by Nazaryan misses
and De Souza counters with a body kick that stops Nazaryan in his tracks momentarily.
A jab from Nazaryan misses.
De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
De Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
De Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nazaryan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nazaryan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nazaryan throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza counters with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazaryan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nazaryan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nazaryan. Nazaryan obviously looking to wear him down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nazaryan 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 De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Souza misses with an uppercut. Nazaryan saw that one coming.
Nazaryan 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 misses with a wild body shot.
Jab by Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a jab to De Souza's midsection.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nazaryan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Nazaryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nazaryan throws a shot to the body.
De Souza throws a right and a left that Nazaryan avoids nicely.
Nazaryan scores with a kick to the body.
De Souza listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza takes a swing at Nazaryan's ribcage but misses.
Nazaryan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza throws a jab when Nazaryan was well out of range.
De Souza looks to throw the jab but Nazaryan is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by De Souza there.
Nazaryan scores with a hook to the body. De Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan dodges the punch combination from De Souza.
Nazaryan is looking to clinch.
De Souza misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Souza lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Souza tries to score with a low kick but Nazaryan moves his leg out of the way.
Nazaryan feints and then cracks De Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Souza down.
De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nazaryan. Nazaryan obviously looking to wear him down.
Alexsandro De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Nazaryan's front leg but catches the back leg as Nazaryan tries to avoid it.
Nazaryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
De Souza is looking to chop away at Nazaryan's legs.
De Souza scores with a nice right hand.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws a chopping leg kick but De Souza manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Souza.
Nazaryan moves out of range as De Souza throws a body kick.
Nazaryan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and De Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Souza throws a body punch but Nazaryan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nazaryan 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 De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A big right from De Souza misses.
De Souza backing away here, and Nazaryan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
De Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza throws the kick towards the body but Nazaryan avoids it.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazaryan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Souza cracks Nazaryan with an open hand slap.
A jab from Nazaryan finds it's way through De Souza's defenses.
Nazaryan throws a body kick that misses.
Nazaryan lands a leg kick that knocks De Souza off balance momentarily.
Nazaryan blocks the body kick.
Nazaryan misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a thumping low kick.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nazaryan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nazaryan misses with a series of wild punches.
De Souza went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Souza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nazaryan lands a lovely overhand right.
De Souza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Souza drops his hands momentarily and Nazaryan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazaryan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and De Souza counters with a body kick that stops Nazaryan in his tracks momentarily.
Nazaryan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Souza rather than just go for the knockout.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A good leg kick by Nazaryan.
De Souza misses with a low kick.
Nazaryan wants to counter with a clinch but De Souza pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Nazaryan checks it.
Nazaryan slips under a jab.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Nazaryan.
De Souza misses with a hook. Nazaryan ducked under it nicely.
Nazaryan throws a low kick but it's checked well by De Souza.
Nazaryan jabs De Souza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nazaryan moves away from the strike by De Souza.
Nazaryan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nazaryan tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like De Souza was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nazaryan finds it's way round the side to connect with De Souza's head.
De Souza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nazaryan. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a front kick.
Nazaryan wants to clinch up but De Souza keeps it at a distance.
De Souza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nazaryan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Nazaryan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Nazaryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nazaryan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazaryan.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Nazaryan down.
A jab lands there for De Souza.
Nazaryan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Souza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nazaryan throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan looks to throw a body kick
and De Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Souza pounces like a tiger and cracks Nazaryan with a vicious hook! Nazaryan is down but not out! De Souza follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alexsandro De Souza!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexsandro De Souza thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Vrej Nazaryan spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.