PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington has chosen Snuffed Out by Streetlife as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Suarez
vs
Washington

183 cm
29
200 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

185 cm
38
220 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trinidad Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonard Washington!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Darius Henderson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Suarez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Washington misses with a kick to the body

and Suarez counters with a single leg into guard. Washington didn't expect that.
Washington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Suarez throws a big right hand that misses.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Washington holds on and takes a little breather.
Suarez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Suarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suarez postures up in Washington's guard and throws a big left but Washington blocks it.
We've been hearing that Suarez has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Washington looking to control.
Washington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Suarez trying to control but Washington is working from the bottom.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
Suarez throwing strikes from guard but Washington blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washington is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Washington tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Suarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Washington looking to control.
Suarez throws an elbow that misses. Washington uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Suarez's guard. Nice move by Washington!
Suarez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Suarez working a defensive guard here.
Washington throws a big right hand that misses.
Suarez has his hands on Washington's head, controlling the position.
Suarez keeping full guard, as Washington tries to pass.
Washington must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez wants to sweep here but Washington controlling him for the moment.
Washington with a nice head shot there.
Suarez trying to keep a closed guard but Washington is proving a slippery customer.
Suarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Suarez has Washington pulled in close to control his posture.
Washington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Washington preventing the sweep.
Washington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Suarez is keeping the position for now.
Suarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Suarez keeping full guard, as Washington tries to pass.
Washington preventing the sweep.
Washington looking to pass the guard.
Washington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Washington postures up.
Suarez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Washington wants to pass the guard but Suarez is keeping the position.
Washington stopping the sweep attempt from Suarez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Suarez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Washington manages to get himself to full guard.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Washington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Suarez throws a strike but Washington rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Washington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Washington manages to get himself to full guard.
Suarez connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Washington throws a leg kick but Suarez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Washington throws a front kick aimed at Suarez's knee but Suarez avoids it well.
Leonard Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suarez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Washington throws a body punch but Suarez moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington is looking to score with low kicks.
Suarez avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington cracks the inside of Suarez's front leg.
Washington misses with a body punch

and Suarez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Suarez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Washington knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Washington is trying is best to control the position here.
Washington is looking for a sweep. Suarez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Washington is concentrating on defense, preventing Suarez from advancing position.
Washington has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Suarez is working away from the top position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suarez misses with a head shot. Washington uses the momentum to regain guard.
Suarez throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez landing some decent shots from guard.
Suarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Suarez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Washington has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Suarez stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez throwing strikes but missing.
Suarez distracts Washington with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Suarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Suarez slips nicely into half guard.
Washington is trying to get back to full guard.
Suarez working Washington over with strikes.
Washington trying to hold on to Suarez's head to control him but Suarez postures up.
Suarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Washington defending well though.
Washington has hold of Suarez's hands but Suarez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Suarez.
Suarez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Washington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Suarez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Washington controlling the position well.
Suarez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Washington wants to control but Suarez is keeping busy.
Suarez trying to pass the guard but Washington defending well.
Trinidad Suarez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Washington slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Washington works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Suarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trinidad Suarez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Suarez manages to avoid it.
A jab from Washington misses.
Washington throws a sloppy head kick and Suarez moves out of range easily.

Washington moves into the clinch.

Washington is fighting off a takedown attempt but Suarez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Washington to the mat. Washington regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Suarez from controlling successfully.
Washington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suarez.
Washington pulls Suarez in close to his closed guard and prevents Suarez from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Suarez stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
Washington working a defensive guard here.
Washington is pulling down on Suarez's head. It's preventing any offense from Suarez, at least for the moment.

Leonard Washington has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Washington connects with an inside leg kick.
Leonard Washington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Suarez is out of range and Washington settles back down.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington doesn't manage to clinch there - Suarez circles away.
Leonard Washington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Washington tries to clinch up

and Suarez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Suarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Washington is controlling Suarez's posture.
Suarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Suarez works over Washington with some ground and pound from guard.
Suarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Suarez working some strikes from top position.
Suarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Washington works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Suarez throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington trying to keep a closed guard but Suarez is proving a slippery customer.
Suarez won't allow Washington to sweep him here.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suarez.
Washington has momentary wrist control but Suarez slips an elbow through the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington wants to sweep but no luck.
Suarez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Washington's guard.
Suarez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Suarez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Washington to regain full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Washington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Suarez is aware though and is defending well.
Suarez throws a big elbow that misses.
Suarez chips away with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trinidad Suarez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Suarez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

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