PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Angelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Qasem Suleijmani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Qasem Suleijmani has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Angelo
vs
Suleijmani

184 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
217 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luiz Angelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Qasem Suleijmani!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Angelo slips under a jab from Suleijmani.
It looked like Angelo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Suleijmani.
Angelo lands with a nice combination. Suleijmani backs away looking to recover.
Suleijmani swings for the body but Angelo moves out of range.
Suleijmani lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Angelo circles away quickly and effectively.
Angelo throws a good cross that connects.
Suleijmani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Angelo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Suleijmani swings widly with a right hand
and Angelo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Angelo connects with a nice looking jab.
Angelo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Angelo there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Luiz Angelo has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Suleijmani on the inside.
Suleijmani scores with a shoulder strike.
Suleijmani lands a left hand.
Suleijmani throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Angelos head.

Angelo is rocked!
Suleijmani prevents Angelo from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleijmani scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Angelo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suleijmani prevents Angelo from breaking the clinch.
Angelo seems to have got his legs back now.
Angelo takes a shot to the head.
Suleijmani is leaning against Angelo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Suleijmani lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Suleijmani drops Angelo onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Angelo is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Angelo is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suleijmani scores with a shot to the side of Angelo's head.
Suleijmani pushes Angelo against the cage. Suleijmani is working some dirty boxing. Suleijmani pushes off with a quick right hook! Angelo goes down! Angelo tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Suleijmani moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Qasem Suleijmani!
During a confident post fight interview, Qasem Suleijmani thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.