PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brane Rebernik (ranked 4792 p4p, 4728 weight class) and Victor Souza (ranked 580 p4p, 584 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Rebernik
vs
Souza

198 cm
23
214
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
190
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brane Rebernik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Souza!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab, jab by Rebernik - just one landing.
Souza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rebernik counters with a three punch combo that has Souza backing up. Souza nods at Rebernik to acknowledge the strikes.
Rebernik misses with a body shot.
Rebernik works Souza's body with a nice hook.

Souza moves into the clinch.
Rebernik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebernik managing to block the knees to the body from Souza.
Rebernik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rebernik can't break the clinch.
Rebernik tries to break free but Souza pushes him back against the cage.
Rebernik tries to circle away but Souza has him pinned against the cage.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rebernik wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza lands a damaging elbow.
Rebernik wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Souza prevents a body shot from Rebernik.
Souza missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rebernik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebernik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rebernik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rebernik is looking to break free of the clinch but Souza has double underhooks.
Rebernik is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Souza is keeping busy.
Souza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rebernik.
Rebernik letting Souza take a breather here.
Rebernik is trying to break the clinch but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Rebernik letting Souza take a breather here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rebernik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Rebernik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebernik tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rebernik blocks it with crossed arms.
Rebernik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rebernik's elbow.
A short uppercut from Rebernik.
Souza keeps control of Rebernik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rebernik blocks an elbow strike from Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is pushing Rebernik up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Rebernik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rebernik tries to keep at a distance but Souza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rebernik can't break the clinch.
Rebernik has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Souza keeps control of Rebernik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rebernik stalling in the clinch but Souza improves position.
Souza missing with knees to the body.
Rebernik is trying to force a seperation but Souza has the dominant position.
Rebernik working hard to break the clinch.
Souza misses with an elbow over the top.
Rebernik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rebernik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rebernik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands an elbow inside that Rebernik shrugs off.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Rebernik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rebernik takes an elbow to the temple.
Souza effectively controlling the action here.
Rebernik wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Rebernik tries to stall but Souza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Souza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebernik.
Rebernik looking to slow down the pace here.
Rebernik tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Souza taking a breather.
Rebernik is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Souza is keeping busy.
Souza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebernik is defending well for now.
Rebernik wants to get back to striking at distance but Souza won't allow it.
Rebernik is trying to push Souza away but Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A head punch on the inside from Rebernik fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Souza.
Rebernik trying to control the position but instead, Souza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rebernik into the cage.
Souza prevents a body shot from Rebernik.
Rebernik is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Souza takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rebernik avoids a wild elbow strike from Souza.
Rebernik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rebernik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rebernik misses with a punch to the body.
Souza is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rebernik is defending well.
Rebernik tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Souza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rebernik.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Souza dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Decent striking displayed by Rebernik there.
Victor Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Souza has closed the distance and engaged Rebernik in a clinch.
Souza pushes off an throws an elbow but Rebernik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rebernik is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Victor Souza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rebernik.
Rebernik blocks an elbow strike.
Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rebernik is defending well for now.
Rebernik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rebernik is trying to stall.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rebernik tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position.
Rebernik tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Souza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Souza has Rebernik pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rebernik manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A frustrated look appears on Rebernik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Souza prevents a body shot from Rebernik.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rebernik creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rebernik prevents a takedown attempt there.
Brane Rebernik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rebernik lands a left hand.
Rebernik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rebernik is trying to break the clinch but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Rebernik is trying to push Souza away but Souza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rebernik misses with a punch to the body.
Souza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rebernik's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Souza obliges.
Souza is pushing Rebernik up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rebernik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rebernik working hard to break the clinch.
Rebernik tries to break free but Souza pushes him back against the cage.
Rebernik is looking to break free of the clinch but Souza has double underhooks.
Rebernik looking to slow down the pace here.
Rebernik looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rebernik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Souza is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rebernik working hard to break the clinch.
Souza misses with the head strike.
Rebernik is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rebernik is pressed up against the cage. Souza has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rebernik down to the mat. Rebernik avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rebernik lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rebernik connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rebernik feints a jab promting Souza to slip. Rebernik then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Souza slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza misses with a few strikes there.
Rebernik slips a jab from Souza.
Rebernik swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rebernik lands a nice looking body shot.
Souza on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rebernik lands with a shot to the body.
Rebernik sizes up Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Souza is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rebernik is stalking Souza. Souza circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Rebernik, and it's lights out! Souza really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brane Rebernik!
Brane Rebernik decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.