PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Suggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Statham is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Suggs
vs
Statham

187 cm
17
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyrone Suggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Statham!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Statham.
An attempted straight right counter from Suggs misses the target.
Statham throws a head kick but Suggs moves out of range.
Suggs scores with a decent looking hook.
Statham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Statham misses with a two punch combination.
Suggs swings for the body but Statham moves out of range.
Statham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suggs.
Statham scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Statham avoids the body shot from Suggs.
Statham takes one to the chin there.
Statham misses with a few strikes there.
Suggs checks a leg kick nicely.
It looked like Suggs was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Suggs lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Statham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Statham swinging wildly here.
Statham takes a jab right on the kisser.
Suggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Statham throws out the jab.
Suggs avoids the body shot from Statham.
Statham throws a hook but Suggs blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Statham misses
and Suggs counters with a nice uppercut.
Suggs connects with a nice looking jab.
Suggs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stathams jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Statham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suggs scores with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Suggs as he connects with a hook.
Statham moves into range and connects with a jab.
Statham takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jason Statham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suggs moves in looking to clinch but Statham pushes him off.
Suggs fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Statham looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Statham ducks under a wild hook from Suggs.
Suggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Statham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Statham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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!
Suggs misses with a wild body shot.
Suggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Statham throws out a counter right but Suggs avoids it with no problem.
Statham swinging wildly here.
Suggs is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Statham looks winded!
Suggs tries to clinch up.
Suggs is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Statham throws a series of punches but Suggs avoids them all with ease.
Statham throws a head kick that misses.
Statham takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham throws a head kick but Suggs moves out of range.
A cross from Suggs lands.
Suggs misses with a hook. Statham ducked under it nicely.
Statham keeps the fight on the outside.
Statham misses with a double jab.
Statham moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Suggs connects with a nice looking jab.
Suggs wants to clinch.
Suggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Statham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Suggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Statham circles away.
Statham misses with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Suggs - just one landing.
Suggs tries to clinch but Statham is having none of it.
Suggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Statham manages to avoid it.
Suggs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Statham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Statham walks into a stiff left hand from Suggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Suggs.
Suggs slips a jab and a cross from Statham.
Suggs tries to counter by clinching up but Statham breaks away and moves out of range.
Suggs cracks Statham with an open hand slap.
Statham moves out of range of the strikes.
Suggs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Statham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Statham.
Suggs pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Statham back to the cage. Suggs follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Statham jabs at Suggs's body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Suggs!
Nice cross by Suggs.
Statham has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Statham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suggs lands a right hook to the body.
Suggs closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Statham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Statham stuns Suggs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Suggs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Suggs digs a good body shot into Statham's ribs.
Statham throws a push kick but Suggs slaps the foot to one side.
Statham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suggs throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Statham on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No joy there for Statham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suggs is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Suggs tries to clinch but Statham moves out of range.
Suggs lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Statham throws a sloppy head kick and Suggs moves out of range easily.
Suggs appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Suggs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Statham.
Statham takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice uppercut there from Suggs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suggs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Statham was well out of range. Poor timing from Suggs.
Statham ducks under a wild hook from Suggs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Statham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Suggs.
Suggs misses with a wild body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Suggs scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Suggs dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Statham throws a series of punches but Suggs moves out of range.
Suggs is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Statham.
Jason Statham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Statham throws a right and a left that Suggs avoids nicely.
Suggs misses with an uppercut.
Statham gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Suggs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Statham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Statham.
Suggs appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Statham lands a head shot.
Suggs takes a swing at Statham's ribcage but misses.
Suggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Suggs lands a nice shot that snaps Statham's head back.
Statham digs a good hook to Suggs's body.
Suggs keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slow jab from Suggs misses its intended target.
Statham lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suggs keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Statham throws a hook but Suggs blocks it.
Statham stalks Suggs and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Suggs's face. Suggs staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Tyrone Suggs has been cut.
Statham is breathing heavily.
Statham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Suggs misses with a wild body shot.
Suggs scores with a sloppy right hand. Statham should have avoided that one.
Suggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Statham was well out of range. Poor timing from Suggs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Suggs, as that shot connected.
Tyrone Suggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Statham throws a series of punches but Suggs avoids them all with ease.
Suggs throws a lazy right hand but Statham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Statham misses with a head kick.
Statham throws a nice head kick!
Suggs tests Statham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Suggs lands the left hand.
Suggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suggs connects with a single shot there.
Statham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Statham throws a head kick that misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Statham might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Suggs has got the better of the exchanges.
Suggs connects with a body shot.
Suggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Statham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Suggs to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Suggs lands an impressive looking overhand right. Statham doesn't seem phased though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Suggs.
Suggs throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Statham on the side of the head.
Suggs stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Suggs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Statham slips a jab and a cross from Suggs.
Statham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Statham moves forwards but Suggs connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Statham tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab from Statham.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suggs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Statham can do to turn this around?
Statham keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Statham on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Suggs cracks Statham with a good jab.
Suggs connects with a right hand. Statham shakes it off.
Statham throws a hook but Suggs blocks it.
Statham misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Statham takes one to the chin there.
Suggs lands with a straight right. Statham didn't see that one coming.
Statham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Suggs is looking to clinch.
Statham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by Suggs.
Statham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Suggs's corner calls for a 1-2. Suggs obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Suggs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Statham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Statham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suggs throws a one two combo.
Suggs lands with an overhand left.
Suggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Statham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Suggs to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suggs avoids the head kick by Statham.
Statham swats away the attempt to clinch by Suggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suggs lands a jab to Statham's midsection.
Suggs scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Suggs misses its intended target.
Statham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Suggs.
Suggs connects with a jab.
Suggs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Suggs takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Statham lands a nice shot to the body.
Suggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Suggs fails in his attempt to clinch.
Statham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suggs avoids the head kick by Statham.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suggs lands with a shot to the body.
Donk. Suggs catches Statham right on the button with a cross.
A cross from Suggs lands.
Suggs ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Suggs lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Suggs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Suggs's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Suggs tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Statham slips under a jab from Suggs.
Statham throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Suggs's head.
Statham throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Suggs was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Statham.
Suggs misses with an uppercut. Statham saw that one coming.
Statham looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Statham misses with a combination
and Suggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Statham swinging wildly here.
Suggs avoids the head kick by Statham.
Suggs connects with a body shot that sends Statham's belly button to the back.
Suggs tests Statham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Statham thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Suggs if he has to take too many more of those.
Suggs avoids the head kick by Statham.
Suggs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Statham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Suggs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Statham scores with a three punch combo!
Statham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Statham misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Statham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suggs.
Statham on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Statham has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Suggs connects with a crisp jab.
Suggs's jab looks to have found its range, popping Statham under the eye.
Suggs lands with a right hand.
Statham takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Suggs keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suggs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Statham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suggs.
Statham throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Suggs scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Statham throws a right and a left that Suggs avoids nicely.
Suggs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Suggs darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Statham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Suggs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Suggs backs up against the cage.
Statham takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Suggs does it's job there.
Suggs tries to close the distance and clinch but Statham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suggs cracks Statham with a good jab.
Suggs scores with a jab.
Suggs moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Statham. That's going to slow Suggs down.
Statham throws a low kick, looking for Suggs's leg but Suggs calmly moves out of range.
Suggs misses with a looping left.
Suggs lands a jab to the nose.
Statham swats away the attempt to clinch by Suggs.
Statham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suggs.
Suggs was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circle momentarily. Suggs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Statham misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Statham gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Suggs scores with a shot to the body.
Suggs fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Statham misses with the combination.
Statham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Suggs shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Statham eats them both and turns towards Suggs to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Suggs cracks Statham with a good jab.
Suggs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice shot by Suggs.
Suggs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Statham. Statham obviously looking to wear him down.
Statham looks to score with a jab to the body but Suggs is just out of range.
Suggs throws a right hand that Statham ducks under and follows up with a left that Statham also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Statham takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Statham goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Statham misses with a combination
and Suggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Suggs tries to clinch but Statham moves out of range.
Statham takes one on the button.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Suggs, as that shot connected.
Sloppy strikes from Suggs. Those never looked like landing.
A lazy left from Suggs finds it's target.
Statham gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Statham lands with a thumping leg kick.
Statham shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Statham circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suggs scores with a jab. Statham acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Statham takes a jab right on the kisser.
Statham throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Suggs to counter with a crisp jab.
Jason Statham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrone Suggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Suggs lands with an overhand left.
Suggs is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Suggs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suggs has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Suggs!