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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 208 p4p, 266 weight class) and Gunnar Bloodaxe (ranked 29 p4p, 44 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 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 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Bloodaxe!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodaxe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Azevedo Souza momentarily.
Nice jab there from Bloodaxe.
A big left from Bloodaxe misses.
Azevedo Souza attempts a counter takedown but Bloodaxe avoids it well and moves away.
Bloodaxe looks to land a right hand but Azevedo Souza moved out of range.
Bloodaxe moves away from the strike by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gunnar Bloodaxe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloodaxe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Azevedo Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Azevedo Souza is looking to clinch but Bloodaxe is avoiding it.
A punch lands to the side of Azevedo Souza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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.
Azevedo Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bloodaxe misses the jab.
Azevedo Souza moves out of range as Bloodaxe strikes.
Azevedo Souza drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bloodaxe sprawls and moves away.
Azevedo Souza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodaxe lands a nice shot that snaps Azevedo Souza's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza misses the jab.
Azevedo Souza 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.
A jab from Bloodaxe misses.
Bloodaxe connects with the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bloodaxe.
Azevedo Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Azevedo Souza tries to clinch there but Bloodaxe circles away.
Bloodaxe misses with a hook.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Azevedo Souza misses with an uppercut.
Bloodaxe has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Azevedo Souza is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bloodaxe misses the body punch
and Azevedo Souza counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azevedo Souza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bloodaxe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Azevedo Souza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bloodaxe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Bloodaxe rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Azevedo Souza's guard! Nice work there by Bloodaxe!
Azevedo Souza trying to keep a closed guard but Bloodaxe is proving a slippery customer.
Azevedo Souza looking for a guillotine here but Bloodaxe defends easily.
Azevedo Souza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bloodaxe is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe passes Azevedo Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Azevedo Souza is looking to control Bloodaxe's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Azevedo Souza avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bloodaxe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Azevedo Souza slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Azevedo Souza has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bloodaxe is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Azevedo Souza.
Bloodaxe content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Bloodaxe is continuing to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Bloodaxe dominated that round.
That's time! Azevedo Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Azevedo Souza blocks a leg kick.
Azevedo Souza feinted with a counter takedown.
Bloodaxe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Azevedo Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bloodaxe moves away.
Bloodaxe throws a leg kick that misses.
Azevedo Souza tries to counter with a takedown but Bloodaxe is quick to defend against it.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bloodaxe misses with a looping left.
Bloodaxe slips a jab from Azevedo Souza.
Bloodaxe slips a jab from Azevedo Souza.
Bloodaxe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
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.
Bloodaxe cracks Azevedo Souza with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bloodaxe lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bloodaxe throws an overhand right that lands on Azevedo Souza's shoulder, as Azevedo Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Azevedo Souza appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Bloodaxe slips under a jab from Azevedo Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodaxe throws a low kick but Azevedo Souza avoids it.
Azevedo Souza attempts a counter takedown but Bloodaxe avoids it well and moves away.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bloodaxe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo Souza. Bloodaxe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bloodaxe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azevedo Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Azevedo Souza. Azevedo Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick that knocks Azevedo Souza off balance momentarily.
Azevedo Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bloodaxe.
A leg kick checked by Azevedo Souza.
The fighters circling - Bloodaxe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Azevedo Souza throws out a loose jab but Bloodaxe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bloodaxe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Azevedo Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe misses with a straight left.
Gunnar Bloodaxe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bloodaxe misses with a looping right.
Bloodaxe misses the jab.
A shot to the liver by Bloodaxe. Beautiful body shot.
Some wild striking there from Azevedo Souza.
It seemed like Bloodaxe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bloodaxe cracks Azevedo Souza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gunnar Bloodaxe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bloodaxe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Azevedo Souza. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloodaxe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Azevedo Souza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bloodaxe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bloodaxe tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Azevedo Souza easily slips into full mount!
Azevedo Souza tries to control but Bloodaxe wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bloodaxe stops Azevedo Souza from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Azevedo Souza is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bloodaxe has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bloodaxe!
Azevedo Souza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bloodaxe defends well.
Miguel Azevedo Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bloodaxe escapes and throws Azevedo Souza's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Azevedo Souza is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Bloodaxe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Azevedo Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Azevedo Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bloodaxe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd cheers as Azevedo Souza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bloodaxe doesn't seem phased though.
Azevedo Souza fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Bloodaxe.
Azevedo Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bloodaxe looks to land a left hand but Azevedo Souza moved out of range nicely.
Azevedo Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Azevedo Souza attempts a counter takedown but Bloodaxe avoids it well and moves away.
Azevedo Souza blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloodaxe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Azevedo Souza decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bloodaxe's guard.
Bloodaxe keeping moving, preventing Azevedo Souza from controlling successfully.
Azevedo Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bloodaxe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza trying to control but Bloodaxe is working from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Azevedo Souza looking to pass the guard.
Azevedo Souza slips nicely into half guard.
Azevedo Souza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Miguel Azevedo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Azevedo Souza seems to be working for a kimura but Bloodaxe defends the submission attempt.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the action but Bloodaxe is working from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Bloodaxe as he works his way to full guard.
Bloodaxe keeping moving, preventing Azevedo Souza from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Azevedo Souza manages to get himself to full guard.
Azevedo Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bloodaxe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Azevedo Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bloodaxe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bloodaxe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Azevedo Souza trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bloodaxe avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bloodaxe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Azevedo Souza has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bloodaxe has managed to get both his arms back between Azevedo Souza's legs - danger averted.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Azevedo Souza isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bloodaxe stacks Azevedo Souza on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bloodaxe!
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Azevedo Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bloodaxe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Bloodaxe!
A victorious Gunnar Bloodaxe thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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