PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Sutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximo Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Sutter
vs
Drago

184 cm
30
195 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

185 cm
24
196 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Sutter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maximo Drago!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago tries to work over Sutter's front leg with a kick but Sutter checks it.
Drago does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sutter lands a jab to the nose.
Sutter throws a looping overhand right but Drago ducks down to avoid it.
Sutter misses with a straight right.
Drago clobbers Sutter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sutter walks into a jab.
Drago throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sutter on the side of the head.
Sutter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sutter lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drago on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drago's corner calls for a 1-2. Drago obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sutter connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sutter lands a left and a right that send Drago crashing to the mat, dazed. Sutter thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Maximo Drago has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sutter looks to land a right hand but Drago moved out of range.
Drago slips a jab from Sutter.
Drago takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Sutter misses.
Sutter lands with a good body shot.
Drago bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sutter throws a body punch but Drago moves out of range.
Sutter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drago.
Drago uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sutter.
Sutter lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutter lands a jab-cross combination.
Sutter misses with a looping left.
Sutter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drago swings widly with a right hand
and Sutter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Drago looks gassed!
Sutter misses with an uppercut. Drago saw that one coming.
Sutter's corner calls for a 1-2. Sutter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Sutter drops Drago with a beautiful combination! Drago stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sutter is looking for the KO!

Drago is rocked!
Sutter drops Drago with a naaaaasty hook - Drago is in real trouble here! Sutter dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Sutter!
A very excited looking Eric Sutter made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.