PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolando Souto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Stallion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souto comes to the cage accompanied by Jorge Quintero - 300 violin orchestra. Rolando Souto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Stallion's chin.

Souto
vs
Stallion

184 cm
33
185 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

197 cm
25
188 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rolando Souto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Stallion!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stallion lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stallion misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Souto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Stallion's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Souto wants to control from the top but Stallion keeps moving.
Souto might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stallion throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Stallion is trying to keep Souto in close.
Stallion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Souto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stallion trying to keep a closed guard but Souto is proving a slippery customer.
Stallion looking for a sweep. Not yet Stallion, not yet.
Souto postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stallion really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Souto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stallion wants to sweep but no luck.
Souto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Souto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Souto 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.
Souto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stallion keeping full guard, as Souto tries to pass.
Stallion keeping moving, preventing Souto from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Souto drops back looking for a leg! Stallion is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stallion manages to kick Souto off! Souto jumps back into Stallion's guard.
Stallion trying to control the position.
Souto working some strikes from top position.
Stallion is looking to stand up but Souto isn't so interested in that idea.
Stallion is trying to control the position but Souto postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Souto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Souto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Souto won't allow Stallion to sweep him here.
Souto looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stallion bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Souto's guard.

Souto working for a triangle but Stallion defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Souto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Souto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stallion defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stallion looking to pass the guard.
Stallion wants to control from the top but Souto keeps moving.
Stallion controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stallion trying to control but Souto is working from the bottom.
Souto tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Stallion was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Souto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Souto is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Souto is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Stallion sees it coming and defends easily.

Souto is looking for a kimura here.
Souto trying to pass the guard but Stallion defending well.
Stallion is trying to maintain the position but Souto is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Souto is looking for a kimura here.
Souto lands with a punch from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Stallion knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Souto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stallion defending well though.
Stallion is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souto trying to mount his opponent but Stallion defends it.
Stallion trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolando Souto dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A swing and a miss from Stallion.

Souto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Stallion to the mat! Stallion manages to get full guard.
Souto throws a big right hand that misses.
Souto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stallion's head.
Stallion is trying to control the position but Souto postures up.
Souto tries to free his leg and advance position but Stallion is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Stallion can do anything to dispel that myth.
Stallion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Souto.

Souto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Souto lands a couple of digs.
Souto stops Stallion from standing up.
Stallion is looking to sweep but instead, Souto has passed into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souto slips a nice elbow through Stallion's hands, connecting with Stallion's forehead.
Souto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stallion is looking for a sweep. Souto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Souto is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Stallion has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Souto in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Stallion tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Souto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rolando Souto!
Rolando Souto opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.