PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Lowley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lowley
vs
Suarez

225 cm
25
212 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

194 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Lowley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Suarez throws a shot from downtown. Lowley moves away and avoids it.
Lowley misses with a double jab.
Suarez looks to land a right hand but Lowley moved out of range.
Suarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Suarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lowley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Suarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Suarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lowley circles away quickly and effectively.
Lowley slips a jab from Suarez.
Suarez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lowley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Suarez.
Lowley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Some bone on bone action there as Lowley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Suarez moves forwards but Lowley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suarez looks to land a combination. Lowley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Suarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suarez scores with a jab to the body.
Lowley misses with a double jab.
Suarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lowley.
Suarez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Suarez under the eye.
Lowley tries to bum rush Suarez with a series of wild strikes but Suarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suarez swings for the body but Lowley moves out of range.
Suarez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some wild striking there from Suarez.
Lowley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suarez throws out the jab.
Suarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lowley misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Suarez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lowley swinging wildly here.
Lowley misses with a series of wild punches.
Suarez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lowley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lowley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lowley tries to bum rush Suarez with a series of wild strikes but Suarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez throws a nice looking combination but Lowley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suarez lands the left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Suarez. Those never looked like landing.
Lowley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suarez looks to throw the jab but Lowley is out of range.
Lowley misses with a double jab.
Suarez throws a right hand that Lowley ducks under and follows up with a left that Lowley also avoids with ease.
Suarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Lowley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suarez throws out the jab.
Suarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Lowley is just out of range.
Suarez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lowley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lowley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lowley connects with the punch.
Suarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lowley.
Suarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Suarez misses with a few strikes there.
Lowley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lowley misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lowley is breathing heavily.
Lowley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lowley swinging wildly here.
Suarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suarez throws a lazy right hand but Lowley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suarez throws a series of punches but Lowley moves out of range.
Suarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lowley throws a jab when Suarez was well out of range.
Lowley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Suarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Lowley is just out of range.
Lowley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Suarez. Suarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lowley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lowley lands a jab.
Lowley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Suarez on the side of the head.
Lowley slips a jab and a cross from Suarez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lowley.
Suarez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Suarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Suarez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lowley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good standup being displayed there by Lowley as he connects with a hook.
Lowley looks to score with a jab to the body but Suarez is just out of range.
Lowley connects with a nice looking jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Suarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lowley moves away.
Suarez misses with a hook. Lowley ducked under it nicely.
Lowley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lowley duly obliges.
Lowley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Suarez takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suarez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lowley slips a straight right by Suarez.
Lowley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Suarez momentarily.
Lowley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lowley throws a right and a left that Suarez avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Lowley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Suarez thows a body shot but no joy.
Lowley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Suarez counters with a straight right hand.
Lowley lands a jab.
Suarez is looking to land body kicks.
Suarez lands a body shot.
Suarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lowley manages to avoid it.
Lowley misses with a double jab.
Suarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice combination there by Lowley.
Lowley throws a series of punches but Suarez avoids them all with ease.
Lowley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Suarez misses with a body kick.
Lowley ducks under a wild hook from Suarez.
Suarez throws a combination that misses
and Lowley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lowley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Suarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Lowley works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowley cracks a nice hook into Suarez's ribs.
Lowley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Suarez counters with a series of strikes. Lowley will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lowley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lowley throws a right and a left that Suarez avoids nicely.
Suarez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Suarez swings for the body but Lowley moves out of range.
Suarez looks to land a combination but Lowley avoids it well.
Lowley misses with a wild combination.
Lowley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Suarez on the side of the head.
Lowley misses with a few strikes there.
Joe Lowley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lowley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lowley throws a right hand that Suarez ducks under and follows up with a left that Suarez also avoids with ease.
Suarez looks to land a left hand but Lowley moved out of range nicely.
Suarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lowley.
Suarez tries to bum rush Lowley with a series of wild strikes but Lowley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suarez misses with an uppercut.
Joe Lowley is winning the standup battle so far.
Lowley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez tries to bum rush Lowley with a series of wild strikes but Lowley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suarez misses with an uppercut. Lowley saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Lowley is just out of range.
Suarez with a hook.
Lowley lands a jab to the head.
Suarez defending well as Lowley loads up on a big left hand.
Suarez misses the jab.
Suarez throws a wild body kick that Lowley sees coming a mile off.
Suarez misses with the combination.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.
Suarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lowley manages to avoid it.
Lowley throws a one two combo.
Suarez cracks Lowley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowley misses with a wild combination.
Lowley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lowley blocks the body kick.
Suarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Suarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Suarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Suarez misses with a combination
and Lowley counters with a nice uppercut.
Lowley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Suarez in his tracks.
Lowley tries to bum rush Suarez with a series of wild strikes but Suarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.
Lowley throws a right hand that Suarez ducks under and follows up with a left that Suarez also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Suarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suarez misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Suarez swinging wildly here.
Lowley misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Suarez.
Lowley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Suarez.
Suarez misses with a looping left.
Suarez misses with a wild combination.
Lowley misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez misses with a double jab.
Lowley misses with a series of wild punches.
Lowley scores with the left hand. Suarez knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jason Suarez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Lowley slips a jab and a cross from Suarez.
Suarez misses with the combination.
No joy there for Suarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lowley stuns Suarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lowley swinging wildly here.
Lowley fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Lowley does no damage.
Suarez throws a right hand that Lowley ducks under and follows up with a left that Lowley also avoids with ease.
Lowley moves out of range as Suarez throws a body kick.
Lowley cracks Suarez with a good jab.
Lowley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lowley walks into a jab.
Lowley misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lowley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Suarez backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez misses the jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Suarez as he connects with a hook.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lowley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lowley scores with a hook.
Suarez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lowley finds it's way round the side to connect with Suarez's head.
Lowley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lowley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Suarez.
Suarez slips a jab and a cross from Lowley.
Lowley lands the left hand.
Suarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lowley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suarez moves away.
Lowley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Suarez.
Lowley slips a jab and a cross from Suarez.
Suarez scores with a nice head shot.
Lowley lands a body shot.
Lowley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suarez drops his hands momentarily and Lowley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lowley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Suarez. Suarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Lowley.
A combination from Suarez does no damage.
Suarez looks to throw the jab but Lowley is out of range.
Suarez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Suarez duly obliges.
Lowley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Suarez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lowley cracks Suarez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Suarez.
Suarez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Suarez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lowley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lowley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suarez misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lowley clobbers Suarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Suarez misses with a hook. Lowley ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Suarez.
Sloppy strikes from Lowley. Those never looked like landing.
Suarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lowley.
Lowley misses with a double jab.
Suarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lowley.
Lowley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lowley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lowley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Suarez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Lowley works over Suarez's head and body with a nice combination.
Suarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez throws an off balance right hand
and Lowley counters with a three punch combo that has Suarez backing up. Suarez nods at Lowley to acknowledge the strikes.
Suarez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Suarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lowley was well out of range. Poor timing from Suarez.
Lowley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suarez.
Suarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Suarez misses.
Suarez walks into a straight right hand from Lowley.
A punch combination from Lowley misses.
Suarez loads up on a big right hand but Lowley slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suarez. Lowley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lowley misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lowley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lowley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Suarez misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joe Lowley.
Well Lowley 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Lowley!