PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Nuclear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nuclear's choice of entrance music: Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass. Trinidad Suarez had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Suarez
vs
Nuclear

183 cm
28
200 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

188 cm
32
209 lbs
21 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trinidad Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, David Nuclear!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nuclear.
Suarez walks into a straight right hand from Nuclear.

It looks like Trinidad Suarez has been cut.
Suarez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nuclear.
Nuclear is looking to clinch.
David Nuclear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nuclear throws a body punch but Suarez moves out of range.
Nuclear tries to bum rush Suarez with a series of wild strikes but Suarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuclear throws a sloppy body shot

and Suarez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Nuclear!
Suarez working the body and head with strikes.
The ground and pound from Suarez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nuclear keeping his opponent close.
Sloppy strikes there by Suarez.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nuclear takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nuclear can do anything to dispel that myth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Suarez just content to control the position.
Suarez grinds an elbow into Nuclear's temple.
Nuclear is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nuclear keeps trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez working the ground and pound.
Suarez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nuclear is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Suarez working the ground and pound from side control.
Suarez 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.
Suarez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Suarez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nuclear is looking to reverse the position.
Suarez cracks Nuclear with a big elbow.
Nuclear controls the position for a moment.
Nuclear tries to improve position but can't.
A bit of a lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuclear tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Suarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nuclear defending against the ground and pound.
Suarez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suarez grinds an elbow into Nuclear's temple.
Nuclear is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nuclear struggling a bit here.
Suarez trying to control the action but Nuclear is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Nuclear's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Suarez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Nuclear down.
Nuclear takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Suarez in side control, throwing shots but Nuclear defends.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nuclear tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Suarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Suarez cracks Nuclear with a big right hand but Nuclear just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Suarez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez working the body and head with strikes.
Nuclear struggling a bit here.
Nuclear really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Suarez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nuclear is trying to get back to half guard.
Nuclear struggling a bit here.
We've been hearing that Suarez has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Suarez is working Nuclear over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nuclear tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Suarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nuclear takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nuclear stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Suarez working away.
Suarez lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nuclear on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Nuclear is looking for a sweep.
Nuclear takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Nuclear is rocked!
Suarez lands a few punches from side control.
Nuclear is still in real trouble! Can Suarez finish him?
Suarez lands a strong strike to the head of Nuclear. That's dazed him! Suarez looking to finish here. Nuclear is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Suarez lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trinidad Suarez!