PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Laverne Mazzola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mazzola comes to the cage accompanied by Il Canto Degli Italiani. De Souza has chosen Alex De Souza as his entrance music. Alexsandro De Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mazzola
vs
De Souza

170 cm
28
165 lbs
17 - 4 - 1

174 cm
26
161 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
Bullet Proof System

King of Fists
Spartan Nutrition

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 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Laverne Mazzola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mazzola feints and as De Souza raises his hands in defense, Mazzola changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mazzola wants to control from the top but De Souza keeps moving.
Mazzola sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mazzola keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of De Souza's head.
We've been hearing that Mazzola has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mazzola throws a big right hand that misses.
Mazzola 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.
Mazzola working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Souza keeping moving, preventing Mazzola from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Souza looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mazzola wants to pass the guard but De Souza is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mazzola loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mazzola working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as De Souza holds on and takes a little breather.
Mazzola controlling from the top position.
Mazzola trying to control but De Souza is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mazzola throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
De Souza stuns Mazzola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mazzola is landing a low percentage of strikes.
De Souza looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Mazzola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Mazzola lands a really nice looking cross but De Souza seems unphased.
De Souza cracks Mazzola with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mazzola tries to land a body kick
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mazzola smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from De Souza finds it's way through Mazzola's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Souza jabs Mazzola to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good work by De Souza as he checks the leg kick.
Mazzola wants to land a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
Mazzola throws a sloppy head kick
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mazzola lands a jab.
De Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mazzola counters with a straight right hand.
Mazzola lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mazzola there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mazzola has time to react.
Laverne Mazzola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mazzola throwing a counter right hand but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mazzola misses with a takedown
letting De Souza counter with a right hand.
Mazzola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Mazzola throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Mazzola slips a jab from De Souza.
De Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De Souza throws out a loose jab but Mazzola uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza throws out a counter right but Mazzola avoids it with no problem.
De Souza misses with a left hand
and Mazzola counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Mazzola tenderised De Souza's leg. De Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mazzola looks to throw the jab but De Souza is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from De Souza misses.
De Souza feints and then cracks Mazzola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mazzola down.
Mazzola's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Souza under the eye.
De Souza feints and then cracks Mazzola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mazzola down.
Mazzola misses with a body punch
and De Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
De Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mazzola dips to his left and cracks De Souza with an uppercut!
De Souza misses with a low kick.
Mazzola misses the jab.
De Souza is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mazzola with a body shot.
De Souza connects with a right hand. Mazzola shakes it off.
Nice defenses there by Mazzola.
De Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mazzola blocks a leg kick.
Mazzola missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good work by De Souza as he checks the leg kick.
De Souza let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
De Souza slips a jab from Mazzola.
De Souza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mazzola had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexsandro De Souza will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Souza takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mazzola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mazzola blocks a leg kick.
A lazy left from Mazzola finds it's target.
De Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mazzola.
An inside leg kick lands from Mazzola.
Mazzola scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Souza in his tracks.

Mazzola scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
De Souza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mazzola is working away from the top position though.
Mazzola lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
De Souza wants to control but Mazzola is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzola drops an elbow to the side of De Souza's head.
Mazzola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Souza defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mazzola lands a nice short elbow.
Mazzola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Mazzola there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mazzola connects with a nice short shot to De Souza's temple.
De Souza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mazzola throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Well, if Mazzola is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mazzola throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mazzola looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mazzola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Souza defending well though.
Mazzola thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De Souza's head.
Mazzola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mazzola throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing De Souza to regain full guard.
Mazzola sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Souza looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola is looking to work some ground and pound but De Souza has wrist control.
Mazzola is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Souza can do to turn this around?
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mazzola accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mazzola postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mazzola throws a big elbow that misses.
De Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mazzola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mazzola lands a couple of digs.
Mazzola trying to control but De Souza is working from the bottom.
Mazzola throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza keeping moving, preventing Mazzola from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Alexsandro De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mazzola misses with a hook to the body
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for De Souza.
Mazzola wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A low kick from Mazzola misses
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mazzola ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazzola misses the target.
Mazzola just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mazzola.
Mazzola moves to clinch but De Souza breaks away
and De Souza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Souza moves out of range of the body kick.
De Souza thinks about the counter body kick.
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!
Mazzola scores with a punch to the head.
Mazzola pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As Mazzola backs off De Souza throws a huge counter combo but Mazzola manages to avoid it all.
Mazzola fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Laverne Mazzola dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Mazzola checks it.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mazzola.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mazzola checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
De Souza throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Souza is out of range and Mazzola settles back down.
De Souza throws the kick towards the body but Mazzola avoids it.
A jab from Mazzola misses.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzola's shoulder, as Mazzola tries to avoid the shot.
Mazzola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Souza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mazzola wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Mazzola blocks a head kick by De Souza.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzola uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Souza has time to react.
De Souza moves out of range of the leg kick from Mazzola.
Mazzola cracks the inside of De Souza's front leg.
Mazzola scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Souza throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola slips a straight right by De Souza.
De Souza throws a front kick aimed at Mazzola's knee but Mazzola avoids it well.
De Souza with a nice cross.
Mazzola throws a low kick but De Souza moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mazzola 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 moves out of range of the strikes.
De Souza tries a quick counter leg kick but Mazzola is wise to it.
Mazzola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut
and Mazzola takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.
A little jabbing left from De Souza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swings for the body but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza is looking to land body kicks.
De Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mazzola misses with a hook to the body
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
A low kick from Mazzola misses
and De Souza counters with a leg kick.
Mazzola throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mazzola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzola's shoulder, as Mazzola tries to avoid the shot.
De Souza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mazzola bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Souza lands a jab to the head.
De Souza throws a hook but Mazzola avoids it easily.
De Souza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzola throws a big shot that misses.
Mazzola walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
A low kick from Mazzola is predictable there
and De Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Souza dodges the punch combination from Mazzola.
Mazzola throws a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mazzola 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.
Mazzola just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mazzola throws a leg kick but De Souza moved away.
De Souza throws out a counter right but Mazzola avoids it with no problem.
Mazzola throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Mazzola walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
A big left from De Souza misses.
Mazzola takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
Mazzola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mazzola throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza is looking to score with low kicks.
De Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mazzola looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mazzola.
De Souza connects with a right hand. Mazzola shakes it off.
De Souza connects with a looping right hand.
Mazzola tries to score with a low kick but De Souza moves his leg out of the way.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Souza! But no joy.
Mazzola misses with a looping left.
De Souza flicks out a counter leg kick but Mazzola steps away.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzola moves away.
Mazzola lands a glancing blow to the side of De Souza's head.
Mazzola connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mazzola throws a jab when De Souza was well out of range.
Mazzola misses with a body punch
and De Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Mazzola misses the target.
De Souza scores with a hook.
Mazzola takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!