PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aka Sutmasnabela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cinderella Man By Eminem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Daniel Ryan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sutmasnabela
vs
Ryan

160 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
159 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aka Sutmasnabela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sutmasnabela counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ryan looks gassed!

Sutmasnabela feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sutmasnabela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sutmasnabela connects with a couple of short punches.
Sutmasnabela scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sutmasnabela scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sutmasnabela lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sutmasnabela's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sutmasnabela lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sutmasnabela stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ryan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sutmasnabela's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sutmasnabela stands up over Ryan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sutmasnabela content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sutmasnabela is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutmasnabela scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sutmasnabela is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sutmasnabela connects with a couple of short punches.
Sutmasnabela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sutmasnabela postures up and lands a big shot to Ryan's brow.
Sutmasnabela is working Ryan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Ryan is rocked!
Sutmasnabela controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ryan is still in real trouble! Can Sutmasnabela finish him?

Ryan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sutmasnabela got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ryan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sutmasnabela has managed to get both his arms back between Ryan's legs - danger averted.
Ryan seems to have recovered his senses.
Sutmasnabela advances to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sutmasnabela trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sutmasnabela prevents Ryan from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sutmasnabela lands a nice short elbow.
Sutmasnabela trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sutmasnabela winds up and cracks Ryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sutmasnabela working the head and body with strikes.
Sutmasnabela scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ryan taking some punishment here, with Sutmasnabela in his half guard.
Sutmasnabela lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Ryan quite badly. Ryan pulls Sutmasnabela in close trying to recover. Sutmasnabela postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Ryan on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Ryan doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aka Sutmasnabela!