PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Volkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronaldo De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Volkman
vs
De Souza

185 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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, Johnny Volkman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkman avoids the head kick by De Souza.
De Souza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Souza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Ronaldo De Souza has been cut.
Volkman looks to land a combination but De Souza avoids it well.
Volkman lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends De Souza sprawling to the canvas. Volkman follows him down, looking for the kill. Can De Souza hang on?

De Souza is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza tries to roll over but Volkman keeps him under control.
De Souza is still in real trouble! Can Volkman finish him?
De Souza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
De Souza seems to have recovered his senses.
Volkman is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Volkman tries to stand but De Souza is controlling from the bottom.
De Souza being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Volkman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of De Souza is proving hard to escape from.
Volkman won't allow De Souza to sweep him here.
De Souza is looking to stand up but Volkman isn't so interested in that idea.
De Souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Volkman controls the pace.
De Souza working a defensive guard here.
Volkman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Volkman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Volkman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
De Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Volkman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Volkman misses with a few strikes there.
Volkman lands with a nice body punch.
De Souza looks gassed!
De Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Volkman misses with a double jab.
Nice jab there from De Souza.
De Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Volkman! De Souza is backing up but he can't get away as Volkman lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops De Souza and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Johnny Volkman!