PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maximo Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateo Sucic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blanco comes to the cage accompanied by A single moment of sincerity. Sucic has chosen profesor jakov as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blanco
vs
Sucic

173 cm
24
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maximo Blanco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mateo Sucic!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco throws a nice looking combination but Sucic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sucic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blanco swivels and escapes.
Sucic closes the distance and clinches up with Blanco, looking for a takedown. Sucic pushes Blanco against the cage but Blanco circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sucic looks for a takedown but Blanco sprawls well.
Maximo Blanco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateo Sucic.
Blanco stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blanco wants it to stay on the feet.
Blanco stalks Sucic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sucic's face. Sucic staggers backwards, shaken.

Blanco scores with a takedown into Sucic's guard.

Sucic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Blanco gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blanco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Blanco sitting in guard here, content to control.

Blanco decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sucic, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sucic doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Blanco counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sucic thinking.
Blanco tries a low kick but Sucic avoids it.
Blanco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Blanco drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Blanco decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sucic to his feet.
Blanco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Mateo Sucic has been cut.
Blanco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sucic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sucic shoots and misses

and Blanco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sucic looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blanco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sucic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sucic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blanco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sucic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blanco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sucic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sucic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Blanco preventing the sweep.
Sucic throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sucic is wriggling around but Blanco manages to pass to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sucic wants to get back to full guard but Blanco has mounted him!
Blanco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blanco working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucic is working to get back to half guard.
Blanco with good strikes from the mount here!
Sucic throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Blanco controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blanco 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanco landing strikes, looking to finish!
Blanco looking to control and managing it successfully.
Blanco breaks from Sucic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sucic really wants to buck Blanco off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximo Blanco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mateo Sucic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A punch combination from Blanco misses.
Blanco moves out of range of the body kick.
Sucic misses with a takedown
enabling Blanco to counter with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Sucic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sucic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sucic with a poor takedown

and Blanco counters with a takedown into side control.
Sucic is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Blanco landing a few strikes.
Maximo Blanco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sucic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sucic throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Sucic is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco is looking to take a break and control but Sucic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sucic is trying to get back to his feet.
Blanco staying calm.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Blanco cracks Sucic with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Blanco wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sucic keeps working.
Blanco staying calm.
Sucic tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Blanco wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Blanco is working Sucic over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sucic wants to get back to his feet but Blanco drags him back down.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Blanco working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blanco decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Blanco shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sucic trying to strike off his back.
Blanco is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Blanco has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sucic is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Blanco dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sucic is looking to reverse the position.
Blanco is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Sucic's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sucic is looking to reverse the position.
Blanco is staying tight to Sucic's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Sucic taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sucic pushes Blanco away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Blanco gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximo Blanco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mateo Sucic's cut.
That's time! Blanco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blanco slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blanco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sucic tries for a takedown but Blanco circles away easily
and Blanco counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blanco connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sucic momentarily.
Blanco jabs at Sucic's body.

Blanco gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blanco throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Blanco lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sucic!
Sucic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blanco tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sucic tries to hold on but Blanco pushes him away.
Blanco controlling the pace for now.

Blanco working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Blanco lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sucic is trying to stand up.
Blanco working Sucic over with strikes here.
Blanco looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sucic tries to hold on but Blanco postures up.
Blanco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sucic can do to turn this around?
Blanco sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Blanco has isolated one of Sucic's arms. Sucic looking to fight him off but Blanco twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Maximo Blanco!
Maximo Blanco retains his lightweight title!