PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angel Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Le Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Le Souza will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Finley
vs
Le Souza

182 cm
26
346 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angel Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Le Souza!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Le Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Finley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Finley is staying active underneath Le Souza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Le Souza uses his free foot to push down on Finley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Finley.
Finley is squirming around, avoiding Le Souza's attempts to control the action.

Le Souza goes for an armbar but Finley turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Finley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Souza is trying to control the position but Finley postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Souza wants to improve his position but instead Finley has moved into half guard.
Le Souza slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Finley passes Le Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Finley is keen to just control but Le Souza is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Souza wants to improve his position but Finley is controlling well.
Le Souza makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Le Souza.
Finley won't allow Le Souza to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Souza wants to stand and escape but Finley is having none of it.
Le Souza wants to sweep here but Finley controlling him for the moment.
Le Souza wants to improve his position but instead Finley has moved into half guard.
Le Souza is trying to maintain the position but Finley is very close to passing his half guard.
Le Souza tries to get to full guard but Finley has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley stops Le Souza from getting back to his feet.
Le Souza wants to control but Finley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Le Souza wants to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Finley closes the distance and clinches.
Finley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Le Souza just stands there and leans against the cage.

Finley pulls Le Souza into guard.
Finley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Le Souza forces his way into half guard.
Finley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Le Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Souza is trying to control. Finley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Le Souza stalling away here and it's allowed Finley to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Le Souza engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Finley is looking for a triangle but Le Souza pushes his legs off easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Souza throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angel Finley dominated that 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.

Le Souza shoots in and bounces Finley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Le Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Le Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Finley is keeping the position for now.
Le Souza is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Souza looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Le Souza stands up and waves to Finley to follow him.

Le Souza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Finley!
Le Souza with the ground and pound but Finley regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley tries to get to full guard but Le Souza has control of the leg.

Finley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Le Souza pulls his head out easily.
Le Souza is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Finley is not content to let Le Souza control the position.
Le Souza is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Souza is trying to control. Finley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Le Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
Finley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Le Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Angel Finley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Le Souza shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Finley is trying to defend but Le Souza finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Le Souza is looking to take a break and control but Finley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Finley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Souza trying to mount his opponent but Finley defends it.
Le Souza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Le Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Le Souza closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Le Souza lands in his opponent's guard.
Finley throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Bob Le Souza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Le Souza looking to sit in guard and control but Finley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Le Souza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Souza will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Finley prevents Le Souza from getting back to his feet.
Finley sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Le Souza's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Le Souza has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Finley is on him like a limpet, forcing Le Souza back against the cage.

Le Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Le Souza drives through and clinches with Finley against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Finley 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.

Le Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Finley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Finley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Le Souza just stands there and leans against the cage.

Le Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Le Souza looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Finley uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Finley throws a sloppy head kick and Le Souza moves out of range easily.
Le Souza steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

Le Souza shoots in and gets a takedown into Finley's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le Souza trying to control but Finley is working from the bottom.

Finley is looking for a triangle here but Le Souza uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Le Souza misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Souza is looking to take a break and control but Finley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Le Souza is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Le Souza misses with the ground and pound.
Le Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Finley keeps working.

That's four 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.
Finley throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Le Souza slows the pace down.
Finley is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Le Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Le Souza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

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