PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Damien OQuinn (ranked 23976 p4p, 23534 weight class) and Tom Louis (ranked 713 p4p, 688 weight class). OQuinn's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, King Von Ft Lil Durk - All These N**gas. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

OQuinn
vs
Louis

189 cm
22
185
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
24
183
10 - 6 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damien OQuinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Louis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract OQuinn.
Damien OQuinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OQuinn looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
Louis is trying to counter with his kicks.
Louis connects with a looping right hand.
OQuinn looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
Louis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
OQuinn throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis throws out a leg kick but OQuinn moves out of range and Louis only half commits.
OQuinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
OQuinn lands a jab to the nose.
Louis lands a glancing blow to the side of OQuinn's head.
OQuinn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
OQuinn lands a head shot.
Louis misses with the combination.
Louis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OQuinn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
OQuinn moves away from the strike by Louis.
Nice body punch from OQuinn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Louis misses with a straight right.
Louis misses with a hook. OQuinn ducked under it nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from OQuinn misses its target.
OQuinn cracks Louis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
OQuinn staying out of range there.
Louis looks to score with a jab to the body but OQuinn is just out of range.
OQuinn ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
OQuinn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Louis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
OQuinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louis moves away.
OQuinn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Louis.
OQuinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louis lands with a slapping head kick.
Louis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling OQuinn to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
OQuinn lands with a right hand.
OQuinn lands a nice shot that snaps Louis's head back.
Louis slips under a jab from OQuinn.
OQuinn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and OQuinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
OQuinn looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
OQuinn throws a jab when Louis was well out of range.
OQuinn throws a hook but Louis blocks it.
OQuinn blocks a head kick by Louis.
Louis cracks OQuinn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OQuinn.
OQuinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louis moves away.
Louis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Louis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
That kick from OQuinn tenderised Louis's leg. Louis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
OQuinn jabs Louis right on the nose. Louis blinks but takes it well.
Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OQuinn.
Louis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

OQuinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louis.
OQuinn misses with a hook
and Louis counters with a nice body kick.
Louis keeps OQuinn at a distance using the push kick.
Damien OQuinn is winning the standup battle so far.
OQuinn misses the body punch
and Louis counters with a straight right hand.
OQuinn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Louis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louis swings widly with a right hand
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
OQuinn looks to land a right hand but Louis moved out of range.
OQuinn cracks Louis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Louis staying out of range there.
Louis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
OQuinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Louis.
OQuinn falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Louis to counter with a crisp jab.
Louis looks to land a left hand but OQuinn moved out of range nicely.
Louis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches OQuinn on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Louis takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - OQuinn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by OQuinn there.
Louis missing with a left hand there. OQuinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
OQuinn swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
OQuinn is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big right from OQuinn misses.
Louis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
OQuinn throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
OQuinn swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Louis is trying to counter with his kicks.
OQuinn lands a body shot.
OQuinn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Louis is looking to chop away at OQuinn's legs.
Louis fails to land with a series of punches.
Louis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for OQuinn.
Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. OQuinn doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn throws a hook but Louis avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from OQuinn misses.
OQuinn connects with a crisp jab.
OQuinn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Louis connects with a body shot that sends OQuinn's belly button to the back.
OQuinn with a nice cross.
OQuinn thuds his right hand into Louis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
OQuinn lands with a right hand.
OQuinn digs a good body shot into Louis's ribs.
OQuinn connects with a body shot.
OQuinn lands with a straight right. Louis didn't see that one coming.
OQuinn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
OQuinn lands with a nice body punch.
Louis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but OQuinn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
OQuinn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Louis counters with a left and a right that stings OQuinn.
Louis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Damien OQuinn dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Louis moves away from the strike by OQuinn.
It looks like OQuinn has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
OQuinn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
OQuinn throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from OQuinn.
OQuinn lands with a nice body punch.
Louis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
OQuinn takes a jab right on the kisser.
OQuinn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from OQuinn.
OQuinn throws a series of punches but Louis moves out of range.
OQuinn throws a shot from downtown. Louis moves away and avoids it.
Louis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Louis misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OQuinn slips under a jab.
OQuinn lands a jab-cross combination.
OQuinn catches Louis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Louis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Louis misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from OQuinn.
OQuinn throws out a loose jab but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
OQuinn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
OQuinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Louis.
A jab from OQuinn misses.
OQuinn throws a lazy uppercut
and OQuinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from OQuinn misses its intended target.
Tom Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
OQuinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Louis.
Louis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from OQuinn.
Louis moves out of range as OQuinn strikes.
Louis walks into a stiff left hand from OQuinn.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Louis's shoulder, as Louis tries to avoid the shot.
OQuinn just misses with a punch to the body.
OQuinn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn swings widly with a right hand
letting Louis counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis throws a hook but OQuinn blocks it.
Louis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Louis throws a looping overhand right but OQuinn ducks down to avoid it.
Louis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
OQuinn misses with a double jab
and Louis counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. OQuinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
OQuinn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Louis can do to turn this around?
Louis throws a nice looking combination but OQuinn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
OQuinn looks to land a right hand but Louis moved out of range.
Louis looks to land a left hand but OQuinn moved out of range nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
OQuinn lands a nice shot that snaps Louis's head back.
OQuinn throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
OQuinn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Damien OQuinn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
OQuinn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Louis.
OQuinn misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien OQuinn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well OQuinn 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Damien OQuinn!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Damien OQuinn!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Damien OQuinn!

Damien OQuinn wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Damien OQuinn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Tom Louis spoke after the fight, saying 'Hats off to my opponent, looking forward to the rematch!'.