PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Avidan (ranked 5655 p4p, 5392 weight class) and Kaori Suzuki (ranked 334 p4p, 325 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Avidan
vs
Suzuki

177 cm
19
155
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
18
153
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocco Avidan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaori Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzuki tries to move into range but Avidan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Avidan is looking to score with low kicks.
Suzuki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Suzuki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Avidan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Suzukis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jab from Avidan.
Avidan lands a jab to the nose.
Avidan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Suzuki's hands.
Avidan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A lazy left from Suzuki finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Avidan moves into range and clinches up with Suzuki.
Suzuki working hard to break the clinch.
Avidan lands an uppercut.
Avidan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Avidan is pushing Suzuki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A shot in the inside from Avidan.
A right hook to the body lands for Avidan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avidan misses with a punch on the inside.
Avidan scores with a shoulder strike.
Suzuki misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Suzuki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Avidan on the inside.
Avidan prevents Suzuki from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Avidan.
Avidan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Suzukis head.
Avidan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Suzuki is trying to break the clinch but Avidan is controlling him.
Suzuki working hard to break the clinch.
Good body shot from Avidan.
Still in the clinch, Avidan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Avidan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Suzuki throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Avidan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Avidan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Suzuki is trying to break the clinch but Avidan has him pressed against the cage.
Suzuki wants to break the clinch but can't.

Avidan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Suzuki misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avidan lands a slapping body shot.
Avidan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Avidan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Avidan scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Avidan.
Suzuki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Avidan gets a clinch.
Avidan misses with a punch to the body.
Suzuki tries to break the clinch but Avidan is controlling the position.
Suzuki is trying to push Avidan away but Avidan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Avidan is pushing Suzuki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Avidan looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avidan stalling against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Suzuki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Suzuki tries to throw a body punch but Avidan avoids it by throwing Suzuki back against the cage.
Suzuki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suzuki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Avidan lands a shoulder strike.
Avidan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Suzuki or not.
Suzuki is trying to force a seperation but Avidan has the dominant position.
Suzuki trying to control the position but instead, Avidan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Suzuki into the cage.
Suzuki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Suzuki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Avidan's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Avidan.
Avidan works on Suzuki's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Avidan.

Avidan breaks the clinch.
Suzuki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Avidan.
Rocco Avidan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suzuki throws a hook but Avidan blocks it.
Avidan misses with an uppercut
and Suzuki counters with a nice uppercut.
Suzuki missing with a left hand there. Avidan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Avidan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Avidan misses with a hook
and Suzuki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Suzuki ducks under a wild hook from Avidan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suzuki throws a body shot but no joy.
Avidan digs a good body shot into Suzuki's ribs.
Avidan connects with a single shot there.
Suzuki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Avidan scores with a jab. Suzuki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Suzuki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Avidan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Avidan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suzuki moves away.
Suzuki misses the jab.
Avidan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Avidan ducks under a wild hook from Suzuki.
A little feinted left hand from Avidan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Avidan misses with a looping right.
Avidan jabs Suzuki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Avidan looks to score with a jab to the body but Suzuki is just out of range.
Suzuki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Avidan misses with a left hand
and Suzuki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Avidan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Suzuki.
Avidan slips under a jab.
Suzuki swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suzuki moves away from the strike by Avidan.
Suzuki throws a hook but Avidan avoids it easily.
Avidan misses with a wild body shot.
Avidan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suzuki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Avidan.
Suzuki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Avidan is looking to counter punch.
Suzuki slips under a jab from Avidan.
Avidan misses with a lunging right hand
and Suzuki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Avidan throws an overhand right that lands on Suzuki's shoulder, as Suzuki tries to avoid the shot.
Suzuki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Avidan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suzuki.
Avidan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Suzuki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suzuki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Suzuki lands a nice shot that snaps Avidan's head back.
Suzuki misses with a straight right.
Suzuki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Avidan.
Avidan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Suzuki.
Suzuki throws a looping overhand right but Avidan ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki misses the shot to the body.
Suzuki slips a straight right by Avidan.
Avidan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Avidan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suzuki misses with a hook
and Avidan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Avidan throws a lazy right hand but Suzuki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suzuki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Avidan.
The fighters circling - Suzuki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suzuki smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Avidan misses with a body shot.
Suzuki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Avidan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Suzuki missing with a left hand there. Avidan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Suzuki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Avidan throws out the jab.
Avidan misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avidan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Suzuki.
Avidan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suzuki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Avidan darts in and clinches Suzuki up against the cage.

Avidan breaks from the clinch.
Avidan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suzuki can do to turn this around?
Avidan misses with a kick to the body.
Avidan looks to land a right hand but Suzuki moved out of range.
Suzuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Avidan moves away.
Avidan throws a lazy right hand but Suzuki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Suzuki.
No joy there for Suzuki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suzuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Avidan.
Avidan throwing a counter right hand but Suzuki manages to avoid it.
Suzuki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Avidan.
Avidan ducks under a wild hook from Suzuki.
Avidan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Suzuki momentarily.
Avidan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avidan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Avidan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slow jab from Suzuki misses its intended target.
Suzuki moves away from the strike by Avidan.
A jab from Suzuki misses.
Suzuki misses with a looping right.
Avidan tries to land a front kick but Suzuki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Suzuki is trying to push Avidan away but Avidan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Avidan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Avidan prevents Suzuki from breaking the clinch.
Avidan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Avidan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suzuki backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rocco Avidan will probably get the nod.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Suzuki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Avidan scores with a hook.
Avidan needs to keep his hands up - Suzuki had a free shot at his head there.
Suzuki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Avidan lands a jab to the nose.
A punch lands to the side of Suzuki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Suzuki moves away from the strike by Avidan.
Suzuki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Avidan misses with a hook
and Suzuki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Suzuki tries to keep at a distance but Avidan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Avidan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Suzuki's efforts to push away.
Avidan has Suzuki pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Avidan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Avidan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Avidan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Suzuki breaks the clinch.
Suzuki misses with a looping right.
Avidan swings widly with a right hand
and Avidan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Avidan misses with an uppercut. Suzuki saw that one coming.
Despite the aggression on Suzuki's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Avidan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suzuki throws a lazy uppercut
and Avidan counters with a straight right hand.
Avidan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suzuki throws a counter combo.
Suzuki misses with a body shot.
Avidan moves away from the strike by Suzuki.
A bone on bone clash there as Suzuki blocks the leg kick.
Suzuki defending well as Avidan loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Avidan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Avidan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Avidan finds it's way through Suzuki's defenses.
Avidan misses with a right hand
and Suzuki counters with a nice body shot.
Suzuki throws a body shot but no joy.
Rocco Avidan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Suzuki throws a jab when Avidan was well out of range.
Suzuki takes a swing at Avidan's ribcage but misses.
Avidan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suzuki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Avidan finds it's way round the side to connect with Suzuki's head.
Avidan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Suzuki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Suzuki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Avidan throws a wild body kick that Suzuki sees coming a mile off.
Suzuki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Avidan.
Good exchange - Avidan coming out on top.
A jab lands there for Avidan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Suzuki misses.
Avidan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Avidan throws a hook but Suzuki blocks it.
Suzuki scores with a hook.
Avidan punishes Suzuki's body with a nice straight punch.
Suzuki throws out a loose jab but Avidan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Avidan throwing a counter right hand but Suzuki manages to avoid it.
Suzuki throws a hook but Avidan blocks it.
Suzuki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Avidan.
Avidan loads up on a big right hand but Suzuki slips the punch.
Suzuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Avidan to counter with a crisp jab.
Avidan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suzuki was well out of range. Poor timing from Avidan.
Suzuki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suzuki throws an off balance right hand
and Avidan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Avidan lands a nice shot to the body.
Avidan staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Avidan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avidan throws a big shot that misses.
Suzuki throws a shot from downtown. Avidan moves away and avoids it.
Avidan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Suzuki.
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!
A big left from Avidan misses.
Suzuki ducks under a wild hook from Avidan.
Suzuki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Avidan swings widly with a right hand
and Avidan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Suzuki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Avidan connects with a crisp jab.
Avidan moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Suzuki misses.
Avidan throws a body shot but no joy.
Suzuki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Avidan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Suzuki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kaori Suzuki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A shot in the inside from Avidan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocco Avidan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Avidan 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocco Avidan!