PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Spade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Suarez
vs
Spade

183 cm
31
200 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

190 cm
40
196 lbs
41 - 19 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trinidad Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Spade!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spade.
Spade swings widly with a right hand

and Suarez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Spade won't be happy with that.
The ground and pound from Suarez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Suarez tries to score with some ground and pound. Spade controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Suarez taking a break here but Spade is having none of it and regains half guard.
Suarez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Suarez is looking to take a break and control but Spade is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suarez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Suarez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Spade has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at The Exiled BJJ and Wrestling. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spade is refusing to be controlled, as Suarez sits in half guard.
Spade on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Suarez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Spade is controlling Suarez's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Suarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Spade defending well though.
Suarez drops an elbow to the side of Spade's head.
Spade slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Suarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Spade looking for a guillotine here but Suarez defends easily.
Spade wants to control the position but Suarez says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Spade trying to hold on to Suarez's head to control him but Suarez postures up.
Spade has hold of Suarez's hands but Suarez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Suarez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Suarez drops an elbow to the side of Spade's head.
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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Spade is trying to get back to full guard.
Suarez lands strikes from half guard.
Suarez lands strikes from half guard.
Suarez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Suarez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Spade with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Suarez controlling the action here.
Spade trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is stalling here. Spade is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Suarez seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Spade has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Spade landing strikes.
Suarez is looking to reverse the position.
Spade postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Suarez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Suarez wants to control but Spade postures up.
Sloppy strikes there by Spade.
Spade throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Suarez works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Spade missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Suarez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Spade is working away from the top position though.
Spade wants to control but Suarez is keeping him busy.
Suarez trying to control but Spade postures up.
Spade throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Suarez trying to control but Spade postures up.
Spade not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Suarez works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Spade trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Suarez manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Suarez trying to control but Spade is working from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is in close to Spade's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Suarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Spade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Spade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Spade looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Suarez slips nicely into half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Suarez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Spade is looking to control Suarez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Spade avoid being mounted?
Suarez is trying to control the action in half guard but Spade is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Suarez winds up and cracks Spade with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Spade is looking to control Suarez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Spade avoid being mounted?
Suarez lands strikes from half guard.
Spade is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Suarez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Suarez's back!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Suarez rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Suarez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Spade throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Suarez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Spade trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Suarez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spade is one step ahead there.
Suarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Spade's guard.

Spade avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Suarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Suarez landing some decent shots from guard.
Suarez lands a couple of elbows.
Suarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Spade's head.
Spade is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Spade wants to work for an arm triangle but Suarez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Spade prevents Suarez from improving his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Suarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Spade.
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. This is the final round!

Suarez staying out of range there.
A big left from Suarez misses.
Spade slips under a jab.
Spade misses with a jab to the body

and Suarez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Spade wants to sweep here but Suarez controlling him for the moment.
Spade is looking to sweep but instead, Suarez has passed into half guard.
Suarez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suarez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Suarez trying to control from Spade's half guard. Spade has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Suarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez chips away with some ground and pound.
Suarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Suarez landing with the ground and pound.
Suarez is stalling in the full guard.
Suarez looking to pass the guard.
Suarez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Suarez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Spade is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Suarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spade can do to turn this around?

Spade is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Suarez defends well.
Suarez pushes down on Spade's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Suarez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Spade to regain full guard.
Suarez is working Spade over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez looking to pass the guard.
Spade keeping moving, preventing Suarez from controlling successfully.
Spade looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Suarez trying to control but Spade is working from the bottom.
Spade keeping full guard, as Suarez tries to pass.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Suarez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Suarez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Spade blocking the ground and pound attempt from Suarez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez content to control rather than advance.
Suarez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Spade to regain full guard.

Spade has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Suarez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Suarez passes Spade's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Suarez trying to control the action but Spade is working from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Spade is looking to control Suarez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Spade avoid being mounted?
Suarez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Suarez thows a huge punch but Spade dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Suarez.
Spade manages to get to full guard.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Spade keeps moving.
Suarez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Spade looking to control.
Suarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Suarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Suarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Suarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Spade wants to sweep but no luck.
Spade is breathing heavily.
Suarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Suarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Suarez slips nicely into half guard.
Suarez winds up and cracks Spade with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Suarez drops an elbow to the side of Spade's head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Suarez working over Spade with some ground and pound. Spade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Suarez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Suarez controlling the action here.
Scott Spade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spade has a hand on Suarez's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Suarez takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Suarez raining down shots from the mount!
Spade taking shots to the head.
Suarez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Suarez loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Spade scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Suarez land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Suarez stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trinidad Suarez!