PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Misaki Suzuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Evans
vs
Suzuki

176 cm
22
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Misaki Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzuki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Evans drops Suzuki with a left and a right! Oh, Suzuki is hurt - Evans dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Misaki Suzuki has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Suzuki can do anything to dispel that myth.
Evans wants to stand but Suzuki has his arm trapped.
Suzuki is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Evans's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Evans postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Suzuki to stand up.
Suzuki looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.
A combination from Evans does no damage.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Patrick Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misaki Suzuki.
Suzuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans tries to bum rush Suzuki with a series of wild strikes but Suzuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Suzuki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans has hold of Suzuki's hands but Suzuki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Evans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Suzuki on the ground.

Suzuki is looking for a kimura here.
Suzuki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Suzuki throwing shots but Evans is blocking nicely.
Suzuki passes the guard and advances to mount!
Suzuki looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Evans that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Suzuki won't let Evans get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Suzuki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Suzuki scoring with strikes but Evans is staying in there.
Suzuki landing punches.

Evans is rocked!
Evans in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Evans is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice elbow there by Suzuki.
Suzuki throwing strikes here but Evans is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Evans seems to have got his legs back now.
Evans wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Suzuki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Evans tries to buck Suzuki off but he can't manage it.
BOOM! Suzuki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Suzuki breaks from Evans's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Evans is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Suzuki dominating with strikes here.
Evans wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Suzuki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
Suzuki with shots to the head and body - Evans looks very uncomfortable down there.
Suzuki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Evans can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
The referee warns Evans that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Suzuki cracks Evans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Suzuki looking to finish Evans with some ground and pound. This is bad for Evans!
Evans tries to buck Suzuki off but he can't manage it.
Suzuki with the ground and pound from mount.

Suzuki is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Evans is surviving well by controlling Suzuki's body position as best he can.
Suzuki scoring with strikes but Evans is staying in there.
Suzuki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Suzuki scoring with strikes but Evans is staying in there.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Evans trying desperately to get to his feet.
Suzuki working Evans over with strikes here.
Suzuki cracks Evans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Suzuki landing strikes from the mount.
Evans is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki lands with some strikes.
Suzuki punishing his opponent with strikes.
Suzuki working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Suzuki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Suzuki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Suzuki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Suzuki landing strikes, looking to finish!
Suzuki is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Suzuki scoring with strikes but Evans is staying in there.
Evans is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Suzuki dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Suzuki.
Evans is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Suzuki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Suzuki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Suzuki scoring with strikes but Evans is staying in there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suzuki lands a big elbow.
Evans's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Suzuki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Evans takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Evans is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Suzuki lands a nice shot to the head.
Suzuki landing strikes from the mount.
Suzuki looking to finish Evans with some ground and pound. This is bad for Evans!
Evans is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Suzuki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Suzuki postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Evans looks a forlorn figure.
Suzuki with a couple of short strikes.
Suzuki lands a big elbow.
Suzuki cracks Evans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suzuki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Suzuki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Evans is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Suzuki lands with some strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Suzuki dominating with strikes here.
Suzuki unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misaki Suzuki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Misaki Suzuki's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Suzuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Suzuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suzuki.
Suzuki shoots in for a double leg but Evans sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Patrick Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misaki Suzuki.
Suzuki closes the distance and clinches up with Evans, looking for a takedown. Suzuki pushes Evans against the ropes but Evans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Suzuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
Horrible takedown by Suzuki or perhaps it was just good defense by Evans which made him look bad.
Suzuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
Suzuki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Suzuki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suzuki.
Suzuki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Suzuki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Evans pinned against the cage. Evans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Suzuki is breathing heavily.
Suzuki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Suzuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Suzuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Suzuki shoots in but Evans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Suzuki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Suzuki shoots in and drives through. Evans sprawls well.
Suzuki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Evans pinned against the cage. Evans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Suzuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Suzuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Suzuki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Suzuki looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.
Suzuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Suzuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Evans but Evans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Suzuki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Evans is fending him off so far but Suzuki persists. Nope, Evans circles away and we're back to standing.
Suzuki shoots in but no luck this time.
Suzuki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Evans stuffs the takedown attempt from Suzuki. Suzuki gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Evans as he jumps to the side.
Patrick Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Suzuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Suzuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Suzuki fails with the takedown.
Suzuki fails with a takedown attempt.
Suzuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense.
Nice sprawl there from Evans as Suzuki shoots in.
Suzuki misses with a takedown attempt - Evans sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Suzuki fails to land the takedown.
Patrick Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans stuffs the takedown.
Suzuki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Evans's waist but Evans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Suzuki off to one side.
Suzuki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Suzuki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evans tries to avoid it but Suzuki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evans to the ground. Evans escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Evans as he jumps to the side.
Suzuki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evans tries to avoid it but Suzuki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evans to the ground. Evans escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Suzuki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Suzuki shoots in for a double leg but Evans sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Suzuki shoots for a takedown but Evans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Suzuki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Evans's waist but Evans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Suzuki off to one side.
Suzuki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Evans swivels and escapes.
Evans stuffs the takedown attempt from Suzuki. Suzuki gets slowly back to his feet.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Evans as he jumps to the side.
Suzuki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Suzuki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Evans's waist but Evans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Suzuki off to one side.
Suzuki fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for Suzuki on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suzuki.
Suzuki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Suzuki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evans tries to avoid it but Suzuki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evans to the ground. Evans escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Suzuki looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Evans as he avoids it easily.
Suzuki misses with a takedown attempt - Evans sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Suzuki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Evans pinned against the cage. Evans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Suzuki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Suzuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
Suzuki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Evans's waist but Evans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Suzuki off to one side.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense.
Suzuki shoots in but Evans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Evans stuffs the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Suzuki or perhaps it was just good defense by Evans which made him look bad.
Evans stuffs the takedown.
Patrick Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Suzuki shoots for a takedown but Evans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for Suzuki on that attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Evans as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Evans as Suzuki shoots in.
Suzuki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Evans pinned against the cage. Evans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Misaki Suzuki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Evans is looking to clinch.
Evans swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Suzuki avoids the head kick by Evans.
Suzuki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Suzuki fails to land the takedown.
Suzuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Evans but Evans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Patrick Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misaki Suzuki.
Evans rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suzuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Evans throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Evans tries to bum rush Suzuki with a series of wild strikes but Suzuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Suzuki blocks the body kick.
Suzuki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Evans swivels and escapes.
Suzuki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Suzuki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Suzuki stops Evans from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Suzuki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Suzuki is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Evans is trying to stand back up but Suzuki is controlling him
Suzuki working over Evans with some ground and pound. Evans looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
Misaki Suzuki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Suzuki working Evans over with strikes.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Evans throws a left that rocks Suzuki and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Evans dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Suzuki regain composure!

Suzuki is rocked!
Suzuki regains half guard.
Suzuki is still in real trouble! Can Evans finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suzuki wants to improve his position but Evans is controlling well.
Suzuki manages to get to full guard.
Suzuki seems to have recovered his senses.
Evans wants to stand but Suzuki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Evans manages to get himself to full guard.

Suzuki gets to his feet. Evans looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Evans throws a sloppy head kick and Suzuki moves out of range easily.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Suzuki fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Suzuki with that takedown attempt.
Evans moves in looking to clinch but Suzuki pushes him off.
Evans is looking to clinch.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Suzuki closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Suzuki lands in his opponent's guard.
Evans is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Suzuki stands up and waves to Evans to follow him.
Suzuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki fails with a takedown attempt.

Suzuki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Evans tries to kick Suzuki off but Suzuki keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Suzuki connects with a nice short shot to Evans's temple.
Evans pushes Suzuki off looking to stand but Suzuki dives back in and keeps control.

Suzuki is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Suzuki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Evans is trying to stand up here but Suzuki is controlling him well.
Evans trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ground and pound from Suzuki.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Evans fails to land with a series of punches.

Suzuki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Suzuki advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Evans really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Suzuki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Suzuki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Suzuki lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Evans hang on?
Suzuki has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Evans's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suzuki landing punches.
You get the feeling that Evans really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Evans is in a horrible position here. Suzuki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Suzuki is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Suzuki won't let Evans get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Suzuki lands with some strikes.
Suzuki lands a nice shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Suzuki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Evans is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Suzuki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Suzuki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Evans really wants to buck Suzuki off and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Misaki Suzuki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Suzuki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!