PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Lowley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Suarez (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.

Lowley
vs
Suarez

225 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

194 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Lowley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Suarez momentarily.
Lowley swinging wildly here.
Lowley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Suarez throws a series of punches but Lowley avoids them all with ease.
Suarez throws a body punch but Lowley moves out of range.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Suarez missing with a left hand there. Lowley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Suarez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A lazy left from Lowley finds it's target.
Suarez walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lowley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Suarez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Suarez dodges the punch combination from Lowley.
Lowley throws a nice looking combination but Suarez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Suarez throws a head kick but Lowley moves out of range.
No joy there for Suarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suarez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lowley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Suarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lowley.
Lowley misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowley slips a straight right by Suarez.
Suarez ducks right into an uppercut from Lowley.
Suarez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Suarez misses with a wild body shot.
Lowley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Suarez misses with a body shot.
Lowley lands a two punch combo.
Suarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suarez avoids the body shot from Lowley.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lowley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lowley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Suarez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lowley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lowley ducks under a wild hook from Suarez.
Suarez walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Suarez throws a series of punches but Lowley moves out of range.
Suarez throws a series of punches but Lowley moves out of range.
Lowley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Suarez throws a hook but Lowley avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lowley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lowley scores with a jab. Suarez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lowley scores with a one two! Suarez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lowley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lowley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lowley looks to score with a jab to the body but Suarez is just out of range.
Lowley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Suarez takes one to the chin there.
Suarez throws a good cross that connects.
Suarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Suarez walks into a left hand.
Suarez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Suarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lowley misses with a double jab.
Lowley is breathing heavily.
Suarez throws a right and a left that Lowley avoids nicely.
Suarez misses with a wild body shot.
Lowley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Suarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lowley misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Lowley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Suarez misses with a hook
letting Lowley counter with a right hand.
Lowley fails to land with a series of punches.
Suarez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lowley.
Suarez takes a swing at Lowley's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lowley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lowley misses with a wild combination.
Lowley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lowley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suarez misses with a double jab.
Suarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lowley moves away.
Suarez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Suarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Suarez misses.
Lowley slips a jab and a cross from Suarez.
Suarez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lowley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Suarez misses with a straight left.
Suarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lowley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suarez lands with a nice combination. Lowley backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lowley lands a jab to the nose.
Lowley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lowley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suarez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Lowley misses with a series of wild punches.
Suarez looks to land a combination but Lowley avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Lowley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Suarez takes one to the chin there.
Lowley throws a combination. Suarez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A telegraphed right hand from Suarez misses the target.
Lowley fails to land with a series of punches.
Suarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suarez throws a hook to the side of Lowley's head but Lowley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Suarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Suarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lowley circles away quickly and effectively.
Lowley looks to score with a jab to the body but Suarez is just out of range.
Suarez slips a jab and a cross from Lowley.
Lowley stuns Suarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Suarez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lowley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Suarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Suarez is breathing heavily.
Suarez throws a lazy right hand but Lowley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joe Lowley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lowley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Suarez backs up against the cage.
Lowley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lowley lands a jab-cross combination.
Lowley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Suarez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Suarez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Suarez lands a head shot.
Suarez throws out a loose jab but Lowley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lowley dips to his left and cracks Suarez with an uppercut!
Lowley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suarez throws out the jab.
Suarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.
Nice shot lands for Lowley.
Lowley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lowley fails to land with a series of punches.
Suarez thows a body shot but no joy.
Suarez throws a series of strikes that have Lowley backpedaling.
Lowley throws a series of punches but Suarez avoids them all with ease.
Suarez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowley looks to score with a jab to the body but Suarez is just out of range.
Suarez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lowley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Suarez on the side of the head.
Suarez misses the shot to the body.
Lowley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suarez.
Lowley slips a straight right by Suarez.
Suarez throws a nice looking combination but Lowley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suarez misses with a straight left.
Suarez throws a right hand that Lowley ducks under and follows up with a left that Lowley also avoids with ease.
Suarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lowley.
Suarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lowley dodges the punch combination from Suarez.
Suarez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Lowley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suarez throws a right and a left that Lowley avoids nicely.
Suarez misses with a hook.
Lowley lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowley dodges the punch combination from Suarez.
Lowley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Suarez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Suarez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lowley swinging wildly here.
Danga de danga de dang - Lowley scores with a four punch combination!
Suarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lowley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Suarez.
Suarez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lowley under the eye.
Suarez thows a body shot but no joy.
Lowley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lowley.
Lowley lands a jab to the head.
Suarez throws a shot from downtown. Lowley moves away and avoids it.
Lowley looks to land a right hand but Suarez moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lowley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lowley manages to avoid it.
Lowley throws a right and a left that Suarez avoids nicely.
Lowley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Suarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suarez misses with a two punch combination.
Lowley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Lowley.
Suarez takes one to the side of the head.
Suarez misses with a wild body shot.
Lowley looks to score with a jab to the body but Suarez is just out of range.
Suarez misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suarez misses with the combination.
Suarez lands a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lowley throws a nice looking combination but Suarez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lowley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Suarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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 Joe Lowley will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Suarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lowley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lowley slips under a jab from Suarez.
A punch combination from Lowley misses.
Suarez misses with an uppercut
letting Lowley counter with a right hand.
Lowley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Suarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joe Lowley is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from Lowley misses.
A nice combination there by Suarez.
Lowley misses with a wild combination.
Suarez misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Lowley misses.
Lowley misses with a body punch
and Suarez counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Suarez looks to land a left hand but Lowley moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Lowley. Those never looked like landing.
Lowley throws a looping overhand right but Suarez ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Suarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Suarez.
Lowley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Suarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Suarez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lowley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Suarez throws an overhand right that lands on Lowley's shoulder, as Lowley tries to avoid the shot.
Suarez throws a nice looking combination but Lowley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lowley lands with a nice body punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lowley.
Suarez misses with an uppercut. Lowley saw that one coming.
Suarez throws a hook to the side of Lowley's head but Lowley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sloppy strikes from Suarez. Those never looked like landing.
Lowley connects with a right hand. Suarez shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Suarez drops his hands momentarily and Lowley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lowley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Suarez eats them both and turns towards Lowley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Suarez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lowley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Suarez tries a low kick but Lowley avoids it.
Lowley throws a series of strikes that have Suarez backpedaling.
Lowley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Suarez.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lowley misses with the combination.
Suarez misses with a few strikes there.
Suarez throws a series of punches but Lowley avoids them all with ease.
Lowley tests Suarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Lowley scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Suarez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Lowley throws a right and a left that Suarez avoids nicely.
Lowley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Suarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lowley circles away quickly and effectively.
Lowley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Suarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lowley connects with a nice looking jab.
Lowley throws a predictable looking body shot
and Suarez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lowley lands a glancing blow to the side of Suarez's head.
Lowley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suarez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Suarez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Suarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lowley moves away.
Suarez misses with a double jab.
A combination from Suarez does no damage.
Lowley lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lowley.
Suarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Suarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lowley.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.
Suarez swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.
Lowley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Suarez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lowley throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez loads up on a big right hand but Lowley slips the punch.
Suarez dodges the punch combination from Lowley.
Jason Suarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe Lowley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A punch combination from Suarez misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joe Lowley.
Well Lowley 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 30:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joe Lowley!