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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elden Pitts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Blindao. 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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278 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elden Pitts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Elden Pitts has been cut.
Pitts moves into range and clinches up with Souza.
Souza goes for a takedown attempt but Pitts pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Souza lands a lovely overhand right.
Souza dives in for a single leg takedown but Pitts sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Elden Pitts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Souza.
Souza is looking to slow Pitts down with leg kicks.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Souza.
Pitts forces Souza back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitts tightens his grip and picks Souza up, before dumping him to the ground. Souza manages to land in guard.
Souza wriggles free and stands up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitts tries to counter with a takedown but Souza is quick to defend against it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitts rushes Souza and presses him up against the cage.
Pitts pulls guard.
Pitts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Souza defends it easily.
Pitts throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Souza stopping the sweep attempt from Pitts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pitts keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Pitts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Souza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Souza trying to control but Pitts is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking to sit in guard and control but Pitts gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Souza looks winded!
Pitts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pitts is working Souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pitts chips away with some ground and pound.
Souza tries to strike from the bottom.
Pitts pushes down on Souza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Souza taking some punishment here, with Pitts in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pitts lands a nice short elbow.
Pitts lands strikes from half guard.
Pitts takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Souza wants to control but Pitts passes into side.
Pitts lands a decent elbow from side control.
It looks like Daniel Souza has been cut.
Souza gets back to half guard.
Pitts drops an elbow to the side of Souza's head.
Souza taking some punishment here, with Pitts in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza has a hand on Pitts's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Pitts takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Pitts working Souza over with strikes here.
Pitts unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pitts looking to finish Souza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Souza!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pitts postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Pitts putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pitts lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elden Pitts dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pitts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt
and Pitts holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pitts has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Souza after a bit of a struggle.
Souza jumps guard but Pitts stands there with Souza around his waist. Souza gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pitts changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pitts closes the distance and clinches.
Pitts really is a fat lump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitts lands a takedown into guard.
Pitts with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitts throws a big right hand that misses.
Pitts lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pitts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Souza wants to stand and escape but Pitts is having none of it.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Pitts lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pitts landing some decent shots from guard.
Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pitts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pitts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pitts stands up over Souza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitts postures up and lands a big shot to Souza's brow.
Pitts postures up and lands a big shot to Souza's brow.
Pitts keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Souza's head.
We've been informed that Souza has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Souza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pitts is controlling him.
Pitts working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Souza has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Souza isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Pitts stacks Souza on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Pitts!
Pitts has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitts in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Souza tries to buck Pitts off but Pitts is having none of it.
Pitts working the ground and pound from side control.
Pitts lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pitts working the ground and pound.
Pitts grinds an elbow into Souza's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pitts in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pitts connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Souza some visible discomfort.
Pitts cracks Souza with a big elbow.
Souza taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pitts landing strikes.
Souza takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pitts gets to mount! Souza was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pitts is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elden Pitts dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pitts has Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
Pitts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Souza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pitts has picked Souza up - he's going for a ride! Pitts dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Pitts scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pitts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Souza tries to kick Pitts off in order to stand up. Pitts Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitts working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza taking punishment in the form of punches.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pitts scoring with punches from side control.
That has opened up Daniel Souza's cut even more.
Pitts scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Souza to see if he's OK.
Souza struggling a bit here.
Souza tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Pitts working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pitts unloading with bombs!
Souza is rocked!
The cut above Daniel Souza's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pitts lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Souza is still in real trouble! Can Pitts finish him?
Daniel Souza's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Daniel Souza's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Elden Pitts!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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