PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Johnson (ranked 4160 p4p, 4321 weight class) and Cleostrata Quintillus (ranked 0 p4p, 148 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Johnson
vs
Quintillus

185 cm
25
200
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
214
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barry Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cleostrata Quintillus!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quintillus with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Quintillus with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Quintillus thinking.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quintillus, pushing him back against the cage.
Quintillus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Quintillus misses with a body punch.
Quintillus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Quintillus has him pressed against the cage.
Quintillus wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Quintillus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quintillus can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Quintillus has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barry Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson is trying to maintain a safe position but Quintillus gets an underhook and turns Johnson into the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quintillus misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a series of strikes. Quintillus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt

and Quintillus counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Quintillus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Quintillus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Quintillus looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Johnson postures up.
Quintillus has a closed guard, preventing Johnson from standing up.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Quintillus is pulling down on Johnson's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Quintillus wants to sweep but no luck.
Quintillus controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quintillus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
Johnson trying to control but Quintillus is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintillus working a defensive guard here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quintillus swivels and escapes.

Quintillus closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johnson to the mat! Johnson manages to get full guard.
Quintillus wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Quintillus looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Quintillus looking for a sweep. Not yet Quintillus, not yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quintillus can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson postures up.
Quintillus wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barry Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quintillus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.
Quintillus misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No luck for Johnson with that takedown attempt.
Quintillus feints the counter takedown.

Quintillus scores with a takedown into Johnson's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson pulls Quintillus in close to his closed guard and prevents Quintillus from doing any damage or advancing position.
Quintillus landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintillus is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson has momentary wrist control but Quintillus slips an elbow through the middle.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Quintillus from controlling successfully.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Quintillus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Quintillus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Quintillus connects with a couple of short punches.
Quintillus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintillus lands a couple of digs.
Quintillus pushing down on Johnson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quintillus trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Quintillus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Quintillus drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Quintillus is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Quintillus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Quintillus lands with a punch from half guard.
Quintillus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Quintillus there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Quintillus connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as Quintillus sits in half guard.
Johnson has hold of Quintillus's hands but Quintillus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cleostrata Quintillus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Quintillus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Quintillus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Quintillus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Johnson is rocked!
Quintillus lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Johnson! More strikes land and this one is all over! Quintillus jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cleostrata Quintillus!
Cleostrata Quintillus was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.