PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Never Faulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Never Faulter comes to the ring accompanied by Fire it up by Modest Mouse. Souza has chosen AC/DC - Highway To Hell as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Never Faulter
vs
Souza

186 cm
28
196 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

188 cm
25
192 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Never Faulter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Souza bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Never Faulter manages to work his way to half guard, despite Souza's best efforts.
Souza passes to side control.
Souza works to advance to full mount. Never Faulter defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Never Faulter tries to hold on but Souza pushes him away.

Souza goes for an armbar but Never Faulter turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Never Faulter.
Never Faulter won't allow Souza to sweep him here.
Souza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Never Faulter.

Souza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Never Faulter defends well.

Souza looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Never Faulter passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza tries to buck Never Faulter off but Never Faulter is having none of it.
Never Faulter is working Souza over with some ground and pound from side control.
Never Faulter grinds an elbow into Souza's temple.
Never Faulter scores with a couple of short elbows.
Never Faulter working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Never Faulter advances to mount.
Never Faulter lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Souza hang on?
Souza looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Never Faulter landing punches.
Never Faulter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Souza is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Never Faulter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Never Faulter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Never Faulter landing strikes from the mount and Souza is in trouble!
Never Faulter cracks Souza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Never Faulter lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Souza hang on?
Souza working to try and regain half guard.
Never Faulter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Never Faulter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Souza looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Never Faulter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Souza working to try and regain half guard.
Souza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Never Faulter landing strikes, looking to finish!
Never Faulter 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 is desperately trying to improve his position but Never Faulter has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Never Faulter cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

It looks like Thiago Souza has been cut.
Never Faulter lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is squirming around, avoiding Never Faulter's attempts to control the action.
Souza is bucking up trying to escape but Never Faulter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Souza keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Never Faulter is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza is bucking up trying to escape but Never Faulter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Never Faulter unloading with bombs!
Never Faulter landing strikes from the mount.

That has opened up Thiago Souza's cut even more.
Never Faulter has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Souza's face.

The cut above Thiago Souza's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Never Faulter is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Thiago Souza's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Thiago Souza's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Walter Never Faulter!