PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olle Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Quid could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Olle Koskinen's chin.

Quid
vs
Koskinen

173 cm
23
154 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

173 cm
23
150 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Knock Out Artistry

Knock Out Artistry
Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Quid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olle Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koskinen loads up on a big right hand but Quid slips the punch.
Koskinen ducks under a wild hook from Quid.
Koskinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quid moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Koskinen needs to keep his hands up - Quid had a free shot at his head there.
Koskinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koskinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quid.
Olle Koskinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Koskinen misses.
Jab, jab by Koskinen - just one landing.
Koskinen looks to land a right hand but Quid moved out of range.
Koskinen lands with a shot to the body.

Quid has closed the distance and engaged Koskinen in a clinch.
Koskinen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Quid walks away with a smile on his face. Koskinen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Koskinen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Quid misses with a double jab
and Quid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quid pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quid stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Koskinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Quid.
Koskinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Quid is rocked!

It looks like Johnny Quid has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koskinen lands with a cross.
Oh Quid is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Quid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koskinen.
Quid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koskinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Koskinen waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Quid. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Quid to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Koskinen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Quid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koskinen.
Quid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quid misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quid takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Quid seems to have got his legs back now.
Quid scoring well with a low kick there.
Koskinen scores with a decent looking hook.
Koskinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quid stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Quid is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koskinen defending well as Quid loads up on a big left hand.
Quid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koskinen dips to his left and cracks Quid with an uppercut!
Koskinen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quid in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with an uppercut. Quid saw that one coming.
Koskinen throws the left hand but Quid avoids the punch easily.

Quid moves into range and clinches up with Koskinen.
Koskinen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Koskinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koskinen lands with an overhand left.
Quid wants to land a leg kick but Koskinen is out of range.
Koskinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Quid had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Koskinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koskinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quid at a distance.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
Koskinen missing with a left hand there. Quid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quid wants to clinch.
Koskinen misses with an uppercut.
Koskinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Quid misses with a body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Koskinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koskinen.
Quid wants to clinch up but Koskinen keeps it at a distance.
Koskinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koskinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quid can pounce on him.
Koskinen looks to land a right hand but Quid moved out of range.
Quid tries to clinch up but Koskinen circles away and keeps his distance.

Koskinen waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Quid. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Quid to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Koskinen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Koskinen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Quid is proving hard to escape from.
Quid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koskinen is pushing down on Quid's leg trying to pass to half guard. Quid is fighting to maintain full guard but Koskinen has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Quid manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Koskinen scores with a nice head shot.
Quid wants to clinch.
A combination from Quid does no damage.
Good exchange - Koskinen coming out on top.
Koskinen throws a shot to the body.
Koskinen misses with a straight left.
Koskinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Quid's hands.
Quid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quid moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koskinen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Koskinen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Koskinen counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olle Koskinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Quid's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Koskinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Koskinen throws a combination that misses
and Quid counters with a nice low kick that buckles Koskinen's knee momentarily.
A slow jab from Koskinen misses its intended target.
Koskinen misses with a straight left.
Quid scores with a spinning back kick!
Koskinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koskinen missing with a left hand there. Quid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quid takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Quid.
A slow jab from Koskinen misses its intended target.
Donk. Quid catches Koskinen right on the button with a cross.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Quid.

Quid has closed the distance and engaged Koskinen in a clinch.

Koskinen manages to break the clinch.
Quid closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Koskinen misses with a body punch
and Quid counters with a thumping low kick.
Koskinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quid.
Koskinen throws a hook but Quid blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quid darts in and clinches Koskinen up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Quid.
Koskinen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quid is leaning against Koskinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Koskinen is breathing heavily.
Quid lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koskinen backwards.
Quid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Quid looking for a takedown.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Quid is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Koskinen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from Quid.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Quid.
Koskinen has Quid pressed against the cage.
Quid works on Koskinen's body with a couple of short punches.
Quid works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quid prevents Koskinen from breaking the clinch.

Koskinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Koskinen misses the target.
Quid jabs at Koskinen's body.
The fighters circling - Koskinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quid misses with the combination.
Koskinen scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid dodges the punch combination from Koskinen.

Quid rushes Koskinen and presses him up against the cage.
Koskinen scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Koskinen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Koskinen is trying to break the clinch but Quid is controlling him.

Quid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koskinen misses with a straight left.
Quid thumps Koskinen with a low kick.
Quid connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koskinen circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Koskinen counter with a right hand.
Johnny Quid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quid misses with a two punch combination.
Quid moves in looking to clinch but Koskinen pushes him off.
Koskinen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Koskinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen cracks Quid with a right hand to the side of the head.
Quid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koskinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Quid tries to clinch up.
Quid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koskinen.
Quid ducks under a wild hook from Koskinen.
Quid avoids the body shot from Koskinen.
Quid wants to clinch up but Koskinen keeps it at a distance.
Quid gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Koskinen.
Koskinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Quid's hands.

Johnny Quid's cut is getting worse.
Koskinen lands a slapping body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olle Koskinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Koskinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Quid counters with a right hand to the body.

Quid instigates a clinch.
Koskinen lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen tries to circle away but Quid has him pinned against the cage.
Quid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen has had enough of the clinch but Quid keeps him there for the moment.
Koskinen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Koskinen has had enough of the clinch but Quid keeps him there for the moment.
Koskinen taking a breather.
Quid looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Koskinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koskinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quid.
Quid misses with a looping right.
Quid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Koskinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Quid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koskinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Quid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koskinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quid finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Koskinen misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quid dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Quid's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Quid, as that shot connected.
Koskinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Koskinen does no damage.
Koskinen misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Koskinen.
Koskinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koskinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Quid is just out of range.
Koskinen connects with the punch.
Koskinen misses with a body shot.

Quid gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Koskinen breaks from the clinch.
Quid wants to clinch but Koskinen slips to the side
and Koskinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Quid throws a low kick but it's checked well by Koskinen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koskinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quid.
Koskinen misses the jab.
Koskinen throws a looping overhand right but Quid ducks down to avoid it.
Koskinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Koskinen finds it's target.
Koskinen takes a swing at Quid's ribcage but misses.
Koskinen misses with a hook to the body

and Quid counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Quid creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Koskinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Quid.
Koskinen blocking some punches.

Quid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koskinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Quid clobbers Koskinen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Koskinen misses with a double jab

and Quid holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Koskinen blocking some punches.
Koskinen tries to pull guard but Quid holds him up against the cage and eventually Koskinen drops back down to his feet.
Koskinen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koskinen.
Quid throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koskinens head.

Koskinen breaks the clinch.
Quid lands a nice looking kick to the body. Koskinen takes a step back to recover.
Quid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koskinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Koskinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Koskinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Koskinen blocks the body kick.
Quid cracks Koskinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Koskinen throws a lazy right hand but Quid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koskinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Koskinen throws a lazy right hand but Quid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quid takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good shot there by Koskinen.

Quid gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Koskinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koskinen cracks Quid with a right hand to the side of the head.
Quid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koskinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koskinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid wants to clinch up but Koskinen keeps it at a distance.
A slow jab from Quid misses its intended target.
Quid takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Quid slips a jab from Koskinen.
Quid rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Koskinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quid takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Quid wants to clinch but Koskinen slips to the side
and Koskinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quid misses with a kick to the body.
Koskinen digs a good hook to Quid's body.

Quid darts in and clinches Koskinen up against the cage.

Koskinen manages to break the clinch.
Quid slips under a jab.
Koskinen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Quid counters with a stiff right hand.
Quid displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Koskinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quid's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Koskinen!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a looping right.
Koskinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Quid slips under a jab.
Quid ducks under a wild hook from Koskinen.
Koskinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koskinen takes a swing at Quid's ribcage but misses.
Koskinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Quid is just out of range.
Koskinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick from Quid misses.
Quid scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quid throws a solid leg kick but Koskinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Quid.
Koskinen clobbers Quid with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Quid moves into the clinch.
Quid misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olle Koskinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koskinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olle Koskinen!