PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Inacio Azevedo (ranked 2035 p4p, 1846 weight class) and Keke Kivi (ranked 278 p4p, 258 weight class). Azevedo comes to the cage accompanied by They Don’t Care About Us . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Azevedo
vs
Kivi

184 cm
28
194
8 - 4 - 0

195 cm
28
190
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Bondi MMA
Darvin Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Inacio Azevedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keke Kivi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Kivi scores with a four punch combination!
Azevedo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kivi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kivi lands with a nice combination. Azevedo backs away looking to recover.
Azevedo tries to clinch up but Kivi circles away and keeps his distance.
Azevedo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azevedo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kivi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azevedo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Azevedo tries to clinch up but Kivi circles away and keeps his distance.
Kivi throws a counter combo.
Inacio Azevedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kivi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Azevedo eats them both and turns towards Kivi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danga de danga de dang - Kivi scores with a four punch combination!
Kivi swats away the attempt to clinch by Azevedo.
Azevedo tries to clinch up but Kivi circles away and keeps his distance.
Kivi connects with a body shot that sends Azevedo's belly button to the back.
Kivi keeps the fight on the outside.
Despite the aggression on Kivi's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Azevedo is looking to clinch but Kivi is avoiding it.
Kivi lands with a nice combination. Azevedo backs away looking to recover.
Kivi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Azevedo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kivi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kivi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Kivi both land. Nice combination.
Kivi scores with a three punch combo!
Azevedo tries to clinch but Kivi moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Kivi, right into the meat of the thigh.
Azevedo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kivi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Azevedo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kivi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kivi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Azevedo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Azevedo tries to clinch there but Kivi circles away.
Azevedo doesn't manage to clinch there - Kivi circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kivi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kivi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kivi.
Kivi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Azevedo wants to clinch but Kivi slips to the side
and Kivi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kivi lands with a nice body kick.
Kivi tries to bum rush Azevedo with a series of wild strikes but Azevedo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kivi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azevedos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kivi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kivi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kivi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kivi lands a jab-cross combination.
Azevedo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kivi scores with a nice right hand.
Azevedo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kivi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Azevedo is rocked!

Kivi lands a left and a right that send Azevedo crashing to the mat, dazed. Kivi thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Azevedo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kivi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kivi steps in with a hook that catches Azevedo right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Kivi follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Azevedo looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keke Kivi!
A very excited looking Keke Kivi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Inacio Azevedo was interviewed post fight and said 'I have to retire after tonight I no longer have the hunger or the skill to compete and be champion. Thank you LAFC and fans for opportunities.'.