PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Louis Sutherland (ranked 3149 p4p, 3082 weight class) and Martin Nejc (ranked 354 p4p, 348 weight class). Sutherland comes into the arena with Pressure blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sutherland
vs
Nejc

183 cm
25
185
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
195
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Louis Sutherland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Nejc!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nejc throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sutherland.
Nejc misses the shot to the body.
Louis Sutherland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sutherland slips under a jab from Nejc.
Sutherland misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sutherland moves out of range as Nejc strikes.
Sutherland gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nejc counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nejc misses with a wild body shot.
Sutherland feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nejc stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nejc wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Sutherland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nejc connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sutherland looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland ducks under a wild hook from Nejc.
Sutherland shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nejc pinned against the cage. Nejc gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nejc swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sutherland on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sutherland closes the distance and clinches up with Nejc, looking for a takedown. Sutherland pushes Nejc against the cage but Nejc circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sutherland has his takedown stuffed
and Nejc cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nejc just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Nejc misses.
Nejc tests Sutherland's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nejc defends it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Nejc on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Sutherland closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sutherland looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Nejc struggling a bit here.
Sutherland postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nejc is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Sutherland lands a few punches from side control.
Sutherland misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nejc tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sutherland wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nejc sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sutherland landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sutherland missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sutherland throwing shots but Nejc is blocking nicely.
Nejc keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sutherland lands strikes from half guard.
Nejc really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sutherland. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sutherland seems to be working for a kimura but Nejc defends the submission attempt.
Sutherland drops an elbow to the side of Nejc's head.
Nejc keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nejc is refusing to be controlled, as Sutherland sits in half guard.
Nejc is concentrating on defense, preventing Sutherland from advancing position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nejc trying to control but Sutherland postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Nejc dominated that round.
That's time! Sutherland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nejc scores with a nice head shot.
Nejc connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sutherland fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nejc looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sutherland tries for a takedown but Nejc sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nejc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sutherland manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Nejc. Those never looked like landing.
Nejc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nejc just misses with a punch to the body.
Sutherland blocks a jab.
Nejc bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Nejc throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Sutherland with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Sutherland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nejc.
Nejc misses with a double jab.
Sutherland fails to land the takedown.
Nejc slaps away a takedown attempt from Sutherland, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nejc's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sutherland under the eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nejc listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Louis Sutherland has been cut.
Nejc throws out a powerful jab.
Sutherland definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nejc keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sutherland.
Sutherland gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nejc cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Sutherland is rocked!
Nejc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin Nejc is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nejc misses with a straight right.
Sutherland attempts a counter takedown but Nejc avoids it well and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nejc avoids the body shot from Sutherland.
Sutherland has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sutherland there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oh Sutherland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sutherland tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nejc swivels and escapes.
Nejc now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nejc lands a jab to the head.
Nejc looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nejc drops Sutherland with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Sutherland! Nejc dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Nejc!
After the fight, Martin Nejc was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.