PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Suan Paredes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdullah Sagaltici (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paredes
vs
Sagaltici

178 cm
31
175 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Suan Paredes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdullah Sagaltici!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagaltici dodges the punch combination from Paredes.
Paredes swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Sagaltici counter with a right hand.
Paredes throws the left hand but Sagaltici avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Paredes.
Abdullah Sagaltici seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sagaltici throws a right and a left that Paredes avoids nicely.
Paredes avoids the head kick by Sagaltici.
Paredes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sagaltici punishes Paredes's body with a nice straight punch.
Sagaltici tries to close the distance and clinch but Paredes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Paredes. Those never looked like landing.
Paredes blocks a head kick by Sagaltici.
Sagaltici tries to clinch but Paredes moves away
and Paredes counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Abdullah Sagaltici has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sagaltici tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sagaltici throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sagaltici moves to clinch but Paredes breaks away

and Paredes lands a stunning uppercut that sends Sagaltici to the mat!

Sagaltici is rocked!
Paredes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sagaltici is still in real trouble! Can Paredes finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sagaltici can do anything to dispel that myth.
Paredes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sagaltici seems to have recovered his senses.
Paredes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sagaltici does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paredes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paredes stalling away here and it's allowed Sagaltici to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Paredes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paredes stands up over Sagaltici, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Paredes trying to control the position from guard on top but Sagaltici is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paredes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sagaltici swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paredes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paredes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paredes wants to control from the top but Sagaltici keeps moving.
Sagaltici preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paredes is in close to Sagaltici's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sagaltici wants to sweep but no luck.
Sagaltici being controlled here, momentarily.
Paredes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paredes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paredes throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sagaltici controls Paredes momentarily but Paredes frees himself.
Paredes is pushing down on Sagaltici's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sagaltici is fighting to maintain full guard but Paredes has managed to sneak the leg through.
Paredes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sagaltici defending well though.
Sagaltici controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagaltici gets back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Paredes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paredes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sagaltici avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sagaltici really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paredes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sagaltici looking to control.
Paredes looking to pass the guard.
Paredes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paredes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Paredes passes Sagaltici's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagaltici wants to control but Paredes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sagaltici keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Paredes working over Sagaltici with some ground and pound. Sagaltici looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sagaltici wants to control but Paredes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sagaltici is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Paredes thows a huge punch but Sagaltici dodges it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sagaltici wants to improve his position but Paredes is controlling well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagaltici keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Paredes thows a huge punch but Sagaltici dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suan Paredes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abdullah Sagaltici's cut.
That's time! Paredes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sagaltici throws a wild body kick that Paredes sees coming a mile off.
Nice sprawl there from Sagaltici as Paredes shoots in.
Sagaltici tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sagaltici misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick from Sagaltici lands but Paredes takes it in his stride.
Sagaltici moves away from the strike by Paredes.
Sagaltici is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sagaltici with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sagaltici tries to clinch but Paredes moves out of range.
Sagaltici scores with a nice body kick.
Sagaltici throws a head kick that misses.
Paredes throws a jab but it's blocked by Sagaltici.
Paredes avoids the head kick by Sagaltici.
Sagaltici scores with a jab to the body.
Paredes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sagaltici is looking to clinch.

Sagaltici pushes Paredes up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagaltici misses with a punch on the inside.

Sagaltici escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch lands to the side of Paredes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sagaltici misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sagaltici tries to close the distance and clinch but Paredes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paredes throws a right hand that Sagaltici ducks under and follows up with a left that Sagaltici also avoids with ease.
Paredes blocks a jab.
Sagaltici bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Paredes swats away the attempt to clinch by Sagaltici.
Paredes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sagaltici wants to clinch.
Paredes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sagaltici tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Paredes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paredes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sagaltici fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paredes manages to avoid it.
Paredes keeps the fight on the outside.
Sagaltici tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paredes was well out of range. Poor timing from Sagaltici.

Sagaltici has managed to clinch.

Sagaltici breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sagaltici stuns Paredes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Paredes misses with an uppercut.
Suan Paredes is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sagaltici lands a head kick!
Decent striking displayed by Paredes there.
Paredes misses the shot to the body.
Sagaltici is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Paredes rather than just go for the knockout.
Sagaltici jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sagaltici throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sagaltici feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Paredess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredes throws a hook but Sagaltici avoids it easily.
Abdullah Sagaltici is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sagaltici gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Paredes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sagaltici wants to stand up but Paredes is controlling him.
Sagaltici is breathing heavily.
Sagaltici wants to sweep here but Paredes controlling him for the moment.
Sagaltici is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sagaltici working a defensive guard but Paredes manages to pass into side control anyway.
Paredes landing strikes.
Suan Paredes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paredes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sagaltici down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paredes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Paredes is putting a hurting on Sagaltici here, landing some big shots from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paredes throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Paredes tries to score with some ground and pound. Sagaltici controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sagaltici managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Paredes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sagaltici is working to avoid the ground and pound but Paredes connects with a decent elbow.
Paredes looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sagaltici is avoiding damage well.
Sagaltici takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Paredes in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagaltici tries to bench press Paredes off him but Paredes keeps the position.
Paredes in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Paredes cracks Sagaltici with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Paredes immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Sagaltici is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Paredes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suan Paredes!
Suan Paredes managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Empire Threads, into his post fight interview.