PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luciano dos Santos Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaru Hanso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanso has chosen Great Takeru as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

dos Santos Souza
vs
Hanso

177 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

171 cm
23
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luciano dos Santos Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaru Hanso!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza fails with the takedown.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but Hanso sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Souza shoots for a takedown but Hanso saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luciano dos Santos Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Souza gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Souza thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hanso is trying to get back to half guard.

Souza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hanso is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Souza swings around for an armbar but Hanso sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Souza's guard.

Hanso stands up from Souza's guard - Hanso perhaps looking for a knockout.

Hanso shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hanso was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Souza regains half guard.

Hanso seems to be working for a kimura but Souza defends the submission attempt.

Souza actively working from the bottom here.

Souza looking for submissions off his back.

Hanso seems to be working for a kimura but Souza defends the submission attempt.

Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hanso tries to pass to full mount but Souza defends it.

Souza is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hanso pulls his head out easily.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Hanso has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Hanso counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Souza!

Hanso working for a guillotine from mount but Souza is in no mood to give up.
Souza gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Hanso.

Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Souza actively working from the bottom here.

Souza is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hanso pulls his head out easily.

Souza looking for submissions off his back.

Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Hanso works his way into full mount!
Souza tries to reverse the position but Hanso maintains control.

Hanso is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Souza has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hanso should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Souza bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Souza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Souza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Hanso working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Souza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Souza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Souza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Souza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Masaru Hanso will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Souza shoots and misses

and Hanso counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Hanso is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Masaru Hanso has got the better of the ground game so far.

Hanso is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Souza actively working from the bottom here.

Souza is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Hanso is tapping! Great win for Souza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Luciano dos Santos Souza!