PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Azevedo Souza (ranked 695 p4p, 2185 weight class) and Turner Meeks (ranked 101 p4p, 313 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Azevedo Souza
vs
Meeks

191 cm
28
212
9 - 2 - 0

182 cm
29
220
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Azevedo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Turner Meeks!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azevedo Souza works Meeks's body with a nice hook.
Azevedo Souza connects with a body shot.
Azevedo Souza definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Azevedo Souza works Meeks's body with a nice hook.

Meeks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Azevedo Souza avoids the elbow strike from Meeks, against the cage.
Meeks throws an elbow but it misses.
Meeks blocking some punches.
Azevedo Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meeks's elbow.
Meeks pushes off an throws an elbow but Azevedo Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Azevedo Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Meeks.
Azevedo Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meeks's elbow.
Meeks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Azevedo Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Azevedo Souza tries to work over Meeks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azevedo Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Azevedo Souza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Meeks just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azevedo Souza's brow.
Azevedo Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azevedo Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meeks or not.
Come on Azevedo Souza - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Azevedo Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meeks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Azevedo Souza lands with a right to the head.
Meeks has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Azevedo Souza seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Meeks can turn it around.
Azevedo Souza tries to throw a body punch but Meeks avoids it by throwing Azevedo Souza back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Meeks looks winded!
Azevedo Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meeks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A shot in the inside from Azevedo Souza.
A left hand lands to the body for Azevedo Souza.
Meeks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Azevedo Souza pushes Meeks back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Meeks takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza works on Meeks's body with a couple of short punches.
Meeks blocks a body shot from Azevedo Souza.
Meeks prevents a body shot from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza dodges an elbow strike from Meeks.
Good body shot from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Azevedo Souza lands a nice uppercut.
Azevedo Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Azevedo Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Meeks is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Azevedo Souza.
Meeks is still on wobbly legs! Can Azevedo Souza finish him?
A body shot lands from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Azevedo Souza is working Meeks over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Azevedo Souza lands a big right hand that drops Meeks! The killer instinct kicks in and Azevedo Souza finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Azevedo Souza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Azevedo Souza!
Raphael Azevedo Souza decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Turner Meeks was interviewed post fight and said 'I blame the Ivermectin'.