PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcellus Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Suarez
vs
Anderson

169 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

DC Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcellus Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suarez shoots and misses

and Anderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Suarez avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Anderson avoiding damage as Suarez throws knees to the body.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Anderson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Anderson goes for a takedown attempt but Suarez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Suarez gets tackled into the cage by Anderson. Anderson maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Suarez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Anderson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Suarez is in Anderson's guard.
Suarez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Suarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Suarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Suarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Suarez stops Anderson from standing up.
Suarez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Anderson is proving hard to escape from.
Anderson wants to stand up but Suarez is controlling him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Anderson drives through and clinches with Suarez against the cage.
Suarez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anderson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Suarez prevents it.
Marcellus Suarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Anderson.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson just leaning against Suarez, taking a breather.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Suarez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.

Anderson pulls guard.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Suarez is having none of it.
Suarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Suarez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Suarez dives into side control.
Anderson wants to get back to his feet.
Anderson bucks up and tries to throw Suarez off but instead Suarez has got his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to stand back up.

Suarez looking for the choke but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Suarez seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Anderson's chin but Anderson turns very nicely into Suarez's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Anderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcellus Suarez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Anderson forces Suarez back against the cage and clinches.

Anderson pulls Suarez into guard.
Marcellus Suarez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Suarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Suarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Anderson is looking to stand back up but Suarez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Anderson.

Suarez is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez stops Anderson from getting back to his feet.
Suarez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Anderson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Suarez slips a nice elbow through Anderson's hands, connecting with Anderson's forehead.
Suarez scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Suarez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Anderson pushes Suarez off and gets back to his feet.
Anderson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Suarez if he has to take too many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Suarez down.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Suarez back into the cage.

Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Suarez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anderson somewhat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Suarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Anderson looks to move away, Suarez throws a big counter combo but Anderson just gets out of the way.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anderson is defended easily by Suarez.

Suarez has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four 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.
Suarez avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Suarez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Suarez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Suarez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Suarez working aggressively here.
Anderson jumps guard but Suarez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Marcellus Suarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Anderson.
Suarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Suarez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

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

Anderson moves into the clinch.

Suarez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Suarez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Richard Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Anderson as Suarez shoots in.
Richard Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson darts in looking for a takedown but Suarez gets double underhooks and turns Anderson into the cage.

Anderson instigates a clinch.

Anderson drags the fight down to the ground.
Suarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Suarez cracks Anderson with a solid left hand.
Suarez lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson has wrist control.
Suarez postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Suarez lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Suarez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.

Suarez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Suarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Anderson darts in and clinches Suarez up against the cage.
Anderson looking for a takedown.
Suarez working aggressively here.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson wants to break free but Suarez has control.
Suarez just leaning against Anderson, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Suarez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Marcellus Suarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Anderson.
Suarez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Anderson counters with a one-two to the body.

Anderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suarez has Anderson pressed against the cage, preventing Anderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Suarez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Anderson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suarez avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Anderson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Suarez moves out of range easily.
Suarez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marcellus Suarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Suarez tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Suarez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suarez.
Suarez feinted with a counter takedown.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Suarez is looking for a counter combo.
Suarez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Anderson pinned against the cage. Anderson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Anderson moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Anderson!
After the big win, Richard Anderson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors DC Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.