PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lenny Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damien Sousa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ricardo
vs
Sousa

195 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 Sydney, Lenny Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damien Sousa!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sousa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ricardo is in trouble now - Sousa has advanced to mount!
Ricardo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ricardo regains half guard.
Ricardo tries to get to full guard but Sousa has control of the leg.
Sousa wants to pass to mount but Ricardo is defending the position.

Ricardo actively working from the bottom here.

Ricardo looking for submissions off his back.
Ricardo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sousa scores with a couple of nice shots.

Ricardo is defending against the submission attempts here by Sousa.
Ricardo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa is looking to take a break and control but Ricardo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Ricardo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sousa pulls his head out easily.
Sousa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Sousa is looking for a kimura here.

Ricardo has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Sousa escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Sousa!
Ricardo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

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.

Sousa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ricardo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ricardo dodges the ground and pound from Sousa.
Ricardo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sousa working the head and body with strikes.
Sousa lands some shots froms side control.
Ricardo is looking to reverse the position.
Ricardo is breathing heavily.

Sousa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ricardo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ricardo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sousa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ricardo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ricardo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sousa connects with a decent elbow.
Sousa trying to control the action but Ricardo is working from the bottom.

Sousa tries for a kimura but Ricardo is defending well.
Ricardo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sousa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ricardo sees it coming and defends easily.
Ricardo is trying to get back to full guard.

Ricardo looking for submissions off his back.

Ricardo actively working from the bottom here.
Sousa content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sousa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ricardo keeps working.

Sousa is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Sousa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ricardo shoots and misses

and Sousa counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ricardo!
Sousa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ricardo hang on?
Sousa controlling the position easily from mount.
Ricardo is looking to get to half guard.
Damien Sousa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sousa raining down shots from the mount!
Ricardo can't escape the position.

Sousa looking to secure an arm triangle but Ricardo defends it well.
Sousa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sousa has control of Ricardo's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ricardo regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricardo is squirming around, avoiding Sousa's attempts to control the action.
Ricardo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sousa trying to control the action but Ricardo is working from the bottom.

Ricardo looking for submissions off his back.

Ricardo has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Sousa escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Sousa!

Sousa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sousa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo is trying to improve his position.
Sousa advances nicely into full mount.
Ricardo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sousa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ricardo is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sousa has isolated one of Ricardo's arms. Ricardo looking to fight him off but Sousa twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien Sousa!