PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Errol Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamer Sucuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamer Sucuk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Mason
vs
Sucuk

155 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Errol Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tamer Sucuk!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sucuk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Errol Mason has been cut.
Sucuk lands with a kick to the temple. Mason shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mason tries to bum rush Sucuk with a series of wild strikes but Sucuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mason gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sucuk.
Sucuk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sucuk drives through and clinches with Mason against the cage.
Sucuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sucuk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mason really is a fat lump.

Sucuk jumps guard and drags Mason to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sucuk looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mason puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mason stalling.
Mason takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Mason.

Mason is trying to work for a kimura but Sucuk is defending well.
Mason is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sucuk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mason. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mason's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Mason 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Sucuk on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mason scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Mason.
Mason lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mason keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Mason there.
Well, if Mason is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Mason working the head and body with strikes.
Mason is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mason takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sucuk pushes Mason off but Mason dives into side control.
Mason moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Mason working the body and head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mason has hold of Sucuk's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Sucuk seems comfortable defending it but Mason has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Sucuk is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Sucuk is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Mason couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Errol Mason!