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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suarez has chosen Skindred - Rat Race as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Antonio Suarez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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135 lbs
14 - 16 - 0 |
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142 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Palmeiras shoots for a takedown but Suarez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Suarez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from O Palmeiras.
Suarez misses with a double jab
and O Palmeiras counters with an outside leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Suarez.
Suarez works the jab nicely.
O Palmeiras wants to clinch.
Suarez throws a right and a left that O Palmeiras avoids nicely.
O Palmeiras throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
O Palmeiras with a lazy takedown attempt
so Suarez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suarez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Suarez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Suarez sizes up O Palmeiras with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Suarez keeps the fight on the outside.
O Palmeiras tries to clinch up but Suarez circles away and keeps his distance.
O Palmeiras doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O Palmeiras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez misses with a low kick.
Suarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Suarez.
O Palmeiras has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rape Academy in the buildup to the fight.
O Palmeiras shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Suarez defends it nicely.
Antonio Suarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suarez lands a jab-cross combination.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Suarez feints a jab promting O Palmeiras to slip. Suarez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. O Palmeiras slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras has been cut.
Suarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suarez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Suarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Suarez works over O Palmeiras's head and body with a nice combination.
A combination from Suarez does no damage.
Suarez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by O Palmeiras.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez tests O Palmeiras's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Suarez has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Palmeiras has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Suarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suarez misses with a low kick.
Suarez scores with a one two! O Palmeiras had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
O Palmeiras shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Suarez sprawls well. Suarez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. O Palmeiras gets slowly back to his feet.
Suarez sizes up O Palmeiras with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Palmeiras has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Suarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Suarez tries to bum rush O Palmeiras with a series of wild strikes but O Palmeiras uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Palmeiras misses with a takedown
and Suarez counters with a shoot takedown. O Palmeiras fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Palmeiras thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Suarez won't allow O Palmeiras to get back to his feet.
Suarez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of O Palmeiras's head.
Suarez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Palmeiras is keeping the position for now.
Suarez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
O Palmeiras is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
O Palmeiras is trying to keep Suarez in close.
O Palmeiras throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Suarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suarez landing some decent shots from guard.
Suarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Palmeiras can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Suarez controls the pace.
Suarez stands up and waves to O Palmeiras to follow him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Palmeiras fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Suarez lands a jab to the nose.
Suarez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Suarez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
O Palmeiras misses with the combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for O Palmeiras. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Suarez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Palmeiras closes this distance looking for a takedown but Suarez circles away.
Suarez is working the combinations to good effect here.
Suarez misses with a two punch combination.
O Palmeiras slips a jab and a cross from Suarez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Suarez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Suarez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Suarez wants it to stay on the feet.
O Palmeiras shoots and misses
and Suarez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in O Palmeiras's guard.
Suarez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of O Palmeiras's head.
Suarez wants to control from the top but O Palmeiras keeps moving.
Suarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Suarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
O Palmeiras had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Suarez defends it easily.
Suarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Suarez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
O Palmeiras can't keep his opponent in guard - Suarez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
O Palmeiras is rocked!
Suarez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Suarez is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but O Palmeiras still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, O Palmeiras has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
O Palmeiras sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Suarez is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Palmeiras working away.
O Palmeiras fails to land a wild elbow strike.
O Palmeiras looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Suarez is avoiding damage well.
O Palmeiras decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Suarez feints a jab promting O Palmeiras to slip. Suarez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. O Palmeiras slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Suarez.
Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Suarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and O Palmeiras counters by moving into the clinch.
Suarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Palmeiras has Suarez up against the cage in a clinch.
O Palmeiras prevents Suarez from breaking the clinch.
O Palmeiras makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
O Palmeiras has picked Suarez up - he's going for a ride! O Palmeiras dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Palmeiras is keen to just control but Suarez is a slippery customer.
O Palmeiras 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Palmeiras is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Suarez works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
O Palmeiras with a flurry of punches that miss.
O Palmeiras postures up in Suarez's guard and throws a big left but Suarez blocks it.
O Palmeiras throws a strike but Suarez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
O Palmeiras utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez is pushing down on O Palmeiras's leg trying to pass to half guard. O Palmeiras is fighting to maintain full guard but Suarez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Suarez trying to control the action but O Palmeiras is working from the bottom.
Suarez slips a nice elbow through O Palmeiras's hands, connecting with O Palmeiras's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Suarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from O Palmeiras is defended easily by Suarez.
Suarez with a nice cross.
Suarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Antonio Suarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suarez keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Suarez misses.
O Palmeiras looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Suarez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
O Palmeiras tries to pull guard but Suarez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Suarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Palmeiras takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
O Palmeiras fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Palmeiras throws a hook to the side of Suarez's head but Suarez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Palmeiras looks for a takedown but Suarez sprawls well.
O Palmeiras moves into the clinch.
O Palmeiras is looking to break free of the clinch but Suarez has double underhooks.
Suarez breaks the clinch.
Antonio Suarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Suarez looks to land a combination. O Palmeiras sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Suarez!
O Palmeiras misses with a takedown attempt
and Suarez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Suarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suarez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
O Palmeiras wants to control but Suarez is keeping busy.
O Palmeiras actively working from the bottom here.
Ground and pound from Suarez.
Suarez is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Suarez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Suarez seems to be working for a kimura but O Palmeiras defends the submission attempt.
Antonio Suarez has got the better of the ground game so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Suarez connects with a nice short shot to O Palmeiras's temple.
Suarez trying to pass the guard but O Palmeiras defending well.
O Palmeiras pushes Suarez off looking to stand but Suarez dives back in and keeps control.
Suarez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but O Palmeiras does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ground and pound from Suarez.
Suarez content to control rather than advance.
Suarez stalling away here and it's allowed O Palmeiras to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Antonio Suarez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
O Palmeiras trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Suarez cracks O Palmeiras with a solid left hand.
Suarez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Suarez prevents O Palmeiras from getting back to his feet.
Suarez is working O Palmeiras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Suarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Palmeiras is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suarez postures up and lands a big shot to O Palmeiras's brow.
Suarez sitting in guard here, content to control.
O Palmeiras looking to hit a scissor sweep but Suarez is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Suarez pushes down on O Palmeiras's leg and manages to get into half guard.
O Palmeiras throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Suarez in particular looking to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Palmeiras is looking to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suarez lands strikes from half guard.
Suarez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Suarez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
O Palmeiras looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Suarez!
After winning the bout, Antonio Suarez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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