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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Parks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alex De Souza. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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159 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
13 - 3 - 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
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lyoto Parks!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parks closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Parks.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parks blocking some punches.
Parks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Parks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to De Souza's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice left hand lands by De Souza.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Parks.
A right hook to the body lands for De Souza.
Parks working aggressively here.
Parks working aggressively here.
Parks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by De Souza.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parks tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for De Souza.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Souza is working Parks over against the cage.
Parks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Parks takes a shot to the head.
Parks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Parks.
Parks has a couple of punches blocked by De Souza.
Parks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
Parks throws a head punch that misses.
De Souza breaks the clinch.
De Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Souza throws a front kick that sends Parks stumbling back into the cage.
Parks's corner calls for a 1-2. Parks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Souza slips under a jab from Parks.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Parks thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Parks's calf.
De Souza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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 shot to the body.
Parks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick misses from De Souza.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parks.
Parks catches De Souza with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Parks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
De Souza scores with a nice right hand.
Parks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Parks connects with the punch.
Parks tries to keep at a distance but De Souza has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parks.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Parks as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parks throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parks misses with some punches.
De Souza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parks on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Souza lands with a nice body punch.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
De Souza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Parks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parks moves out of range of the body kick.
Parks let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Parks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A head kick by De Souza misses
letting Parks counter with a right hand.
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 throws a head kick that misses.
Parks looks to throw the jab but De Souza is out of range.
De Souza throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Lyoto Parks has been cut.
Parks blocks the body kick.
De Souza cracks Parks with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Parks lands a nice shot to the body.
De Souza misses the body punch
and Parks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Souza pushes Parks away with a front kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parks blocks a head kick by De Souza.
Parks tests De Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Parks forces De Souza back against the cage and clinches.
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.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Parks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Parks darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Alexsandro De Souza has been cut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Souza, as that shot connected.
De Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Parks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Souza thumps Parks with a low kick.
A big right from Parks misses.
De Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Parks misses with an uppercut
and De Souza finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza lands a front kick.
Parks has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Souza.
A punch lands to the side of Parks 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks misses with a hook.
Parks drops his hands momentarily and De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Parks crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Souza - the referee stops the clock and Parks gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Souza. Parks manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Parks misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza scores with a head kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Parks in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
De Souza throws a head kick that half lands.
Parks has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Souza.
Parks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Parks moves out of range easily.
De Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Souza takes a swing at Parks's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Parks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Parks slips a jab and a cross from De Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parks takes a head kick and keeps coming.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
De Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Souza lands a nice looking kick to the body. Parks takes a step back to recover.
Parks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
Parks tries to close the distance and clinch but De Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parks tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Parks moves out of range of the body kick from De Souza.
De Souza tries to clinch there but Parks circles away.
Parks misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.
It looked like De Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Parks looks to land a right hand but De Souza moved out of range.
De Souza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands a nice looking kick to the body. Parks takes a step back to recover.
Parks takes one to the side of the head.
De Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Souza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Souza scores with a push kick.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Parks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Parks clinches up against the cage.
De Souza misses with some punches.
Parks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Parks misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab from De Souza.
De Souza throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
De Souza slips under a jab.
Parks walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
De Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Parks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Parks does it's job there.
De Souza goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Parks is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Parks is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Parks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Souza is looking to land body kicks.
Parks sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexsandro De Souza dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
De Souza gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Parks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Parks.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Parks.
De Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Parks can do to turn this around?
A left lands for De Souza.
Parks takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Souza throws the kick towards the body but Parks avoids it.
Parks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Parks checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Parks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Parks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parks misses with a lunging right hand
and De Souza counters with a good, hard body kick but Parks shrugs it off.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Parks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Parks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Souza tests Parks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Souza.
De Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Decent striking displayed by De Souza there.
De Souza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parks.
De Souza pivots, looking for a leg kick but Parks is out of range and De Souza settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
De Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Parks.
De Souza tries a low kick but Parks avoids it.
Parks throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
De Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Parks does it's job there.
De Souza lands with a cross.
De Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Parks is just out of range.
Parks looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Souza tests Parks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Souza tries to score with a low kick but Parks moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza scores with a hook to the body. Parks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Parks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza throws a lazy body kick
and De Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left lands for Parks.
Parks connects with a crisp jab.
De Souza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Souza.
A slow jab from Parks misses its intended target.
De Souza looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Parks blocks a low kick nicely.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Parks's sensitive parts.
Lyoto Parks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Parks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Souza.
A slow jab from De Souza misses its intended target.
De Souza takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
De Souza tries to clinch there but Parks circles away.
The fighters circling - Parks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Parks misses.
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.
Some bone on bone action there as Parks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Parks keeps the fight on the outside.
De Souza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Parks misses with a body shot.
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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.
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