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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 260 p4p, 1190 weight class) and Brett Shoenfeld (ranked 35 p4p, 135 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Miguel Azevedo Souza has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Miguel Azevedo Souza seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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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 20 - 9 - 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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Shoenfeld!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shoenfeld throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from Shoenfeld.
Shoenfeld drives through with a takedown into guard.
Azevedo Souza is pulling down on Shoenfeld's head. It's preventing any offense from Shoenfeld, at least for the moment.
Azevedo Souza looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shoenfeld wants to pass the guard but Azevedo Souza is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza is trying to control the position but Shoenfeld postures up.
Shoenfeld stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Azevedo Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Azevedo Souza is looking for a triangle but Shoenfeld pushes his legs off easily.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Shoenfeld can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Shoenfeld tries to free his leg and advance position but Azevedo Souza is retaining full guard.
Shoenfeld keeps trying to improve his position.
Shoenfeld avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Azevedo Souza has his foot on Shoenfeld's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shoenfeld works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shoenfeld stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Azevedo Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Azevedo Souza has his foot on Shoenfeld's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shoenfeld works his way back into a safe position though.
Azevedo Souza keeping full guard, as Shoenfeld tries to pass.
Shoenfeld pushes down on Azevedo Souza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Shoenfeld is pressing down on Azevedo Souza's thigh, looking to free his foot. Azevedo Souza is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Shoenfeld goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Azevedo Souza is on top in guard.
Azevedo Souza passes Shoenfeld's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Shoenfeld is looking to improve his position.
Azevedo Souza trying to mount his opponent but Shoenfeld defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld moves into full guard.
Azevedo Souza won't allow Shoenfeld to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azevedo Souza wants to control from the top but Shoenfeld keeps moving.
Azevedo Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shoenfeld is keeping the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shoenfeld keeping moving, preventing Azevedo Souza from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brett Shoenfeld dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Azevedo Souza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shoenfeld shoots and misses
and Azevedo Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Azevedo Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shoenfeld.
Azevedo Souza scores with a nice right hand.
Azevedo Souza shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Shoenfeld defends it nicely.
Brett Shoenfeld seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shoenfeld tries to avoid it but Azevedo Souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shoenfeld to the ground. Shoenfeld escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Azevedo Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Shoenfeld is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoenfeld throws a predictable looking body shot
and Azevedo Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shoenfeld drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shoenfeld wants to control from the top but Azevedo Souza keeps moving.
Azevedo Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shoenfeld is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shoenfeld wants to pass the guard but Azevedo Souza is keeping the position.
Azevedo Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Shoenfeld doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Shoenfeld manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Shoenfeld avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shoenfeld advances position into side control!
Shoenfeld tries to move to mount but Azevedo Souza blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoenfeld trying to control the action but Azevedo Souza is working from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza prevents Shoenfeld from improving position.
Shoenfeld laying and praying for a moment but Azevedo Souza takes advantage and regains half guard.
Azevedo Souza gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Shoenfeld trying to control the position from guard on top but Azevedo Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Azevedo Souza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza keeping moving, preventing Shoenfeld from controlling successfully.
Azevedo Souza wants to sweep here but Shoenfeld controlling him for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shoenfeld stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Azevedo Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Miguel Azevedo Souza will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Shoenfeld keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Shoenfeld 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shoenfeld.
Azevedo Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shoenfeld misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
It looked like Azevedo Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shoenfeld shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shoenfeld is looking to advance position but Azevedo Souza won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoenfeld is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Azevedo Souza defends it well.
Shoenfeld seems to be working for a kimura but Azevedo Souza defends the submission attempt.
Shoenfeld looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Azevedo Souza is looking to improve his position.
Shoenfeld is looking to advance position but Azevedo Souza won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shoenfeld is trying to control. Azevedo Souza wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Shoenfeld frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Azevedo Souza tries to improve his position but Shoenfeld has taken his back! Shoenfeld has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Azevedo Souza tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Shoenfeld pushes Azevedo Souza away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brett Shoenfeld!
After the big win, Brett Shoenfeld made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Pound Town INC and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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hype
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pop
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