PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Brady (ranked 5480 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Suave (ranked 5478 p4p, 0 weight class). Brady comes to the cage accompanied by Whose Line - Best of Wayne Brady. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Brady
vs
Suave

182 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Brady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rico Suave!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brady cracks Suave with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A left lands for Brady.

It looks like Rico Suave has been cut.
Suave moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Suave will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A lazy left from Brady finds it's target.
Good exchange - Brady coming out on top.
Brady digs a good hook to Suave's body.
Brady lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brady lands with a straight right. Suave didn't see that one coming.

Suave is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suave throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brady is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Suave.
Brady blocks a leg kick.
Brady looks to score with a jab to the body but Suave is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Suave.
Suave thows a body kick. Brady tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Suave gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Brady throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Suave tumbling to the canvas!
Suave is still in real trouble! Can Brady finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady loads up on a big left hand. Suave felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Brady looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Suave can't hide his disappointment, as Brady celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Brady!
After the fight, Wayne Brady was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.