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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Alex De Souza. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
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Great wrestler
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
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza throws a body kick that misses.
De Souza throws a body kick that misses.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Souza lands a jab to Hogan's midsection.
Hogan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Souza throws a solid leg kick but Hogan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Souza.
De Souza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hogan needs to keep his hands up - De Souza had a free shot at his head there.
De Souza throws out a leg kick but Hogan moves out of range and De Souza only half commits.
Hogan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hogan lands a jab to the head.
De Souza staying out of range there.
De Souza swings away with a leg kick that misses.
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!
Hogan lands a leg kick that knocks De Souza off balance momentarily.
A solid body kick from De Souza.
De Souza throws a hook but Hogan avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza checks the leg kick.
De Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hogan throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Nice shot lands for Hogan.
De Souza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
Hogan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hogan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Souza has time to react.
Hogan throws a series of punches but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hogan swings widly with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hogan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Souza.
Hogan throws a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Souza. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Souza slips a jab from Hogan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A leg kick checked by Hogan.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Souza checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hogan.
As Hogan backs away, De Souza returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A low kick from Hogan is predictable there
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hogan checks the leg kick.
De Souza lands a jab to Hogan's midsection.
Hogan misses with a low kick.
De Souza fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hogan just manages to avoid it.
Hogan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hogan moves out of range as De Souza strikes.
De Souza cracks a nice hook into Hogan's ribs.
De Souza thows a body kick. Hogan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Souza looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
De Souza connects with a crisp jab.
Hogan misses with a hook to the body
letting De Souza counter with a right hand.
Hogan jabs at De Souza's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hogan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
De Souza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
De Souza throws out a loose jab but Hogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hogan misses with a body shot.
No joy there for De Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hogan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hogan finds it's way round the side to connect with De Souza's head.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hogan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza looks to throw the jab but Hogan is out of range.
Hogan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Souza throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hogan.
Hogan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hogan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Hogan sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Souza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan throws a chopping leg kick but De Souza manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hogan lands a glancing blow to the side of De Souza's head.
Nice shot lands for Hogan.
Hogan lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Souza's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan throws a low kick but De Souza avoids it.
Hogan blocks a leg kick.
Hogan misses with a looping left.
Hogan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Souza is looking to score with low kicks.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Hogan checks it.
Hogan misses with a body kick.
Hogan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hogan lands with a thumping leg kick.
A big right from De Souza misses.
De Souza misses with a low kick as Hogan jumps back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hogan takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
Hogan throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Hogan does it's job there.
Hogan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hogan misses with an uppercut
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hogan missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Souza blocks the body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from De Souza misses its target.
Hogan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hogan misses with a straight right.
Hogan missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
Hogan throws a sloppy head kick and De Souza moves out of range easily.
Hogan moves out of range as De Souza throws a body kick.
De Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Souza.
De Souza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hogan at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good work by De Souza as he checks the leg kick.
De Souza feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hogans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hogan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Souza throws out the jab.
De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hogan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws a body punch but Hogan moves out of range.
Ben Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan misses with a body kick.
De Souza looks to land a body kick but Hogan moved away.
Hogan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
De Souza moves out of range as Hogan strikes.
A jab from De Souza misses.
Hogan throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Danga de danga de dang - Hogan scores with a four punch combination!
De Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from De Souza finds it's way through Hogan's defenses.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
Hogan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hogan throws a low kick but De Souza avoids it.
Hogan misses with a low kick.
De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Souza misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from De Souza misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
De Souza misses with an uppercut
enabling Hogan to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hogan. Hogan obviously looking to wear him down.
De Souza throws a low kick but Hogan avoids it.
Hogan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ben Hogan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Souza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A left and a right from Hogan both land. Nice combination.
Hogan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
De Souza works Hogan's body with a nice hook.
Hogan throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
De Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hogan misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Hogan misses.
Hogan throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
Hogan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Souza takes a swing at Hogan's ribcage but misses.
De Souza misses with an uppercut. Hogan saw that one coming.
De Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
De Souza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hogan at a distance.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hogan.
Hogan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and De Souza counters with a body kick.
Hogan misses with a hook.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Souza scores with a jab. Hogan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hogan throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hogan tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice cross by De Souza.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hogan.
De Souza throws a body punch but Hogan moves out of range.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by De Souza.
De Souza checks a low kick from Hogan.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Hogan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Hogan misses.
De Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hogan slips a jab from De Souza.
De Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid body kick from Hogan.
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. This is the final round!
De Souza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hogan connects with a leg kick. De Souza looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hogan misses with a leg kick.
De Souza tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hogan is able to avoid easily.
De Souza misses with a left hand
enabling Hogan to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza scores with a nice strike.
Hogan connects with a leg kick. De Souza looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slow jab from Hogan misses its intended target.
De Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
Hogan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan tries to work over De Souza's front leg with a kick but De Souza checks it.
Hogan misses with a low kick.
De Souza appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hogan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Souza.
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.
Hogan looks to land a left hand but De Souza moved out of range nicely.
De Souza throwing a counter right hand but Hogan manages to avoid it.
Hogan misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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 with a shot to the body.
De Souza moves out of range as Hogan strikes.
Hogan misses with an uppercut
and Hogan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hogan avoids the body shot from De Souza.
Hogan avoids the body shot from De Souza.
Hogan misses with a hook.
Hogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Hogan's front leg but catches the back leg as Hogan tries to avoid it.
Hogan throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Hogan thumps De Souza with a low kick.
De Souza throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Hogan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hogan lands a head shot.
Hogan looks to land a right hand but De Souza moved out of range.
De Souza throws a hook but Hogan blocks it.
Hogan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hogan misses with a straight right.
Hogan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hogan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hogan throws a counter combo.
Hogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hogan has time to react.
A big left from Hogan misses.
A big left from Hogan misses.
De Souza thumps Hogan with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - De Souza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De Souza steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hogan. That one must have hurt.
Hogan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
De Souza connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
A jab from De Souza does it's job there.
Hogan scores with a spinning back kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan misses with a body shot.
De Souza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Souza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hogan circles away quickly and effectively.
Hogan misses with a kick to the body.
De Souza feints and then cracks Hogan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hogan down.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hogan with a jab.
Hogan scores with a sloppy right hand. De Souza should have avoided that one.
De Souza slips under a jab.
It looked like De Souza was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hogan.
Hogan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
De Souza moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Souza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hogan misses with a hook. De Souza ducked under it nicely.
Hogan throws a hook but De Souza blocks it.
De Souza seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Hogan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four 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!
Hogan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Souza looks to land a combination but Hogan avoids it well.
Hogan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
Hogan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Souza.
De Souza moves out of range as Hogan throws a body kick.
Hogan connects with a nice looking jab.
Hogan misses the body punch
and De Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
De Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hogan to score with a decent uppercut.
De Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hogan.
De Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
De Souza cracks Hogan with an open hand slap.
Hogan scoring well with a low kick there.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hogan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alexsandro De Souza.
Well De Souza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
Alexsandro De Souza decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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