PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaito Suzuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Kaito Suzuki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Suzuki
vs
Thomas

172 cm
25
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
141 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kaito Suzuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christopher Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas avoids the body shot from Suzuki.

Suzuki lands a big right hand that sends Thomas crashing to the mat! Suzuki stays standing though and waves Thomas back to his feet!

Thomas is rocked!

It looks like Christopher Thomas has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas slips a straight right by Suzuki.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Suzuki finish him?
Suzuki throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Suzuki throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suzuki misses with a looping right.
Suzuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suzuki misses with a looping left.
Suzuki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Suzuki misses.
Suzuki throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Suzuki misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Suzuki misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
The fighters circling - Suzuki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Suzuki misses the shot to the body.
Suzuki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Suzuki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suzuki. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suzuki thows a body shot but no joy.
Thomas moves out of range as Suzuki strikes.
Suzuki misses with a straight right.
Suzuki misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Suzuki misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki thows a body shot but no joy.
Suzuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Suzuki.
Suzuki swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Kaito Suzuki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suzuki throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Suzuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suzuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suzuki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Suzuki misses with a body punch

and Thomas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Thomas.
Thomas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Suzuki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Thomas drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thomas jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas forces his way into half guard.

Thomas is trying to work for a kimura but Suzuki is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suzuki gets full guard.
Thomas trying to control but Suzuki is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suzuki wants to get back to his feet but Thomas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Thomas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Suzuki keeps moving.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Christopher Thomas wasn't active enough on the ground.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suzuki. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suzuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Suzuki.
Suzuki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suzuki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Suzuki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Suzuki throws a big shot that misses.
Suzuki throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
Suzuki lands a right hook to the body.
Suzuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suzuki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thomas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Suzuki.
Suzuki misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suzuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suzuki scores with the left hand. Thomas knows he should have avoided that one.
Suzuki swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaito Suzuki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Thomas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suzuki.
Suzuki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Thomas on the side of the head.
Suzuki swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Thomas counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Suzuki stops Thomas from passing to mount.

Thomas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Thomas controlling the position from side mount.

Thomas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Thomas thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
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!
Thomas moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Suzuki is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Thomas locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Suzuki is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Christopher Thomas!
Christopher Thomas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.