PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Loke Sabel (ranked 25383 p4p, 5667 weight class) and Slop Quickley (ranked 668 p4p, 619 weight class). Quickley has chosen Cuttin' Headz as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sabel
vs
Quickley

182 cm
18
214
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
18
205
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 St Petersburg, Loke Sabel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Slop Quickley!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quickley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sabel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quickley throws a head kick but Sabel moves out of range.

Sabel drives through with a takedown into Quickley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sabel postures up and lands a big shot to Quickley's brow.
Quickley trying to keep a closed guard but Sabel is proving a slippery customer.
Sabel content to stall in guard here.
Sabel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sabel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quickley on the ground.
Sabel landing some decent shots from guard.
Sabel being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabel trying to control the position from guard on top but Quickley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sabel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabel works over Quickley with some ground and pound from guard.
We've been hearing that Sabel has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sabel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sabel is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sabel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Quickley keeping moving, preventing Sabel from controlling successfully.
Sabel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quickley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sabel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Quickley should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sabel is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quickley keeping moving, preventing Sabel from controlling successfully.
Sabel wanted to stand there but Quickley had control of the position.
Sabel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sabel trying to control the position from guard on top but Quickley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sabel distracts Quickley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sabel lands a couple of elbows.
Sabel with a nice head shot there.
Sabel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quickley's head.

Quickley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabel trying to control the position from guard on top but Quickley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabel throwing strikes but missing.

Quickley has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Sabel is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Quickley looks winded!
Sabel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Quickley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sabel jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Quickley walks away with a smile on his face. Sabel gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Sabel shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Quickley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sabel wants to control from the top but Quickley keeps moving.
Sabel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sabel's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sabel engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sabel is in close to Quickley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sabel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sabel scoring with some ground and pound.
Sabel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sabel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sabel distracts Quickley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sabel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sabel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sabel with a nice head shot there.
Sabel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Loke Sabel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Quickley stuffs the takedown.
Slop Quickley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sabel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Quickley as he jumps to the side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sabel is looking to break free of the clinch but Quickley has double underhooks.
Quickley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sabel blocks it with crossed arms.
Sabel is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loke Sabel. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Quickley drags the fight down to the ground.

Quickley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sabel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sabel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sabel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Quickley is keeping the position for now.
Sabel throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabel landing with the ground and pound.
Sabel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quickley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sabel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sabel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Quickley is breathing heavily.
Sabel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Quickley is rocked!
Quickley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sabel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Quickley is still in real trouble! Can Sabel finish him?
Sabel connects with a couple of short punches.
Sabel's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sabel loads up on a big left hand. Quickley felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sabel looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Quickley can't hide his disappointment, as Sabel celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Loke Sabel!
The defeated Slop Quickley had this to say: 'This will never happen again. I promise you that. If it does, I will slit my stomach open with a short sword.'.