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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simba Burns Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azevedo's entrance music is I'm a Soldier, I'm a Fighter. A fine choice. Burns Jr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Thuggish Ruggish Bone. Simba Burns Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
26 - 11 - 0 |
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180 cm
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210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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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
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hugo Azevedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Simba Burns Jr!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azevedo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Burns Jr is out of range and Azevedo settles back down.
Burns Jr avoids the body shot from Azevedo.
Azevedo throws the left hand but Burns Jr avoids the punch easily.
Hugo Azevedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azevedo throws a jab when Burns Jr was well out of range.
Azevedo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Burns Jr.
Azevedo blocks a head kick by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Azevedo throws a body punch but Burns Jr moves out of range.
Azevedo misses with a double jab.
Burns Jr throws a nice head kick!
Burns Jr checks a leg kick.
Azevedo clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Azevedo looking to stall.
Burns Jr lands with a left to the head.
Azevedo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Azevedo manages to break the clinch.
Azevedo throws the kick towards the body but Burns Jr avoids it.
A head kick misses from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr checks a low kick from Azevedo.
Burns Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azevedo.
Burns Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Azevedo.
Burns Jr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Azevedo.
Burns Jr throws a solid leg kick but Azevedo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burns Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns Jr moves away.
Azevedo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burns Jr is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azevedo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Burns Jr counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Burns Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Azevedo has Burns Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Azevedo.
Burns Jr has had enough of the clinch but Azevedo keeps him there for the moment.
Burns Jr is pressed up against the cage. Azevedo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burns Jr down to the mat. Burns Jr avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Azevedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Azevedo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Azevedo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burns Jr.
Azevedo scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr throws a wild body kick that Azevedo sees coming a mile off.
Azevedo throws a solid leg kick but Burns Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Azevedo.
Burns Jr looking to score a takedown here. Azevedo is defending well but Burns Jr drives through and ends up in Azevedo's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Burns Jr would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Azevedo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Burns Jr manages to get himself to full guard.
Azevedo wants to control from the top but Burns Jr keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burns Jr is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr won't allow Azevedo to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Azevedo is on top in guard.
Azevedo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns Jr keeping moving, preventing Azevedo from controlling successfully.
Azevedo tries to free his leg and advance position but Burns Jr is retaining full guard.
Burns Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Azevedo is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azevedo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns Jr is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Azevedo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hugo Azevedo will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Azevedo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Azevedo stops Burns Jr from getting back to his feet.
Azevedo prevents Burns Jr from improving his position.
Burns Jr scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Azevedo manages to mount him!
Azevedo dominating with strikes here.
Burns Jr in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azevedo trying to control but Burns Jr is having none of it.
Azevedo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo landing shots from mount.
Azevedo wants to control the pace but Burns Jr is squirming around nicely.
Azevedo controlling the position easily from mount.
Azevedo lands a nice shot to the head.
Burns Jr is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azevedo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Burns Jr is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hugo Azevedo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Azevedo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Burns Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns Jr really wants to buck Azevedo off and get back to his feet.
Azevedo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Azevedo landing strikes from the mount and Burns Jr is in trouble!
Azevedo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo unloading with bombs!
Azevedo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Azevedo controlling the pace for now.
Burns Jr is in all sorts of trouble here.
Burns Jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Azevedo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Azevedo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Burns Jr is looking to get to half guard.
Azevedo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Azevedo lands with some strikes.
Azevedo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Burns Jr really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo controlling the position easily from mount.
Burns Jr sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Azevedo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Burns Jr is looking to control Azevedo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burns Jr avoid being mounted?
Azevedo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Burns Jr is not content to let Azevedo control the position.
Azevedo lands strikes from half guard.
Burns Jr trying to control here.
Azevedo trying to control from half guard but Burns Jr is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Burns Jr!
Burns Jr is looking to get to half guard.
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!
Azevedo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Burns Jr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azevedo cracks Burns Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Azevedo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Burns Jr is looking to improve his position but Azevedo isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Azevedo dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Azevedo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burns Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azevedo misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Burns Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burns Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns Jr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burns Jr 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.
Azevedo scores with a jab to the head.
Azevedo connects with a leg kick. Burns Jr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A jab from Azevedo misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Azevedo, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azevedo lands a jab to the nose.
Azevedo tries to clinch but Burns Jr is having none of it.
Burns Jr lands a right hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Azevedo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azevedo.
Burns Jr walks into a straight right hand from Azevedo.
Burns Jr avoids the body shot from Azevedo.
Azevedo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Azevedo connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns Jr moves away.
Good leg kick by Burns Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice uppercut lands for Burns Jr. That snapped Azevedo's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns Jr moves away.
Azevedo misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo throws a leg kick but Burns Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Azevedo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burns Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Burns Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Azevedo.
Burns Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Azevedo.
Hugo Azevedo is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo misses the shot to the body.
Azevedo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Burns Jr looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Simba Burns Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Azevedo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns Jr keeps working.
Azevedo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Burns Jr tries to control but Azevedo manages to take his back.
Burns Jr is trying to break free.
Burns Jr manages to reverse the position and now he's in Azevedo's guard. Nice work there by Burns Jr.
Azevedo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo looking to control but Burns Jr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Burns Jr is working to get back to half guard.
Azevedo controlling his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns Jr tries to lock up and control but Azevedo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hugo Azevedo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Azevedo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hugo 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Azevedo!
A very excited looking Hugo Azevedo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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