PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasem Suleimani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Voller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suleimani's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Busta Rhymes - Arab Money. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Suleimani
vs
Voller

186 cm
30
204 lbs
18 - 9 - 2

191 cm
38
218 lbs
35 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Machine Fight Gear

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 18 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Qasem Suleimani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Voller!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suleimani fakes the leg kick and cracks Voller in the body.
Voller is looking to clinch but Suleimani is avoiding it.
Suleimani is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Voller misses with a hook.
Suleimani throws a quick counter head kick but Voller was just out of range.
Voller misses with a body kick.
Voller throws a sloppy head kick and Suleimani moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Suleimani.
Suleimani swats away the attempt to clinch by Voller.
A jab from Voller misses.
Voller clobbers Suleimani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice shot lands for Voller.
Suleimani moves out of range as Voller throws a body kick.
Suleimani was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Voller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lars Voller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Voller has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voller tries to work over Suleimani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Voller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Suleimani.
Voller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Voller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voller misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voller tries to throw a body punch but Suleimani avoids it by throwing Voller back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Voller throws an elbow but misses.
Suleimani blocks the elbow strike.
Suleimani lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Suleimani works on Voller's body with a couple of short punches.
Suleimani lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Voller breaks the clinch.
Voller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suleimani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Suleimani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Suleimani tries to work over Voller's front leg with a kick but Voller checks it.
Voller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Voller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Suleimani can pounce on him.
Suleimani misses with a body shot
and Voller counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voller is looking to clinch but Suleimani is avoiding it.
Voller tries to clinch up.
Suleimani scores with a hook to the body. Voller takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Voller fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Voller gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Suleimani's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Voller connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Suleimani scrambles back to his feet.
Voller tries to close the distance and clinch but Suleimani swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suleimani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Voller.
Voller on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lars Voller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suleimani looks for the body kick but Voller saw that one coming.
Voller takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Voller closes the distance and pushes Suleimani back into the cage.
Voller tries to throw a body punch but Suleimani avoids it by throwing Voller back against the cage.

Voller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Voller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Suleimani's head.
Suleimani stuns Voller with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Suleimani shoots in looking for a takedown but Voller manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Suleimani's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Voller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voller tries to clinch but Suleimani moves away
and Suleimani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Voller takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Voller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Suleimani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Voller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Suleimani lands a left hand.
Voller throws an elbow that misses.
Suleimani prevents Voller from breaking the clinch.
A body shot lands from Suleimani.
Suleimani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voller wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suleimani misses with a punch on the inside.
Suleimani lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Voller.
Voller blocking some punches.
Suleimani works on Voller's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Suleimani.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voller misses with a punch to the body.
Voller misses with a punch to the body.

Voller breaks from the clinch.
Voller is looking to clinch.

Suleimani takes the fight into the clinch.
Suleimani avoids a wild elbow strike from Voller.
Voller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voller takes a shot to the head.
Voller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Voller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Suleimani.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Suleimani blocks the elbow strike.
Suleimani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voller's elbow.
Suleimani avoids a wild elbow strike from Voller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qasem Suleimani dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Suleimani throws a push kick but Voller slaps the foot to one side.
Suleimani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Qasem Suleimani is winning the standup battle so far.
Suleimani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suleimani avoids the head kick by Voller.
Voller throws a head kick but Suleimani moves out of range.
Suleimani blocks a head kick by Voller.
Suleimani feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Voller doesn't manage to clinch there - Suleimani circles away.
Voller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Suleimani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Voller misses with a looping left.
Voller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Suleimani scores with a decent looking hook.
Suleimani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Voller can do to turn this around?
Voller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Voller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Suleimani.
Voller has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Suleimani finds it's way round the side to connect with Voller's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Voller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Voller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Suleimani connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleimani scores with a decent looking hook.
Suleimani scores with a hook.
A head kick misses from Voller.
Voller lands a jab.
Suleimani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Voller's sensitive parts.
Voller throws a looping overhand right but Suleimani ducks down to avoid it.
Voller throws a sloppy head kick
and Suleimani counters with a straight right hand.
Suleimani throws a half hearted mid kick.
Voller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Voller closes the distance but Suleimani moves to the side
and Suleimani counters with a straight right hand.
Suleimani feints a jab promting Voller to slip. Suleimani then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Voller slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suleimani fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Voller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Suleimani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voller wants to clinch up but Suleimani keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Suleimani does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Voller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Suleimani.
Voller is looking to land body kicks.
Voller tries to clinch but Suleimani moves out of range.
Suleimani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Voller gets tackled into the cage by Suleimani. Suleimani maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from Voller.
Suleimani softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Voller tries a body shot but Suleimani blocks it.
Voller misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Voller as the two fighters clinch.
Voller can't find room to land a body shot as Suleimani controls the action.
Voller is looking to break free of the clinch but Suleimani has double underhooks.
Suleimani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voller is trying to break free.
Suleimani lands a hook that snaps the head of Voller backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani takes an elbow to the forehead.
Qasem Suleimani has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Voller is trying to break free.
Suleimani blocks an elbow strike from Voller.
Voller's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Suleimani breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Suleimani gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Suleimani fails to land.

Suleimani breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suleimani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Voller's sensitive parts.
Voller tries to close the distance and clinch but Suleimani swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suleimani does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Suleimani clobbers Voller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Suleimani throws a body punch but Voller moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Voller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Voller misses its intended target.
Suleimani connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Voller.
Voller misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voller misses with a low kick.
Voller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Suleimani counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voller misses with a low kick as Suleimani jumps back.
Suleimani cracks Voller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Suleimani throws a head kick that misses.

Suleimani sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Voller to the ground! Suleimani dives into full mount looking to finish!

Voller is rocked!
Voller regains half guard.
Suleimani trying to control from half guard but Voller is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suleimani keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qasem Suleimani dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Voller rushes Suleimani and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Voller tries to work over Suleimani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Voller throws an elbow that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Suleimani - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Suleimani's brow.
Voller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Voller.
Voller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suleimani scores with a shot to the side of Voller's head.
Suleimani lands with a light punch inside.

Suleimani is trying to trip Voller. He has hold of a leg but Voller is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Suleimani persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Voller trying to control the position.
Suleimani is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voller looking for a sweep. Not yet Voller, not yet.
Suleimani prevents Voller from getting back to his feet.
Suleimani postures up and lands a big shot to Voller's brow.

Voller isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Suleimani stacks Voller on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Suleimani!
Suleimani creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Voller gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Suleimani looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Suleimani winds up and cracks Voller with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Suleimani working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Voller taking some punishment here, with Suleimani in his half guard.
Voller on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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. Suleimani connects with a nice short shot to Voller's temple.
Qasem Suleimani overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Suleimani wants to lay and pray for a moment but Voller keeps working.
Nice strikes from Suleimani there.
Suleimani stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voller wants to improve his position but Suleimani is controlling well.
Lars Voller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suleimani slips a nice elbow through Voller's hands, connecting with Voller's forehead.
Voller trying to control but Suleimani postures up.
Voller is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Suleimani wants to take a breather but Voller is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Suleimani takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Suleimani lands a nice short elbow.
Voller tries to get to full guard but Suleimani has control of the leg.
Voller works his way to full guard. Good work.

Suleimani avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Suleimani connects with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Qasem Suleimani showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suleimani has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Qasem Suleimani!
During a confident post fight interview, Qasem Suleimani thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.