PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 901 p4p, 1274 weight class) and Anwar Rinda (ranked 105 p4p, 140 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Azevedo Souza
vs
Rinda

176 cm
28
150
14 - 6 - 0

173 cm
28
155
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Anwar Rinda!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azevedo Souza slips a jab from Rinda.
An attempted straight right counter from Azevedo Souza misses the target.
Rinda throws a hook but Azevedo Souza avoids it easily.
It looked like Azevedo Souza was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rinda.
Rinda scores with a body shot.
Rinda scores with a jab to the head.
Azevedo Souza has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rinda misses with a looping right.
Azevedo Souza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rinda.
Azevedo Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rinda throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinda connects with a crisp jab.
Rinda swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Azevedo Souza counter with a right hand.
Rinda listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rinda scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Azevedo Souza misses its intended target.
Miguel Azevedo Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rinda lands a jab to the head.
Rinda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Azevedo Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Rinda stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Azevedo Souza throws a lazy right hand but Rinda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rinda connects with a nice looking jab.
Rinda looks to score with a jab to the body but Azevedo Souza is just out of range.
Rinda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azevedo Souza.
Rinda ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rinda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Azevedo Souza avoids the body shot from Rinda.
Azevedo Souza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinda dips to his left and cracks Azevedo Souza with an uppercut!
Rinda ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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 Souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Azevedo Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rinda to score with a decent uppercut.
Rinda connects with a crisp jab.
Rinda throws a shot from downtown. Azevedo Souza moves away and avoids it.
Azevedo Souza connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice shot by Rinda.
Rinda throws a hook but Azevedo Souza blocks it.
Azevedo Souza looks to throw the jab but Rinda is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rinda shoots for a takedown but Azevedo Souza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rinda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Azevedo Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rinda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Azevedo Souza moves out of range as Rinda strikes.
Rinda misses with a jab to the body
and Azevedo Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Azevedo Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Azevedo Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Azevedo Souza walks into a stiff left hand from Rinda.
Rinda misses with a left hand
and Azevedo Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Azevedo Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rinda throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Rinda misses.
Azevedo Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rinda.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rinda misses the shot to the body.
Rinda misses with a right hand
letting Azevedo Souza counter with a right hand.
Azevedo Souza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rinda throws an off balance right hand
and Azevedo Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rinda lands a slapping body shot.
Anwar Rinda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azevedo Souza throws a body punch but Rinda moves out of range.
Rinda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rinda misses with an uppercut
letting Azevedo Souza counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Azevedo Souza.
Rinda lands a jab to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anwar Rinda dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rinda is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Azevedo Souza lands with a straight right. Rinda didn't see that one coming.
Rinda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rinda throws a looping overhand right but Azevedo Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza throwing a counter right hand but Rinda manages to avoid it.
Rinda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Azevedo Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Azevedo Souza lands the left hand.
Azevedo Souza dodges the punch combination from Rinda.
Azevedo Souza throwing a counter right hand but Rinda manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rinda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rinda jabs at Azevedo Souza's body.
Rinda defending well as Azevedo Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Rinda swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rinda.
Rinda cracks Azevedo Souza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rinda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rinda!
Rinda keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Azevedo Souza misses.
Azevedo Souza feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rindas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rinda tests Azevedo Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Rinda misses
and Azevedo Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rinda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azevedo Souza.
Good standup being displayed there by Rinda as he connects with a hook.
Anwar Rinda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rinda scores with a body shot.
Rinda clobbers Azevedo Souza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Azevedo Souza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rinda throws a looping overhand right but Azevedo Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza is looking to counter punch.
Azevedo Souza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rinda throws the left hand but Azevedo Souza avoids the punch easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Azevedo Souza might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Azevedo Souza throws a big shot that misses.
A nice side step and Rinda releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rinda.
Nice straight punches there by Azevedo Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza takes one on the button.
Rinda throws a jab but it's blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Rinda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Azevedo Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Azevedo Souza was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rinda.
Rinda lands a jab.

Rinda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rinda showed some decent athleticism there.
Azevedo Souza tries to get to full guard but Rinda has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rinda is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Azevedo Souza sees it coming and defends easily.
Rinda is looking to advance position but Azevedo Souza won't allow it.
Azevedo Souza trying to control from the bottom.
Rinda tries to pass the half guard into mount. Azevedo Souza knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rinda wants to take a breather but Azevedo Souza is having none of it.
Azevedo Souza won't allow Rinda to pass to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anwar Rinda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rinda misses with a body shot.
Azevedo Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rinda misses with a combination
and Azevedo Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Rinda falls off balance throwing a combination
and Azevedo Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Rinda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza loads up on a big right hand but Rinda slips the punch.
Rinda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rinda scores with a punch to the head.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from Rinda.
Azevedo Souza loads up on a big right hand but Rinda slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azevedo Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rinda sizes up Azevedo Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rinda lunges at Azevedo Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Azevedo Souza's hand.
Rinda cracks Azevedo Souza with an open hand slap.
Azevedo Souza looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rinda swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Azevedo Souza counter with a right hand.
Rinda lands a glancing blow to the side of Azevedo Souza's head.
A shot to the body from Rinda misses
and Azevedo Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Azevedo Souza takes one on the button.
Rinda misses with a hook to the body
and Azevedo Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Miguel Azevedo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anwar Rinda is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo Souza misses with an uppercut. Rinda saw that one coming.
Azevedo Souza takes a jab right on the kisser.
Azevedo Souza throws an off balance right hand
and Rinda counters with a nice uppercut.
Rinda throws a series of punches but Azevedo Souza moves out of range.
Rinda ducks under a wild hook from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azevedo Souza looks to land a right hand but Rinda moved out of range.
A shot to the liver by Rinda. Beautiful body shot.
Rinda smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rinda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rinda finds it's way round the side to connect with Azevedo Souza's head.
Rinda misses with an uppercut. Azevedo Souza saw that one coming.
Rinda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo Souza moves away.
Rinda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rinda smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Azevedo Souza throws a right hand that misses
and Rinda counters with a stiff right hand.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rinda. Azevedo Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook to the side of Rinda's head but Rinda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Rinda misses.
It looked like Azevedo Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo Souza manages to avoid it.
Rinda throws an overhand right that lands on Azevedo Souza's shoulder, as Azevedo Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Rinda connects with a body shot.
Rinda lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab from Rinda.
Rinda swings away with a body shot that misses
and Azevedo Souza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rinda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Azevedo Souza on the side of the head.
Azevedo Souza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Azevedo Souza misses the shot to the body.
Jab by Rinda.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anwar Rinda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rinda 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anwar Rinda!
After winning the bout, Anwar Rinda thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.