PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trygve Graudheim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy DeSouza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graudheim comes into the arena with The Lucky Bullets "Folsom Prison Blues" blaring out of the sound system. DeSouza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Randy Manny & The Tools kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Randy DeSouza is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Graudheim
vs
DeSouza

186 cm
28
250 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

199 cm
27
269 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Trygve Graudheim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy DeSouza!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeSouza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graudheim tests DeSouza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Graudheim lands a body shot.
Graudheim misses with an uppercut.
Graudheim misses with a two punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for DeSouza.
Graudheim takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
DeSouza throws a nice inside leg kick.
DeSouza plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
DeSouza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Graudheim takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Graudheim throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
DeSouza walks into a straight right hand from Graudheim.
Graudheim takes a swing at DeSouza's ribcage but misses.
DeSouza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Graudheim throws a hook but DeSouza avoids it easily.

Graudheim shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graudheim thows a big elbow that misses.
Graudheim has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Graudheim with a flurry of punches that miss.
DeSouza utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Graudheim stands and throws DeSouza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
DeSouza is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graudheim tries to score with some ground and pound. DeSouza controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
DeSouza takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Graudheim fails to land a wild elbow strike.
DeSouza is working to avoid the ground and pound but Graudheim connects with a decent elbow.
DeSouza wants to control but Graudheim postures up.
DeSouza regains half guard, as Graudheim was trying to land strikes.
DeSouza wants to improve his position but Graudheim is controlling well.
Graudheim drops an elbow to the side of DeSouza's head.
Graudheim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Graudheim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Graudheim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graudheim looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
DeSouza regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Graudheim.
Graudheim throwing strikes but missing.
Graudheim throwing strikes from guard but DeSouza blocks nicely.
DeSouza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Graudheim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graudheim content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Graudheim trying to control but DeSouza is working from the bottom.
Graudheim postures up in DeSouza's guard and throws a big left but DeSouza blocks it.
Graudheim wants to control from the top but DeSouza keeps moving.
Graudheim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as DeSouza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
DeSouza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Graudheim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. DeSouza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Graudheim thows a big elbow that misses.
Graudheim postures up and lands a big shot to DeSouza's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graudheim works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Graudheim seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Graudheim scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Graudheim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed DeSouza's head.

DeSouza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
DeSouza taking some punishment here, with Graudheim in his half guard.
Graudheim is stalling here. DeSouza is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Graudheim seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and DeSouza has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Graudheim is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graudheim looking for a sweep but DeSouza has passed into full mount! Oh no!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trygve Graudheim dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Graudheim lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by DeSouza. That's going to slow Graudheim down.
DeSouza walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
DeSouza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
DeSouza throws a push kick but Graudheim slaps the foot to one side.
Graudheim throws a hook but DeSouza blocks it.
Graudheim loads up on a big right hand but DeSouza slips the punch.

DeSouza tries to sprawl but Graudheim drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Graudheim looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
DeSouza wants to control but Graudheim is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Graudheim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeSouza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
DeSouza regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Graudheim.
Graudheim trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Graudheim drops back looking for a leg! DeSouza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and DeSouza manages to kick Graudheim off! Graudheim jumps back into DeSouza's guard.
DeSouza has momentary wrist control but Graudheim slips an elbow through the middle.
Graudheim might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Graudheim accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
DeSouza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

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.
Graudheim connects with a couple of short punches.
Graudheim postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Graudheim is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Graudheim postures up.
Graudheim loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Graudheim pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. DeSouza is keeping the position for now.
DeSouza has control of Graudheim's left arm, preventing Graudheim from doing any damage.
Graudheim with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
DeSouza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Graudheim lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Graudheim landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graudheim makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
DeSouza is trying to keep Graudheim in close.
Graudheim is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
DeSouza trying to control the position.
Graudheim postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
DeSouza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Graudheim thows a big elbow that misses.
DeSouza utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Graudheim with a nice head shot there.
DeSouza looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graudheim trying to control the position from guard on top but DeSouza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
DeSouza has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Graudheim throwing strikes from guard but DeSouza blocks nicely.
DeSouza keeping moving, preventing Graudheim from controlling successfully.
Graudheim trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Graudheim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Graudheim thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trygve Graudheim dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Graudheim checks the leg kick.
DeSouza throws a leg kick but Graudheim sees it coming and checks it nicely.
DeSouza motions for Graudheim to come forward. DeSouza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
DeSouza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Graudheim will feel that in the morning.
Graudheim misses with a head kick.
DeSouza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Graudheim thows a body shot but no joy.

Graudheim drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Graudheim throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Trygve Graudheim overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Graudheim working the ground and pound but DeSouza is defending the strikes.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Graudheim here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Graudheim throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
DeSouza is trying to improve his position.
DeSouza struggling a bit here.
DeSouza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Graudheim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graudheim throws a strike aimed at the side of DeSouza's head but DeSouza avoids it well.
Graudheim throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Graudheim misses with the ground and pound.
DeSouza is not content to let Graudheim control the position.
DeSouza taking punishment in the form of punches.
DeSouza takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Graudheim tries to score with some ground and pound. DeSouza controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Graudheim cracks DeSouza with a big right hand but DeSouza just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on DeSouza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Graudheim lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeSouza wants to control but Graudheim postures up.

Graudheim goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, DeSouza rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Graudheim's guard! Nice work there by DeSouza!
Graudheim wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Graudheim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
DeSouza is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Graudheim wants to sweep but no luck.
DeSouza trying to control the position from guard on top but Graudheim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Graudheim seems keen to control DeSouza's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graudheim keeping moving, preventing DeSouza from controlling successfully.
Graudheim wants to sweep but no luck.
Graudheim seems keen to control DeSouza's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Randy DeSouza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as DeSouza checks a leg kick.
DeSouza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
DeSouza slips under a jab from Graudheim.
Graudheim lands a jab to DeSouza's midsection.
DeSouza throws an overhand right that lands on Graudheim's shoulder, as Graudheim tries to avoid the shot.
Graudheim scores with a jab to the head.
DeSouza staying out of range there.
DeSouza is looking to clinch but Graudheim is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
DeSouza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - DeSouza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
DeSouza motions for Graudheim to come forward. DeSouza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Randy DeSouza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graudheim with a jab.
DeSouza throws a leg kick but Graudheim sees it coming and checks it nicely.
DeSouza slips under a jab.
DeSouza scores with a crisp jab that stopped Graudheim in his tracks.
Graudheim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeSouza was well out of range. Poor timing from Graudheim.
Graudheim connects with a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Graudheim checks a leg kick.
DeSouza needs to keep his hands up - Graudheim had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Graudheim misses its intended target.
Graudheim throws the left hand but DeSouza avoids the punch easily.
Randy DeSouza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trygve Graudheim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big left from Graudheim misses.
Nice defenses there by DeSouza.
Graudheim takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Graudheim scores with a hook to the body. DeSouza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
DeSouza slips a straight right by Graudheim.
Graudheim throws a jab but it's blocked by DeSouza.
Graudheim catches DeSouza with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graudheim scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Graudheim.
Graudheim scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trygve Graudheim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graudheim has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trygve Graudheim!