PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ygor Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ygor Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Man
vs
Souza

186 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Mundo Green - World Verde

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ice Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ygor Souza!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza slips a straight right by Man.
Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Man pinned against the cage. Man gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Man pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Souza.
Man throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Souza.
Souza tries to score a power double leg takedown but Man sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Souza somewhat.
Ice Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ygor Souza.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Man counters with a head kick. That will keep Souza thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Man throws a combination that misses

and Souza counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Souza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Souza prevents Man from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.
Man knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.

Man has one foot on Souza's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Man counters with a straight right hand.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Man getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Souza tries to clinch
and Man counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Man throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Souza tries to clinch but Man moves away
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Ice Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Man misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
Souza tries to clinch
and Man makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Man swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Man. No joy for Souza on that attempt.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man misses with a shot to the body
letting Souza counter with a right hand.
Souza avoids the head kick by Man.
Man ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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!
Man throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a wild combination.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Souza's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Souza duly obliges.
Souza shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Man counters with a left and a right that stings Souza.
Souza shoots in for a takedown but Man shows good takedown defense.
Man waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Souza.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but Man sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Man misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Souza is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Man pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Man throws a leg kick that is checked
and Souza counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Souza tries for a takedown but Man circles away easily
and Man counters with a two punch combo.
Souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Man.
Man has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Souza shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Man counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Souza thinking.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ice Man dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Souza looks to clinch
and Man counters with a straight right hand.
Souza throws a head kick but Man moves out of range.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Souza's shoulder, as Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Souza moves out of range as Man throws a body kick.
Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Souza wants to clinch but Man slips to the side
and Man counters with a big head kick but Souza shrugs it off.
Souza tries for a takedown but Man circles away easily
letting Man counter with a right hand.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Souza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Man avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Souza.
Man is trying to control but can't.
Man is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is keen to just control but Man is a slippery customer.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Man is trying to stand back up but Souza is controlling him
Souza wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.
Man is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Souza is keen to just control but Man is a slippery customer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Man.

Souza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Man looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Souza tries to advance to mount but Man denies him.
Man is not content to let Souza control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Man kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Souza is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Souza decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Man changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt
and Man counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Man is out of range.
Man throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Souza fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Man avoids it really well and circles away.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man misses with a head kick.
Man looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Man blocks a head kick by Souza.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Souza tries for a takedown but Man circles away easily
and Man counters with a nice body shot.
Ice Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ygor Souza.
Man misses with an attempted mid kick.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souza darts in trying to clinch
and Man counters with a left and a right that stings Souza.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Man misses with a double jab
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ygor Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Man misses.
Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Souza fails with the takedown.
Man lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Man.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Man misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Man throws a head kick but Souza moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man misses with a double jab
enabling Souza to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Souza counters with a nice kick to the body.
Man throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ice Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ygor Souza.
Man scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Man moves away and avoids it.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man misses with a looping left.
Souza dives in and grabs Man's left leg, looking for a takedown. Man pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Man misses with a looping left.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Souza dives in and grabs Man's left leg, looking for a takedown. Man pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Man is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Souza.
A head kick by Man misses

and Souza decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Man's guard.
Man looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Man manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Souza sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Souza pushes Man off looking to stand but Man dives back in and keeps control.
Man working Souza over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man blocks the strikes from Souza.
Ground and pound from Man.

Man decides to stand up.
Ice Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza tries to clinch but Man moves away
and Man counters with a head kick.
Souza tries for a takedown but Man circles away easily
letting Man counter with a right hand.
Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Man misses with a combination

and Souza counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Man's guard now.
Man wants to stand and escape but Souza is having none of it.
Souza wanted to stand there but Man had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Man is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Souza is looking to stand up but Man won't let him.
Souza with a nice head shot there.
Souza wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ygor Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ygor Souza!