PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Janhino Suerto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suerto comes into the arena with 50 Cent-Ready For War (Remix) blaring out of the sound system. Carver is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Machine Gun - Manu Chao. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Suerto
vs
Carver

170 cm
26
151 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

176 cm
24
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Janhino Suerto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Carver!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suerto shoots for a takedown but Carver saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Carver throws a series of punches but Suerto avoids them all with ease.
Carver misses with a combination

and Suerto counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Carver!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Suerto misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Suerto has control of Carver's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Carver regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Carver is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Carver tries to reverse the position but Suerto maintains control.

Suerto looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Suerto looking to finish Carver with some ground and pound. This is bad for Carver!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suerto thowing shots but they're missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver is trying desperately to improve position.
Carver tries to hold on but Suerto pushes him away.
Suerto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Suerto jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Carver is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Carver and Suerto has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Suerto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Suerto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Carver's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Suerto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Carver some visible discomfort.
Carver manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suerto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Carver is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Suerto throwing shots but Carver is blocking nicely.

Suerto wants to work for an arm triangle but Carver is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carver has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Suerto is working away from the top position though.
Carver is looking for a sweep. Suerto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Carver makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Some wild striking there from Carver.
Carver misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver misses with a series of wild punches.
Carver misses with the combination.
Carver throws a nice looking combination but Suerto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carver fails to land with a series of punches.
Suerto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dante Carver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suerto was well out of range. Poor timing from Carver.
Carver throws a right and a left that Suerto avoids nicely.
Carver lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Carver.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suerto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suerto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carver.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Carver lands with an overhand left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suerto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janhino Suerto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carver tries to bum rush Suerto with a series of wild strikes but Suerto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carver swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Suerto counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Janhino Suerto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Suerto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Suerto misses with a body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Suerto.
Carver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carver comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Carver goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice jab there from Carver.
Suerto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carver throws a series of punches but Suerto avoids them all with ease.
Carver throws a right hand that Suerto ducks under and follows up with a left that Suerto also avoids with ease.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Suerto's head but Suerto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Carver. Those never looked like landing.
Carver moves away from the strike by Suerto.
Carver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suerto.
Carver misses with a two punch combination.
Suerto shoots in for a takedown but Carver shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carver throws a shot from downtown. Suerto moves away and avoids it.
Suerto shoots for a double leg takedown but Carver sprawls well. He's pushed Suerto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janhino Suerto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carver scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Carver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dante Carver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carver swinging wildly here.
Carver misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Carver misses.
Carver misses with the combination.
Carver moves out of range of the strikes.
Suerto fails to land with a series of punches.
Suerto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carver misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver misses with a wild combination.
Carver scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Suerto closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Carver did well to prevent Suerto getting side control.
Carver trying to control here.

Carver makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Suerto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Carver looks to land a combination but Suerto avoids it well.
Suerto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suerto shoots in for a double leg but Carver sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Suerto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Suerto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carver's waist but Carver gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Suerto off to one side.
Carver throws a series of punches but Suerto moves out of range.
Carver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suerto fails with a takedown attempt.
Dante Carver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Carver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Carver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suerto.
Sloppy strikes from Carver. Those never looked like landing.
Carver throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, jab by Carver - just one landing.
Carver misses with a two punch combination.
Suerto shoots in for a takedown but Carver shows good takedown defense.
Carver stuffs the takedown.
Some wild striking there from Carver.
Suerto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suerto circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver works over Suerto's head and body with a nice combination.
Suerto fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janhino Suerto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carver throws a left and a right that both miss

and Suerto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Suerto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Carver tries to roll over but Suerto keeps him under control.

Suerto is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Carver sees it coming and defends easily.

Suerto wants to work for an arm triangle but Carver is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Suerto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suerto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Suerto is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Suerto working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suerto works his way into side control.
Carver is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Suerto has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Carver tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carver sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Carver blocking the ground and pound attempt from Suerto.
Suerto is looking to advance position but Carver won't allow it.

Suerto is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Carver sees it coming and defends easily.

Carver actively working from the bottom here.

Suerto seems to be working for a kimura but Carver defends the submission attempt.

Carver actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suerto working the head and body with strikes.
Suerto is thwarting Carver's attempts to control the position.
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. Suerto connects with a nice short shot to Carver's temple.

Carver looking for submissions off his back.

Suerto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carver pushes Suerto off looking to stand but Suerto dives back in and keeps control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Janhino Suerto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Suerto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Dante Carver!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Dante Carver!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Janhino Suerto!

Dante Carver wins by split decision!
Our winner, Dante Carver, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.