PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Dunowevil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azevedo comes to the cage accompanied by I'm a Soldier, I'm a Fighter. Dunowevil has chosen Highway to Hell as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Roger Dunowevil has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Azevedo
vs
Dunowevil

185 cm
27
216 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

194 cm
25
221 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 8 - 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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Dunowevil!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azevedo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dunowevil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dunowevil wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Azevedo gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Dunowevil holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Azevedo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Azevedo avoids the elbow strike from Dunowevil, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azevedo.
Azevedo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Azevedo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Azevedo throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunowevil.
Azevedo prevents a body shot from Dunowevil.
Azevedo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunowevil misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Azevedo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roger Dunowevil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunowevil goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azevedo throws a half hearted mid kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dunowevil checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunowevil throws a body kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Dunowevil.
Decent striking displayed by Dunowevil there.
Dunowevil throws a predictable looking body shot
and Azevedo counters with a body kick.
Dunowevil motions for Azevedo to come forward. Dunowevil throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Azevedo misses.
Dunowevil 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.
Dunowevil looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Azevedo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Azevedo throws a leg kick
and Dunowevil counters with a straight right hand.
Nice body punch from Dunowevil.
Azevedo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunowevil.
Azevedo dips to his left and cracks Dunowevil with an uppercut!
Dunowevil doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
A clash of legs there as Dunowevil blocks the low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Azevedo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunowevil moves away from the strike by Azevedo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo. Dunowevil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunowevil swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dunowevil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dunowevil has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azevedo.
Dunowevil is looking to chop away at Azevedo's legs.
Azevedo throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunowevil.
Azevedo throws a sloppy head kick and Dunowevil moves out of range easily.
Azevedo is looking to land body kicks.
Dunowevil sizes up Azevedo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dunowevil wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Nice sprawl there from Dunowevil as Azevedo shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Azevedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dunowevil misses with a wild combination.
Azevedo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunowevil throws a head kick but Azevedo moves out of range.
Dunowevil takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dunowevil just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Azevedo.
Dunowevil throws a leg kick but Azevedo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dunowevil cracks Azevedo with a good jab.
Azevedo lands a nice shot to the body.

Azevedo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dunowevil!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Azevedo misses with a head shot.
Azevedo lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azevedo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dunowevil is looking to escape.
Azevedo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Roger Dunowevil has been cut.
Azevedo tries to control but Dunowevil wriggling away.
Azevedo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Azevedo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Azevedo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Dunowevil's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dunowevil lands a glancing blow to the side of Azevedo's head.
Azevedo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dunowevil will feel that in the morning.
Azevedo misses with a body shot.
Dunowevil misses with a right hand

and Azevedo counters with a single leg into guard. Dunowevil didn't expect that.
Azevedo wants to pass the guard but Dunowevil is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azevedo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunowevil working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Azevedo.
Dunowevil looking to control.
Azevedo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunowevil is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Azevedo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hugo Azevedo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Azevedo wants to pass the guard but Dunowevil is keeping the position.
Azevedo throws a big right hand that misses.
Azevedo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dunowevil is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Azevedo stays in close to Dunowevil's body and controls the position.
Dunowevil keeping moving, preventing Azevedo from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hugo Azevedo just wasn't active enough.
Azevedo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Roger Dunowevil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dunowevil avoids the body shot from Azevedo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo. Dunowevil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunowevil misses the body punch
and Azevedo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azevedo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Azevedo wants to clinch up but Dunowevil keeps it at a distance.
Dunowevil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azevedo was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunowevil.
Azevedo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Azevedo scores with a head kick. Dunowevil tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dunowevil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azevedo.
Dunowevil misses with a wild body shot.
Dunowevil tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Dunowevil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dunowevil looks to land a body kick but Azevedo moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dunowevil avoids the head kick by Azevedo.
Dunowevil takes a swing at Azevedo's ribcage but misses.
Dunowevil tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dunowevil digs a good hook to Azevedo's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dunowevil.
Dunowevil has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Dunowevil has closed the distance and engaged Azevedo in a clinch.
Azevedo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Azevedo misses with a body punch.
Azevedo lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunowevil backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dunowevil fails to land.
Dunowevil lands a left hand.
Azevedo is looking to control Dunowevil's arms but Dunowevil gets an underhook and turns him. Now Azevedo has his back to the cage.
Dunowevil tries to work over Azevedo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunowevil misses with a punch on the inside.
Dunowevil gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Azevedo fails to pull guard.

Azevedo has picked Dunowevil up - he's going for a ride! Azevedo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azevedo is looking to advance position but Dunowevil won't allow it.
Azevedo is stalling here. Dunowevil is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Azevedo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dunowevil has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Azevedo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azevedo is doing well to control the position and prevent Dunowevil from advancing to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Azevedo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roger Dunowevil's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Azevedo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Azevedo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jab by Dunowevil.
Azevedo cracks the inside of Dunowevil's front leg.
A big right from Dunowevil misses.
Dunowevil cracks Azevedo with a good jab.
Good exchange - Azevedo coming out on top.
Dunowevil misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azevedo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dunowevil fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dunowevil throws a quick inside leg kick.
Azevedo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dunowevil.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Dunowevil avoids them all with ease.
Dunowevil stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dunowevil wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunowevil moves out of range as Azevedo throws a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Dunowevil. Those never looked like landing.
Azevedo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good standup being displayed there by Dunowevil as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo. Dunowevil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunowevil throws a wild body kick that Azevedo sees coming a mile off.
Azevedo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunowevil was well out of range. Poor timing from Azevedo.
Azevedo thows a body shot but no joy.
Dunowevil jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Azevedo closes the distance and clinches up with Dunowevil, looking for a takedown. Azevedo pushes Dunowevil against the cage but Dunowevil circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Azevedo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dunowevil counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunowevil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azevedo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunowevil. Azevedo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunowevil connects with a leg kick. Azevedo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Azevedo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dunowevil. That one must have hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dunowevil listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dunowevil fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Azevedo is out of range.
Azevedo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dunowevil tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
Dunowevil lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Azevedo misses with the combination.
Dunowevil fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dunowevil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo.
A big left from Azevedo misses.
Dunowevil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dunowevil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azevedo was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunowevil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Azevedo connects with a body shot.
Azevedo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dunowevil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azevedo ducks under a wild hook from Dunowevil.
Dunowevil throws a series of punches but Azevedo avoids them all with ease.
Azevedo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dunowevil.
Hugo Azevedo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dunowevil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azevedo throws out the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Azevedo.
Azevedo throws out a powerful jab.
Azevedo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dunowevil pinned against the cage. Dunowevil gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Azevedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Azevedo. That's going to slow Dunowevil down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azevedo misses with a looping left.
Roger Dunowevil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hugo Azevedo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunowevil misses with a body shot.
Dunowevil throws the left hand but Azevedo avoids the punch easily.
Azevedo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Azevedo.
Dunowevil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azevedo.
Azevedo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dunowevil misses the shot to the body.
Dunowevil throws a leg kick but Azevedo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses.
Azevedo takes a swing at Dunowevil's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azevedo thuds a left hand into Dunowevil's body.
Dunowevil jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dunowevil throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Azevedo to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hugo Azevedo.
Well Azevedo 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Azevedo!
During a confident post fight interview, Hugo Azevedo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.