PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raul Suils (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nadim Tutek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Suils
vs
Tutek

191 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raul Suils!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nadim Tutek!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suils fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tutek keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Tutek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suils shoots in for a double leg but Tutek sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Suils fails with the takedown.
Suils misses with a series of wild punches.
Tutek feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Suils's calf.
Suils throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tutek's waist but Tutek gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Suils off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raul Suils. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tutek dodges the punch combination from Suils.

Tutek shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tutek was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tutek pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tutek lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Suils really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suils is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tutek controlling from mount.
Suils is looking to get to half guard.
Suils is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Tutek controlling the pace for now.
Tutek prevents Suils from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Tutek working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Suils squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Suils is breathing heavily.
Suils is looking to improve his position but Tutek isn't that keen on the idea.
Tutek content just to control the position here.
Suils keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutek scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tutek controlling from the full mount.
Suils is trying to escape the mount.
Suils is squirming around, avoiding Tutek's attempts to control the action.
Suils is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tutek controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Suils can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nadim Tutek dominated that round.
That's time! Suils's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Suils scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tutek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Suils clinches.
Suils has had enough of the clinch but Tutek keeps him there for the moment.

Tutek has Suils pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tutek pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Suils tumbling to the mat - Tutek dives into Suils's guard.
Suils tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tutek must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Suils bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tutek's guard.
Suils thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Suils throws and elbow that misses. Tutek uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Suils's guard. Nice move by Tutek!
Suils is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suils has a closed guard, preventing Tutek from standing up.
Suils keeping moving, preventing Tutek from controlling successfully.
Suils looking for a sweep. Not yet Suils, not yet.
Suils is looking to stand up but Tutek isn't so interested in that idea.
Tutek is looking to stand up but Suils won't let him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Suils shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tutek counters with a body kick that stops Suils in his tracks momentarily.
Suils with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tutek counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Suils thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Suils has his takedown stuffed

and Tutek counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raul Suils. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suils trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Tutek wants to control from the top but Suils keeps moving.
Suils tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Suils manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Suils throwing strikes here but Tutek is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Suils thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Suils sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutek tries to reverse the position but Suils maintains control.
Tutek wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Suils.
Suils looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Suils misses with a head shot.
Tutek is in a horrible position here. Suils smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tutek is working to get back to half guard.
Tutek is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Suils is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Suils working Tutek over with strikes here.
Suils throwing strikes here but Tutek is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Suils prevents Tutek from getting the reversal.
Suils is landing with some decent strikes but Tutek is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tutek blocking the ground and pound.
Suils looking to finish with strikes here!
Suils lands a nice shot to the head.
Suils is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tutek can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Poor strikes thrown by Suils there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nadim Tutek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Suils darts in trying to clinch
and Tutek counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Suils misses with a takedown attempt

and Tutek counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Suils has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tutek is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Suils is fighting off a takedown attempt but Tutek is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Suils to the mat. Suils regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Suils trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Suils 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.
Suils can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tutek controls the pace.
Suils wants to improve his position but instead Tutek has moved into half guard.
Suils wants to improve his position but Tutek is controlling well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tutek blocks the strikes from Suils.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suils is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Suils tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Tutek has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Tutek sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Suils keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tutek can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Suils is looking to escape.
Suils really wants to buck Tutek off and get back to his feet.
Suils is in all sorts of trouble here.
Suils swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Suils is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Suils regains half guard.
Tutek performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suils missing with punches from the bottom.
Tutek is keen to just control but Suils is a slippery customer.
Suils throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Suils misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Suils is looking to improve his position.
Suils is looking to get back to is feet but Tutek passes into side control.
Suils tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Suils closes the distance looking to clinch

and Tutek counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tutek stops Suils from standing up.
Tutek pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Suils is keeping the position for now.
Suils wants to sweep here but Tutek controlling him for the moment.
Nadim Tutek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tutek looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Suils tries to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nadim Tutek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tutek winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nadim Tutek!