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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kid Rock - American Badass. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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254 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobby Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paolo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza shoots in and drives through. Lee sprawls well.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.
Souza prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Souza drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Souza drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bobby Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Souza.
Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Lee does no damage.
A right-left combo lands from Lee.
Lee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Souza's head.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Lee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lee works over Souza's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Souza tries to move into range but Lee moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lee looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lee.
Lee wants to land a leg kick but Souza is out of range.
Lee scores with a jab. Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Souza is rocked!
Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Souza is still in real trouble! Can Lee finish him?
Souza looking for a sweep. Not yet Souza, not yet.
Souza seems to have recovered his senses.
Souza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lee manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Souza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza looks gassed!
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Souza wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Souza trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lee's guard.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Lee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Lee.
A punch lands to the side of Souza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Bobby Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lee showed some decent athleticism there.
Souza regains full guard. Nicely done.
Souza has his foot on Lee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lee works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Souza can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lee throwing strikes but missing.
Lee tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.
Lee tries to stand but Souza is controlling from the bottom.
Souza looking to control.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee misses with a takedown attempt - Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Lee 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.
Lee lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lee's waist but Lee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Souza off to one side.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Souza moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Souza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lee counters with a straight right hand.
Bobby Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lee lands a two punch combo.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with the combination.
Souza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee shoots and misses
and Souza counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lee won't be happy with that.
Souza lands a nice forearm strike.
Lee is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Souza has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Lee misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Souza creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lee taking punishment in the form of punches.
Souza goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Lee rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Souza's guard! Nice work there by Lee!
Souza throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Souza is on top in guard.
Souza trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Souza passes into half guard.
Souza lands strikes from half guard.
Souza works his way into full mount!
Souza landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Souza in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Souza with a couple of short strikes.
Souza is landing with some decent strikes but Lee is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Souza landing punches.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Souza landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Lee is trying to escape the mount.
Lee is bucking up trying to escape but Souza cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lee is in a horrible position here. Souza smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Souza punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee tries to hold on but Souza pushes him away.
Souza unloads with some shots from mount but Lee bucks and avoids them well.
Souza landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Lee tries to lock up and control but Souza gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lee is in all sorts of trouble here.
Souza working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lee squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paolo Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Lee connects with a jab.
Lee thuds a left hand into Souza's body.
Lee misses with a wild combination.
Lee lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lee is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Lee looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Lee counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lee.
Lee wants to stand but Souza is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lee is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza tries to strike from the bottom.
Lee won't allow Souza to sweep him here.
Souza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Souza 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 passes to full mount!
Souza working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Souza lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza landing shots from mount.
Souza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Souza cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Souza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Souza raining down shots from the mount!
Lee is working to get back to half guard.
Lee is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Souza working Lee over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lee taking shots to the head.
Souza lands a big shot there that rocks Lee but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lee is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Souza connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Souza thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Lee tries to hold on but Souza postures up.
Lee is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza punishing his opponent with strikes.
Paolo Souza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lee wants to try and get back to his feet.
Souza postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lee looks a forlorn figure.
Poor strikes thrown by Souza there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lee is trying desperately to improve position.
Souza lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns Lee that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Souza with good strikes from the mount here!
Lee is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza landing shots from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paolo Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Souza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paolo Souza!
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RATING
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