PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felix Suarez (ranked 1336 p4p, 858 weight class) and Mamed Khalidovic (ranked 177 p4p, 128 weight class). Suarez comes to the cage accompanied by Mexican Sun. Khalidovic has chosen Зима-мама 25/17 as his entrance music. Felix Suarez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Suarez
vs
Khalidovic

170 cm
26
166
12 - 4 - 0

183 cm
26
157
11 - 5 - 1

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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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mamed Khalidovic!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Khalidovic.

Suarez shoots in and gets a takedown into Khalidovic's guard.

Khalidovic pushes Suarez off and gets back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Suarez staying out of range there.
Suarez slips under a jab from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khalidovic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Suarez back to the cage. Khalidovic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suarez moves away from the strike by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic walks into a stiff left hand from Suarez.
Suarez shoots and misses
and Khalidovic counters with a straight right hand.
Suarez tests Khalidovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khalidovic slips a straight right by Suarez.
Suarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khalidovic scores with a hook to the body. Suarez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khalidovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Suarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Suarez throws a body punch but Khalidovic moves out of range.
Suarez blocks a low kick nicely.

Suarez dives in and scores a takedown into Khalidovic's guard.
Suarez stopping the sweep attempt from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic wants to stand but Suarez is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic keeping moving, preventing Suarez from controlling successfully.
Suarez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Suarez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Khalidovic swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Suarez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Khalidovic keeping full guard, as Suarez tries to pass.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Khalidovic scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A punch combination from Khalidovic misses.
Khalidovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Suarez is looking to counter punch.
A nice leg kick from Khalidovic, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mamed Khalidovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suarez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Suarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khalidovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Suarez.
Suarez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Suarez looks to land a right hand but Khalidovic moved out of range.
Khalidovic throws a push kick but Suarez slaps the foot to one side.
Khalidovic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Suarez checks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Suarez misses the target.
Khalidovic connects with a looping right hand.
Khalidovic tests Suarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khalidovic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Khalidovic misses the shot to the body.
Suarez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Khalidovic has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good standup being displayed there by Khalidovic as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez shoots for a double leg takedown but Khalidovic sprawls well. He's pushed Suarez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Suarez misses the jab.
Suarez scores with a nice head shot.
Khalidovic throws a body kick that misses.
Khalidovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Suarez scores with a jab to the body.
Khalidovic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khalidovic lunges at Suarez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Suarez's hand.
Suarez throws a hook but Khalidovic avoids it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Khalidovic.
Khalidovic misses with a body shot.

Suarez gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khalidovic wants to control but Suarez postures up.

Suarez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Khalidovic is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez laying and praying for a moment but Khalidovic takes advantage and regains half guard.
Khalidovic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Suarez trying to move into half guard but instead Khalidovic has managed to sweep!

Khalidovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Suarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Suarez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mamed Khalidovic dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Khalidovic scores with a one two! Suarez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Khalidovic throws out a powerful jab.
Suarez misses with a double jab.
Khalidovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Suarez scores with a jab to the head.
Suarez with a jab.

Suarez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Suarez seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Suarez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Khalidovic doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Suarez.
Suarez prevents Khalidovic from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Khalidovic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khalidovic keeping moving, preventing Suarez from controlling successfully.
Suarez stays in close to Khalidovic's body and controls the position.
Suarez trying to control but Khalidovic is working from the bottom.
Suarez stops Khalidovic from standing up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

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.
Khalidovic looks to land a left hand but Suarez moved out of range nicely.
Khalidovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Khalidovic throws a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a good cross that connects.
Suarez jabs Khalidovic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khalidovic lands a leg kick that knocks Suarez off balance momentarily.
Khalidovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khalidovic connects with a leg kick.
Suarez throws a body punch but Khalidovic moves out of range.
Khalidovic throws out a counter right but Suarez avoids it with no problem.
Suarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suarez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khalidovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khalidovic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khalidovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Khalidovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Suarez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Khalidovic circles away.
Suarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khalidovic getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Suarez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mamed Khalidovic has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Suarez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.

Suarez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Suarez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Khalidovic can't do much from the bottom here.

Suarez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Khalidovic has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
You can see the frustration on Khalidovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Khalidovic tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Suarez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Khalidovic, who protects the arm well.
Suarez working away.

Suarez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Khalidovic has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Felix Suarez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Suarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khalidovic.
Khalidovic slips a jab from Suarez.
Khalidovic 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.
Donk. Khalidovic catches Suarez right on the button with a cross.
Suarez misses with a looping right.
Suarez moves out of range of the leg kick from Khalidovic.
Suarez fails with the takedown.
Khalidovic connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Khalidovic finds it's way through Suarez's defenses.
Suarez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khalidovic.

Suarez shoots in and gets a takedown into Khalidovic's guard.
Khalidovic is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Suarez dives into side control.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khalidovic is looking to reverse the position.

Suarez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Khalidovic wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Khalidovic throws Suarez to one side and escapes!
Khalidovic throws an overhand right that lands on Suarez's shoulder, as Suarez tries to avoid the shot.
Suarez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khalidovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suarez throws out the jab.
Khalidovic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khalidovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khalidovic. Suarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Suarez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Suarez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Khalidovic pinned against the cage. Khalidovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Suarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khalidovic.
Suarez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Suarez throws a shot from downtown. Khalidovic moves away and avoids it.
Suarez avoids a kick to the body.
Khalidovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Khalidovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalidovic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khalidovic scores with the left hand. Suarez knows he should have avoided that one.
Khalidovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Suarez's head.
Suarez shoots in but Khalidovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Suarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalidovic staying out of range there.
Khalidovic throws out a counter right but Suarez avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheers as Khalidovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Suarez doesn't seem phased though.
Khalidovic blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic thumps Suarez with a low kick.
Suarez throws a looping overhand right but Khalidovic ducks down to avoid it.
Suarez lands with a hook. Khalidovic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Suarez misses with a hook.
Suarez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khalidovic ducks under a wild hook from Suarez.
Khalidovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Khalidovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khalidovic throws a leg kick which misses Suarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Suarez tries to avoid it.
Mamed Khalidovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Suarez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khalidovic.
Suarez staying out of range there.
Suarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Suarez misses the target.
Khalidovic lands a leg kick that knocks Suarez off balance momentarily.
A combination from Khalidovic does no damage.
Khalidovic throws a body punch but Suarez moves out of range.
Suarez blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalidovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suarez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Suarez walks into a stiff left hand from Khalidovic.
Suarez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Khalidovic defends well and Suarez ends up having to push Khalidovic into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Suarez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Khalidovic is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic throws a head punch that misses.
Suarez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khalidovic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Khalidovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Suarez.
Khalidovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khalidovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Suarez.
Khalidovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suarez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khalidovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khalidovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khalidovic fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Suarez's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Khalidovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khalidovic defending well as Suarez loads up on a big left hand.
Suarez misses the jab.
Suarez looks to throw the jab but Khalidovic is out of range.
Khalidovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Suarez under the eye.
Khalidovic scores with a hook to the body. Suarez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khalidovic throws a right hand that misses
and Khalidovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khalidovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mamed Khalidovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khalidovic 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mamed Khalidovic!
During a confident post fight interview, Mamed Khalidovic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.