PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Carlito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Quid
vs
Carlito

170 cm
22
149 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Quid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rob Carlito!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quid drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Quid might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Quid trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlito wants to sweep but no luck.
Quid tries to free his leg and advance position but Carlito is retaining full guard.
Carlito pulls Quid in close to prevent any damage.
Carlito trying to keep a closed guard but Quid is proving a slippery customer.
Quid keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Carlito's head.
Carlito managing to control the position.
Let's hope that Carlito has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Quid is stalling in the full guard.
Quid seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Carlito for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlito has control of Quid's left arm, preventing Quid from doing any damage.

Carlito looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Quid trying to control but Carlito is working from the bottom.
Quid postures up.
Quid has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Quid tries to free his leg and advance position but Carlito is retaining full guard.

Carlito looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Quid content to stall in guard here.
Carlito trying to keep a closed guard but Quid is proving a slippery customer.
Quid wants to control from the top but Carlito keeps moving.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Quid drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Quid looking to pass the guard.
Quid preventing the sweep.
Quid tries to free his leg and advance position but Carlito is retaining full guard.
Quid trying to control but Carlito is working from the bottom.
Quid sitting in guard here, content to control.
Carlito is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Carlito wants to sweep here but Quid controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Carlito gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Carlito controls Quid momentarily but Quid frees himself.
Quid has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carlito is proving hard to escape from.
Carlito trying to control the position.
Quid looking to pass the guard.
Quid trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlito wants to sweep but no luck.

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.
Quid slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Carlito is looking for a triangle but Quid pushes his legs off easily.
Carlito looks gassed!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Quid closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Carlito wants to control but Quid postures up.
Quid staying calm.
Carlito is not content to let Quid control the position.
Carlito is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quid dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Carlito has his takedown stuffed

so Quid counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Quid tries to free his leg and advance position but Carlito is retaining full guard.
Carlito is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Quid trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlito wants to sweep but no luck.
Carlito is breathing heavily.
Quid is fighting to break Carlito's control of his arms but Carlito is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Quid drives through with a takedown into guard.
Quid is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Quid pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carlito is keeping the position for now.
Carlito is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Carlito can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Quid controls the pace.
Carlito tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Quid trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlito looking for a sweep. Not yet Carlito, not yet.
Quid controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Quid trying to control but Carlito is working from the bottom.
Quid being controlled here momentarily.
Carlito not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Quid trying to control but Carlito is working from the bottom.
Quid 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Johnny Quid just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Quid shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Carlito tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Quid pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carlito is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quid is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Quid forces his way into half guard.
Quid takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carlito looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Quid wants to stand but Carlito has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Quid not doing much here.
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. Quid connects with a nice short shot to Carlito's temple.
Quid stalling.
Carlito is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Quid scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carlito tries to get to full guard but Quid has control of the leg.
Johnny Quid overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Quid tries to pass to full mount but Carlito defends it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Quid scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Quid shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Quid wants to control the pace but Carlito is squirming around nicely.
Quid with a couple of short strikes.
Carlito wants to control but Quid is having none of it.
Quid sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Quid prevents Carlito from getting the reversal.
Quid looking to control but Carlito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Quid landing strikes from the mount.
Quid is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Carlito can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Carlito regains half guard.
Quid sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carlito defending well though.
Carlito is trying to maintain the position but Quid is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Carlito is trying to maintain the position but Quid is very close to passing his half guard.
Carlito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Quid with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carlito is in trouble now - Quid has advanced to mount!
Quid controlling the position easily from mount.
Carlito is working to get back to half guard.
Quid can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Carlito is looking to escape.
Quid looking to control and managing it successfully.
Quid wants to control the pace but Carlito is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Carlito is looking to get to half guard.
Carlito sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Carlito is looking to control Quid's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carlito avoid being mounted?
Quid controlling the action here.
Carlito wants to control but Quid is keeping busy.
Quid looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Carlito is trying to maintain the position but Quid is very close to passing his half guard.
Quid stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Johnny Quid just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Quid tries to score with a low kick but Carlito moves his leg out of the way.

Quid feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Quid trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlito working a defensive guard here.
Quid trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlito working a defensive guard but Quid manages to pass into side control anyway.
Carlito can't do much from the bottom here.
Quid working the head with strikes.
Quid taking a breather here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Carlito gets caught flat footed, as Quid shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Quid showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Quid 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Quid!