PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Lagozzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and vinny souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lagozzi
vs
souza

190 cm
23
206 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
203 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Lagozzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, vinny souza!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagozzi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like vinny souza has been cut.
souza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lagozzi sprawls well. Lagozzi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. souza gets slowly back to his feet.
souza shoots in for a double leg but Lagozzi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lagozzi as he jumps to the side.
Thiago Lagozzi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of vinny souza.
Lagozzi throws a right hand that souza ducks under and follows up with a left that souza also avoids with ease.
A combination from Lagozzi does no damage.
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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Lagozzi drops souza with a right and a left! Lagozzi comes rushing in but souza regains his composure and manages to keep Lagozzi in guard.

souza is rocked!
Lagozzi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

souza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
souza wants to stand and escape but Lagozzi is having none of it.
souza looks gassed!
Lagozzi slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lagozzi stands up from half guard.
souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lagozzi's waist but Lagozzi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing souza off to one side.
Lagozzi thuds a left hand into souza's body.

Lagozzi steps into range and cracks souza with a monster punch that buckles his knees! souza flops backwards and Lagozzi dives into his guard looking to finish!
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!
Lagozzi sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lagozzi is pushing down on souza's leg trying to pass to half guard. souza is fighting to maintain full guard but Lagozzi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lagozzi thows a huge punch but souza dodges it nicely.
Lagozzi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagozzi passes to full mount!

Lagozzi stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Lagozzi lands a head shot.
A left and a right from Lagozzi both land. Nice combination.

Lagozzi drops his shoulder and cracks souza with a huge uppercut! souza goes down! Can Lagozzi finish him?
souza is still in real trouble! Can Lagozzi finish him?

Lagozzi gets to his feet - souza follows without any prompting.
souza seems to have recovered his senses.
souza dodges the punch combination from Lagozzi.
Thiago Lagozzi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lagozzi swinging wilding here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagozzi connects with a looping right hand.
Lagozzi lands an overhand right.
souza is trying desperately to land a takedown but Lagozzi is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for souza.
Lagozzi lands with a nice body punch.
Nice body punch from Lagozzi.
Lagozzi punishes souza's body with a nice straight punch.
souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lagozzi scores with a hook to the body. souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice straight punches there by Lagozzi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lagozzi.
souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lagozzi tries to avoid it but souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lagozzi to the ground. Lagozzi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lagozzi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lagozzi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lagozzi thuds a left hand into souza's body.
souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagozzi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lagozzi thows a body shot but no joy.
Lagozzi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A punch combination from Lagozzi misses.
souza looks for a takedown but Lagozzi sprawls well.
Lagozzi throws a series of punches but souza moves out of range.

souza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lagozzi!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lagozzi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
souza manages to capitalize on a mistake by Lagozzi to take his back!

souza looking for the RNC.
Lagozzi manages to reverse the position and now he's in souza's guard. Nice work there by Lagozzi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Lagozzi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on vinny souza's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

souza misses with a takedown attempt - Lagozzi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lagozzi scores with a one two! souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lagozzi throws a series of punches but souza avoids them all with ease.
Good shot there by Lagozzi.
Lagozzi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
souza shoots in but no luck this time.
Lagozzi stuns souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lagozzi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lagozzi cracks a nice hook into souza's ribs.
souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
souza slips a jab and a cross from Lagozzi.
Lagozzi throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lagozzi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagozzi thuds a left hand into souza's body.
Lagozzi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
No joy there for Lagozzi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lagozzi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lagozzi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
souza shoots in for a double leg but Lagozzi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Thiago Lagozzi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of vinny souza.
Lagozzi connects with a nice looking jab.
souza shoots in but Lagozzi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
vinny souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
souza has a takedown stuffed.
Lagozzi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck souza on the side of the head.
Lagozzi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that souza can do to turn this around?
Lagozzi lands a jab-cross combination.

Lagozzi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.

souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagozzi controls souza momentarily but souza frees himself.
Lagozzi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
souza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lagozzi pulls his head out easily.
Lagozzi controlling the action here.

souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

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.

Lagozzi decides to return to a standing position.
Lagozzi swinging wilding here.
Lagozzi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from souza.
souza shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lagozzi defends it nicely.
souza on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lagozzi scores with a nice strike.
souza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Lagozzi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on vinny souza's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lagozzi throws a series of punches but souza avoids them all with ease.
Lagozzi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lagozzi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from souza.
A punch combination from Lagozzi misses.
souza tries for a takedown but Lagozzi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lagozzi lands a nice shot to the body.
Lagozzi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thiago Lagozzi is winning the standup battle so far.
souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from souza is defended easily by Lagozzi.
Thiago Lagozzi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of vinny souza.
Lagozzi tries to bum rush souza with a series of wild strikes but souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lagozzi with a hook.
Lagozzi lands a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagozzi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lagozzi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
souza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lagozzi swivels and escapes.
souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lagozzi as he avoids it easily.
Lagozzi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lagozzi cracks a nice hook into souza's ribs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lagozzi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lagozzi.

Lagozzi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.

souza drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lagozzi looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lagozzi looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lagozzi!

souza is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lagozzi's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Lagozzi! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and souza has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Thiago Lagozzi!