PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Souza
vs
Souza

187 cm
19
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Souza!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson Souza misses with a body kick.
Luiz Souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Luiz Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luiz Souza avoids the head kick by Anderson Souza.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Anderson Souza.
Anderson Souza lands a leg kick that knocks Luiz Souza off balance momentarily.
Anderson Souza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Luiz Souza scores with a takedown into Anderson Souza's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Luiz Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Luiz Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Luiz Souza wants to control from the top but Anderson Souza keeps moving.
Luiz Souza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson Souza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Luiz Souza on the ground.
Anderson Souza is trying to keep Luiz Souza in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson Souza tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Anderson Souza.
Anderson Souza misses with a body kick.
Anderson Souza lands a nice hook to Luiz Souza's body. Luiz Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anderson Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luiz Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson Souza looks to land a body kick but Luiz Souza moved away.
Anderson Souza throws a nice head kick!
Anderson Souza scoring well with a low kick there.
Luiz Souza looks winded!
A cross from Anderson Souza lands.

Luiz Souza is rocked!
Anderson Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson Souza lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Luiz Souza crumples to the floor! Anderson Souza milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anderson Souza!
A relieved looking Anderson Souza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.