PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Sucre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sucre kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Capital Punishment. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Craig Patton was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sucre
vs
Patton

178 cm
20
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fernando Sucre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Patton!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patton closes the distance and clinches.
Sucre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Patton walks away with a smile on his face. Sucre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sucre misses with a few strikes there.
Patton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sucre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Patton circles away quickly and effectively.
Patton tries to clinch but Sucre is having none of it.
Patton looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sucre tries to close the distance and clinch but Patton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sucre tries to close the distance and clinch but Patton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Patton has closed the distance and engaged Sucre in a clinch.

Sucre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Sucre.

Patton gets the takedown into side control.
Patton is looking to take a break and control but Sucre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sucre struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sucre takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sucre prevents Patton from improving position.
Sucre gets back to half guard.
Patton is keen to just control but Sucre is a slippery customer.

Sucre is defending against the submission attempts here by Patton.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Patton is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Patton looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Patton decides to return to a standing position.
Sucre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Patton backs up against the cage.
Sucre tries to clinch but Patton moves away

and Patton counters with a single leg into guard. Sucre didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sucre wants to sweep here but Patton controlling him for the moment.
Sucre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sucre is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sucre moves into full mount! Patton won't be happy about that!

Sucre has hold of Patton's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Patton manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Sucre is going olschool here, as he tries to force Patton to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Patton shrugs it off.

Sucre is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Patton has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sucre stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Patton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sucre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sucre is looking to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patton works his way into side control.
Sucre is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Patton's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sucre swinging wilding here.

Patton closes the distance and pushes Sucre back into the cage.
Patton fails to pull guard.
Patton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sucre pressing his opponent against the cage.
Patton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sucre's efforts to push away.
Patton is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sucre stops a takedown attempt from Patton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton is pressed up against the cage. Sucre has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Patton down to the mat. Patton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sucre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Patton is looking to clinch but Sucre is avoiding it.
Patton staying out of range there.
Patton misses with a takedown attempt - Sucre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fernando Sucre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Patton.
Sucre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patton throws a chopping leg kick but Sucre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sucre throws a series of punches but Patton avoids them all with ease.
Patton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sucre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sucre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patton misses with a takedown attempt - Sucre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sucre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Patton on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Patton closes the distance and clinches up with Sucre, looking for a takedown. Patton pushes Sucre against the cage but Sucre circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sucre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sucre misses with the combination.

Sucre closes the distance and clinches.
Sucre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Patton jumps guard but Sucre stands there with Patton around his waist. Patton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sucre jumps guard but Patton stands there with Sucre around his waist. Sucre gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Patton tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sucre smiles and moves away.
Fernando Sucre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patton wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucre misses with a few strikes there.
Sucre looks to land a left hand but Patton moved out of range nicely.
Patton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sucre misses with a wild combination.
Sucre tries to clinch up but Patton circles away and keeps his distance.
Patton keeps the fight on the outside.

Sucre scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sucre is thwarting Patton's attempts to control the position.

Sucre has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Patton defend it? Sucre steps over the head and cranks it - Patton is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Sucre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fernando Sucre!