PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Sutherland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Judah
vs
Sutherland

188 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
188 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Héritage!
Conquer

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Sutherland!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Sutherland.
Judah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sutherland pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sutherland scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sutherland swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Judah counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sutherland thows a body kick. Judah tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah moves forwards but Sutherland connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Judah throws a chopping leg kick but Sutherland manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sutherland just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Sutherland has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sutherland misses with a low kick as Judah jumps back.
Sutherland throws a hook but Judah blocks it.
Judah scores with a head kick. Sutherland tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Dean Sutherland has been cut.
A low kick from Sutherland misses
and Judah counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah defending well as Sutherland loads up on a big left hand.
Judah misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sutherland swinging wildly here.
Judah closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sutherland.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sutherland. Sutherland obviously looking to wear him down.
Judah with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sutherland to score with a decent uppercut.

Judah moves into range and clinches up with Sutherland.
Judah putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sutherland in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Judah scores with a hook to the body.
Sutherland misses with some punches.
Judah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sutherland has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Sutherland controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Judah letting Sutherland take a breather here.
Sutherland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sutherland stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Judah.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Sutherland controls his hands.
Judah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judah misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland pushes Judah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutherland prevents a body shot from Judah.
Sutherland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Sutherland can't break the clinch.
Judah prevents a body shot from Sutherland.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Sutherland trying to stall but Judah improves his position.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Sutherland avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Sutherland avoiding damage as Judah throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Judah as Sutherland tries to tie him up.
Sutherland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.

Sutherland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Judah swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sutherland.
Sutherland blocks a low kick nicely.
And Sutherland responds with a good body kick, but Judah manages to step out the way in time.
Sutherland throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Judah on the side of the head.
Sutherland thows a body kick. Judah tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sutherland falls off balance throwing a combination
and Judah counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Sutherland
and Judah counters with a right hand to the body.
Judah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sutherland.
Sutherland checks the leg kick nicely there.
A telegraphed right hand from Sutherland misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Sutherland misses the target.
Judah takes one to the side of the head.
Judah attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sutherland on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Judah throws a leg kick but Sutherland sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sutherland moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sutherland bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Judah's head backwards.
Judah throws a wild body kick that Sutherland sees coming a mile off.
Sutherland lands a glancing blow to the side of Judah's head.
Judah shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutherland throws a left and a right that both miss
and Judah counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah stuns Sutherland with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Judah thows a leg kick but Sutherland checks it
and Sutherland connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sutherland misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Judah misses the target.
Judah shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sutherland tries to land a front kick but Judah steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sutherland dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
Sutherland misses with a low kick.
Judah tests Sutherland's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Judah tries to score with a low kick but Sutherland moves his leg out of the way.
Judah looks to score with a jab to the body but Sutherland is just out of range.
Sutherland connects with a right hand. Judah shakes it off.
Sutherland throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sutherland buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Judah cracks Sutherland with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sutherland swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A leg kick checked by Judah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dean Sutherland will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dean Sutherland's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Judah has closed the distance and engaged Sutherland in a clinch.
Judah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sutherland is rocked!
Judah is leaning against Sutherland and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sutherland is still on wobbly legs! Can Judah finish him?
Still in the clinch, Judah scores with a nice short uppercut.
Judah takes control of his opponent's neck and spins him into the cage. Sutherland is off balance and as he stumbles, Judah throws a jumping knee that lands flush on Sutherland's chin, knocking him out cold! Oh my word - what a knockout! Definitely one for his highlight reel! If he ever decides to rob a bank and run off to Morocco, that moment is defintely worthy of a tacky mural!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Daniel Judah!
An out of breath Daniel Judah thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.