PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jari Suomalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and McDiaz ez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Suomalainen
vs
ez

175 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jari Suomalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, McDiaz ez!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ez misses with a takedown
and Suomalainen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
ez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Suomalainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
ez throws a head kick that misses
and Suomalainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McDiaz ez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suomalainen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
ez feints the counter takedown.
ez has his takedown stuffed
and Suomalainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jari Suomalainen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of McDiaz ez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suomalainen lands a glancing blow to the side of ez's head.

ez closes the distance and clinches.
ez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suomalainen lands a hook to the side of the head.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - ez has eaten all the pies!
Suomalainen lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ez takes a shot to the head.
Suomalainen lands a left hand that snaps the head of ez backwards.
Suomalainen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Suomalainen lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Suomalainen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Suomalainen has a couple of punches blocked by ez.
A head punch on the inside from Suomalainen fails to land.
Suomalainen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Suomalainen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of ezs head.
Suomalainen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Suomalainen working aggressively here.
ez blocks an uppercut.
ez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suomalainen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by ez.
Suomalainen lands a shoulder strike.

ez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
ez misses with a takedown
and Suomalainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
ez looks to clinch
letting Suomalainen counter with a right hand.
Suomalainen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
ez misses with a takedown
and Suomalainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
ez looks winded!
ez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Suomalainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the body from ez misses
and Suomalainen counters with a stiff right hand.
ez misses with a takedown
and Suomalainen counters with a stiff right hand.
ez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Suomalainen counters with a crisp right that sends ez to the canvas! Suomalainen follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Suomalainen!