PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blue Beard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and marcelo souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blue Beard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Beard
vs
souza

200 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blue Beard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, marcelo souza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Beard leaves souza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Beard looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Beard trying to control the pace.
Beard is looking to advance position but souza won't allow it.
Beard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Beard is controlling the pace.
Beard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beard keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
souza gets full guard.
Beard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Beard preventing the sweep.
Beard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
souza keeping moving, preventing Beard from controlling successfully.
Beard stays in close to souza's body and controls the position.
Beard looking to pass the guard.
souza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Beard is working souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Beard controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for souza on the ground.
souza working a defensive guard here.
Beard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Beard trying to control but souza is working from the bottom.
Beard works over souza with some ground and pound from guard.
Beard throws and elbow that misses. souza uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Beard's guard. Nice move by souza!
souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Beard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beard pulls souza in close to prevent any damage.
Beard wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beard striking off his back.
souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beard is keeping the position for now.
Beard looking to control.
souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Beard looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

souza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Beard has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed souza clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Beard keeps control of the position easily here as souza tries to buck him off.
Beard looking to hold on to the position here but souza rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Beard preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Beard controls the pace.
Beard is working souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
souza looks gassed!
souza keeping moving, preventing Beard from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Beard looking to sit in guard and control but souza gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Beard looking for a sweep. Not yet Beard, not yet.
Beard managing to control the position.
souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Beard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Beard sprawls well. He's pushed souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

souza gets caught flat footed, as Beard shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Beard slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Beard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Beard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Beard wants to pass the guard but souza is keeping the position.
Beard controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Beard won't allow souza to get back to his feet.
souza is breathing heavily.
Beard is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
souza keeping moving, preventing Beard from controlling successfully.
Beard is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because souza is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Blue Beard just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Beard looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for souza!
Beard controlling his opponent.
souza is desperately trying to improve his position but Beard has a good base and remains in mount.
Beard looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Beard lands a nice shot to the head.
Beard raining down shots from the mount!
Beard content just to control the position here.
Beard lands with some strikes.
Beard controlling his opponent.
Beard lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Beard controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beard putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Beard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Beard controlling from mount.
souza is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Beard content just to control the position here.
Blue Beard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Beard with the ground and pound from mount.
Beard with the ground and pound from mount.
Beard lands a nice shot to the head.
Beard landing strikes from the mount and souza is in trouble!
Beard is in the full mount, landing strikes.

souza is rocked!
A big strike lands for Beard! That's really hurt souza and he's turned his back - Beard keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Beard Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blue Beard!