PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdenko Suran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dehins Trillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Suran
vs
Trillo

187 cm
25
211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zdenko Suran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dehins Trillo!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Suran gets tackled into the cage by Trillo. Trillo maintains the clinch.
Suran throws a head punch that misses.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.
Trillo misses with an elbow over the top.

Trillo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trillo tries to score with a low kick but Suran moves his leg out of the way.

Suran clinches with his opponent.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trillo throws a head kick but Suran moves out of range.

Suran tries to keep at a distance but Trillo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suran connects with a knee to the head.
Trillo can't break the clinch.
Trillo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Suran avoids a wild elbow strike from Trillo.
Suran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Suran fails to land.

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

Suran closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Trillo keeps control of Suran as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trillo takes a shot to the head.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Suran closes the distance and clinches.
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!
Trillo lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Zdenko Suran has been cut.
Suran misses with a punch to the body.
Trillo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Suran has him pressed against the cage.
Suran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Dehins Trillo has been cut.
Trillo looks gassed!
Suran landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Trillo blocks a body shot from Suran.
Suran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Suran tries a knee to the head but Trillo blocks it.
Suran blocks an elbow strike.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trillo clinches up with Suran and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trillo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Trillo.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Suran tries to keep at a distance but Trillo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suran throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trillo wants to break free but Suran has control.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trillo thumps Suran with a low kick.

Suran closes the distance and clinches.
Suran is working Trillo over against the cage.
Suran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suran avoids a kick to the body.

Suran gets a clinch.
Suran lands a body shot in the clinch.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Suran closes the distance and clinches.
Suran avoids a wild elbow strike from Trillo.
Trillo tries to circle away but Suran has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Suran.
Suran landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Suran closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suran gets through Trillo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Suran breaks the clinch.

Suran rushes Trillo and presses him up against the cage.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Suran clinches with his opponent.

Suran breaks the clinch.

Suran instigates a clinch.

Trillo manages to break the clinch.

Suran drives through and clinches with Trillo against the cage.
Trillo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trillo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Trillo blocks an uppercut.

Suran breaks the clinch.

Suran clinches with his opponent.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trillo rushes Suran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

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

Suran has closed the distance and engaged Trillo in a clinch.
Trillo wants to get back to striking at distance but Suran won't allow it.

Suran breaks from the clinch.

Suran clinches up against the cage.

Suran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Trillo rushes Suran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suran is defending well for now.
Suran blocks the elbow strike.
Trillo prevents a body shot from Suran.
Trillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suran is defending well for now.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.
Suran misses with a knee to the head.
Suran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trillo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Trillo throws an elbow but it misses.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Trillo has Suran pressed against the cage, preventing Suran from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Suran works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Suran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trillo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suran blocks it with crossed arms.
Suran blocks the elbow strike.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.
Suran blocks an elbow strike.
Suran landing knees to the body.
Suran landing knees to the body.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Trillo tries to keep at a distance but Suran has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Suran moves into the clinch successfully.
Suran misses with a punch on the inside.

Trillo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trillo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.
Suran swings wildly with an uppercut but Trillo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Suran breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Suran takes the fight into the clinch.
Suran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trillo.
Suran looking to throw knees to the head but Trillo is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Suran fails to land.

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

Trillo drives through and clinches with Suran against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Suran fails to land.

Suran breaks from the clinch.

Trillo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.
Trillo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Suran tries a knee to the head but Trillo blocks it.
Suran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Suran tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Suran looking to throw knees to the head but Trillo is blocking nicely.
Suran tries a body shot but Trillo blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Trillo.
Suran tries to land knees in the clinch but Trillo avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suran avoiding damage as Trillo throws knees to the body.
Trillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Trillo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Suran, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trillo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trillo is looking to slow Suran down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdenko Suran dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Trillo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Trillo moves out of range of the body kick from Suran.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zdenko Suran has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trillo throws an elbow but it misses.

Trillo breaks from the clinch.

Trillo has managed to clinch.
Suran takes an elbow to the forehead.
Trillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Suran misses with a punch on the inside.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.
Suran blocks the elbow strike.
Suran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trillo's elbow.
Suran working hard to break the clinch.
Trillo looking to throw knees to the head but Suran is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Trillo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Suran's brow.
Trillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Suran avoids the damage to the body.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.
Trillo lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suran has a couple of punches blocked by Trillo.

Suran breaks from the clinch.

Suran gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Suran can't find room to land a body shot as Trillo controls the action.
Trillo is breathing heavily.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.
Trillo misses with an elbow over the top.
Suran misses with some punches.
Suran lands a knee to the head.
Trillo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Suran avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trillo scores with a kick to the midsection.

Suran takes the fight into the clinch.
Suran misses with the head strike.
Suran managing to block the knees to the body from Trillo.
Suran working aggressively here.
Suran connects with a knee to the head.
Suran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Suran breaks from the clinch.

Trillo gets tackled into the cage by Suran. Suran maintains the clinch.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Trillo instigates a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Suran obliges.
Trillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Trillo.
Suran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Suran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suran lands with a slapping head kick.

Suran has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Suran.
Suran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trillo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suran lands a nice shot to the body.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Trillo rushes Suran and presses him up against the cage.
Trillo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Suran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suran trying to land knees to the body.
Trillo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Suran lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trillo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Suran swings wildly with an uppercut but Trillo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suran works on Trillo's body with a couple of short punches.

Suran breaks the clinch.
Trillo connects with a solid leg kick.

Trillo has managed to clinch.
Suran struggles to land a body shot inside as Trillo controls his hands.
Trillo lands a nice elbow.

Trillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Suran clinches up with Trillo and pushes him back against the cage.
Trillo tries a knee to the head but Suran blocks it.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Suran has Trillo up against the cage in a clinch.
Suran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Suran breaks the clinch.

Suran rushes Trillo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trillo misses with an elbow over the top.
Suran prevents Trillo from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suran.
Suran misses with the head strike.
Suran tries to land a knee to the head but Trillo blocks with his arms.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Trillo rushes Suran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trillo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Trillo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suran.
Suran takes an elbow to the forehead.

Trillo breaks the clinch.

Trillo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Trillo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suran scores with a head kick. Trillo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Trillo moves out of range as Suran throws a body kick.

Trillo drives through and clinches with Suran against the cage.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Trillo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Suran's brow.
Suran working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trillo.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Suran clinches.
Suran has a couple of punches blocked by Trillo.
Suran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Suran misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Suran avoids the damage to the body.
Suran tries to land knees in the clinch but Trillo avoids the damage to the body.
Suran blocks an elbow strike.
Suran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trillo lands an elbow just above Suran 's eye.
Trillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suran's defenses.
Suran pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trillo throws an elbow but misses.
Suran misses with some punches.

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

Trillo has closed the distance and engaged Suran in a clinch.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.
Trillo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Trillo blocks an elbow strike.

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

Trillo forces Suran back against the cage and clinches.
Trillo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A left hand lands to the body for Suran.
Trillo misses with a knee to the head.
Suran lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trillo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Trillo throws an elbow that misses.
Suran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suran lands a body punch in the clinch.
Suran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Suran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdenko Suran dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Trillo takes the fight into the clinch.
Trillo blocks an elbow strike from Suran.
Suran has Trillo pressed against the cage, preventing Trillo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Suran.
Trillo avoiding damage as Suran throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Suran.
Trillo blocks an uppercut.
Suran unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trillo misses with an elbow over the top.
Trillo is trying to push Suran away but Suran has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Suran takes an elbow to the temple.
Suran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trillos head.
Suran blocks an elbow strike.
Trillo wants to break free but Suran has control.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Suran closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Trillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suran is defending well for now.
Trillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suran avoids it.
Suran lands with a right to the head.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Suran clinches up against the cage.
Suran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Trillo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trillo tries to score with a low kick but Suran moves his leg out of the way.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Trillo rushes Suran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trillo tries to break free but Suran pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trillo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Suran scores with a shot to the side of Trillo's head.
Suran throws a punch but it's blocked by Trillo.
Suran lands a knee to the body.
Suran lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Suran manages to break the clinch.

Trillo moves into range and clinches up with Suran.

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

Suran moves into the clinch.
Suran misses with a knee to the head.
Trillo missing with knees to the body.
Suran misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trillo throws an elbow but misses.
Suran blocks an elbow strike.
Trillo tries to land a knee to the head but Suran blocks with his arms.
Suran throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trillo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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

Trillo closes the distance and clinches.
Suran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Suran misses with a punch to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Trillo.
Trillo throws an elbow but it misses.

Suran manages to break the clinch.

Suran instigates a clinch.
Trillo throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Suran manages to break the clinch.

Trillo gets a clinch.
Suran is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trillo is defending well for now.
Suran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trillo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trillo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Suran clinches.
Trillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suran.
Suran blocks the elbow strike.
Suran throws a head punch that misses.
Suran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trillo avoids it.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Trillo, against the cage.

Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Trillo has managed to clinch.

Trillo breaks the clinch.

Suran forces Trillo back against the cage and clinches.
Suran misses with the head strike.
Suran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Suran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trillo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Trillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suran avoids it.
Trillo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trillo blocks the elbow strike.
Trillo throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suran scores with a knee to the head.
Trillo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suran has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Suran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

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

Suran closes the distance and clinches.
Trillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suran's defenses.
Trillo trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trillo throws an elbow but misses.
Trillo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Suran.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Suran.
Trillo wants to get back to striking at distance but Suran won't allow it.
Suran misses with a hook from the clinch.

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

Trillo moves into range and clinches up with Suran.
Suran avoiding damage as Trillo throws knees to the body.
Suran working Trillo over with knees to the body.
Trillo missing with knees to the body.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Trillo has Suran up against the cage in a clinch.
Suran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trillo backwards.

Suran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Suran darts in and clinches Trillo up against the cage.
Trillo trying to land knees to the body.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trillo lands an elbow inside.
Trillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Suran manages to break the clinch.

Suran clinches up against the cage.
Suran dodges an elbow strike from Trillo.
Suran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trillo blocks an uppercut.
Trillo throws an elbow but it misses.
Trillo lands an elbow inside.
Suran can't break the clinch.

Suran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Trillo gets a clinch.
Trillo misses with a knee strike.
Trillo blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Suran.
Trillo throws an elbow but it misses.

Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suran goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Trillo moves into range and clinches up with Suran.
Trillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Suran moves into the clinch.
Suran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trillo avoids it.
Dehins Trillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Trillo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zdenko Suran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suran has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zdenko Suran!