PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felix Suarez (ranked 1482 p4p, 1106 weight class) and Jacques Turcotte (ranked 195 p4p, 155 weight class). Suarez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mexican Sun. This should be a great matchup!

Suarez
vs
Turcotte

170 cm
24
166
9 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
160
13 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suarez misses the jab.
Suarez misses with a left hand
and Turcotte counters with a straight right hand.
Turcotte misses with a straight right.
Suarez misses with an uppercut. Turcotte saw that one coming.
Turcotte checks a leg kick.
Turcotte misses with a hook.
Turcotte jabs at Suarez's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Suarez misses the target.
Turcotte looks to land a left hand but Suarez moved out of range nicely.
Suarez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turcotte throws a shot to the body.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
Suarez throws an off balance right hand
and Turcotte counters with a nice uppercut.
Suarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turcotte.
Suarez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Suarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Turcotte counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turcotte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Suarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turcotte moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Suarez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez cracks Turcotte with a good jab.
Turcotte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turcotte misses with a hook.
Suarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Turcotte counter with a right hand.
Turcotte scores with a hook to the body. Suarez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Suarez swings widly with a right hand
and Turcotte counters with a nice uppercut.
Turcotte misses with a looping left.
Turcotte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turcotte throws a looping overhand right but Suarez ducks down to avoid it.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Turcotte tests Suarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Suarez misses.
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
Suarez walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turcotte jabs Suarez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Turcotte swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Suarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Suarez fails with the takedown.

Suarez feints and as Turcotte raises his hands in defense, Suarez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Suarez tries to free his leg and advance position but Turcotte is retaining full guard.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Turcotte is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Turcotte has his hands on Suarez's head, controlling the position.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Turcotte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Suarez is stalling in the full guard.
Turcotte bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Suarez's guard.

Turcotte sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Suarez doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Turcotte paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Suarez - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Felix Suarez!
Felix Suarez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Vegan Gains logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.