PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza has chosen Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
De Souza

186 cm
30
174 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

177 cm
21
177 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alfonso De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Souza throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson counters with a body kick that stops De Souza in his tracks momentarily.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but De Souza avoids the damage to the body.
De Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Souza tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Souza avoids it.
De Souza dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
De Souza dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Souza.
De Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Johnson.
A short body shot lands from De Souza as the two fighters clinch.
De Souza scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Souza avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Souza's defenses.
De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

De Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson looks for a takedown but De Souza sprawls well.
De Souza throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a head kick.
De Souza cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
De Souza dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.

De Souza forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Souza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
De Souza content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Souza avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
De Souza tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

De Souza breaks the clinch.
Johnson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from De Souza. That one must have hurt.
Johnson wants to clinch
and De Souza counters with a thumping low kick.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
De Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Souza scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Alfonso De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De Souza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson wants to clinch
and De Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Souza scores with a punch to the head.

Johnson is rocked!
De Souza drops Johnson with a big left hand! Johnson is injured, injured bad! De Souza jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfonso De Souza!
Our winner, Alfonso De Souza, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.