PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Stephens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Azevedo
vs
Stephens

198 cm
22
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
299 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Azevedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeremy Stephens!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azevedo misses with an uppercut. Stephens saw that one coming.
Azevedo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stephens doesn't seem bothered though.
Stephens stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stephens wants it to stay on the feet.
Azevedo throws a right hand that Stephens ducks under and follows up with a left that Stephens also avoids with ease.
Stephens looks for the body kick but Azevedo saw that one coming.
Azevedo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stephens circles away quickly and effectively.
Stephens misses with a body kick.

Azevedo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Azevedo pushes Stephens off and gets back to his feet.
Stephens stuffs the takedown attempt from Azevedo. Azevedo gets slowly back to his feet.
Azevedo looks to land a left hand but Stephens moved out of range nicely.
Azevedo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Azevedo throws a hook to the side of Stephens's head but Stephens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azevedo misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephens throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stephens throws a lazy right hand but Azevedo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azevedo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Azevedo walks into a left hand.

It looks like Jose Azevedo has been cut.
Azevedo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stephens moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Azevedo is breathing heavily.
Stephens staying out of range there.
Azevedo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stephens moves away.
Stephens gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Azevedo counters with a left to the body.
Stephens doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Azevedo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Azevedo stuns Stephens with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azevedo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Azevedo scores with a sloppy right hand. Stephens should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo throws a leg kick but Stephens sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stephens misses with a low kick.
Azevedo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Azevedo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Azevedo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Azevedo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Stephens was covering up waiting for the punch and Azevedo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Stephens keeping full guard, as Azevedo tries to pass.
Stephens is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Azevedo is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo tries to free his leg and advance position but Stephens is retaining full guard.
Azevedo could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Azevedo stands up from Stephens's guard - Azevedo perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nice sprawl there from Stephens as Azevedo shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Azevedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stephens doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Azevedo counters with a left to the body.

Azevedo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stephens looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Azevedo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Stephens is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Azevedo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azevedo trying to control the action but Stephens is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Azevedo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Azevedo's cut.
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.

Stephens misses with a takedown attempt
letting Azevedo counter with a right hand.
Stephens walks into a stiff left hand from Azevedo.

It looks like Jeremy Stephens has been cut.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Stephens avoids them all with ease.
Azevedo cracks Stephens with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Azevedo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stephens circles away quickly and effectively.

Stephens is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Azevedo's half guard.
Stephens thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Azevedo's head.

Stephens thows an elbow strike that misses. Azevedo gets hold of full guard and has managed to get a loose guillotine attempt. Stephens doesn't seem too bothered but Azevedo quickly shifts his position and has tightened the hold! Stephens is in big trouble now - he's going a funny colour - he's tapping out! Nice finish there! Stephens really should have spotted the danger earlier though... either incompetence or over-confidence has resulted in a big L on his record.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jose Azevedo!