PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Berik Yawoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yawoka comes into the arena with keep running up that hill blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yawoka
vs
Suarez

180 cm
29
187 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

183 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Fast

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Berik Yawoka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trinidad Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Suarez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Yawoka keeps moving.
Yawoka looking for a sweep. Not yet Yawoka, not yet.

Yawoka is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Suarez defends well.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Suarez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yawoka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Suarez trying to control but Yawoka is working from the bottom.
Suarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Suarez stopping the sweep attempt from Yawoka.
Suarez stands and throws Yawoka's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Yawoka is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Suarez has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yawoka is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Suarez taking a breather here.
Suarez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
You can see the frustration on Yawoka's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yawoka is not content to let Suarez control the position.
Suarez remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Suarez lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yawoka is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Suarez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suarez is working Yawoka over with some ground and pound from side control.
Suarez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yawoka some visible discomfort.
Yawoka manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Suarez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Yawoka preventing the sweep.
Yawoka trying to control but Suarez is working from the bottom.
Suarez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yawoka is controlling him.
Yawoka throws a strike but Suarez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yawoka keeping moving, preventing Suarez from controlling successfully.
Yawoka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Suarez is one step ahead there.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Yawoka keeps moving.
Yawoka is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Suarez is pushing down on Yawoka's leg trying to pass to half guard. Yawoka is fighting to maintain full guard but Suarez has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Suarez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Suarez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yawoka wants to improve his position but Suarez is controlling well.
Suarez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez working Yawoka over with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Suarez is working for a kimura but Yawoka is defending it quite comfortably.
Suarez controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trinidad Suarez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Suarez feints and as Yawoka raises his hands in defense, Suarez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Suarez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Suarez stands up from Yawoka's guard - Suarez perhaps looking for a knockout.
Suarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Yawoka shoots in and gets a takedown into Suarez's guard.
Yawoka wants to control from the top but Suarez keeps moving.
Yawoka passes Suarez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Yawoka is working for a kimura but Suarez is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez is positioning himself well to prevent Yawoka advancing to mount.
Suarez wants to get back to full guard.
Suarez is holding on to half guard well.
Yawoka trying to control the action but Suarez is working from the bottom.
Suarez is looking to escape.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yawoka doesn't manage to clinch there - Suarez circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez misses with a takedown

and Yawoka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Suarez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yawoka avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Yawoka is looking to take this one to the mat.

Yawoka decides to pull guard.
Suarez tries to free his leg and advance position but Yawoka is retaining full guard.
Yawoka wants to sweep but no luck.
Suarez chips away with some ground and pound.
Suarez pushes down on Yawoka's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suarez thows a huge punch but Yawoka dodges it nicely.
Yawoka is not content to let Suarez control the position.
Yawoka trying to hold on to Suarez's head to control him but Suarez postures up.
Suarez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is keen to just control but Yawoka is a slippery customer.
Yawoka looks like he's trying to stand up.
Yawoka trying to hold on to Suarez's head to control him but Suarez postures up.

Yawoka is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Suarez pulls his head out easily.
Suarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yawoka defending well though.

Suarez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Yawoka moves into full guard.
Yawoka is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Yawoka keeps moving.
Yawoka is trying to keep Suarez in close.
Suarez landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suarez is working Yawoka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Suarez gets to his feet - Yawoka follows without any prompting.
Suarez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yawoka swivels and escapes.
Berik Yawoka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trinidad Suarez.

Suarez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Suarez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Suarez working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trinidad Suarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Suarez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yawoka tries to avoid it but Suarez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yawoka to the ground. Yawoka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Yawoka gets caught napping as Suarez dives in and scores a takedown. Yawoka manages to retain guard.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Suarez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yawoka has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Suarez has managed to get both his arms back between Yawoka's legs - danger averted.
Suarez looking to sit in guard and control but Yawoka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Yawoka trying to control the position from guard on top but Suarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yawoka is really struggling to control Suarez but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Suarez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Yawoka is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez wants a takedown but no success here.

Suarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Suarez shoots in and gets a takedown into Yawoka's guard.
Suarez postures up.

Suarez gets to his feet. Yawoka looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Yawoka slaps away a takedown attempt from Suarez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Berik Yawoka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trinidad Suarez.
Yawoka shoots in for a takedown but Suarez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Suarez dives in and scores a takedown into Yawoka's guard.
Suarez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suarez stops Yawoka from standing up.
Suarez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Suarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Yawoka has wrist control.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Suarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Yawoka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Suarez is aware though and is defending well.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Yawoka keeps moving.
Suarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Yawoka has his foot on Suarez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Suarez works his way back into a safe position though.
Yawoka working a defensive guard here.
Suarez with a nice head shot there.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Yawoka keeps moving.
Suarez chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez pushes down on Yawoka's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yawoka trying to hold on to Suarez's head to control him but Suarez postures up.
Yawoka is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Suarez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yawoka does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Suarez is working for a kimura but Yawoka is defending it quite comfortably.
Nice strikes from Suarez there.
Yawoka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Suarez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Suarez lands with a punch from half guard.
Berik Yawoka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez lands strikes from half guard.
Suarez misses with a head shot. Yawoka uses the momentum to regain guard.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trinidad Suarez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Suarez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yawoka has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Suarez has managed to get both his arms back between Yawoka's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Yawoka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suarez works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Yawoka is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Suarez pulls his head out easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yawoka on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Suarez winds up and cracks Yawoka with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Suarez stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trinidad Suarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Suarez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

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