PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Humphrey Wellington (ranked 2371 p4p, 278 weight class) and Sandro Dos Souza (ranked 4980 p4p, 450 weight class). Sandro Dos Souza has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Humphrey Wellington's chin.

Wellington
vs
Dos Souza

225 cm
21
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humphrey Wellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandro Dos Souza!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Souza fails with the takedown.
Dos Souza tries to clinch but Wellington moves out of range.
No joy there for Dos Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wellington just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Souza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wellington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Souza.
Dos Souza misses with an uppercut
and Wellington counters with a nice body kick.
Dos Souza with a jab.
Dos Souza looks to land a right hand but Wellington moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wellington thows a body kick. Dos Souza tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dos Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wellington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And Wellington counters with a quick kick to the body but Dos Souza blocks it.
Dos Souza tries to clinch up but Wellington circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Souza moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Dos Souza wants to clinch up but Wellington keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Souza shoots in looking for a takedown. Wellington tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Souza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wellington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dos Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Wellington sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Humphrey Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandro Dos Souza.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wellington.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dos Souza or perhaps it was just good defense by Wellington, which made it look bad.
Wellington throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wellington swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dos Souza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wellington lands a nice hook to Dos Souza's body. Dos Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dos Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wellington misses the shot to the body.
Wellington scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Souza is defended easily by Wellington.
Dos Souza takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good leg kick by Wellington there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That kick from Wellington tenderised Dos Souza's leg. Dos Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dos Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wellington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wellington.
We've been informed that Dos Souza has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wellington really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wellington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dos Souza. That did some damage!
Dos Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good leg kick by Wellington there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wellington fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wellington is looking to wear down Dos Souza with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dos Souza shoots in for a takedown but Wellington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wellington is looking to counter with a body kick.
Wellington slips a jab and a cross from Dos Souza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Souza steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wellington. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Souza shoots in and drives through. Wellington sprawls well.
Dos Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wellington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wellington lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dos Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wellington as he jumps to the side.
Wellington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dos Souza to score with a decent uppercut.
Sandro Dos Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wellington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dos Souza! But no joy.
Dos Souza moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Dos Souza throws a combination that misses
and Wellington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wellington counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humphrey Wellington dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dos Souza misses with a takedown
and Wellington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dos Souza might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Wellington has got the better of the exchanges.
Wellington staying out of range there.
Wellington appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wellington thumps Dos Souza with a low kick.
Dos Souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wellington's waist but Wellington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dos Souza off to one side.
Wellington is looking to counter with a body kick.
Dos Souza takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wellington moves out of range as Dos Souza strikes.
Dos Souza has his takedown stuffed
letting Wellington counter with a right hand.
Humphrey Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandro Dos Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Souza is looking to clinch.
Dos Souza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wellington bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dos Souza is breathing heavily.
Wellington throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Dos Souza does no damage.
Wellington lands a slapping body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wellington.
Wellington throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wellington lands with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wellington. That's going to slow Dos Souza down.
Wellington pushes Dos Souza away with a front kick.
Wellington throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wellington lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crunch! Wellington slams his shin into Dos Souza's torso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wellington connects with a leg kick. Dos Souza looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wellington lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wellington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Souza can do to turn this around?
Dos Souza misses with an uppercut
and Wellington counters with a nice leg kick.
Humphrey Wellington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dos Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wellington pulls Dos Souza in to control the position.
Dos Souza stopping the sweep attempt from Wellington.
Wellington pulls Dos Souza in close to prevent any damage.
Dos Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Wellington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Souza stopping the sweep attempt from Wellington.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wellington lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Wellington showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dos Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wellington is one step ahead there.
Wellington looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wellington gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington lands with a nice body punch.
Dos Souza throws a right hand that misses
and Wellington counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dos Souza's knee momentarily.
Wellington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dos Souza.
Dos Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wellington thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Wellington.
Dos Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Wellington counters with a body kick.
Dos Souza wants to clinch up but Wellington keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Dos Souza with that takedown attempt.
Wellington looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dos Souza's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wellington lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dos Souza will feel that in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humphrey Wellington dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Wellington feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dos Souza's calf.
Wellington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Souza has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Souza throws out a loose jab but Wellington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wellington thuds his shin into the meat of Dos Souza's side.
Dos Souza misses with a left hand
and Wellington makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dos Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Wellington.
Wellington turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dos Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Wellington counters with a thumping low kick.
Dos Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dos Souza misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington connects with a body shot that sends Dos Souza's belly button to the back.
Dos Souza might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wellington lands a nice looking body kick.
Wellington delivers a nice body kick.
Dos Souza with a poor takedown
and Wellington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Souza thinking.
Wellington lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wellington lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dos Souza takes a step back to recover.
Wellington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dos Souza's sensitive parts.
Wellington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dos Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dos Souza fails with the takedown.
It appears Wellington was looking to counter with a kick there.
Humphrey Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandro Dos Souza.
Wellington lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wellington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Souza.
Wellington lands with a shot to the body.
Wellington throws a front kick that sends Dos Souza stumbling back into the cage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wellington.
Dos Souza throws a nice looking combination but Wellington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And Wellington counters with a quick kick to the body but Dos Souza blocks it.
Dos Souza's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wellington connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dos Souza scrambles back to his feet.
Wellington lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dos Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wellington throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Souza tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wellington.
Dos Souza takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dos Souza on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wellington throws a nice head kick!
Wellington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wellington throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dos Souza shoots in for a takedown but Wellington shows good takedown defense.
Wellington lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dos Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dos Souza shoots in looking for a takedown but Wellington manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dos Souza's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dos Souza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wellington thumps Dos Souza with a low kick.
Wellington connects with a high kick.
Dos Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wellington.
Wellington lands a nice hook to Dos Souza's body. Dos Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wellington throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dos Souza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dos Souza misses with a wild combination.
And Wellington counters with a quick kick to the body but Dos Souza blocks it.
Good leg kick by Wellington there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sandro Dos Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wellington lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Humphrey Wellington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wellington has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humphrey Wellington!
Humphrey Wellington decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.