PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gennki Suddo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samsara Sovzyeski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suddo comes into the arena with Korn - Blind blaring out of the sound system. Samsara Sovzyeski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gennki Suddo's chin.

Suddo
vs
Sovzyeski

173 cm
22
187 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
202 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gennki Suddo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samsara Sovzyeski!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suddo tries to clinch but Sovzyeski moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sovzyeski.
Suddo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski slips under a jab from Suddo.
Sovzyeski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sovzyeski cracks Suddo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sovzyeski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Suddo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Suddo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Suddo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sovzyeski.
Suddo moves in looking to clinch but Sovzyeski pushes him off.
Sovzyeski lands with a nice combination. Suddo backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Sovzyeski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Suddo doesn't seem phased though.

Sovzyeski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sovzyeski scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski works on Suddo's body with a couple of short punches.
Suddo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sovzyeski lands with a right to the head.
Sovzyeski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suddo backwards.
Suddo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A right hand to the body from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski gets through Suddo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Suddo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gennki Suddo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sovzyeski is pressed up against the cage. Suddo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sovzyeski down to the mat. Sovzyeski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sovzyeski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Suddo on the side of the head.
Suddo moves forwards but Sovzyeski connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Suddo is rocked!
Suddo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Suddo is breathing heavily.
Suddo walks into a left hand.
Sovzyeski might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sovzyeski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suddo paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sovzyeski scores with a hook.
Samsara Sovzyeski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suddo drops his hands momentarily and Sovzyeski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sovzyeski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sovzyeski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suddo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sovzyeski to score with a decent uppercut.
Oh Suddo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sovzyeski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suddo seems to have got his legs back now.
Suddo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Samsara Sovzyeski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sovzyeski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jab from Sovzyeski.
Suddo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sovzyeski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski with a nice cross.
The crowd cheers as Sovzyeski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Suddo doesn't seem phased though.
Suddo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab from Sovzyeski.

Sovzyeski has Suddo up against the cage in a clinch.
Sovzyeski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Suddo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sovzyeski smiles and moves away.
Sovzyeski loads up on a big right hand but Suddo slips the punch.
Sovzyeski throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sovzyeski throws out a powerful jab.
Sovzyeski cracks Suddo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suddo looks for a takedown but Sovzyeski sprawls well.
Sovzyeski connects with the punch.
Nice uppercut there from Sovzyeski.

Suddo shoots in and bounces Sovzyeski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Suddo tries to free his leg and advance position but Sovzyeski is retaining full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samsara Sovzyeski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sovzyeski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Suddo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sovzyeski scores with a jab to the body.
Suddo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski dips to his left and cracks Suddo with an uppercut!
Suddo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Suddo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sovzyeski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sovzyeski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Suddo's head backwards.
The fighters circling - Sovzyeski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suddo moves away from the strike by Sovzyeski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suddo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Sovzyeski takes the fight into the clinch.
Suddo fails to pull guard.
Sovzyeski pushes Suddo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sovzyeski.
Sovzyeski works on Suddo's body with a couple of short punches.
Sovzyeski taking a breather.
Sovzyeski digs a right hand underneath Suddo's ribcage. Suddo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sovzyeski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sovzyeski scores with a shot to the side of Suddo's head.
Sovzyeski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sovzyeski gets through Suddo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sovzyeski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Suddo backwards.
Sovzyeski creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Suddo's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Suddo drops to his knees and Sovzyeski pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samsara Sovzyeski!