PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fredrick McDoogle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago de Souza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fredrick McDoogle's chin.

de Souza
vs
McDoogle

183 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fredrick McDoogle!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
McDoogle tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but de Souza swivels and escapes.
Fredrick McDoogle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

de Souza rushes McDoogle and presses him up against the cage.
McDoogle fails to pull guard.
McDoogle fails to pull guard.
Thiago de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fredrick McDoogle.
McDoogle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de Souza taking a breather.

de Souza manages to break the clinch.
de Souza throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A punch combination from McDoogle misses.
McDoogle misses with a wild combination.
McDoogle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McDoogle looks gassed!
McDoogle misses with a wild combination.

de Souza forces McDoogle back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

de Souza tightens his grip and picks McDoogle up, before dumping him to the ground. McDoogle manages to land in guard.
de Souza controlling from the top position.
McDoogle keeping full guard, as de Souza tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Souza seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
de Souza has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza pushing down on McDoogle's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
McDoogle trying to control here.
McDoogle slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McDoogle pulls de Souza in close to prevent any damage.
de Souza forces his way into half guard.

de Souza looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago de Souza dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McDoogle misses with a jab, cross combination.
de Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
de Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
de Souza stops McDoogle from getting back to his feet.
McDoogle is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDoogle wants to get back to his feet.
de Souza trying to control the pace.
de Souza seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down McDoogle for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Thiago de Souza just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
McDoogle throws a right and a left that both miss.

McDoogle drives through and clinches with de Souza against the cage.
McDoogle tries to pull guard but de Souza won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McDoogle tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
de Souza misses with the head strike.

McDoogle breaks the clinch.

de Souza clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago de Souza dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

McDoogle fails with the takedown

and de Souza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
de Souza not doing much here.
McDoogle tries to get to full guard but de Souza has control of the leg.
McDoogle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
de Souza takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza tries to pass the half guard into mount. McDoogle knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Well, if de Souza is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDoogle is looking for a sweep. de Souza is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

de Souza is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

de Souza looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
de Souza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago de Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de Souza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago de Souza!