PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rami Aziz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Commie Sutra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aziz's entrance music is Roy Jones Jr. - Can´t be Touched. A fine choice. Sutra has chosen Immortal Technique - Golpe de Estado 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.

Aziz
vs
Sutra

180 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

177 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rami Aziz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Commie Sutra!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sutra keeps the fight on the outside.
Aziz looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sutra scores with a one two! Aziz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sutra swinging wilding here.
Aziz is looking to clinch.
Rami Aziz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aziz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sutra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sutra!
Aziz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sutra can pounce on him.

Sutra closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sutra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aziz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sutra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sutra breaks the clinch.

Sutra fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aziz, pushing him back against the cage.
Sutra crunches a lovely knee into Aziz's ribcage.
Sutra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sutra can't break the clinch.
Sutra is trying to break the clinch but Aziz has him pressed against the cage.

Sutra manages to break the clinch.
Sutra lands with a thumping leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sutra!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sutra.
Sutra lands a head kick!
Aziz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sutra darts in and clinches Aziz up against the cage.
Aziz keeps control of Sutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Sutra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sutra tries to clinch up but Aziz circles away and keeps his distance.
Sutra goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Aziz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Aziz tries to close the distance and clinch but Sutra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sutra closes the distance and clinches.
Aziz managing to block the knees to the body from Sutra.
Sutra tries to break the clinch but Aziz is controlling the position.
Sutra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aziz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sutra has him pressed against the cage.

Aziz breaks from the clinch.
Sutra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sutra works over Aziz's head and body with a nice combination.
Aziz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sutra swivels and escapes.
Sutra lands a front kick.

Aziz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sutra controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutra is looking to control Aziz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sutra avoid being mounted?
Sutra looks like he's trying to stand up.
Aziz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sutra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sutra wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sutra is looking to improve his position.
Aziz is thwarting Sutra's attempts to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice sprawl there from Sutra as Aziz shoots in.
Sutra digs a good body shot into Aziz's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutra explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sutra lands with a nice combination. Aziz backs away looking to recover.
Sutra throws a combination. Aziz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Aziz wants to clinch up but Sutra keeps it at a distance.
Sutra misses with a series of wild punches.
Sutra thuds a left hand into Aziz's body.

Sutra forces Aziz back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Aziz manages to pull guard.
Aziz keeping moving, preventing Sutra from controlling successfully.
Sutra tries to stand but Aziz is controlling from the bottom.
Sutra wants to control from the top but Aziz keeps moving.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aziz is working an open guard so Sutra takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Aziz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sutra tries to clinch but Aziz is having none of it.
A right-left combo lands from Sutra.
Sutra chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sutra shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sutra showed some decent athleticism there.
Sutra trying to mount his opponent but Aziz defends it.
Sutra wants to control but Aziz is keeping him busy.

Aziz makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sutra - that will leave a mark!
No luck for Aziz with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rami Aziz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aziz slips under a jab.
Sutra wants to clinch.
Aziz is looking to clinch but Sutra is avoiding it.

Aziz moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sutra looking to slow down the pace here.
Aziz keeps control of Sutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Aziz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sutra stalks Aziz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aziz's face. Aziz staggers backwards, shaken.
Sutra shoots in but Aziz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Commie Sutra dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sutra tries to clinch up but Aziz circles away and keeps his distance.
Sutra lands with a nice combination. Aziz backs away looking to recover.
Sutra moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Aziz is rocked!
Sutra is working the combinations to good effect here.

Sutra gets a clinch.
Oh Aziz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aziz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aziz seems to have got his legs back now.

Sutra manages to break the clinch.

Sutra instigates a clinch.

Sutra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sutra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sutra moves in looking to clinch but Aziz pushes him off.
Sutra tries to clinch but Aziz is having none of it.
Aziz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aziz misses with a wild combination.
Sutra scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sutra misses with a head kick.
Rami Aziz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aziz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sutra is looking to clinch but Aziz is avoiding it.
A solid body kick from Sutra.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sutra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sutra tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aziz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sutra displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutra throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sutra moves in looking to clinch but Aziz pushes him off.

Sutra has managed to clinch.

Sutra breaks from the clinch.
Sutra throws a series of strikes that have Aziz backpedaling.
Sutra looks to clinch

and Aziz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aziz.

Sutra breaks the clinch.
Sutra has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aziz slips a jab and a cross from Sutra.
Sutra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Aziz closes the distance looking to clinch

and Sutra counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sutra wants to break the clinch but can't.

Sutra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aziz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aziz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sutra.
Aziz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Aziz scores a takedown into full mount!
Sutra avoids a series of strikes thrown by Aziz.
Sutra is trying to stand.
Aziz raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aziz punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Aziz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aziz avoids the attempt from Sutra to control.
Sutra is looking to get to half guard.
Aziz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Sutra somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Sutra lands a nice looking body shot.
Sutra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sutra misses with a head kick.

Sutra has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sutra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aziz keeps control of Sutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sutra looking to throw knees to the head but Aziz is blocking nicely.
Sutra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Aziz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Sutra scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutra tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Aziz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aziz.

Sutra breaks the clinch.
Aziz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sutra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Aziz.
Sutra tries to clinch but Aziz moves out of range.
Aziz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sutra tries to clinch but Aziz moves out of range.
Aziz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sutra looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aziz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sutra throws a jab but it's blocked by Aziz.
Sutra tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice sprawl there from Aziz as Sutra shoots in.
Rami Aziz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Commie Sutra.
Aziz is looking to clinch but Sutra is avoiding it.
Sutra fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sutra throws a wild body kick that Aziz sees coming a mile off.
Sutra swinging wilding here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sutra.
Aziz is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutra misses with a wild combination.
Sutra tries to clinch but Aziz moves out of range.

Sutra takes the fight into the clinch.
Aziz keeps control of Sutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Sutra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aziz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sutra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Aziz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sutra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sutra wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sutra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Sutra breaks from the clinch.
Sutra misses with a wild combination.
Sutra plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sutra throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sutra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aziz moves out of range of the body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sutra.

Aziz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Aziz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Aziz trying to control but Sutra is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Commie Sutra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sutra clinches with his opponent.

Sutra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aziz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sutra throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sutra displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sutra lands a high kick!

Sutra rushes Aziz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sutra manages to break the clinch.

Sutra instigates a clinch.

Sutra breaks the clinch.
Sutra scores with a body shot.

Aziz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutra tries to free his leg and advance position but Aziz is retaining full guard.
Aziz 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.

Aziz scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sutra lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sutra fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aziz fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutra lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Commie Sutra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aziz has a takedown stuffed.
Sutra closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sutra tries a head kick but it misses.
Sutra tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aziz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sutra moves away from the strike by Aziz.
Sutra scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Sutra darts in and clinches Aziz up against the cage.
Sutra connects with a knee to the head.

Sutra manages to break the clinch.
Sutra goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Aziz shoots in looking for a takedown. Sutra tries to sprawl out of it but Aziz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sutra manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aziz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sutra misses with a double jab.

Sutra shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Aziz's guard.
Sutra trying to control but Aziz is working from the bottom.

Sutra gets to his feet. Aziz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sutra moves into range and clinches up with Aziz.
Aziz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sutra fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rami Aziz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sutra tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aziz has closed the distance and engaged Sutra in a clinch.
Commie Sutra seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Sutra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Aziz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sutra can't do much from the bottom here.
Sutra wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Sutra gets back to half guard.
Sutra is trying to get back to full guard.
Sutra gets back to full guard.
Azizis looking to pass into half guard but Sutra pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sutra is in guard.
Sutra won't allow Aziz to get back to his feet.
Sutra showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Aziz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sutra is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutra trying to control but Aziz is working from the bottom.
Aziz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sutra is trying to stand back up but Aziz is controlling him
Sutra is looking to control Aziz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sutra avoid being mounted?
Rami Aziz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sutra pushes Aziz off looking to stand but Aziz dives back in and keeps control.
Sutra holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rami Aziz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Sutra manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sutra tries a head kick but it misses.

Sutra shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sutra with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aziz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sutra wants to stand but Aziz has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Sutra gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A jab from Aziz does it's job there.
Aziz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sutra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sutra gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Sutra has his feet on Aziz's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sutra stalks Aziz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aziz's face. Aziz staggers backwards, shaken.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sutra scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Aziz striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Sutra is looking to take a break and control but Aziz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Sutra stands up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aziz closes the distance but Sutra moves to the side
and Sutra counters with a two punch combo.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sutra.

Aziz clinches with his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Commie Sutra comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sutra has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Commie Sutra!