PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gidian Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Suzuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes to the cage accompanied by Overcome by All that Remains. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Suzuki

190 cm
22
190 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

186 cm
23
194 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gidian Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thiago Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzuki wants to slow Stone down by chopping away at his legs.
Thiago Suzuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Suzuki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stone as he avoids it easily.
Suzuki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Suzuki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suzuki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Suzuki throws a jab when Stone was well out of range.
Suzuki feints and then cracks Stone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stone down.
Suzuki clobbers Stone with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Suzuki misses with a head kick.
Suzuki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Stone swats away the attempt to clinch by Suzuki.
Suzuki shoots for a takedown but Stone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Suzuki moves in looking to clinch but Stone pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Suzuki throws a lazy right hand but Stone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suzuki throws a hook but Stone avoids it easily.
Stone takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Suzuki throws a lazy right hand but Stone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suzuki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stone doesn't seem bothered though.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Suzuki manages to avoid it.
Suzuki throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Suzuki thumps Stone with a low kick.
Suzuki tries to clinch up.
Stone throws out a loose jab but Suzuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suzuki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Suzuki ducks down to avoid it.
Stone chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Suzuki can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Suzuki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suzuki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Suzuki swings away with a body shot that misses
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stone throws a jab when Suzuki was well out of range.
Stone misses with a straight left.
Suzuki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Suzuki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Suzuki throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.
Suzuki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stone checks it well.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Suzuki.
Suzuki connects with a body shot.
Stone looks to land a right hand but Suzuki moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suzuki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Suzuki.
Stone misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Suzuki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stone moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stone throws a nice looking combination but Suzuki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gidian Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Suzuki.
Suzuki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stone sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gidian Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Suzuki.
Suzuki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone misses with a straight right.
Suzuki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stone throws a predictable looking body shot
and Suzuki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Suzuki.
Suzuki misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.
Suzuki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suzuki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Suzuki tries to clinch up.
Suzuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
Suzuki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
Stone misses with a straight left.
Stone thuds a left hand into Suzuki's body.
A jab from Stone misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Stone.
A slapping leg kick lands for Suzuki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Suzuki dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Suzuki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stone is out of range and Suzuki settles back down.
Stone checks the leg kick.
A jab from Suzuki misses.
Suzuki is looking to score with low kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Stone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Suzuki tried to score with a low kick but Stone checks it.
Stone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stone just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Stone misses.
Stone scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Suzuki scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Suzuki.
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Suzuki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Suzuki wants to finish this one by submission but Stone is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Suzuki.
Suzuki looking to finish with strikes here!
Stone is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Suzuki thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Suzuki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Suzuki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone is squirming around, avoiding Suzuki's attempts to control the action.

Stone defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Suzuki.
Suzuki cracks Stone with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki landing punches.
Suzuki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stone is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
You get the feeling that Stone really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Suzuki goes for an armbar but Stone turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Stone.
Suzuki wants to improve his position but instead Stone has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Suzuki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Suzuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Suzuki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suzuki. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Suzuki doesn't seem bothered though.
Stone scores with a punch to the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Suzuki.
Stone slips a jab from Suzuki.
Suzuki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Suzuki tries to work over Stone's front leg with a kick but Stone checks it.
A swing and a miss from Stone.
Suzuki misses the shot to the body.
Suzuki misses the shot to the body.
Suzuki throws a leg kick but Stone moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzuki throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thiago Suzuki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Suzuki tries to land a leg kick but Stone saw it coming and moves away.
A big right from Stone misses.
Stone avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stone stuns Suzuki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Suzuki ducks down to avoid it.
Stone walks into a stiff left hand from Suzuki.
Suzuki throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Stone is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suzuki.
Stone throws a low kick but Suzuki moves out of range easily.
Stone misses the jab.
Stone misses with a hook to the body

and Suzuki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Suzuki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stone is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Suzuki has gone for a leg lock! Stone slips out almost immediately though and dives into Suzuki's guard.
Suzuki is trying to control the position but Stone postures up.
Stone has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Suzuki is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone stopping the sweep attempt from Suzuki.
Suzuki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Suzuki working a defensive guard here.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Thiago Suzuki hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Suzuki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thiago Suzuki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Suzuki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone throws a body punch but Suzuki moves out of range.
Stone misses with a straight left.

Suzuki moves into the clinch successfully.
Suzuki misses with a body punch.
Suzuki lands a body shot.
Suzuki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stone backwards.

Suzuki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gidian Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suzuki throws an overhand right that lands on Stone's shoulder, as Stone tries to avoid the shot.
Stone defending well as Suzuki loads up on a big left hand.
Suzuki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stone lands a slapping body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Suzuki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Suzuki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Suzuki!