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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 77 p4p, 14 weight class) and Dag Daghammar (ranked 370 p4p, 47 weight class). De Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Alex De Souza. Daghammar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Just like that - Dregen kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
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165 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
30 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dag Daghammar!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza looks to land a right hand but Daghammar moved out of range.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Daghammar's calf.
Daghammar dips to his left and cracks De Souza with an uppercut!
It looks like Alexsandro De Souza has been cut.
Daghammar takes the fight into the clinch.
Daghammar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Daghammar fails to land.
Daghammar lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Daghammar.
De Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daghammar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daghammar throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daghammar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza misses with the head strike.
De Souza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Daghammar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from De Souza.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Daghammar has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
De Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza is pressed up against the cage. Daghammar has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Souza down to the mat. De Souza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
De Souza seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Daghammar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza is looking to counter punch.
De Souza throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Daghammar counters with a left to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Daghammar blocks the leg kick.
De Souza walks into a jab.
De Souza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Daghammar's sensitive parts.
De Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daghammar manages to avoid it.
Daghammar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Daghammar doesn't manage to clinch there - De Souza circles away.
Daghammar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Souza manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.
De Souza throws a leg kick but Daghammar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Daghammar misses with a hook.
De Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Daghammar is just out of range.
De Souza misses with a body punch
and Daghammar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Daghammar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Souza looks to land a body kick but Daghammar moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daghammar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Souza lands with a good body shot.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza misses with the body kick
letting Daghammar counter with a right hand.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daghammar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Souza.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daghammar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from De Souza misses the target.
Daghammar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Daghammar throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Souza misses with a left hand
and Daghammar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daghammar throws the left hand but De Souza avoids the punch easily.
Daghammar cracks De Souza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daghammar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Souza. That one must have hurt.
Daghammar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Souza. De Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
Daghammar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by De Souza there.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.
Daghammar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Daghammar takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
De Souza misses with a straight right.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Souza jabs at Daghammar's body.
De Souza lands with an overhand left.
Daghammar walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
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 Alexsandro De Souza's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De Souza connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Daghammar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
De Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Souza rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Daghammar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Souza.
Dag Daghammar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daghammar.
A nice right hand lands inside from Daghammar.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Daghammar.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
Daghammar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daghammar lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Daghammar.
A body shot lands from De Souza.
Daghammar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Daghammar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
Daghammar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daghammar misses with the head strike.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daghammar works on De Souza's body with a couple of short punches.
Daghammar tries to throw a body punch but De Souza avoids it by throwing Daghammar back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, De Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daghammar working aggressively here.
Daghammar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daghammar.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daghammar.
Daghammar throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Daghammar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daghammar misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daghammar backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
Daghammar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daghammar struggles to land a body shot inside as De Souza controls his hands.
Daghammar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Daghammar.
The referee calls for Daghammar to work.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Daghammar avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daghammar misses with a body punch.
Daghammar can't find room to land a body shot as De Souza controls the action.
De Souza tries to work over Daghammar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daghammar blocking some punches.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Daghammar.
Daghammar is working De Souza over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
Daghammar prevents a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Daghammar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Souza or not.
Daghammar tries a body shot but De Souza blocks it.
Daghammar scores with a shoulder strike.
Daghammar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Daghammar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daghammar misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from De Souza.
Daghammar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Daghammar avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
Daghammar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Daghammar is trying to stall.
Daghammar lands a hook that snaps the head of De Souza backwards.
Daghammar misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza tries to break free but Daghammar pushes him back against the cage.
De Souza working aggressively here.
Daghammar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dag Daghammar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alexsandro De Souza's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
De Souza throws out a leg kick but Daghammar moves out of range and De Souza only half commits.
Daghammar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Daghammar wants to clinch.
De Souza quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
De Souza is looking to slow Daghammar down with leg kicks.
Daghammar tries to clinch there but De Souza circles away.
De Souza appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.
De Souza bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daghammar's head.
Nice straight punches there by De Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Daghammar finds it's way round the side to connect with De Souza's head.
Daghammar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
De Souza misses with a leg kick
and Daghammar counters with a nice uppercut.
De Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daghammar was well out of range. Poor timing from De Souza.
Daghammar steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from De Souza.
Daghammar throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Souza feinted there with a counter leg kick.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daghammar.
Daghammar throws the left hand but De Souza avoids the punch easily.
Daghammar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Daghammar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza tests Daghammar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Daghammar down.
Daghammar throws a series of punches but De Souza avoids them all with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Souza, right into the meat.
Daghammar closes the distance but De Souza moves to the side
letting De Souza counter with a right hand.
Alexsandro De Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza looks to land a left hand but Daghammar moved out of range nicely.
Daghammar walks into a jab.
Daghammar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daghammar tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Souza throws a leg kick
enabling Daghammar to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daghammar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Souza looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Souza.
De Souza throws the left hand but Daghammar avoids the punch easily.
Daghammar avoids the body shot from De Souza.
Daghammar misses with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daghammar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Souza scores with a hook.
De Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
De Souza sets himself, and Daghammar steps forward looking for the clinch! De Souza avoids it this time.
Daghammar checks a leg kick nicely.
Good exchange - De Souza coming out on top.
Daghammar wants to clinch up but De Souza keeps it at a distance.
A quick step to the side and De Souza tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daghammar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza looks for the body kick but Daghammar saw that one coming.
De Souza takes one to the side of the head.
Daghammar tries to close the distance and clinch but De Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandro De Souza!
An out of breath Alexsandro De Souza thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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