PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between McGonner Cregor (ranked 3742 p4p, 407 weight class) and Patricio Suarez (ranked 6387 p4p, 427 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.

Cregor
vs
Suarez

178 cm
23
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, McGonner Cregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Patricio Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Suarez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Cregor misses with a hook
and Suarez counters with a series of strikes. Cregor will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cregor dodges the punch combination from Suarez.
Patricio Suarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suarez tries to clinch but Cregor is having none of it.
Cregor seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cregor throws a series of punches but Suarez avoids them all with ease.
Cregor ducks under a wild hook from Suarez.

Cregor pushes Suarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cregor obliges.

Cregor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cregor closes the distance and clinches up with Suarez, looking for a takedown. Cregor pushes Suarez against the cage but Suarez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Suarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cregor throws a head kick but Suarez moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez misses with a few strikes there.
Suarez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suarez closes the distance but Cregor moves to the side
enabling Cregor to counter with a crisp jab.
Cregor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cregor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Suarez tries to bum rush Cregor with a series of wild strikes but Cregor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suarez is looking to clinch but Cregor is avoiding it.
Suarez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cregor has Suarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Cregor can't get the takedown.

Suarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez lands a head kick!
Suarez throws a head kick but Cregor moves out of range.
Suarez works over Cregor's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Suarez looks winded!
Cregor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suarez lands with an uppercut that bounces Cregor off the cage and back into range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suarez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Suarez looks to move away, Cregor throws a big counter combo but Suarez just gets out of the way.
A combination from Suarez does no damage.
As Suarez looks to move away, Cregor throws a big counter combo but Suarez just gets out of the way.
Cregor dodges the punch combination from Suarez.
Cregor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cregor swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cregor.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suarez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cregor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suarez.
Cregor fails with a takedown attempt.
Suarez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for McGonner Cregor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suarez wants to clinch up but Cregor keeps it at a distance.
Suarez misses with the combination.
It looked like Cregor was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Suarez.

Cregor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Suarez breaks the clinch.
Suarez misses with a two punch combination.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Suarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cregor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Suarez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Suarez wants it to stay on the feet.
Suarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cregor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Patricio Suarez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez loads up on a big right hand but Cregor slips the punch.
Suarez tries to clinch there but Cregor circles away.
Suarez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cregor counters with a one-two to the body.

Suarez is rocked!
Cregor explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Suarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Cregor finish him?

Cregor has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Patricio Suarez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patricio Suarez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Suarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cregor counters with a left right combination that sends Suarez crashing to the mat - Cregor wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Suarez out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). McGonner Cregor!