PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Suarez (ranked 25725 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Chandler (ranked 6016 p4p, 0 weight class). Julio Suarez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Suarez
vs
Chandler

174 cm
24
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

196 cm
25
264 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Pit Bull Development

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Chandler!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chandler thumps Suarez with a low kick.
Chandler throws a looping overhand right but Suarez ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Chandler there.
Chandler moves out of range as Suarez throws a body kick.
Chandler moves out of range of the body kick.
Chandler misses with a body punch

so Suarez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Chandler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Suarez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Suarez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Suarez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Suarez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Suarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Suarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Chandler is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Suarez forces his way into half guard.
Chandler tries to kick Suarez off but Suarez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Suarez in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chandler is trying to stand back up but Suarez is controlling him
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.
Suarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Suarez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Suarez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Suarez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Suarez looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Suarez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Suarez dominating with strikes here.
Suarez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Suarez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chandler is trying to stand.
Chandler in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Suarez dominating with strikes here.
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!
Suarez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chandler in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Chandler that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Suarez breaks from Chandler's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Suarez working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Suarez lands a couple of good shots and Chandler has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Suarez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The referee is taking a good look at Chandler as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Suarez!
Suarez lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez lands strikes to the head.
Suarez scores with strikes from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Suarez.
Suarez lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suarez gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Chandler is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Suarez really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Chandler.
Suarez throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Chandler!
Chandler is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Suarez is punishing Chandler with strikes - can he finish him?!
Suarez cracks Chandler with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Chandler from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Suarez landing with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suarez lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suarez landing with strikes.
Suarez is working the ground and pound. Can Chandler escape?
Suarez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Suarez scores with punches from the back.
Suarez punches Chandler on the ear.
Suarez looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Suarez scores with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suarez is working the ground and pound. Can Chandler escape?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suarez cracks Chandler with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Chandler from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Chandler wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Suarez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A big left from Chandler misses.
Suarez looks to throw a body kick
and Chandler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Suarez gets a double leg takedown into Chandler's guard.
Suarez is stalling in the full guard.
Chandler is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suarez with a nice head shot there.
Chandler wants to stand but Suarez is controlling the position.
Suarez is working Chandler over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Suarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chandler's head.
Suarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chandler can do to turn this around?
Suarez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Suarez chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez lands a couple of digs.
Suarez advances to half guard.
Suarez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Julio Suarez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chandler looks like he's trying to stand up.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Suarez in his half guard.
Suarez prevents Chandler from standing back up.
Suarez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Suarez in his half guard.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
Suarez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Suarez there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Suarez connects with a nice short shot to Chandler's temple.
Suarez is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Suarez connects with a nice short shot to Chandler's temple.
Chandler is trying to stand back up but Suarez is controlling him
Suarez working over Chandler with some ground and pound. Chandler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Suarez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chandler is in trouble now - Suarez has advanced to mount!
Suarez lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Chandler can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Chandler is trying to stand.
Suarez lands a couple of good shots and Chandler has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Suarez lands a shot to the head.
Suarez lands punches and elbows.
Chandler covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Suarez lands strikes to the head.
Suarez is punishing Chandler with some ground and pound.
Suarez lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Chandler.
Suarez lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez lands punches and elbows.
Chandler grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Chandler is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Suarez loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Chandler hold on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Chandler as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Suarez!
Suarez is working the ground and pound. Can Chandler escape?
Suarez is landing with strikes. Chandler can't take much more of this.
Chandler is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Chandler is trying to get back to his feet but Suarez has full control of the position and if anything, Chandler has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Suarez just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Chandler wants to get back to his feet.
Suarez controlling the position well here. Chandler rolled but Suarez kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Suarez is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Chandler. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Suarez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Chandler avoids a kick to the body.
Suarez walks into a jab.
Suarez throws a wild body kick that Chandler sees coming a mile off.
An inside leg kick from Suarez misses.
Suarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chandler scores with a punch to the head.
Suarez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Suarez walks into a left hand.
Suarez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chandler has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Suarez misses with a low kick.
Decent striking displayed by Chandler there.

Suarez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Chandler did well to prevent Suarez getting side control.
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!
Chandler looks like he's trying to stand up.
Suarez controlling the action here.
Suarez drops an elbow to the side of Chandler's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Chandler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Suarez scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Suarez lands a nice short elbow.
Suarez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Suarez in his half guard.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
Suarez winds up and cracks Chandler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Suarez working over Chandler with some ground and pound. Chandler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Suarez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chandler with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Suarez in his half guard.
Suarez lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
Chandler is in trouble now - Suarez has advanced to mount!
Suarez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Chandler wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Suarez with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chandler's face.
Suarez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chandler's face.
Suarez unloading with bombs!
Suarez content just to control the position here.
Suarez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chandler?
Suarez lands with some strikes.
Suarez with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez landing shots from mount.
Chandler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Chandler wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Chandler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Suarez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chandler hang on?
Suarez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee warns Chandler that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Suarez controlling from the full mount.
Suarez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Chandler is in a horrible position here. Suarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chandler is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez content just to control the position here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chandler is bucking up trying to escape but Suarez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Suarez landing shots from mount.
Chandler wants to try and get back to his feet.
Suarez raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Suarez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Suarez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Suarez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chandler hang on?
Suarez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suarez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chandler?

And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Suarez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Suarez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Suarez!