PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cael Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanderson comes to the cage accompanied by Dope - Debonair. The crowd seem to be enjoying Souza's choice of entrance music: AC/DC - Highway To Hell. Thiago Souza told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sanderson
vs
Souza

189 cm
26
196 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
192 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cael Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza slips under a jab.
Souza shoots in and drives through. Sanderson sprawls well.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanderson. That snapped Souza's head back.
No luck for Souza with that takedown attempt.
Jab, jab by Sanderson - just one landing.
Thiago Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sanderson feints and as Souza raises his hands in defense, Sanderson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Souza is keeping the position for now.

Souza looking for a guillotine here but Sanderson defends easily.
Sanderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sanderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson lands a couple of digs.
Sanderson works over Souza with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sanderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Souza tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanderson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sanderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanderson works over Souza with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanderson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Souza working for submissions but it's allowed Sanderson to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Souza has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sanderson doesn't defend quickly enough and Souza has managed to lock this one up! Can Sanderson escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Souza on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Thiago Souza!