PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Miles
vs
Suarez

200 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
212 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fred Miles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luiz Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Suarez.
Miles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miles tries to clinch
and Suarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Miles misses with a double jab
and Suarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Suarez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Miles misses with a takedown

so Suarez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Suarez works over Miles with some ground and pound from guard.
Suarez thows a big elbow that misses.
Suarez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Miles not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Suarez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The strikes coming from Suarez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez working the ground and pound from side control.
Suarez cracks Miles with a big elbow.
Suarez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Miles's shoulder. That is not cool.
Miles is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miles is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Miles is breathing heavily.
Suarez working the ground and pound.
Miles takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
A lull in the action here.
Miles takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Miles is working to avoid the ground and pound but Suarez connects with a decent elbow.
Suarez lands a few punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suarez lands an elbow.
Suarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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!
Suarez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Miles's shoulder. That is not cool.
Suarez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Miles down.
Check out the look on Suarez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Suarez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Miles taking a bit of punishment here - Suarez scoring with strikes.
Suarez lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Check out the look on Suarez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Miles is being controlled here.
Suarez working the body and head with strikes.
Suarez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Suarez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Suarez landing strikes from the mount and Miles is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Suarez landing shots from mount.
Suarez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Miles?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez cracks Miles with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Suarez lands a big shot there that rocks Miles but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Suarez lands a nice shot to the head.
Suarez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Miles hang on?
Suarez controlling from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suarez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Suarez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Suarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Suarez throws a one two combo.
Suarez scores with a decent looking hook.
Suarez jabs Miles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Miles looks to clinch
and Suarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Suarez.
Suarez staying out of range there.
Miles shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Suarez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Suarez cracks Miles with a right hand to the side of the head.
Miles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Suarez.
Suarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Suarez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Miles counters with a stiff right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Suarez. Those never looked like landing.
Miles lands a nice hook to Suarez's body. Suarez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Miles moves to clinch but Suarez breaks away
and Suarez counters with a left and a right that stings Miles.
Jab from Suarez.
Miles is looking to score with low kicks.
Suarez works the jab nicely.
Suarez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Miles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No joy there for Suarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suarez throws a good cross that connects.
Suarez cracks Miles with a right hand to the side of the head.
Luiz Suarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suarez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Suarez.
Suarez scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Suarez!
Suarez lands with a nice combination. Miles backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez throws a nice looking combination but Miles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suarez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Suarez scores with a one two! Miles had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Miles takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Suarez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Suarez lands a couple of digs.
Suarez throwing strikes but missing.
Suarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Suarez lands a couple of elbows.
Suarez cracks Miles with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez works over Miles with some ground and pound from guard.
Suarez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Miles looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Suarez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Suarez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Suarez drops an elbow to the side of Miles's head.
Suarez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Miles has hold of Suarez's hands but Suarez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Suarez connects with a nice short shot to Miles's temple.
Suarez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Suarez working over Miles with some ground and pound. Miles looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Suarez connects with a nice short shot to Miles's temple.
Suarez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Suarez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Suarez there.
Suarez slips a nice elbow through Miles's hands, connecting with Miles's forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miles on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Suarez controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Suarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Suarez looks to land a combination but Miles avoids it well.
Miles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Miles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Miles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suarez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miles tries to clinch
letting Suarez counter with a right hand.
Miles is looking to score with low kicks.
Miles misses with an uppercut. Suarez saw that one coming.
Suarez throws a one two combo.
Miles looks to land a combination but Suarez avoids it well.
Suarez misses with a double jab
and Miles counters with a head kick. That will keep Suarez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nice uppercut lands for Suarez. That snapped Miles's head back.

Suarez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Suarez.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Suarez decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Suarez 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.
Suarez works over Miles's head and body with a nice combination.
Miles slips a jab and a cross from Suarez.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fred Miles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

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

Suarez wants to work for an arm triangle but Miles is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Suarez lands a nice short elbow.
Miles is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Suarez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Suarez slips a nice elbow through Miles's hands, connecting with Miles's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is nestled in close to Miles, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Miles wants to get back to full guard.
Suarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Suarez decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Miles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Suarez.
Suarez looks to land a combination. Miles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Miles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Suarez scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Miles tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Suarez counters with a single leg into guard. Miles didn't expect that.
Suarez with a nice head shot there.
Suarez cracks Miles with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Suarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Miles has wrist control.
Miles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Suarez chips away with some ground and pound.
Suarez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Miles can't keep his opponent in guard - Suarez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Suarez lands strikes from half guard.
Fred Miles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
Luiz Suarez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miles is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luiz Suarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Suarez 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 25:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luiz Suarez!