PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Cheese (ranked 967 p4p, 911 weight class) and Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 122 p4p, 116 weight class). Cheese comes to the cage accompanied by Rape Me. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Cheese
vs
Azevedo Souza

175 cm
27
154
8 - 7 - 0

176 cm
37
150
32 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
Fantasy Threads

Furnace Performance 🔥
NARCOS

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miguel Azevedo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azevedo Souza.
Cheese misses with a straight right.
Cheese takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Azevedo Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Azevedo Souza.
Cheese is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza throws out a loose jab but Cheese uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azevedo Souza 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cheese throws a low kick but Azevedo Souza avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Azevedo Souza swings widly with a right hand
and Cheese counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azevedo Souza throws a right hand that Cheese ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheese also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cheese wants to clinch.
Cheese slips a jab and a cross from Azevedo Souza.
It looked like Cheese wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Azevedo Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cheese. Cheese obviously looking to wear him down.

Cheese clinches up with Azevedo Souza and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza lands a left hand.
Cheese swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azevedo Souza prevents a body shot from Cheese.
Cheese tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Azevedo Souza's elbow.
Cheese lands a left hand that snaps the head of Azevedo Souza backwards.
Cheese tries to work over Azevedo Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Azevedo Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Cheese scores with a nice short uppercut.

Cheese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azevedo Souza lands a jab to the nose.
Azevedo Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cheese throws out the jab.
Azevedo Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Azevedo Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Azevedo Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheese controlling the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azevedo Souza trying to advance position but Cheese counters by regaining guard.
Cheese not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Azevedo Souza wants to control from the top but Cheese keeps moving.
Azevedo Souza trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Cheese manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Azevedo Souza working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Cheese has passed into half guard!
Azevedo Souza wants to sweep but Cheese has passed to side control!
Azevedo Souza is looking to reverse the position.
Cheese working away.

Cheese thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Azevedo Souza struggling a bit here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Richard Cheese 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.

Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cheese swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cheese slips a jab from Azevedo Souza.
Cheese lands a lovely overhand right.
Cheese misses with a body shot.
Azevedo Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cheese defends it well.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheese.
Azevedo Souza looks to land a left hand but Cheese moved out of range nicely.
Cheese is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese takes a swing at Azevedo Souza's ribcage but misses.
Azevedo Souza throws an off balance right hand
and Azevedo Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cheese throws the left hand but Azevedo Souza avoids the punch easily.
Azevedo Souza closes the distance but Cheese moves to the side
and Cheese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Azevedo Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo Souza pushes him off.
Azevedo Souza slips a straight right by Cheese.
Nice cross by Cheese.
Cheese is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cheese uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Azevedo Souza has time to react.
Cheese thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Azevedo Souza if he has to take too many more of those.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cheese.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Azevedo Souza.
Cheese lands a jab-cross combination.
Cheese is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Azevedo Souza can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azevedo Souza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Azevedo Souza circles away from the clinch attempt

and Azevedo Souza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Azevedo Souza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cheese is trying to control but can't.
Cheese is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Azevedo Souza seems to be looking for submissions.

Azevedo Souza wants to work for an arm triangle but Cheese is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cheese tries to roll over but Azevedo Souza keeps him under control.
Azevedo Souza is stalling here. Cheese is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Azevedo Souza seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cheese has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Azevedo Souza gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Azevedo Souza!
Azevedo Souza sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Cheese trying to control the action but Azevedo Souza is working from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza moves into full guard.
Cheese sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Azevedo Souza looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cheese passes into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Cheese dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Azevedo Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Cheese sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Azevedo Souza tries to clinch up but Cheese circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azevedo Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cheese counters with a right hand to the body.
Azevedo Souza tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese misses with a body shot.

Cheese gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Cheese has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Azevedo Souza can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza wants to control from the top but Cheese keeps moving.
Cheese trying to keep a closed guard but Azevedo Souza is proving a slippery customer.
Azevedo Souza stopping the sweep attempt from Cheese.
Azevedo Souza slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cheese can't do much from the bottom here.
Miguel Azevedo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Azevedo Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cheese keeps working.
Cheese regains half guard.
Azevedo Souza perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Azevedo Souza trying to control from half guard but Cheese is working away.
Cheese is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Azevedo Souza's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Azevedo Souza's back!
Cheese is hanging on to Azevedo Souza's back as he tries to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the position but Cheese manages to sink in the hooks.
Azevedo Souza rolls, trying to escape but Cheese keeps control of the position.
Azevedo Souza is keeping busy.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the hands but Cheese won't let him.
Richard Cheese overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Azevedo Souza is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cheese tightening his grip on Azevedo Souza, looking for the choke.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Cheese's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Richard Cheese is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cheese gets his hands free as Azevedo Souza looks to control.
Azevedo Souza rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Cheese showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cheese 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Cheese!
An out of breath Richard Cheese thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.