PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos De Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Souza
vs
Jensen

176 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jensen wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Souza throws a body punch but Jensen moves out of range.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch but De Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Souza shoots in but Jensen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
De Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Jensen.
De Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jensen was well out of range. Poor timing from De Souza.
Jensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jensen tries to clinch there but De Souza circles away.
Martin Jensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jensen.
Jensen tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Jensen.
De Souza takes a swing at Jensen's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
De Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jensen darts in and clinches De Souza up against the cage.
Jensen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jensen avoids a wild elbow strike from De Souza.
Jensen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Souza is looking to control Jensen's arms but Jensen gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Souza has his back to the cage.
Jensen trying to control the position but instead, De Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jensen into the cage.

Jensen has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed De Souza clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
De Souza trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
De Souza staying busy and making it hard for Jensen to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is trying to stick to De Souza's back but De Souza is turning into Jensen. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jensen's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by De Souza.
De Souza looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Souza is looking to work some ground and pound but Jensen has wrist control.
Jensen keeping moving, preventing De Souza from controlling successfully.
De Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Souza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
De Souza postures up in Jensen's guard and throws a big left but Jensen blocks it.
De Souza trying to control but Jensen is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Souza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jensen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jensen wants to sweep here but De Souza controlling him for the moment.
De Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Jensen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Souza.
De Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jensen wants to stand but De Souza is controlling the position.
Jensen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Souza lands a couple of digs.
Jensen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jensen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Souza wants to control from the top but Jensen keeps moving.
De Souza postures up in Jensen's guard and throws a big left but Jensen blocks it.
De Souza controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jensen trying to keep a closed guard but De Souza is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Souza tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jensen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten De Souza somewhat.
De Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Jensen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jensen tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
Jensen tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
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!
Jensen tries to clinch up but De Souza circles away and keeps his distance.
De Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jensen.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jensen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jensen tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jensen with a poor takedown

and De Souza counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Jensen!
De Souza throws an elbow but Jensen slips to the side and avoids it well.
De Souza creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jensen sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
De Souza working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Jensen taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos De Souza dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jensen moves away.
Jensen wants to clinch up but De Souza keeps it at a distance.

Jensen darts in and clinches De Souza up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Souza as Jensen tries to tie him up.
De Souza is trying to drag Jensen to the mat but Jensen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jensen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Souza gets the underhooks and prevents it.
De Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jensen trying to control the position but instead, De Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jensen into the cage.
De Souza is trying to force a seperation but Jensen has the dominant position.
De Souza tries for a takedown but Jensen manages to get underhooks.
De Souza wants to stall.
Jensen avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jensen is looking to control De Souza's arms but De Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jensen has his back to the cage.
De Souza is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jensen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos De Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jensen stalling in the clinch but De Souza improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin Jensen.
Jensen tries to clinch but De Souza is having none of it.
Jensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Souza throws the left hand but Jensen avoids the punch easily.
Jensen slips a jab from De Souza.
Jensen is looking to clinch but De Souza is avoiding it.
Jensen doesn't manage to clinch there - De Souza circles away.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
Jensen moves in looking to clinch but De Souza pushes him off.
Jensen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is looking to clinch.
Jensen moves to clinch but De Souza breaks away

and De Souza counters with a big slam. Jensen looks out but De Souza is landing strikes to his unconscious opponent! Eventually the ref steps in to save Jensen from any more punishment. A brutal conclusion to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Carlos De Souza!
A relieved looking Carlos De 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.