PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azevedo comes to the cage accompanied by I'm a Soldier, I'm a Fighter. The crowd seem to be enjoying Bowman's choice of entrance music: Dark Tranquillity - Misery's Crown. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Azevedo
vs
Bowman

185 cm
26
216 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

192 cm
21
211 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hugo Azevedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Bowman!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowman misses with a hook. Azevedo ducked under it nicely.
Azevedo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bowman finds it's way round the side to connect with Azevedo's head.
Bowman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bowman works Azevedo's body with a nice hook.
Azevedo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bowman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azevedo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azevedo looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowman is just out of range.
Bowman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo.
Azevedo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bowman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo manages to avoid it.
Bowman takes a swing at Azevedo's ribcage but misses.
Bowman throws a series of punches but Azevedo moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Bowman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bowman throws a body punch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Bowman scores with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bowman throws a low kick but Azevedo moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Azevedo blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bowman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Azevedo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bowman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Azevedo is out of range.
Azevedo blocks a head kick by Bowman.

Bowman drives through and clinches with Azevedo against the cage.
Bowman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Azevedo backwards.
Bowman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azevedo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bowman.
Bowman letting Azevedo take a breather here.
Bowman pushes Azevedo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Azevedo tries to throw a body punch but Bowman avoids it by throwing Azevedo back against the cage.
Bowman takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bowman can't find room to land a body shot as Azevedo controls the action.
Bowman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bowman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bowman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Azevedo or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo lands a left hand.
Bowman lands an elbow inside.
Bowman blocks an uppercut.
Bowman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bowman trying to land knees to the body.
Bowman prevents Azevedo from breaking the clinch.
Azevedo tries a body shot but Bowman blocks it.

Bowman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bowman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo manages to avoid it.
Azevedo is looking to chop away at Bowman's legs.
Pete Bowman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowman misses with a kick to the body.

Bowman drives through and clinches with Azevedo against the cage.
Azevedo throws a head punch that misses.
Azevedo tries to throw a body punch but Bowman avoids it by throwing Azevedo back against the cage.
Azevedo misses with a body punch.
Azevedo dodges an elbow strike from Bowman.
Bowman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bowman misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo struggles to land a body shot inside as Bowman controls his hands.
Bowman lands a nice elbow.
Azevedo tries for a takedown but Bowman manages to get underhooks.
Azevedo has a couple of punches blocked by Bowman.
Azevedo controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bowman.
Azevedo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Bowman.
Bowman lands an elbow inside that Azevedo shrugs off.

It looks like Hugo Azevedo has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bowman.
Bowman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Azevedo misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bowman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bowman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bowman lands with a kick to the ribs.
A nice combination there by Bowman.
Bowman connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo is looking to score with low kicks.
Azevedo misses with a low kick as Bowman jumps back.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo moves away.
Bowman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bowman.
Bowman looks to score with a jab to the body but Azevedo is just out of range.
Bowman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Azevedo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bowman doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
Bowman tries a low kick but Azevedo avoids it.
Bowman throws a front kick aimed at Azevedo's knee but Azevedo avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azevedo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bowman tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bowman throws a combination. Azevedo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bowman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Bowman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Azevedo's cut.
That's time! Azevedo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bowman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bowman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Azevedo rather than just go for the knockout.
Azevedo misses with a wild body shot.
Bowman blocks a low kick nicely.
Bowman blocks a low kick nicely.
Bowman works the jab nicely.
Bowman punishes Azevedo's body with a nice straight punch.
Azevedo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Azevedo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Azevedo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bowman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Azevedo misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bowman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Azevedo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Azevedo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azevedo moves out of range of the body kick.
Bowman moves out of range as Azevedo strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman swings for the body but Azevedo moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Bowman.
Bowman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Azevedo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo moves away.
Bowman connects with a body shot.
Bowman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bowman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bowman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Azevedo if he has to take too many more of those.
Azevedo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bowman checks a leg kick.
Bowman jabs Azevedo right on the nose. Azevedo blinks but takes it well.
Bowman connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo manages to avoid it.
Bowman slips a jab and a cross from Azevedo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bowman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo motions for Bowman to come forward. Azevedo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Azevedo loads up on a big right hand but Bowman slips the punch.
Azevedo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bowman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bowman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bowman lands with a straight right. Azevedo didn't see that one coming.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses
and Bowman counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Azevedo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bowman can pounce on him.
Bowman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo. Bowman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bowman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bowman misses with a low kick as Azevedo jumps back.
Bowman tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Bowman wants to slow Azevedo down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman throws a leg kick that misses.
Azevedo thows a body shot but no joy.
Pete Bowman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bowman is looking to slow Azevedo down with leg kicks.
Azevedo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bowman misses with a body punch
and Azevedo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bowman misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Azevedo scores with a nice body kick.
Bowman stuns Azevedo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Azevedo thows a body shot but no joy.
Bowman throws a push kick but Azevedo slaps the foot to one side.
Pete Bowman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bowman throws a series of punches but Azevedo moves out of range.
Azevedo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bowman misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo shoots in for a takedown but Bowman shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bowman instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo misses with the head strike.
Bowman lands an elbow inside.
Azevedo has a couple of punches blocked by Bowman.
Bowman tries to work over Azevedo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Azevedo.
Still in the clinch, Bowman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Azevedo tries for a takedown but Bowman manages to get underhooks.
Bowman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bowman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Azevedo.
Bowman works on Azevedo's body with a couple of short punches.
Azevedo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bowman lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bowman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good leg kick by Bowman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Azevedo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Bowman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hugo Azevedo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Azevedo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bowman.
A leg kick checked by Bowman.
Azevedo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bowman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Azevedo's head.
Bowman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowman. Azevedo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowman. Azevedo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bowman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Azevedo doesn't seem bothered though.
Bowman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Azevedo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bowman tries to avoid it but Azevedo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bowman to the ground. Bowman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Both fighters circling a little - Bowman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bowman lands a nice hook to Azevedo's body. Azevedo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Azevedo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bowman is out of range.
Azevedo misses with a wild body shot.

Bowman has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Bowman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman swings wildly with an uppercut but Azevedo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bowman lands a nice knee to the body.

Bowman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bowman scores with a nice body kick.
Bowman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Azevedo. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bowman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bowman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A good leg kick by Bowman.
Bowman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Azevedo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Azevedo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bowman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bowman cracks Azevedo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hugo Azevedo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo moves away.
Azevedo misses with a wild body shot.
Bowman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo moves away.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo moves away.
Bowman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Azevedo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Azevedo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bowman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azevedo.
Azevedo moves out of range as Bowman throws a body kick.
Azevedo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Azevedo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bowman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Azevedo's head.
Bowman with a hook.
Azevedo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Azevedo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowman was well out of range. Poor timing from Azevedo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Azevedo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bowman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bowman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azevedo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bowman connects with a leg kick. Azevedo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bowman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Azevedo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bowman tries to bum rush Azevedo with a series of wild strikes but Azevedo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bowman.
Azevedo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Azevedo throws a front kick aimed at Bowman's knee but Bowman avoids it well.
Bowman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bowman scores with a jab to the body.
Bowman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Azevedo looks to land a body kick but Bowman moved away.
Bowman lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bowman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bowman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Azevedo stuns Bowman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bowman throws a leg kick but Azevedo checks it.
Bowman throws a body punch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Azevedo misses with a leg kick
and Bowman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Azevedo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Azevedo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Azevedo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bowman closes the distance and clinches.
Bowman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azevedo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bowman.
Pete Bowman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Azevedo misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Bowman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bowman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Bowman!