PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ibrahim Suleyman (ranked 990 p4p, 134 weight class) and Eddison Tollett (ranked 1317 p4p, 179 weight class). Eddison Tollett has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Suleyman
vs
Tollett

190 cm
23
195 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ibrahim Suleyman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddison Tollett!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tollett. Suleyman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tollett misses with an uppercut
and Suleyman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Suleyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tollett.

Suleyman gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Suleyman manages to break the clinch.
Suleyman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tollett throws a lazy uppercut
and Suleyman counters with a left to the body.
Tollett digs a good hook to Suleyman's body.
Tollett misses with a wild body shot.
Suleyman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tollett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tollett moves out of range as Suleyman throws a body kick.
Suleyman moves out of range of the strikes.
Suleyman misses the jab.
Suleyman sets himself, and Tollett steps forward looking for the clinch! Suleyman avoids it this time.
Suleyman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Suleyman ducks under a wild hook from Tollett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleyman scores with a jab to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tollett.
Suleyman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tollett manages to avoid it.
Tollett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Suleyman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Suleyman connects with a leg kick. Tollett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tollett swings widly with a right hand
and Suleyman counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tollett wants to clinch.
Tollett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Suleyman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Eddison Tollett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tollett cracks a nice hook into Suleyman's ribs.
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!
Tollett loads up on a big right hand but Suleyman slips the punch.
Suleyman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Suleyman thumps Tollett with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suleyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tollett.
Tollett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Suleyman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Suleyman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tollett.
Suleyman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tollett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Suleyman.
Suleyman quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Tollett tries to clinch there but Suleyman circles away.
Suleyman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tollett throws a series of punches but Suleyman avoids them all with ease.
Suleyman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Suleyman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tollett checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tollett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suleyman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tollett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Suleyman counters with an inside leg kick.
A big right from Tollett misses.
Suleyman circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tollett misses with a right hand
and Tollett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Suleyman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tollett. Suleyman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suleyman blocks a jab.
Tollett throws a right hand that Suleyman ducks under and follows up with a left that Suleyman also avoids with ease.
A slow jab from Tollett misses its intended target.
A big left from Tollett misses.
Tollett scores with a nice right hand.
Tollett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suleyman moves away.
Suleyman connects with an inside leg kick.
Suleyman throws a front kick aimed at Tollett's knee but Tollett avoids it well.
Tollett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Suleyman in his tracks.
Suleyman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tollett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suleyman was well out of range. Poor timing from Tollett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tollett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suleyman.
Suleyman scores with the left hand. Tollett knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Suleyman.
Suleyman misses with a low kick.
Tollett throws a poor cross that misses
and Suleyman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Suleyman throws the left hand but Tollett avoids the punch easily.
Tollett misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Suleyman counters with a good, hard body kick but Tollett shrugs it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tollett. Suleyman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tollett checks the leg kick.
Tollett swings away with a body shot that misses
and Suleyman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Suleyman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tollett misses with a double jab.
Suleyman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tollett throws a big shot that misses.
Tollett takes a swing at Suleyman's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tollett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ibrahim Suleyman will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Suleyman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tollett throws a lazy uppercut
and Suleyman counters with a nice body kick.
Suleyman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Suleyman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tollett takes a step back to recover.
Tollett throws a combination that misses
and Suleyman counters with an outside leg kick.
Suleyman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tollett swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Suleyman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Suleyman. That snapped Tollett's head back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tollett checks a leg kick.
Tollett is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Suleyman with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Suleyman.
Suleyman throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suleyman jabs Tollett right on the nose. Tollett blinks but takes it well.
Suleyman thuds his right hand into Tollett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Suleyman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Suleyman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleyman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Suleyman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Suleyman staying out of range there.
Suleyman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tollett's calf.
Suleyman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ibrahim Suleyman is winning the standup battle so far.
Tollett moves out of range of the leg kick from Suleyman.
Suleyman has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tollett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tollett works over Suleyman's head and body with a nice combination.
Tollett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suleyman jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Suleyman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tollett throws a right hand that Suleyman ducks under and follows up with a left that Suleyman also avoids with ease.
Suleyman fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tollett just manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tollett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suleyman throwing a counter right hand but Tollett manages to avoid it.
Tollett looks to land a right hand but Suleyman moved out of range.
Tollett lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tollett misses with a hook to the body
and Suleyman counters with a good low kick that Tollett was not able to check.
Tollett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tollett is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Suleyman looks for the body kick but Tollett saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Tollett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suleyman lands with a straight right. Tollett didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suleyman. Tollett does a little dance to reset his feet.

Tollett tries to keep at a distance but Suleyman has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tollett.
Tollett misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suleyman.
Suleyman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tollett.
Tollett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tollett blocking some punches.

Suleyman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tollett misses with a body shot.
Suleyman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Suleyman slips under a jab.
Suleyman appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Suleyman misses the shot to the body.
Suleyman moves out of range as Tollett strikes.
Suleyman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tollett can do to turn this around?
Tollett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tollett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Suleyman misses the target.
Suleyman cracks the inside of Tollett's front leg.
Suleyman just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Tollett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tollett throws a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Suleyman.
Tollett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suleyman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tollett connects with a looping right hand.
Tollett misses with a looping left.
It appears Suleyman was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tollett throws a hook but Suleyman blocks it.
Suleyman tried to counter with a leg kick but Tollett avoided it.
Suleyman moves out of range as Tollett strikes.
Suleyman misses with a body shot.
Tollett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tollett jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tollett swings away with a body shot that misses
and Suleyman counters with a stiff right hand.
Tollett misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Suleyman.
Tollett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Suleyman has time to react.
Tollett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suleyman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Suleyman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibrahim Suleyman dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tollett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tollett swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Suleyman counters with a stiff right hand.
Tollett throws a looping overhand right but Suleyman ducks down to avoid it.
As Tollett backs away, Suleyman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tollett connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Suleyman.
Tollett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Suleyman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tollett misses with a two punch combination.
Suleyman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suleyman. Tollett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suleyman staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tollett throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tollett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tollett blocks a low kick nicely.
Tollett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Suleyman counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Tollett misses.
Tollett throws a hook to the side of Suleyman's head but Suleyman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Suleyman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Tollett darts in and clinches Suleyman up against the cage.
Tollett swings wildly with an uppercut but Suleyman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tollett has a couple of punches blocked by Suleyman.
A right hook to the body lands for Suleyman.
Tollett lands an uppercut.
Suleyman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Suleyman prevents a body shot from Tollett.
Suleyman misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Suleyman.

Suleyman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suleyman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tollett momentarily.

It looks like Eddison Tollett has been cut.
Suleyman slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Suleyman there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tollett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tollett has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Suleyman.
Tollett swinging wildly here.
Tollett throws a jab when Suleyman was well out of range.
Suleyman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big left from Tollett misses.
Suleyman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tollett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tollett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tollett looks to land a right hand but Suleyman moved out of range.

Suleyman clinches with his opponent.
Suleyman lands a shot to the body.
Suleyman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Suleyman.
Eddison Tollett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tollett working aggressively here.
Suleyman is stalling here.
Good body shot from Tollett.
A head punch on the inside from Tollett fails to land.
Tollett lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Suleyman stalls.

Suleyman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tollett avoids the body shot from Suleyman.
Suleyman throws a jab when Tollett was well out of range.
Suleyman avoids the body shot from Tollett.
No joy there for Tollett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suleyman lands a front kick.
Tollett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Suleyman takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Tollett has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tollett misses with some punches.
Suleyman has a couple of punches blocked by Tollett.
Suleyman looking to slow down the pace here.
Suleyman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tollett lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tollett struggles to land a body shot inside as Suleyman controls his hands.
Tollett struggles to land a body shot inside as Suleyman controls his hands.
Tollett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suleyman is working Tollett over against the cage.
Tollett throws a head punch that misses.
Tollett has a couple of punches blocked by Suleyman.
Suleyman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suleyman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tollett backwards.
Suleyman just leaning against Tollett, taking a breather.
Suleyman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tollett backwards.

Suleyman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ibrahim Suleyman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Suleyman moves into the clinch successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ibrahim Suleyman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suleyman 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ibrahim Suleyman!
Ibrahim Suleyman decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.