PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Terranova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niall Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Terranova has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Terranova
vs
Quinn

199 cm
24
270 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
255 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Terranova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Niall Quinn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn lands with a kick to the temple. Terranova shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Quinn misses with a head kick.
Quinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Terranova throws a one two combo.
Terranova fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quinn misses with a looping left.
Terranova swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Terranova tries to clinch there but Quinn circles away.
Terranova tries to clinch but Quinn is having none of it.
Terranova tries to work over Quinn's front leg with a kick but Quinn checks it.
Terranova lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Quinn or perhaps it was just good defense by Terranova which made him look bad.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quinn. That did some damage!
Quinn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Terranova fails with an attempt to clinch.
Terranova cracks Quinn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Quinn misses with a looping left.
Terranova pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terranova tries to clinch up.
Quinn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Terranova finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Antonio Terranova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terranova turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quinn keeps the fight on the outside.
Terranova wants to clinch up but Quinn keeps it at a distance.
Terranova is trying hard to land a takedown here. Quinn sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Terranova fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Quinn is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova cracks the inside of Quinn's front leg.
Quinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Terranova moves in looking to clinch but Quinn pushes him off.
Quinn keeps the fight on the outside.
Terranova tries to clinch there but Quinn circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terranova looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Terranova tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Quinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terranova fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quinn throws a series of punches but Terranova avoids them all with ease.
Quinn cracks Terranova with a good jab.
Quinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Terranova.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terranova looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terranova wants to clinch up but Quinn keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Terranova dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Terranova looks to land a left hand but Quinn moved out of range nicely.
Terranova throws a right and a left that Quinn avoids nicely.
Terranova tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Terranova throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Quinn's waist but Quinn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Terranova off to one side.
Quinn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Terranova. Terranova obviously looking to wear him down.
Terranova goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Terranova.
Antonio Terranova is winning the standup battle so far.
Quinn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Terranova. Terranova obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova tries to clinch but Quinn is having none of it.
Quinn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Terranova misses with a low kick.
Terranova on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Terranova pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Terranova fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Terranova.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Terranova pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Terranova looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Terranova plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Terranova throws the left hand but Quinn avoids the punch easily.
Terranova is looking to land body kicks.
Terranova fails with an attempt to clinch.
Terranova throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn slaps away a takedown attempt from Terranova, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Quinn moves out of range of the body kick.
Terranova fails to land with a series of punches.
Terranova throws a nice head kick!
Terranova throws a low kick but it's checked well by Quinn.
Quinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Terranova shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Quinn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Terranova is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Terranova trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Terranova looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn is wriggling around trying to escape.
Quinn is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Terranova dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Quinn checks a leg kick.
Quinn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Terranova misses with a body kick.

Quinn closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Quinn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Terranova is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Terranova regains half guard.
Terranova is looking to improve his position.
Quinn is thwarting Terranova's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn tries to pass to full mount but Terranova defends it.

Quinn is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Terranova trying to control from the bottom.

Quinn is looking for a kimura here.
Quinn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Terranova is trying to maintain the position but Quinn is very close to passing his half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Terranova tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Quinn tries a head kick but it misses.
Terranova swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Quinn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Terranova is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quinn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Quinn checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Terranova throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quinn.
Quinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Terranova.
Terranova fails in his attempt to clinch.
Terranova misses with an attempted mid kick.
Antonio Terranova is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Terranova fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niall Quinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Terranova wants to clinch.
Terranova slaps away a takedown attempt from Quinn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Terranova misses with a low kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Terranova throws a shot from downtown. Quinn moves away and avoids it.
Antonio Terranova is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quinn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Niall Quinn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Terranova 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Antonio Terranova!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Antonio Terranova!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Antonio Terranova!

Antonio Terranova wins by unanimous decision!