PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saadi Al Fayyad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Suggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Fayyad's entrance music is Desert Storm. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Al Fayyad
vs
Suggs

193 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 New York, Saadi Al Fayyad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Suggs!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Fayyad with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Suggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Al Fayyad can pounce on him.

Suggs closes the distance and clinches.
Suggs looking to throw knees to the head but Al Fayyad is blocking nicely.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow over the top.
Suggs lands an elbow just above Al Fayyad 's eye.

It looks like Saadi Al Fayyad has been cut.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Suggs lands an elbow inside that Al Fayyad shrugs off.
Suggs blocks the elbow strike.
Al Fayyad wants to stall.
Suggs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Al Fayyad is defending well for now.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it misses.
Suggs putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Al Fayyad in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Suggs avoiding damage as Al Fayyad throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow just above Suggs 's eye.
Suggs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Al Fayyad taking a breather.
Al Fayyad blocks the elbow strike.
Suggs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Saadi Al Fayyad's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Suggs blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Suggs tries a knee to the head but Al Fayyad blocks it.
Knees to the body from Suggs.
Suggs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Al Fayyad managing to block the knees to the body from Suggs.
Suggs avoids the elbow strike from Al Fayyad, against the cage.
Suggs misses with an elbow over the top.

Suggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Al Fayyad throws a quick inside leg kick.

Suggs drives through and clinches with Al Fayyad against the cage.
Suggs missing with knees to the body.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Suggs creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Al Fayyad throws an elbow but misses.
Al Fayyad managing to block the knees to the body from Suggs.
Suggs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Fayyad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suggs.
Al Fayyad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suggs trying to land knees to the body.
Suggs avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Suggs lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Suggs shrugs off.
Suggs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Al Fayyad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suggs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
Suggs with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Al Fayyad throws an elbow but misses.
Suggs takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Matt Suggs has been cut.
Al Fayyad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suggs connects with a knee to the head.
Suggs unloads a knee to the mid-section. Al Fayyad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Suggs landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Fayyad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suggs looks gassed!
Al Fayyad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suggs is defending well for now.
Suggs trying to land knees to the body.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow that misses.
Suggs blocks an elbow strike.
Al Fayyad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suggs is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Al Fayyad is trying to maintain a safe position but Suggs gets an underhook and turns Al Fayyad into the cage.
Suggs lands an elbow inside that Al Fayyad shrugs off.

Saadi Al Fayyad's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Suggs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Al Fayyad blocks it with crossed arms.
Al Fayyad avoids the elbow strike from Suggs, against the cage.
Suggs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Al Fayyad tries to stall but Suggs uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Al Fayyad managing to block the knees to the body from Suggs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suggs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Al Fayyad blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suggs scores with a knee to the head.
Suggs takes an elbow to the forehead.
Suggs blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Al Fayyad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Suggs's brow.
Suggs unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Suggs.
Suggs creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Al Fayyad's defenses.
Al Fayyad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suggs blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Suggs unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Suggs avoids a wild elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Suggs avoiding damage as Al Fayyad throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suggs tries a knee to the head but Al Fayyad blocks it.
Al Fayyad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Suggs shrugs off.
Al Fayyad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Suggs dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Al Fayyad's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al Fayyad.
Suggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Fayyad.
Suggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Fayyad manages to avoid it.
Al Fayyad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Suggs is out of range.
Al Fayyad walks forward, straight into a front kick from Suggs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Suggs breaks the clinch.

Al Fayyad instigates a clinch.
Suggs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suggs misses with a knee to the head.
Suggs dodges an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
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!
Suggs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Al Fayyad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Al Fayyad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suggs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow that stopped Suggs in his tracks for a moment.
Al Fayyad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside.
Al Fayyad avoiding damage as Suggs throws knees to the body.
Al Fayyad looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Suggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saadi Al Fayyad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Fayyad connects with a leg kick. Suggs looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Suggs is breathing heavily.

Al Fayyad closes the distance and pushes Suggs back into the cage.
Al Fayyad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Suggs's efforts to push away.
Suggs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Al Fayyad is defending well for now.
Al Fayyad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suggs's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Fayyad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suggs avoids it.

Suggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Suggs crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Al Fayyad - the referee stops the clock and Suggs gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Al Fayyad. Suggs manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suggs attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Al Fayyad checks the leg kick nicely there.

Al Fayyad gets a clinch.
Suggs blocks the elbow strike.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
Suggs lands a knee to the body.
Suggs with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Saadi Al Fayyad's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Al Fayyad managing to block the knees to the body from Suggs.
Al Fayyad managing to block the knees to the body from Suggs.
Al Fayyad lands an elbow inside that Suggs shrugs off.
Suggs blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad misses with an elbow strike.
Suggs with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Suggs managing to block the knees to the body from Al Fayyad.
Al Fayyad blocks an elbow strike from Suggs.
Al Fayyad throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Suggs tries to land knees in the clinch but Al Fayyad avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suggs tries to land a knee to the head but Al Fayyad blocks with his arms.
Suggs avoids the elbow strike from Al Fayyad, against the cage.
Suggs misses with a knee strike.
Al Fayyad tries to land knees in the clinch but Suggs avoids the damage to the body.
Suggs is trying to break the clinch but Al Fayyad is controlling him.
Suggs blocks an elbow strike from Al Fayyad.
Suggs landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Suggs.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Saadi Al Fayyad's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Suggs!
Matt Suggs thanked the fans post fight for their support.