PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Renton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renton comes to the cage accompanied by Underworld - Born Slippy. De Souza has chosen Black Capricorn Day - Jamiroquai as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Renton
vs
De Souza

178 cm
32
185 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

177 cm
26
177 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Renton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfonso De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Renton connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Souza. De Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Renton just misses with a punch to the body.
Renton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Souza loads up on a big right hand but Renton slips the punch.
Renton lands a jab.
De Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Souza lands with an overhand left.
Mark Renton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Renton scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Renton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Renton.
Renton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Renton.
A shot to the liver by De Souza. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Renton throws out the jab.
Renton blocks a head kick by De Souza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Renton lands a jab to the nose.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza defending well as Renton loads up on a big left hand.
De Souza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Souza stuns Renton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Renton.
Renton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Souza's hands.
Renton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Renton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Renton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Souza but De Souza pushes him off and we're back to square one.
De Souza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Renton misses with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Renton misses with a hook.
De Souza takes one to the side of the head.

Renton shoots in and bounces De Souza off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Renton throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
Renton trying to control the position from guard on top but De Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Renton is looking to work some ground and pound but De Souza has wrist control.
Renton stopping the sweep attempt from De Souza.
Renton throwing strikes but missing.
Renton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Renton postures up and lands a big shot to De Souza's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Renton drops back, looking for a kneebar! De Souza looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. De Souza looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from De Souza!
Renton is trying to control De Souza's posture but De Souza avoids it.

De Souza decides to stand back up. De Souza steps back and let's Renton get back to his feet.
Renton misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a big head kick but Renton shrugs it off.
De Souza throws a front kick aimed at Renton's knee but Renton avoids it well.
Renton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renton lands with an overhand left.
De Souza wants to slow Renton down by chopping away at his legs.
Renton dives in and grabs De Souza's left leg, looking for a takedown. De Souza pushes down on Renton's head and hops out.
Renton takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
Renton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Renton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Renton thows a body shot but no joy.
A lazy left from Renton finds it's target.
De Souza lands a head kick. Renton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Renton misses with an uppercut.
De Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Renton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Renton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Renton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Renton avoids the body shot from De Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alfonso De Souza will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Souza scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Souza takes a swing at Renton's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Renton misses
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
De Souza walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Renton. De Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Renton missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Souza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Renton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Renton blocks the body kick.
De Souza dips to his left and cracks Renton with an uppercut!
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Souza finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Renton misses the jab.
A big right from Renton misses.
Renton lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Renton misses with a body shot.
Alfonso De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Renton scores with a jab to the head.
Alfonso De Souza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Souza throws a head kick but Renton moves out of range.
De Souza loads up on a big right hand but Renton slips the punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Renton down.
Renton checks a leg kick nicely.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renton misses with a straight left.
Renton scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Renton checks it.
Renton throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Renton.
Sloppy strikes from Renton. Those never looked like landing.
Renton digs a good body shot into De Souza's ribs.
De Souza misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - De Souza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Renton misses with an uppercut
and De Souza counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Renton lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Souza doesn't seem phased though.
De Souza scores with a hook to the body. Renton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Renton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Souza tests Renton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Renton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Souza.
De Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Renton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Renton.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Renton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Renton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
De Souza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Souza misses with a straight right.
Renton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Souza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Renton looks for a takedown but De Souza sprawls well.
De Souza scores with a nice strike.
De Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
De Souza jabs Renton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Renton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Souza looks for the body kick but Renton saw that one coming.
Renton missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Renton lands a jab.
A big right from Renton misses.
Renton lands a body shot.
De Souza slips a jab from Renton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Renton blocks the body kick.
De Souza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Renton swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
Renton shoots for a takedown but De Souza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Renton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An inside leg kick lands from De Souza.
De Souza scores with a leg kick.
De Souza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Renton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Souza is looking to land body kicks.
Renton keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Renton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Souza connects with the punch.
Renton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonso De Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

De Souza tests Renton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Renton scores with the left hand. De Souza knows he should have avoided that one.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Renton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Renton missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Renton misses with a wild body shot.
Renton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza lands the left hand.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Souza. That's going to slow Renton down.
Renton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Renton throws a nice looking combination but De Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Renton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Renton slips under a jab from De Souza.
De Souza misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Renton misses.
De Souza throws a looping overhand right but Renton ducks down to avoid it.
De Souza staying out of range there.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
Renton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Renton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Renton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Renton lands with a shot to the body.
De Souza lands with a nice body punch.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Renton's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza tries a low kick but Renton avoids it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Souza - that will leave a mark!
De Souza lands a front kick.
De Souza throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Souza.
De Souza throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Renton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Souza scores with a push kick.
De Souza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Renton's calf.
Renton misses the shot to the body.
De Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Renton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Souza throws a head kick but Renton moves out of range.
Renton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza motions for Renton to come forward. De Souza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Renton misses with a left hand
and De Souza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Renton thinking.
De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Renton moves out of range easily.
De Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Souza is looking to land body kicks.
Renton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Renton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Renton.
De Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Renton throws a jab but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Souza throws a head kick but Renton moves out of range.
Renton lands a nice looking body shot.
Renton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Renton looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
Renton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
Renton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Renton misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
A jab from De Souza does it's job there.
De Souza throws a front kick aimed at Renton's knee but Renton avoids it well.
Mark Renton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alfonso De Souza is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
De Souza misses with a hook
and De Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Renton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Renton throws an off balance right hand
and De Souza counters with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by De Souza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Renton swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
Renton throws a big shot that misses.
Renton tries for a takedown but De Souza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Renton throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
Renton shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Souza defends it nicely.
Renton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Renton will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Souza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters circling a little - De Souza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Souza winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso De Souza!
A victorious Alfonso De Souza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.