PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between AJ Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Tsang (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.

Quinn
vs
Tsang

168 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, AJ Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Tsang!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quinn tries to clinch but Tsang is having none of it.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tsang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quinn wants to clinch.
Quinn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quinn lands a nice looking body kick.
Quinn moves in looking to clinch but Tsang pushes him off.
Tsang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quinn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quinn is looking to clinch.
Quinn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tsang as he avoids it easily.
Quinn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tsang as he avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quinn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quinn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quinn tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Quinn is looking to clinch.
Tsang blocks a head kick by Quinn.
Quinn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Quinn tries to clinch but Tsang is having none of it.
Quinn wants to clinch up but Tsang keeps it at a distance.
Tsang keeps the fight on the outside.
Quinn is looking to clinch.
Quinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quinn tries to clinch but Tsang is having none of it.
Quinn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tsang pinned against the cage. Tsang gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for AJ Quinn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsang keeps the fight on the outside.
Quinn shoots for a takedown but Tsang saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Quinn doesn't manage to clinch there - Tsang circles away.

Tsang scores a takedown into full mount!
Tsang lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Quinn hang on?

Quinn is rocked!
Quinn is breathing heavily.
Tsang putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Quinn is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tsang lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Quinn hang on?
Tsang raining down shots from the mount!
Tsang scoring with strikes but Quinn is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsang is landing with some decent strikes but Quinn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Quinn regains half guard.
Quinn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tsang scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tsang seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Quinn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tsang scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tsang lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tsang works his way into side control.
Check out the look on Tsang's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Quinn manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsang tries to get to full guard but Quinn has control of the leg.
Quinn tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Tsang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Tsang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Quinn is looking to clinch.

Tsang closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Quinn to the mat! Quinn manages to get full guard.
Tsang works over Quinn with some ground and pound from guard.
Tsang keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Quinn's head.
Tsang is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tsang working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tsang is in close to Quinn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Quinn wants to stand but Tsang is controlling the position.
Quinn is trying to keep Tsang in close.
Tsang chips away with some ground and pound.
Matt Tsang has got the better of the ground game so far.

Tsang avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tsang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Quinn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tsang stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quinn swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quinn is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tsang lands a couple of elbows.
Quinn wants to stand up but Tsang is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tsang's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tsang working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quinn's head.
Tsang makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tsang scoring with some ground and pound.
Tsang content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tsang passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tsang working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsang working the head with strikes.
Tsang works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Quinn wants to control but Tsang postures up.
Quinn takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Quinn is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Quinn moves into full guard.
Quinn manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tsang manages to get himself to full guard.
Quinn trying to control the position from guard on top but Tsang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quinn wanted to stand there but Tsang had control of the position.
Quinn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tsang's head.
Tsang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Quinn stands up over Tsang, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quinn seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn pushing down on Tsang's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Quinn is trying to work for a kimura but Tsang is defending well.
Quinn wants to stand up but Tsang is controlling the position.
Quinn prevents Tsang from improving his position.
Tsang is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Quinn is looking for a kimura but Tsang is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Quinn to get the leverage.
Tsang throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Tsang is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tsang is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Quinn jumps into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsang is trying to improve his position.
Tsang is trying to work for a sweep but Quinn has mounted him!
Tsang throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.

Quinn stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Tsang keeps the fight on the outside.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tsang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tsang swats away the attempt to clinch by Quinn.
Quinn tries to clinch up but Tsang circles away and keeps his distance.
Quinn fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that AJ Quinn will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tsang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quinn tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quinn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quinn is looking to clinch but Tsang is avoiding it.
Quinn connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinn wants to clinch up but Tsang keeps it at a distance.
Quinn tries to clinch up but Tsang circles away and keeps his distance.

Quinn gets the takedown into side control.

Quinn stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn shoots and misses

and Tsang counters with a single leg into guard. Quinn didn't expect that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tsang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Quinn is keeping the position for now.
Tsang scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tsang with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tsang scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tsang stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quinn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tsang postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tsang wants to pass the guard but Quinn is keeping the position.
Tsang works over Quinn with some ground and pound from guard.
Tsang trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tsang scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tsang is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tsang scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsang scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Quinn wants to get back to his feet but Tsang is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Quinn is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Quinn is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Quinn is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Tsang rolls with it to try and escape but Quinn cranks on the arm and Tsang is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). AJ Quinn!