PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Suan Paredes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine has chosen I Buy the Drugs as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Paredes
vs
Valentine

178 cm
26
175 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

181 cm
27
180 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Empire Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Suan Paredes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paredes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Valentine at a distance.

Paredes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Valentine's half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Valentine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Paredes.
Valentine has hold of Paredes's hands but Paredes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Valentine is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Paredes's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Paredes's back!
Paredes turns into Valentine and is now in his guard.
Paredes postures up in Valentine's guard and throws a big left but Valentine blocks it.
Paredes wants to pass the guard but Valentine is keeping the position.
Paredes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paredes looking to sit in guard and control but Valentine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paredes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valentine.
Paredes wants to sweep but no luck.
Valentine trying to control the position from guard on top but Paredes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valentine throws a strike but Paredes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Paredes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Valentine's head.
Valentine working a defensive guard here.
Paredes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paredes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paredes wants to pass the guard but Valentine is keeping the position.
Paredes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Paredes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paredes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Valentine has his foot on Paredes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Paredes works his way back into a safe position though.
Paredes preventing the sweep.
Paredes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
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!
Paredes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Paredes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Paredes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paredes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Paredes looking to sit in guard and control but Valentine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Valentine preventing the sweep.
Paredes looking to control.
Paredes pulls Valentine in close to prevent any damage.
Paredes is trying to control the position but Valentine postures up.
Valentine throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paredes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Valentine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paredes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Paredes wants to sweep here but Valentine controlling him for the moment.
Paredes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valentine.
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!
Paredes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Valentine is looking for a sweep. Paredes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Paredes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Valentine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Paredes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paredes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Valentine wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suan Paredes dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Valentine throws a body punch but Paredes moves out of range.
Valentine takes a swing at Paredes's ribcage but misses.

Paredes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Paredes working some strikes from top position.
Valentine keeping moving, preventing Paredes from controlling successfully.
Paredes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Valentine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Paredes!
Valentine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Paredes because Valentine loaded up on that one.
Suan Paredes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine landing punches.
Valentine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paredes tries to hold on but Valentine pushes him away.
Paredes is in a horrible position here. Valentine smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Valentine thowing shots but they're missing.
Paredes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Paredes holds of for dear life.
Valentine raining down hammerfists from mount.
Valentine throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paredes tries to hold on but Valentine pushes him away.
Valentine lands a heavy elbow.
Paredes doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Paredes sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paredes is positioning himself well to prevent Valentine advancing to mount.
Valentine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Paredes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Valentine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Valentine thows a huge punch but Paredes dodges it nicely.
Paredes moves into full guard.
Valentine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valentine trying to control the position from guard on top but Paredes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valentine throwing strikes from guard but Paredes blocks nicely.
Paredes 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Paredes is on top in guard.
Valentine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paredes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paredes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paredes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Valentine works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Paredes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paredes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Paredes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paredes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Valentine looking for a sweep. Not yet Valentine, not yet.
Paredes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paredes looking to pass the guard.
Paredes won't allow Valentine to sweep him here.
Valentine has Paredes pulled in close to control his posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paredes is working Valentine over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Suan Paredes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Paredes lands with a good body shot.
Paredes jabs Valentine to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Paredes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Paredes chips away with some ground and pound.
Paredes wants to control from the top but Valentine keeps moving.
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!
Paredes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Paredes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Paredes advances to half guard.
Paredes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Paredes working over Valentine with some ground and pound. Valentine looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Paredes controlling the action here.
Paredes winds up and cracks Valentine with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Paredes moves nicely into side control.
Valentine regains half guard, as Paredes was trying to land strikes.
Valentine tries to roll over but Paredes keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine moves into full guard.
Valentine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Suan Paredes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paredes trying to control the position from guard on top but Valentine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredes throws an elbow that misses. Valentine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Paredes's guard. Nice move by Valentine!
Paredes seems keen to control Valentine's posture.
Valentine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valentine throws a big right hand that misses.
Valentine throws a big elbow that misses.
Valentine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valentine throwing strikes from guard but Paredes blocks nicely.
Valentine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Valentine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Valentine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paredes wants to sweep but no luck.
Paredes pulls Valentine in close to prevent any damage.
Valentine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Valentine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paredes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine throws an elbow that misses. Paredes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Valentine's guard. Nice move by Paredes!
Valentine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paredes chips away with some ground and pound.
Paredes is stalling in the full guard.
Dick Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valentine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paredes is one step ahead there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Suan Paredes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paredes 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suan Paredes!
Suan Paredes very nearly forgot to thank Empire Threads amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.