PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Mendeleev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Suarez
vs
Mendeleev

183 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
21
184 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trinidad Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Mendeleev!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendeleev shoots for a takedown but Suarez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Suarez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Suarez lands a couple of elbows.
Suarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Suarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Suarez with a nice head shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendeleev being controlled here, momentarily.
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 working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mendeleev's head.
Suarez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Suarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Suarez forces his way into half guard.
Suarez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Suarez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mendeleev is looking for a sweep. Suarez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Suarez seems to be working for a kimura but Mendeleev defends the submission attempt.
Suarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mendeleev 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 lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez winds up and cracks Mendeleev with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Suarez.
Suarez working the head and body with strikes.
Suarez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Suarez stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Suarez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Suarez controlling from side mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suarez cracks Mendeleev with a big right hand but Mendeleev just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Suarez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Suarez working the ground and pound.
Suarez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mendeleev down.
Mendeleev takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Suarez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mendeleev down.
Suarez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mendeleev to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez looks up at the clock and then as Mendeleev takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Suarez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mendeleev is trying to improve his position.
Mendeleev trying to remain calm as Suarez controls from the top position.
Suarez working the ground and pound.
Suarez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Suarez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Mendeleev!
Suarez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Suarez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suarez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mendeleev can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mendeleev is in a horrible position here. Suarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Mendeleev is rocked!
Mendeleev looks gassed!
Suarez postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Mendeleev bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Suarez and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trinidad Suarez!
Trinidad Suarez thanked the fans post fight for their support.