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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 1260 p4p, 806 weight class) and Marek Cervenka (ranked 152 p4p, 95 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miguel Azevedo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marek Cervenka!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Cervenka.
Cervenka connects with a right hand. Azevedo Souza shakes it off.
Azevedo Souza misses with a wild combination.
Cervenka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azevedo Souza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tappelukerho in the buildup to the fight.
Azevedo Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cervenka.
Cervenka misses with a straight left.
Azevedo Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cervenka misses with a wild body shot.
Azevedo Souza stuns Cervenka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Azevedo Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cervenka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cervenka throws a hook but Azevedo Souza blocks it.
Azevedo Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cervenka manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza scores with a one two! Cervenka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cervenka cracks a nice hook into Azevedo Souza's ribs.
Cervenka tries to clinch but Azevedo Souza moves away
and Azevedo Souza counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Azevedo Souza wants to control from the top but Cervenka keeps moving.
Cervenka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Azevedo Souza controls the pace.
Cervenka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Azevedo Souza is fighting to break Cervenka's control of his arms but Cervenka is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Azevedo Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cervenka is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza trying to control but Cervenka is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A big right from Azevedo Souza misses.
Cervenka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cervenka. Azevedo Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Cervenka misses.
Azevedo Souza attempts a counter takedown but Cervenka avoids it well and moves away.
Cervenka scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Cervenka on the inside.
Cervenka tries to land knees in the clinch but Azevedo Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Cervenka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cervenka gets through Azevedo Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka lands a body shot.
Azevedo Souza scores with a shoulder strike.
Cervenka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cervenka misses with a punch to the body.
Cervenka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cervenka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Azevedo Souza jumps guard but Cervenka turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Azevedo Souza pulls guard.
Azevedo Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Azevedo Souza controls Cervenka momentarily but Cervenka frees himself.
Cervenka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka stands up over Azevedo Souza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Azevedo Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Azevedo Souza has momentary wrist control but Cervenka slips an elbow through the middle.
Azevedo Souza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cervenka seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cervenka throwing strikes but missing.
Cervenka wants to control from the top but Azevedo Souza keeps moving.
Azevedo Souza is trying to keep Cervenka in close.
Azevedo Souza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cervenka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marek Cervenka will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cervenka throws a hook but Azevedo Souza blocks it.
Azevedo Souza closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cervenka quickly recovers to half guard.
Cervenka is trying to get back to full guard.
Azevedo Souza perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cervenka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Azevedo Souza trying to control but Cervenka is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Cervenka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cervenka holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cervenka connects with a nice looking jab.
Cervenka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azevedo Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Cervenka.
A big right from Cervenka misses.
Azevedo Souza feinted with a counter takedown.
Cervenka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azevedo Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azevedo Souza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cervenka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka throws a jab when Azevedo Souza was well out of range.
Cervenka misses with a two punch combination.
Azevedo Souza throws a looping overhand right but Cervenka ducks down to avoid it.
Marek Cervenka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cervenka lands a glancing blow to the side of Azevedo Souza's head.
Marek Cervenka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azevedo Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Cervenka lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cervenka takes one to the chin there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cervenka.
Cervenka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cervenka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Azevedo Souza connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cervenka scrambles back to his feet.
Cervenka throws a nice looking combination but Azevedo Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cervenka misses with a left hand
and Azevedo Souza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Azevedo Souza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cervenka works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza wants to control from the top but Cervenka keeps moving.
Cervenka is pulling down on Azevedo Souza's head. It's preventing any offense from Azevedo Souza, at least for the moment.
Azevedo Souza preventing the sweep.
Azevedo Souza being controlled here momentarily.
Azevedo Souza wants to control from the top but Cervenka keeps moving.
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.
Azevedo Souza is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Azevedo Souza wants to pass the guard but Cervenka is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cervenka misses with a lunging right hand
and Azevedo Souza counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Azevedo Souza passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Azevedo Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cervenka keeps working.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Azevedo Souza 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. This is the final round!
Cervenka wants to clinch but Azevedo Souza slips to the side
and Azevedo Souza counters with a takedown into side control.
Cervenka is looking for a sweep.
Cervenka struggling a bit here.
Azevedo Souza in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Azevedo Souza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cervenka is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Azevedo Souza has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cervenka keeps working.
Cervenka tries to improve position but can't.
Miguel Azevedo Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azevedo Souza slows the pace down.
Cervenka is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cervenka is still trying to improve position.
Cervenka is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cervenka throws a jab but it's blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Cervenka throws a lazy right hand but Azevedo Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cervenka misses the body punch
and Azevedo Souza decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cervenka's guard.
Azevedo Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cervenka is keeping the position for now.
Azevedo Souza slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Azevedo Souza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cervenka's guard.
Azevedo Souza wants to free his trapped foot but Cervenka is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Cervenka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Azevedo Souza controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the action but Cervenka is working from the bottom.
Cervenka makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cervenka.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Cervenka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cervenka keeping full guard, as Azevedo Souza tries to pass.
Azevedo Souza trying to control but Cervenka is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cervenka rushes Azevedo Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Azevedo Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Azevedo Souza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Azevedo Souza!
An out of breath Miguel Azevedo Souza thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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