PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mace Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mace Raven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Souza
vs
Raven

193 cm
22
245 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

180 cm
26
272 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
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 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mace Raven!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raven turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Raven throws a leg kick but Souza sees it coming and moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Souza.
A punch lands to the side of Raven 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Souza checks a leg kick.
Souza throws a series of punches but Raven avoids them all with ease.
Raven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Raven fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Raven slips under a jab.
Raven misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Raven counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Raven.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Raven has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Raven.
Souza looking to stall.
Raven missing with knees to the body.
Raven comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Raven.
Raven missing with knees to the body.
Raven leaning against his opponent.
Raven pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Raven stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Raven keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raven just leaning against Souza, taking a breather.
Raven lands a nice elbow.
Raven is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Souza blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raven effectively controlling the action here.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Raven.
Raven prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Raven looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
A body shot lands from Souza.
Raven misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Raven - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Souza misses with some punches.
Raven misses with an elbow strike.
Souza blocks an elbow strike from Raven.
Stalling in the clinch from Raven.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raven throws an elbow but misses.
Raven misses with an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Raven.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Raven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raven blocks a jab.
Mace Raven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raven walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Souza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sloppy strikes from Souza. Those never looked like landing.
Souza catches Raven with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Raven checks a low kick from Souza.
Souza misses with the combination.
Raven looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.
A low kick from Raven is predictable there
and Souza counters with a one-two to the body.
Raven throws a low kick but Souza moves out of range easily.
Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Raven.
Raven tries to clinch there but Souza circles away.
Nice defenses there by Raven.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza throws a series of punches but Raven avoids them all with ease.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mace Raven dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Souza throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Raven counters with a low kick, right behind Souza 's knee.
Raven connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Miguel Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Raven tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
Raven motions for Souza to come forward. Raven throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Souza checks a leg kick.
Raven thuds his shin into the meat of Souza's side.
Souza avoids the head kick by Raven.
Souza ducks under a wild hook from Raven.
Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Raven.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Raven.
Raven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Raven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raven. Raven obviously looking to wear him down.
Raven looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Raven lands a nice leg kick that just misses Souza's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Raven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raven throws a leg kick but Souza sees it coming and moves out of range.
Souza is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Raven does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Raven throws a leg kick but Souza sees it coming and moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Raven comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Miguel Souza has been cut.
Raven lands a damaging elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Raven.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Raven lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.
Raven lands a good knee to the midsection. Souza won't want to take too many of those.
Raven displaying some good clinch control by pressing Souza up against the cage.

Raven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Raven does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good work by Souza as he checks the leg kick.
Raven is looking to score with low kicks.
Raven misses with a hook. Souza ducked under it nicely.
Raven throws a nice outside leg kick.
Raven connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Raven turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Raven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Raven throws a low kick but it's checked well by Souza.
A leg kick checked by Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raven misses with a low kick.
Raven tries to score with a low kick but Souza moves his leg out of the way.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Raven, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raven.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Raven.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raven looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice body kick there by Raven.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mace Raven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Miguel Souza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Raven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Raven counters with an inside leg kick.
Raven tries to work over Souza's front leg with a kick but Souza checks it.
A head kick misses from Raven.
Raven misses with a body shot.
Raven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raven pushes Souza away with a front kick.
Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Raven.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
Raven walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Souza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Souza lands a slapping body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Raven.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raven is looking to clinch.
Souza misses with a double jab.
Raven takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Raven moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Souza ducks under a wild hook from Raven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Souza blocks the leg kick.
Raven slips a straight right by Souza.
Raven throws a solid leg kick but Souza takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raven.
Raven is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Raven tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Souza is able to avoid easily.
Raven tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Raven.
Raven throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raven. Raven obviously looking to wear him down.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raven. Raven obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Raven misses the target.
Souza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Raven slips a jab and a cross from Souza.
Raven shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Raven.
Mace Raven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raven is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
Raven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Raven tenderised Souza's leg. Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Souza tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Souza swings for the body but Raven moves out of range.
Souza checks a low kick from Raven.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Raven, right into the meat.
Miguel Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raven fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Souza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Raven lands a big head kick that sends Souza tumbling to the mat! Raven takes a step backwards and waves Souza back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Souza is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Raven.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mace Raven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Raven has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 25:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 25:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mace Raven!