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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ray Bailey (ranked 7127 p4p, 617 weight class) and Ritchie Souza (ranked 2607 p4p, 300 weight class). Bailey comes to the cage accompanied by NWA-Fuck Tha Police. Souza has chosen Gwen Stefani-Luxurious as his entrance music. The key to victory for Ray Bailey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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168 lbs
4 - 10 - 0 |
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170 cm
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165 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritchie Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Souza or perhaps it was just good defense by Bailey, which made it look bad.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Bailey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Bailey moves away and avoids it.
Bailey seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
Bailey has one foot on Souza's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza throws a head kick but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Souza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Souza has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bailey enables Souza to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bailey manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Souza works over Bailey with some ground and pound from guard.
Souza lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bailey looking to control.
Bailey wants to stand up but Souza is controlling him.
Souza is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bailey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Souza is aware though and is defending well.
Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Souza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bailey pushes Souza off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bailey moves into range and clinches up with Souza.
Souza drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bailey pulls his leg out and moves away.
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ray Bailey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ritchie Souza.
Souza throws a series of punches but Bailey moves out of range.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bailey.
Souza throws out a counter right but Bailey avoids it with no problem.
Ritchie Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bailey attempts a counter takedown but Souza avoids it well and moves away.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Souza.
Bailey attempts a counter takedown but Souza avoids it well and moves away.
Souza throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bailey tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Souza is in Bailey's guard.
Bailey wants to stand up but Souza is controlling him.
Bailey keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Souza scoring with punches to the head and body.
Souza wants to control from the top but Bailey keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Bailey trying to control the position.
Souza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bailey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Souza is standing up over Bailey. Bailey looks to escape but Souza dives into side control.
Souza lands a nice forearm strike.
Souza in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ritchie Souza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Souza cracks Bailey with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bailey leaves Souza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Souza closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bailey quickly recovers to half guard.
Bailey is trying to escape back to his feet but Souza uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Bailey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Souza cracks Bailey with a big right hand but Bailey just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Souza lands a decent elbow from side control.
Souza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bailey knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey wants to control but Souza postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Souza trying to control the action but Bailey is working from the bottom.
Souza tries for a kimura but Bailey is defending well.
Souza scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ritchie Souza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bailey is trying to buck Souza off.
Souza tries to move to mount but Bailey blocks the move with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bailey keeps working.
Bailey struggling a bit here.
Bailey is working to avoid the ground and pound but Souza connects with a decent elbow.
Souza scoring with punches from side control.
Bailey taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bailey is rocked!
Souza goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Bailey has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Souza but great work by Bailey.
Oh Bailey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bailey seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Bailey has control of the leg.
Souza is staying active underneath Bailey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bailey wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bailey pulls his head out easily.
Bailey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bailey postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Souza to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Souza throws a jab when Bailey was well out of range.
Bailey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bailey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bailey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ray Bailey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souza cracks a nice hook into Bailey's ribs.
Bailey dodges the punch combination from Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ritchie Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bailey wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Souza throws a head kick but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Souza checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bailey sprawls well. Bailey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Bailey changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Souza shoots in looking for a takedown. Bailey tries to sprawl out of it but Souza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bailey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bailey appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bailey pushes Souza off looking to stand but Souza dives back in and keeps control.
Souza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Souza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bailey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bailey trying to control from the bottom.
Souza working over Bailey with some ground and pound. Bailey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Souza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bailey looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza seems to be working for a kimura but Bailey defends the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza working Bailey over with strikes.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Souza is nestled in close to Bailey, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bailey on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Souza stops Bailey from getting back to his feet.
Souza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Souza wants to work for an arm triangle but Bailey is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bailey wants to control but Souza is keeping busy.
Bailey is trying to stand back up but Souza is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands with a punch from half guard.
Bailey tries to kick Souza off but Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bailey wants to improve his position but Souza is controlling well.
Souza wants to control but Bailey is keeping him busy.
Ray Bailey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ground and pound from Souza.
Bailey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Souza takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Souza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bailey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Souza working over Bailey with some ground and pound. Bailey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Souza prevents Bailey from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Souza lands with a punch from half guard.
Souza landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Souza trying to control the action but Bailey is working from the bottom.
Souza working Bailey over with strikes.
Souza is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Bailey is hurt! He's hurt bad - Souza fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Bailey from any more punishment! Congratulations to Souza! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ritchie Souza!
Ritchie Souza opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
Ray Bailey spoke after the fight, saying 'i'll be back bigger, better and stronger. I'll fight anybody anywhere bitches'.
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