PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

de Souza
vs
Esposito

191 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Esposito!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza swinging wilding here.
Esposito tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Souza throws a leg kick but Esposito sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Esposito fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Frank Esposito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Souza. No joy for Esposito on that attempt.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown but Souza shows good takedown defense.
Diego de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Esposito.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Souza as he jumps to the side.
Esposito shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Souza pinned against the cage. Souza gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Esposito with that takedown attempt.
Esposito tries to clinch up.
Esposito wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Esposito fails with an attempt to clinch.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Souza.
Souza throws a series of punches but Esposito avoids them all with ease.
Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Esposito closes the distance and clinches up with Souza, looking for a takedown. Esposito pushes Souza against the cage but Souza circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Esposito looks gassed!
Esposito wants to clinch.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.

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.
Esposito closes the distance and clinches up with Souza, looking for a takedown. Esposito pushes Souza against the cage but Souza circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Souza as he avoids it easily.
Esposito is looking to clinch.
Esposito shoots for a takedown but Souza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Souza lands with a nice combination. Esposito backs away looking to recover.
An inside leg kick lands from Souza.
Souza connects with a solid leg kick.
Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Esposito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza looks to land a combination but Esposito avoids it well.
Souza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Esposito. That did some damage!
Souza is looking to slow Esposito down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Esposito takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Souza scores with a leg kick.
Esposito is looking to clinch.
Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Esposito fails with the takedown.
Souza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Esposito tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Souza.
Souza throws a series of strikes that have Esposito backpedaling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is looking to slow Esposito down with leg kicks.
Diego de Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Esposito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Esposito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Souza. Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
Esposito shoots in and drives through. Souza sprawls well.
Souza works over Esposito's head and body with a nice combination.
Esposito thows a leg kick but Souza checks it
and Souza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Souza feints and then cracks Esposito's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Esposito down.
Souza throws a right and a left that Esposito avoids nicely.
A left and a right from Souza both land. Nice combination.
Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego de Souza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Esposito is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diego de Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Esposito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Esposito closes the distance looking to clinch
and Souza counters with an outside leg kick.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Souza as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice sprawl there from Souza as Esposito shoots in.
Esposito is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza cracks the inside of Esposito's front leg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Esposito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Esposito swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Souza counters with a good low kick that Esposito was not able to check.
Souza throws a right and a left that Esposito avoids nicely.
Esposito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Esposito's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Esposito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Souza makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Souza duly obliges.
Souza throws a one two combo.
Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Horrible takedown by Esposito or perhaps it was just good defense by Souza which made him look bad.
Diego de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Esposito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Souza.
Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Souza is working the combinations to good effect here.
Souza throws a series of punches but Esposito avoids them all with ease.
Souza throws a leg kick which misses Esposito's front leg but catches the back leg as Esposito tries to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Esposito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Esposito is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Esposito is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Souza.
Esposito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice sprawl there from Souza as Esposito shoots in.
Souza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Esposito looks to clinch
and Souza counters with an outside leg kick.
Souza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Esposito takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Souza misses with a few strikes there.
Esposito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Souza counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four 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.
Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Esposito wants to clinch but Souza slips to the side
and Souza counters with a series of strikes. Esposito will be more careful next time no doubt.
Esposito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Esposito moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Souza moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Esposito closes the distance and clinches up with Souza, looking for a takedown. Esposito pushes Souza against the cage but Souza circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Esposito wants to clinch
and Souza counters with a nice leg kick.
Esposito dodges the punch combination from Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego de Souza dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Esposito misses with the body kick
and Souza counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Esposito closes this distance looking for a takedown but Souza circles away.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Esposito tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
Esposito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Esposito with a lazy takedown attempt
and Souza counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Diego de Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Esposito.
Esposito shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza cracks the inside of Esposito's front leg.
Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Esposito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Souza lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Esposito backs up against the cage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Souza. That's going to slow Esposito down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws a right and a left that Esposito avoids nicely.
Esposito throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Souza's waist but Souza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Esposito off to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Souza. That's going to slow Esposito down.
Souza works over Esposito's head and body with a nice combination.
A shot to the body from Esposito misses
and Souza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Diego de Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Esposito fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good leg kick by Souza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito wants to clinch
and Souza counters with a good low kick that Esposito was not able to check.
Left hook, right uppercut from Souza.
Esposito misses with a combination
and Souza counters with a series of strikes. Esposito will be more careful next time no doubt.
Souza cracks the inside of Esposito's front leg.
Esposito is trying desperately to land a takedown but Souza is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Esposito.
Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Esposito tries for a takedown but Souza circles away easily
and Souza counters with a left and a right that stings Esposito.
Souza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Esposito tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Souza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Esposito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Esposito has a takedown stuffed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Esposito fails to land the takedown.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Souza, right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Souza.

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.
Esposito fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick lands from Souza.
Souza scores with a leg kick.
Esposito throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Souza.
Esposito wants to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souza throws a one two combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego de Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

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