PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jobert Sucaldito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bredis Gretcott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sucaldito
vs
Gretcott

185 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jobert Sucaldito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bredis Gretcott!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Gretcott misses.
Gretcott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sucaldito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gretcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Gretcott. Those never looked like landing.
Gretcott wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sucaldito. Gretcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sucaldito takes a swing at Gretcott's ribcage but misses.
Sucaldito just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sucaldito. Gretcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gretcott pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sucaldito back to the cage. Gretcott follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gretcott lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sucaldito backs up against the cage.
Gretcott blocks a jab.
Gretcott pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sucaldito back to the cage. Gretcott follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sucaldito lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gretcott misses with a series of wild punches.
Gretcott wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gretcott scores with a one two! Sucaldito had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gretcott tries to close the distance and clinch but Sucaldito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sucaldito throws a body punch but Gretcott moves out of range.
Gretcott throws a series of punches but Sucaldito moves out of range.
Gretcott fails to land the takedown.
Sucaldito fails to land with a series of punches.
Gretcott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sucaldito.
Sucaldito loads up on a big right hand but Gretcott slips the punch.
Sucaldito throws a series of punches but Gretcott avoids them all with ease.
Sucaldito moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sucaldito throws a body punch but Gretcott moves out of range.
Sucaldito lands a head shot.
Sucaldito throws a right and a left that Gretcott avoids nicely.
Sucaldito moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sucaldito scores with a body shot.
Bredis Gretcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gretcott throws a right and a left that Sucaldito avoids nicely.
Jobert Sucaldito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gretcott tries to close the distance and clinch but Sucaldito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sucaldito fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gretcott looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sucaldito misses with a body shot.
Sucaldito dodges the punch combination from Gretcott.
Some wild striking there from Gretcott.
Gretcott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sucaldito bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gretcott's head.
Gretcott wants to clinch up but Sucaldito keeps it at a distance.
Sucaldito is looking to wear down Gretcott with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sucaldito stuffs the takedown.
Gretcott throws a right and a left that Sucaldito avoids nicely.
Gretcott looks gassed!
Sucaldito dodges the punch combination from Gretcott.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gretcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gretcott throws a right and a left that Sucaldito avoids nicely.
Sucaldito connects with a body shot that sends Gretcott's belly button to the back.
Sucaldito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gretcott manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Sucaldito.
Sucaldito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gretcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sucaldito misses with a body shot.
Gretcott swinging wildly here.
Gretcott throws a right hand that Sucaldito ducks under and follows up with a left that Sucaldito also avoids with ease.
Sucaldito fails to land with a series of punches.
Gretcott moves out of range as Sucaldito strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito misses with the combination.
Gretcott on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gretcott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sucaldito.
Gretcott swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sucaldito. Gretcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sucaldito. Gretcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Sucaldito.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sucaldito misses with a series of wild punches.
Gretcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sucaldito connects with a body shot.
Sucaldito misses with a double jab.
Gretcott goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jobert Sucaldito dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gretcott is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sucaldito.
Gretcott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gretcott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sucaldito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gretcott momentarily.
Sucaldito tries to bum rush Gretcott with a series of wild strikes but Gretcott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sucaldito throws a nice looking combination but Gretcott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gretcott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sucaldito throws a right and a left that Gretcott avoids nicely.
Gretcott fails to land with a series of punches.
Sucaldito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gretcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gretcott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sucaldito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gretcott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gretcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sucaldito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gretcott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sucaldito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gretcott closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gretcott misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sucaldito loads up on a big right hand but Gretcott slips the punch.
Gretcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gretcott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sucaldito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sucaldito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gretcott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gretcott throws a right and a left that Sucaldito avoids nicely.
Gretcott misses with a two punch combination.
Sucaldito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gretcott.
Jobert Sucaldito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gretcott tries to clinch up but Sucaldito circles away and keeps his distance.
Jobert Sucaldito is winning the standup battle so far.
Gretcott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sucaldito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gretcott.
A slow jab from Sucaldito misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Sucaldito misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito scores with a nice head shot.
Gretcott tries to close the distance and clinch but Sucaldito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gretcott misses with a few strikes there.
Sucaldito loads up on a big right hand but Gretcott slips the punch.
Gretcott throws a right hand that Sucaldito ducks under and follows up with a left that Sucaldito also avoids with ease.
Gretcott is breathing heavily.
Gretcott walks into a straight right hand from Sucaldito.
Sucaldito thuds a left hand into Gretcott's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Sucaldito there.
Sucaldito works over Gretcott's head and body with a nice combination.
Sucaldito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gretcott.
Gretcott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gretcott lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sucaldito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gretcott manages to avoid it.
Sucaldito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sucaldito throws a series of strikes that have Gretcott backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gretcott takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sucaldito throws a nice looking combination but Gretcott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sucaldito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gretcott scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Gretcott closes the distance and clinches.

Gretcott breaks the clinch.
Gretcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sucaldito.
Sucaldito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gretcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sucaldito dips to his left and cracks Gretcott with an uppercut!
Gretcott slips a jab from Sucaldito.
Sucaldito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gretcott fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gretcott stalks Sucaldito and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sucaldito's face. Sucaldito staggers backwards, shaken.
Gretcott tries to clinch but Sucaldito moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito throws a hook but Gretcott blocks it.
Gretcott tries to clinch up but Sucaldito circles away and keeps his distance.
Sucaldito throws a series of punches but Gretcott moves out of range.
Gretcott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Gretcott, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sucaldito misses with a wild combination.

Gretcott takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sucaldito lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gretcott fails to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sucaldito wants to get back to striking at distance but Gretcott won't allow it.
Sucaldito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gretcott backwards.
Sucaldito lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sucaldito lands an uppercut.

Sucaldito breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jobert Sucaldito dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Sucaldito. That snapped Gretcott's head back.
Some wild striking there from Sucaldito.
Gretcott misses with a wild combination.
Gretcott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sucaldito.
Gretcott throws a combination. Sucaldito tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gretcott moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sucaldito throws a nice looking combination but Gretcott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sucaldito missing with a left hand there. Gretcott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sucaldito misses with an uppercut.
Gretcott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sucaldito throws a series of punches but Gretcott moves out of range.
Gretcott throws a right hand that Sucaldito ducks under and follows up with a left that Sucaldito also avoids with ease.
Sucaldito's corner calls for a 1-2. Sucaldito obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sucaldito misses with a wild combination.
Gretcott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gretcott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gretcott avoids the body shot from Sucaldito.
Sucaldito throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gretcott stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gretcott dodges the punch combination from Sucaldito.
Sucaldito misses with a wild combination.
Sucaldito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gretcott throws a nice looking combination but Sucaldito bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gretcott stalks Sucaldito and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sucaldito's face. Sucaldito staggers backwards, shaken.
Gretcott takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sucaldito connects with a looping right hand.
Sucaldito misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gretcott fails to land with a series of punches.
Gretcott avoids the body shot from Sucaldito.
Sucaldito works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sucaldito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gretcott avoids the body shot from Sucaldito.
Gretcott is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sucaldito.
Gretcott is looking to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gretcott is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gretcott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gretcott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sucaldito throws a right and a left that Gretcott avoids nicely.
Gretcott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sucaldito circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gretcott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sucaldito misses with a few strikes there.
Sucaldito looks to land a combination. Gretcott sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gretcott tries to close the distance and clinch but Sucaldito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sucaldito.
Gretcott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gretcott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sucaldito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sucaldito misses with a two punch combination.
Sucaldito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gretcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gretcott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gretcott tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sucaldito swivels and escapes.
Gretcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sucaldito.
Sucaldito lands a glancing blow to the side of Gretcott's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gretcott tries to clinch there but Sucaldito circles away.
Sucaldito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sucaldito throws an overhand right that lands on Gretcott's shoulder, as Gretcott tries to avoid the shot.
Gretcott lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jab from Sucaldito.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sucaldito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gretcott takes one on the button.
Gretcott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sucaldito throws a series of punches but Gretcott moves out of range.
Gretcott misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gretcott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sucaldito lands a jab-cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Sucaldito. Those never looked like landing.
Bredis Gretcott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jobert Sucaldito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Gretcott clinches with his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jobert Sucaldito showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sucaldito 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jobert Sucaldito!