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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Van Beethoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Beethoven has chosen Beethoven-Symphony 7 as his entrance music. 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?
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196 cm
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243 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
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213 cm
31
277 lbs
22 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Van Beethoven ! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Van Beethoven cracks Souza with a right hand to the side of the head. Van Beethoven 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.
Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven avoids the body shot from Souza.
Souza slips a jab from Van Beethoven . Souza takes a swing at Van Beethoven 's ribcage but misses. A decent looking cross lands there for Souza. Van Beethoven misses with a body kick. Souza throws a series of punches but Van Beethoven moves out of range. Souza misses with a straight right. Van Beethoven fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. 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! Van Beethoven tried to score with a low kick but Souza checks it. Van Beethoven takes one on the button. Souza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ballas Only in the buildup to the fight. Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Beethoven . The fighters circling - Van Beethoven throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Souza cracks a nice hook into Van Beethoven 's ribs. Van Beethoven has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Souza misses with a wild body shot. Souza misses with a wild body shot. Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Beethoven circles away.
Souza lands a right hook to the body.
Van Beethoven misses with a lunging right hand
and Souza moves into the clinch. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Van Beethoven back against the cage. Van Beethoven pushes Souza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Beethoven takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Beethoven looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Souza is looking to wear down Van Beethoven with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Souza tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Van Beethoven misses the jab. Van Beethoven misses with a low kick. Souza checks the leg kick. Van Beethoven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Van Beethoven throws a wild body kick that Souza sees coming a mile off. Souza wants to clinch up but Van Beethoven keeps it at a distance. Van Beethoven drops his hands momentarily and Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Van Beethoven bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Wolfgang Van Beethoven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Souza cracks Van Beethoven with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Souza slips under a jab from Van Beethoven . Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Souza blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Souza connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Beethoven 's hands. Van Beethoven throws a leg kick but Souza sees it coming and moves out of range. Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Beethoven slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Van Beethoven misses with a hook. Souza ducked under it nicely. A big left from Souza misses. Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Van Beethoven misses. A slow jab from Souza misses its intended target. Souza darts in and clinches Van Beethoven up against the cage. Van Beethoven blocks a body shot from Souza.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Souza throws a head punch that misses. Souza keeps control of Van Beethoven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Van Beethoven has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Van Beethoven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Souza lands a nice uppercut. Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Van Beethoven blocking some punches.
Van Beethoven has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Beethoven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Van Beethoven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Van Beethoven misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Souza blocks an uppercut.
Van Beethoven throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sergio Souza will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Beethoven fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Souza connects with a body shot. Van Beethoven finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Van Beethoven looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza. Van Beethoven throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Van Beethoven misses with a body kick. Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Souza throws a hook but Van Beethoven avoids it easily. Van Beethoven pushes Souza away with a front kick. Van Beethoven takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Souza walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Souza lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Souza ducks under a wild hook from Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Van Beethoven duly obliges.
It looks like Sergio Souza has been cut. Van Beethoven swings away with a leg kick that misses. Van Beethoven fakes the leg kick and cracks Souza in the body. Souza misses the jab. Van Beethoven works Souza's body with a nice hook. Van Beethoven pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Souza back to the cage. Van Beethoven follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Van Beethoven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Beethoven cracks the inside of Souza's front leg. Wolfgang Van Beethoven seems to be getting the better of the standup. Van Beethoven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Souza. Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Van Beethoven throws a front kick that sends Souza stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Van Beethoven throws a big shot that misses. Van Beethoven lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Souza misses the jab. Souza slips under a jab. Van Beethoven misses with a looping left. Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Beethoven circles away.
A low kick from Van Beethoven misses and Souza counters by moving into the clinch. Van Beethoven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven . Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven .
That's three minutes gone in the round. Van Beethoven swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it. A hook to the body from Souza.
Van Beethoven scores with a shot to the side of Souza's head. Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Beethoven or not. Souza blocking some punches.
Souza keeps control of Van Beethoven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Beethoven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Beethoven 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Van Beethoven throws a wild body kick that Souza sees coming a mile off. Van Beethoven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Souza throws a hook to the side of Van Beethoven 's head but Van Beethoven sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Van Beethoven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Souza. Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Souza throws a body punch but Van Beethoven moves out of range. Souza blocks the body kick.
Van Beethoven throws a low kick but Souza moves out of range easily. Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Beethoven sees it coming and avoids it easily. Van Beethoven throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Van Beethoven misses with a wild combination.
Souza dips to his left and cracks Van Beethoven with an uppercut! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Souza tries to clinch up. Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souza misses with an uppercut. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Sergio Souza's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Van Beethoven tries to land a leg kick but Souza saw it coming and moves away.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Beethoven rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Van Beethoven . Souza shrugs it off though. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Beethoven lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Jab, jab by Van Beethoven - just one landing. Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Beethoven throws a looping overhand right but Souza ducks down to avoid it. A lazy left from Souza finds it's target. Nice shot by Van Beethoven . Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Souza lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round. Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Beethoven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Souza connects with a body shot that sends Van Beethoven 's belly button to the back. Souza scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Souza is looking to clinch. Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Souza gets a clinch. Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Beethoven creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Van Beethoven on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Beethoven misses with a punch on the inside.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Van Beethoven throws a head punch that misses. Souza lands a nice knee to the body. Van Beethoven misses with a punch to the body.
Souza blocking some punches.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Van Beethoven has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Souza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Beethoven is defending well for now. Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Beethoven backwards. Souza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Beethoven in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Souza obliges. Van Beethoven takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Knees to the body from Souza.
Souza keeps control of Van Beethoven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Van Beethoven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souza lands a shoulder strike. Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Beethoven backwards. Souza blocks a body shot from Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven takes a knee to the side of the body. Souza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Beethoven in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Souza scores with a shot to the side of Van Beethoven 's head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza cracks Van Beethoven with a nice body shot. Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Beethoven won't want to take too many of those. Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Beethoven won't want to take too many of those. Souza landing knees to the body.
Souza lands a hook to the side of the head. Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Souza scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza. Souza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Souza lands a shoulder strike. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Wolfgang Van Beethoven has been cut. Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Beethoven won't want to take too many of those. Souza scores with a nice hook to the head. Souza lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Beethoven won't want to take too many of those. Souza pushes Van Beethoven back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Wolfgang Van Beethoven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Beethoven is rocked! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Souza working Van Beethoven over with knees to the body. Souza lands a big right hand that drops Van Beethoven ! The killer instinct kicks in and Souza finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Souza!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza! A victorious Sergio Souza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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