PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Azevedo Souza (ranked 1523 p4p, 1388 weight class) and Bernard Krakowski (ranked 195 p4p, 174 weight class). Krakowski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Netherfell - Mokosz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bernard Krakowski told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Azevedo Souza
vs
Krakowski

191 cm
35
212
13 - 4 - 0

192 cm
26
223
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 4 - 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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bernard Krakowski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krakowski slips a straight right by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza scores with the left hand. Krakowski knows he should have avoided that one.
Krakowski dips to his left and cracks Azevedo Souza with an uppercut!
Krakowski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza cracks Krakowski with an open hand slap.

It looks like Bernard Krakowski has been cut.
Azevedo Souza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krakowski.
Azevedo Souza lands with a nice body punch.
Krakowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Azevedo Souza moves away.
Krakowski staying out of range there.
Azevedo Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Krakowski misses with a wild body shot.
Krakowski throws a hook but Azevedo Souza avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azevedo Souza throws a body punch but Krakowski moves out of range.
Azevedo Souza lands a slapping body shot.
Krakowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azevedo Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krakowski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krakowski appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Azevedo Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Krakowski on the side of the head.
Krakowski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Azevedo Souza's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakowski ducks right into an uppercut from Azevedo Souza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo Souza. Krakowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Azevedo Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krakowski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Azevedo Souza looks to land a left hand but Krakowski moved out of range nicely.
Krakowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azevedo Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krakowski.
Krakowski misses with a hook.
Azevedo Souza is looking to counter punch.
Azevedo Souza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Krakowski throws a jab when Azevedo Souza was well out of range.
It looked like Azevedo Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Azevedo Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Azevedo Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krakowski.
Krakowski swings for the body but Azevedo Souza moves out of range.
Krakowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Krakowski moves out of range as Azevedo Souza strikes.
Krakowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azevedo Souza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski misses with an uppercut
and Azevedo Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Azevedo Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Krakowski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Azevedo Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
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!
Krakowski swings widly with a right hand
and Azevedo Souza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Krakowski misses with a hook.
Krakowski misses the jab.
Bernard Krakowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Krakowski misses.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab.
Krakowski throws an overhand right that lands on Azevedo Souza's shoulder, as Azevedo Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Krakowski works the jab nicely.
Azevedo Souza cracks Krakowski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Krakowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azevedo Souza cracks Krakowski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krakowski misses with a jab to the body
enabling Azevedo Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Azevedo Souza misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Krakowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Krakowski misses with an uppercut. Azevedo Souza saw that one coming.
Krakowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azevedo Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krakowski moves away from the strike by Azevedo Souza.
Krakowski lands a glancing blow to the side of Azevedo Souza's head.
Azevedo Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Azevedo Souza cracks Krakowski with a right hand to the side of the head.

That has opened up Bernard Krakowski's cut even more.
Krakowski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Krakowski missing with a left hand there. Azevedo Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azevedo Souza lands with a good body shot.
Azevedo Souza misses with a lunging right hand
and Azevedo Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Krakowski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azevedo Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Azevedo Souza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krakowski throws a lazy right hand but Azevedo Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Azevedo Souza misses the target.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krakowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krakowski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Krakowski. Beautiful body shot.
Azevedo Souza looks to throw the jab but Krakowski is out of range.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from Krakowski.
A quick step to the side and Azevedo Souza tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azevedo Souza lands a body shot.
Krakowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Azevedo Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krakowski moves away.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab.
Azevedo Souza drops his hands momentarily and Krakowski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Krakowski moves out of range of the strikes.
Krakowski misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azevedo Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Krakowski.
Krakowski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Azevedo Souza is rocked!
Krakowski misses with an uppercut. Azevedo Souza saw that one coming.
Azevedo Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Raphael Azevedo Souza will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bernard Krakowski's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Krakowski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krakowski.
Krakowski thuds his right hand into Azevedo Souza's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Oh Azevedo Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Krakowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krakowski connects with a crisp jab.
Azevedo Souza defending well as Krakowski loads up on a big left hand.
Azevedo Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Krakowski on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Krakowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krakowski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza seems to have got his legs back now.
Krakowski misses with an uppercut.
Raphael Azevedo Souza is winning the standup battle so far.
Krakowski jabs at Azevedo Souza's body.
Azevedo Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krakowski misses with a hook. Azevedo Souza ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Azevedo Souza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Krakowski blocks a jab.
Krakowski misses with a hook to the body
and Azevedo Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza defending well as Krakowski loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Azevedo Souza finds it's way through Krakowski's defenses.

Krakowski is rocked!
Krakowski ducks under a wild hook from Azevedo Souza.
A big left from Azevedo Souza misses.
Azevedo Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Krakowski.
Krakowski with the counter takedown but Azevedo Souza avoids it easily.
Azevedo Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krakowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Azevedo Souza.
Krakowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Krakowski is just out of range.
Krakowski blocks a jab.
Krakowski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Azevedo Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Krakowski just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the body from Krakowski misses
and Azevedo Souza counters with a nice body shot.
Krakowski misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski misses with a straight left.
Krakowski cracks Azevedo Souza with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Krakowski misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Azevedo Souza darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Krakowski is still on wobbly legs! Can Azevedo Souza finish him?

The cut above Bernard Krakowski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Krakowski moves away from the strike by Azevedo Souza.
Krakowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Azevedo Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krakowski throws out the jab.
Azevedo Souza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Krakowski tests Azevedo Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Azevedo Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krakowski.
Azevedo Souza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Krakowski.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body shot.
Krakowski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Azevedo Souza lands an overhand right.
Azevedo Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Krakowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski misses with a body punch

and Azevedo Souza counters with a crisp right hand that drops Krakowski! Azevedo Souza lets Krakowski back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Bernard Krakowski's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from Krakowski.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab from Krakowski.
Azevedo Souza lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Krakowski out cold! Krakowski is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Raphael Azevedo Souza!
A victorious Raphael Azevedo Souza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.