PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alysian Karalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suan Paredes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karalis comes into the arena with High Hopes by Pink Floyd blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Karalis
vs
Paredes

170 cm
30
175 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

178 cm
27
175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Legion of Pain Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alysian Karalis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Suan Paredes!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paredes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karalis.
Karalis throws a front kick aimed at Paredes's knee but Paredes avoids it well.
Karalis throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paredes. Karalis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karalis throws a body punch but Paredes moves out of range.
Paredes looks to land a left hand but Karalis moved out of range nicely.
Karalis wants to clinch
and Paredes counters with a nice uppercut.
Karalis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paredes.
Karalis swings for the body but Paredes moves out of range.
Karalis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paredes throws a lazy right hand but Karalis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karalis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paredes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Paredes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karalis's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paredes fails with a takedown attempt.
Karalis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes misses with an uppercut.
Karalis works Paredes's body with a nice hook.
Karalis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paredes shoots in and drives through. Karalis sprawls well.
Karalis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karalis throws a sloppy head kick and Paredes moves out of range easily.
Alysian Karalis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paredes lands a jab to Karalis's midsection.
Karalis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karalis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paredes moves away.
Karalis ducks under a wild hook from Paredes.
A head kick misses from Karalis.
A swing and a miss from Karalis.
Karalis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karalis misses the body punch
letting Paredes counter with a right hand.
Karalis swings widly with a right hand
and Paredes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karalis throws a series of strikes that have Paredes backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paredes.
Karalis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paredes takes a kick to the side of the head.

Paredes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Karalis's half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karalis tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Paredes has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Karalis manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Paredes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Karalis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paredes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karalis tries to roll over but Paredes keeps him under control.
Paredes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Paredes wants to take a breather but Karalis is having none of it.
Paredes throwing shots but Karalis is blocking nicely.
Paredes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karalis is refusing to be controlled, as Paredes sits in half guard.
Karalis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Paredes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Karalis is refusing to be controlled, as Paredes sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Paredes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paredes thows a huge punch but Karalis dodges it nicely.
Karalis regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Paredes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paredes chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suan Paredes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Karalis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Paredes thows a body shot but no joy.
Karalis swings away with a body shot that misses

and Paredes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Karalis won't be happy with that.
Paredes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Suan Paredes has got the better of the ground game so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paredes throws a strike aimed at the side of Karalis's head but Karalis avoids it well.
Paredes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Karalis dodges the ground and pound from Paredes.
Paredes with the ground and pound but Karalis regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Paredes trying to control from Karalis's half guard. Karalis has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Paredes cracks Karalis with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Karalis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Karalis trying to control the position.
Paredes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Karalis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paredes throws an elbow that misses. Karalis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Paredes's guard. Nice move by Karalis!
Karalis preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paredes has control of Karalis's left arm, preventing Karalis from doing any damage.

Karalis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Paredes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paredes checks a leg kick.
Suan Paredes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Paredes scores with a hook to the body. Karalis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Karalis connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karalis misses the shot to the body.
Karalis slips a jab and a cross from Paredes.
Karalis tries to close the distance and clinch but Paredes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from Karalis.
Paredes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Paredes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice defenses there by Karalis.

Karalis has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karalis trying to land knees to the body.
Karalis wants to get back to striking at distance but Paredes won't allow it.

Karalis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karalis tries to land a front kick but Paredes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Karalis takes a swing at Paredes's ribcage but misses.

Paredes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karalis looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Karalis dodges the ground and pound from Paredes.
Paredes misses with the ground and pound.
Paredes throws an elbow but Karalis slips to the side and avoids it well.
Karalis regains half guard, as Paredes was trying to land strikes.
Paredes working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paredes is trying to control the action in half guard but Karalis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Paredes wants to pass the guard but Karalis is defending well.
Karalis controlling the position for now.
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!
Karalis wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paredes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suan Paredes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Karalis is looking to land body kicks.
Paredes looks for a takedown but Karalis sprawls well.
Karalis is looking to wear down Paredes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Paredes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Karalis!
Paredes throws some wild stikes that Karalis manages to avoid easily.
Paredes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Karalis?
Paredes with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karalis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Karalis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Karalis blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Karalis is in a horrible position here. Paredes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Karalis is rocked!
Karalis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Karalis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paredes loads up with a big shot that hurts Karalis! He's pulled Paredes in close but Paredes has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Karalis survive? More strikes from Paredes and Karalis is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Suan Paredes!
Suan Paredes managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Empire Threads, into his post fight interview.