PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tiao Macale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suan Paredes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macale's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Macale
vs
Paredes

173 cm
36
177 lbs
49 - 18 - 1

178 cm
27
175 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 49 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tiao Macale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Suan Paredes!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Macale.
Macale pushes Paredes away with a front kick.
Macale throws a head kick but Paredes moves out of range.
A big right from Paredes misses.
A big left from Macale misses.
Macale misses with a body kick.
Paredes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Macale lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paredes's sensitive parts.
Macale lands with a nice body kick.
Macale throws a lazy uppercut
and Paredes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Paredes slips under a jab from Macale.
Macale fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Paredes on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paredes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paredes blocks a jab.
Paredes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paredes moves away from the strike by Macale.
Macale misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Macale.
Tiao Macale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Macale lands a leg kick that knocks Paredes off balance momentarily.
Macale scores with a nice body kick.
Macale thumps Paredes with a low kick.
Macale misses with a head kick.
Macale stuffs the takedown attempt from Paredes. Paredes gets slowly back to his feet.
Paredes thows a body shot but no joy.
Macale defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Paredes.
Macale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paredes moves away.
Paredes misses with an uppercut. Macale saw that one coming.
Macale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Macale misses its intended target.
Paredes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macale throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale throws an overhand right that lands on Paredes's shoulder, as Paredes tries to avoid the shot.
Paredes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Paredes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macale throws out the jab.
Tiao Macale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paredes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Macale but Macale pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tiao Macale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Suan Paredes.
Paredes lands a jab.
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!
Paredes throws a shot from downtown. Macale moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot lands for Macale.

Paredes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Paredes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Macale's head.
Macale pulls Paredes in close to his closed guard and prevents Paredes from doing any damage or advancing position.
Paredes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale is pulling down on Paredes's head. It's preventing any offense from Paredes, at least for the moment.
Paredes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paredes stopping the sweep attempt from Macale.
Paredes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paredes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Macale is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Paredes manages to get himself to full guard.
Macale pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Paredes is keeping the position for now.
Macale is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Paredes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Macale manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paredes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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 Tiao Macale will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Macale displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paredes.
Paredes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Macale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paredes.
Nice shot by Macale.
Macale with a nice cross.
Paredes misses with the combination.
Macale throws a leg kick which misses Paredes's front leg but catches the back leg as Paredes tries to avoid it.
Macale throws a hook but Paredes blocks it.
Macale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Macale missing with a left hand there. Paredes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Macale finds it's way through Paredes's defenses.
Paredes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Macale.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A punch lands to the side of Paredes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Macale staying out of range there.
Paredes walks into a stiff left hand from Macale.
Macale connects with a body shot.
Macale moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Macale throws a hook but Paredes blocks it.
Paredes throws a right hand that Macale ducks under and follows up with a left that Macale also avoids with ease.
Paredes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Macale lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tiao Macale is winning the standup battle so far.
Macale scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Paredes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macale throws out the jab.
A big right from Macale misses.
Macale is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paredes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Macale lands a head kick. Paredes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Macale jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Paredes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Macale connects with a body shot.
Macale cracks Paredes with a good jab.
Macale dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Macale swings widly with a right hand
and Paredes counters with a nice uppercut.
Paredes throws out a loose jab but Macale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paredes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big right from Macale misses.
Paredes scores with a hook to the body. Macale takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice cross by Macale.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale missing with a left hand there. Paredes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Macale.
Macale scores with a sloppy right hand. Paredes should have avoided that one.
Nice shot lands for Macale.
Macale lands with a good body shot.
Macale throws an off balance right hand

and Paredes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Paredes.
Paredes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Paredes postures up in Macale's guard and throws a big left but Macale blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macale working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paredes.
Paredes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paredes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paredes postures up.
Paredes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paredes throws a strike but Macale rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Paredes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paredes pulls Macale in close to his closed guard and prevents Macale from doing any damage or advancing position.
Paredes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Macale.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paredes wants to sweep here but Macale controlling him for the moment.
Macale content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tiao Macale will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Macale misses with the combination.
Paredes scores with a jab to the head.
Macale throws a big shot that misses.
Paredes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Macale with a jab.
Paredes just misses with a punch to the body.
Macale misses with an uppercut. Paredes saw that one coming.
Paredes lands a right hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Macale.
Macale throws a hook to the side of Paredes's head but Paredes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Macale misses with an uppercut
and Paredes counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Tiao Macale has been cut.
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!
Macale jabs Paredes to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale misses with an uppercut.
Paredes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Macale.
Macale digs a good body shot into Paredes's ribs.
Macale scores with a jab to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Macale.
Paredes thows a body shot but no joy.
Paredes thows a body shot but no joy.
Paredes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Macale stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Macale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Macale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paredes lands a really nice looking cross but Macale seems unphased.
Paredes slips under a jab from Macale.
Macale pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Suan Paredes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paredes thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice sprawl there from Macale as Paredes shoots in.
Paredes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Macale lands a nice shot to the body.
A big right from Macale misses.
Macale throws a body punch but Paredes moves out of range.
Macale throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Macale buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Macale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Macale scores with the left hand. Paredes knows he should have avoided that one.
Paredes looks to throw the jab but Macale is out of range.
Paredes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Macale. Macale obviously looking to wear him down.
Macale misses with a hook. Paredes ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredes walks into a straight right hand from Macale.
A head kick misses from Macale.
Macale throws a looping overhand right but Paredes ducks down to avoid it.
Macale lands an overhand right.
Paredes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paredes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Macale.
A telegraphed right hand from Macale misses the target.
Macale works the jab nicely.
Macale throws a shot from downtown. Paredes moves away and avoids it.
Macale keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paredes.
Macale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Macale throws a right hand that misses
and Paredes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Macale misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale misses with an uppercut

and Paredes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Macale won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Macale wants to control but Paredes postures up.
Paredes lands a nice forearm strike.
Paredes lands a nice forearm strike.
Paredes throwing strikes but Macale manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Suan Paredes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Paredes can't do much from the bottom here.
Paredes is not content to let Macale control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paredes wants to control but Macale postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Suan Paredes.
I think Macale 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tiao Macale!
Tiao Macale was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.