PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Quintero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Surfin´ bird. Quintero has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Karlsson
vs
Quintero

225 cm
22
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
27
280 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carlos Quintero!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quintero throws a leg kick that is checked
and Karlsson counters with a straight right hand.
Quintero misses with a double jab
and Karlsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quintero looks gassed!
Karlsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karlsson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Carlos Quintero has been cut.
Karlsson connects with a leg kick. Quintero looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Good leg kick by Karlsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Karlsson scores with a three punch combo!
Karlsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karlsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Karlsson clinches with his opponent.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Karlsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karlsson.
Karlsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karlsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karlsson obliges.
Karlsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Quintero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quintero working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Quintero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Quintero tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quintero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karlsson.
Quintero misses with a punch on the inside.
Quintero wants a takedown.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Quintero looking to throw knees to the head but Karlsson is blocking nicely.
Karlsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quintero.
Karlsson missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quintero just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karlsson's brow.
Quintero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Quintero's ribcage.
Karlsson blocks an elbow strike from Quintero.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quintero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Karlsson missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Quintero is blocking nicely.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quintero scores with a shoulder strike.

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.
Quintero goes for a takedown in the clinch but Karlsson prevents it.
Quintero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quintero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Quintero scores with a hook to the body.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Quintero wants a takedown but no success here.
Kurt Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Quintero.
Karlsson prevents the takedown attempt.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Karlsson avoids the elbow strike from Quintero, against the cage.
Quintero managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Quintero's ribcage.
Quintero lands an elbow inside.
Karlsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quintero has a couple of punches blocked by Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quintero blocks it with crossed arms.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Quintero misses with a body punch.
Quintero trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quintero swings wildly with an uppercut but Karlsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karlsson.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Quintero tries to score a body lock takedown but Karlsson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Karlsson misses with a knee strike.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Quintero.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Quintero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quintero lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karlsson.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Quintero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Quintero avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quintero.

Quintero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick from Quintero is predictable there
and Karlsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Karlsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kurt Karlsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quintero looks to clinch
and Karlsson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Quintero's knee momentarily.
Karlsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quintero has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karlsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Karlsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Quintero throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karlsson counters with a leg kick.
Karlsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Karlsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Karlsson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
An inside leg kick lands from Karlsson.
Karlsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karlsson lands a jab to the nose.
Karlsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Quintero's calf.
Quintero darts in trying to clinch
enabling Karlsson to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Karlsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Quintero's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Karlsson cracks Quintero with a good jab.
Quintero takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quintero on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Karlsson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Karlsson.
Quintero has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karlsson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quintero takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Karlsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Karlsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karlsson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Karlsson lands with a kick to the temple. Quintero shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kurt Karlsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Karlsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Quintero's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Quintero is breathing heavily.
Karlsson connects with a nice looking jab.
Karlsson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Karlsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy body kick from Quintero
and Karlsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karlsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quintero misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintero throws a sloppy body shot
and Karlsson counters with a low kick, right behind Quintero 's knee.
Karlsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karlsson, right into the meat.
Quintero moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Karlsson.
Quintero tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karlsson throws a head kick that Quintero semi-blocks.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Karlsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Quintero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karlsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quintero can do to turn this around?
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Quintero misses with an elbow over the top.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quintero just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karlsson's brow.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Quintero tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Quintero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karlsson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karlsson obliges.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Karlsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quintero.
Quintero managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Quintero pushes off an throws an elbow but Karlsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karlsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quintero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Quintero tries to throw a body punch but Karlsson avoids it by throwing Quintero back against the cage.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Karlsson blocking some punches.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Quintero avoiding damage as Karlsson throws knees to the body.
Kurt Karlsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karlsson dodges an elbow strike from Quintero.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Quintero lands a nice elbow.
Karlsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quintero misses with some punches.
Karlsson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Quintero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quintero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karlsson avoids it.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quintero obliges.
Quintero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quintero throws a head punch that misses.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Quintero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson blocks an uppercut.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Quintero tries to land knees in the clinch but Karlsson avoids the damage to the body.
Quintero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Quintero lands an uppercut.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Quintero avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Quintero.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.

Quintero breaks the clinch.
Quintero wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four 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.

Karlsson has Quintero up against the cage in a clinch.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Quintero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quintero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Quintero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson scores a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Quintero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Quintero takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quintero is defending well for now.
Quintero tries for a takedown but Karlsson manages to get underhooks.
Quintero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karlsson is defending well for now.
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Quintero's ribcage.
Quintero throws an elbow that misses.
Karlsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Karlsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Quintero's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A low kick from Quintero misses
and Karlsson counters with a thumping low kick.
Karlsson cracks the inside of Quintero's front leg.

Karlsson closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karlsson.
Quintero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quintero lands with a light punch inside.
Karlsson managing to block the knees to the body from Quintero.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karlsson obliges.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but Quintero blocks with his arms.
Quintero throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karlsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Quintero working aggressively here.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karlsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quintero.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson has Quintero pressed against the cage, preventing Quintero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quintero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Quintero's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quintero takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quintero tries to break the clinch but Karlsson is controlling the position.
Quintero lands with a left to the head.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Quintero pushes off an throws an elbow but Karlsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Quintero drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Karlsson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Quintero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quintero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karlsson backwards.
Karlsson is pressed up against the cage. Quintero has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Karlsson down to the mat. Karlsson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Karlsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quintero takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Quintero stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Karlsson.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karlsson. That's going to slow Quintero down.
A shot to the body from Quintero misses
and Karlsson counters with a low kick, right behind Quintero 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Karlsson.
Quintero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karlsson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Karlsson lands a high kick!
Quintero fails with a takedown attempt.
Kurt Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Quintero.
Quintero takes one to the side of the head.
Karlsson scores with a nice right hand.

Karlsson clinches up with Quintero and pushes him back against the cage.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Quintero's ribcage.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Quintero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Quintero is trying to push Karlsson away but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Quintero with a knee to the head.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Quintero is blocking nicely.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Carlos Quintero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kurt Karlsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Quintero.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Quintero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson working Quintero over with knees to the body.
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Quintero's ribcage.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Karlsson lands a knee to the body.
Quintero tries to work over Karlsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quintero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson lands a good knee to the midsection. Quintero won't want to take too many of those.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Quintero is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Karlsson lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quintero's face.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quintero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quintero can't find room to land a body shot as Karlsson controls the action.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Karlsson working Quintero over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karlsson with a knee to the head.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Quintero is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quintero.
Karlsson scores a nice knee to the body.
Quintero takes a knee right on the jaw!

And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt Karlsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karlsson 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Karlsson!