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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sepala Mandiram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mandiram has chosen Meditation as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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163 cm
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145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charles Azevedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sepala Mandiram!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mandiram dodges the punch combination from Azevedo.
Mandiram staying out of range there.
Azevedo scores with a punch to the head.
Azevedo misses the shot to the body.
Mandiram tries to clinch there but Azevedo circles away.
Mandiram uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azevedo.
Mandiram uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azevedo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Mandiram moves out of range.
Charles Azevedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo misses with a hook. Mandiram ducked under it nicely.
Azevedo lands with a good body shot.
Azevedo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Azevedo throws a hook but Mandiram avoids it easily.
Mandiram avoids the body shot from Azevedo.
Mandiram defending well as Azevedo loads up on a big left hand.
Mandiram blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Azevedo misses the target.
Mandiram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mandiram keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azevedo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mandiram defending well as Azevedo loads up on a big left hand.
Azevedo looks to throw the jab but Mandiram is out of range.
Azevedo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mandiram tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
Azevedo throws a body punch but Mandiram moves out of range.
Mandiram is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Azevedo tries to bum rush Mandiram with a series of wild strikes but Mandiram uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Azevedo throws a body punch but Mandiram moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Azevedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mandiram doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
Mandiram clinches up with Azevedo and pushes him back against the cage.
Azevedo is trying to break free.
Mandiram stalling.
Mandiram receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Mandiram continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sepala Mandiram.
Azevedo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Azevedo thows a body shot but no joy.
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.
Azevedo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mandiram's head backwards.
Azevedo lands a lovely overhand right.
Mandiram moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Mandiram moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Mandiram has managed to clinch.
Mandiram has Azevedo pressed against the cage, preventing Azevedo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Azevedo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mandiram has him pressed against the cage.
Azevedo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mandiram's elbow.
Mandiram holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Azevedo can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Azevedo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Azevedo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Azevedo misses.
Mandiram is looking to clinch but Azevedo is avoiding it.
Azevedo throws a shot from downtown. Mandiram moves away and avoids it.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Mandiram moves out of range.
Azevedo misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mandiram looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo tries to bum rush Mandiram with a series of wild strikes but Mandiram uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Azevedo throws a body punch but Mandiram moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandiram avoids a punch combination nicely.
Azevedo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mandiram stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Azevedo swings for the body but Mandiram moves out of range.
Azevedo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mandiram dodges the punch combination from Azevedo.
Mandiram pushes Azevedo up against the cage in a clinch.
Mandiram is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo working hard to break the clinch.
Azevedo stalling in the clinch.
Mandiram avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sepala Mandiram.
No joy there for Azevedo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Azevedo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Azevedo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Mandiram avoids them all with ease.
Mandiram moves away from the strike by Azevedo.
Mandiram tries to clinch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Azevedo throws a series of strikes that have Mandiram backpedaling.
Mandiram dodges the punch combination from Azevedo.
Mandiram moves into the clinch.
Mandiram stalling against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo wants to get back to striking at distance but Mandiram won't allow it.
Azevedo tries to circle away but Mandiram has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Azevedo.
Azevedo struggles to land a body shot inside as Mandiram controls his hands.
Azevedo tries to break the clinch but Mandiram is controlling the position.
Azevedo is trying to maintain a safe position but Mandiram gets an underhook and turns Azevedo into the cage.
Mandiram leaning against his opponent.
Azevedo is stalling here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mandiram has Azevedo pressed against the cage.
Azevedo is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Charles Azevedo will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mandiram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azevedo throws an overhand right that lands on Mandiram's shoulder, as Mandiram tries to avoid the shot.
Mandiram doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
Nice defenses there by Mandiram.
Azevedo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mandiram moves away from the strike by Azevedo.
Mandiram walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mandiram manages to avoid it.
Azevedo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charles Azevedo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Azevedo misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azevedo swings for the body but Mandiram moves out of range.
Azevedo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Azevedo.
Mandiram avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mandiram moves away from the strike by Azevedo.
Azevedo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Mandiram moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Azevedo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mandiram manages to avoid it.
Azevedo throws the left hand but Mandiram avoids the punch easily.
Azevedo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Azevedo swinging wildly here.
Azevedo looks to score with a jab to the body but Mandiram is just out of range.
Azevedo throws out a loose jab but Mandiram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azevedo lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Azevedo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo throws a series of punches but Mandiram moves out of range.
Mandiram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azevedo misses the jab.
A punch combination from Azevedo misses.
Mandiram tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Azevedo throws a right and a left that Mandiram avoids nicely.
Azevedo misses with the combination.
Mandiram avoids the body shot from Azevedo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Azevedo misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo. Mandiram does a little dance to reset his feet.
Azevedo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mandiram.
Charles Azevedo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Azevedo misses the jab.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Azevedo just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Azevedo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Azevedo throws a hook but Mandiram avoids it easily.
Sepala Mandiram has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Azevedo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Azevedo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Azevedo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Azevedo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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