PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Placido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinn comes into the arena with The Blood of Cuchulainn blaring out of the sound system. Placido has chosen Bone Thugs N Harmony Feat. 2Pac - Thug Luv as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quinn
vs
Placido

185 cm
27
215 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

193 cm
26
217 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing™
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ramon Placido!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Placido closes the distance and clinches.
Placido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Placido wants to break the clinch but can't.
Placido is leaning against Quinn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Quinn manages to break the clinch.
Placido throws out a loose jab but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Placido takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Placido clobbers Quinn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Placido throws a jab when Quinn was well out of range.
Quinn throws an off balance right hand
and Placido counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Quinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Placido.
Quinn misses with a wild body shot.
Quinn throws a right hand that misses
and Placido counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Placido lands an overhand right.
Placido lands with a cross.
Quinn throws a jab when Placido was well out of range.
Quinn swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Placido.
The fighters circling - Placido throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quinn thuds a left hand into Placido's body.
Placido lands with a cross.
Placido misses with a straight right.
Placido lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quinn at a distance.
Placido throws an off balance right hand
and Quinn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A lazy left from Quinn finds it's target.
A swing and a miss from Placido.
Placido swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Placido might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Placido is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quinn.
Quinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Placido throws out the jab.
Placido misses with a hook. Quinn ducked under it nicely.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Placido throws out the jab.
Placido tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Placido looks to clinch
and Quinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Placido is looking to clinch.
Quinn slips a jab from Placido.
Placido stalks Quinn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quinn's face. Quinn staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramon Placido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinn misses with a body shot.
Placido staying out of range there.
Placido throws a poor cross that misses
letting Quinn counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quinn loads up on a big right hand but Placido slips the punch.
Placido fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quinn manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Placido throws a right hand that misses
and Quinn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Placido lands a jab to Quinn's midsection.
Placido tries to clinch there but Quinn circles away.
Placido swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Quinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Quinn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Quinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Placido scores with a jab. Quinn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Placido throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Placido tries to move into range but Quinn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Quinn. Those never looked like landing.
Quinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Placido manages to avoid it.
Placido lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quinn circles away quickly and effectively.
Placido cracks Quinn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Placido moves in looking to clinch but Quinn pushes him off.
Placido misses with a left hand
and Quinn counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Placido wants to clinch but Quinn slips to the side
and Quinn counters with a left to the body.
Quinn throws out a loose jab but Placido uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn throws a nice looking combination but Placido bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Placido keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quinn.
Quinn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Quinn throws a body punch but Placido moves out of range.
Placido thows a body shot but no joy.
Quinn misses with a wild combination.
Quinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Placido misses with a left hand
and Quinn counters with a two punch combo.
Placido misses with an uppercut
enabling Quinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Quinn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Placido in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Quinn 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.

Placido closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Quinn tries to break the clinch but Placido is controlling the position.
Placido is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Placido tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Placido stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Placido can't find room to land a body shot as Quinn controls the action.
Placido prevents Quinn from breaking the clinch.
Placido lands a body shot in the clinch.
Placido misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Placido tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quinn's elbow.
A body shot lands from Placido.
Placido stalling the fight.
Placido scores with a shoulder strike.
Placido misses with a punch to the body.
Placido can't find room to land a body shot as Quinn controls the action.
Placido lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quinn or not.
Placido fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Placido.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Placido.
A right hand to the body from Placido.
Quinn tries to break free but Placido pushes him back against the cage.
Placido is trying to break the clinch but Quinn is controlling him.
A hook to the body from Placido.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Placido.
Placido works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quinn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Placido.
Quinn is trying to force a seperation but Placido has the dominant position.
Placido lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Placido manages to break the clinch.
Placido connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Placido throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Placido looks to land a combination but Quinn avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Placido connects with a body shot that sends Quinn's belly button to the back.
Placido misses with a double jab.
Placido lands a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Quinn. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Quinn misses.
Placido throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Placido misses.
Pete Quinn is winning the standup battle so far.

Quinn gets tackled into the cage by Placido. Placido maintains the clinch.
Quinn blocks a body shot from Placido.
Placido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Placido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quinn taking a breather.
Quinn prevents Placido from breaking the clinch.
Quinn prevents a body shot from Placido.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quinn breaks from the clinch.
Placido misses with a lunging right hand
and Quinn counters with a straight right hand.
Placido throws a hook but Quinn avoids it easily.
Placido misses with an uppercut
and Quinn counters with a right hand to the body.
Quinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Placido moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Placido misses with a wild body shot.
Placido throws a poor cross that misses
and Quinn counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Placido finds it's way through Quinn's defenses.
Quinn takes one on the button.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Placido.
Placido wants to clinch.
Quinn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Placido takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Quinn ducks under a wild hook from Placido.
Quinn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Placido takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Placido doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Placido looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Quinn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Placido looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Placido takes one to the side of the head.
Quinn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Quinn.
Placido closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Quinn scores with a jab to the body.
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 Pete Quinn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Quinn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Placido looks to land a right hand but Quinn moved out of range.
Placido misses the jab.
Placido misses the jab.
Quinn misses the jab.
Quinn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Placidos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Placido clobbers Quinn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Quinn scores with a decent looking hook.
Quinn thows a body shot but no joy.
Quinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Placido is just out of range.
Quinn missing with a left hand there. Placido was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quinn throws a hook but Placido avoids it easily.
Placido tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Placido.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Quinn throws a series of punches but Placido moves out of range.
Placido tries to close the distance and clinch but Quinn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Placido looks to throw the jab but Quinn is out of range.
Quinn misses the shot to the body.
Quinn misses with an uppercut
and Placido counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A slow jab from Placido misses its intended target.
Quinn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Placido getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Placido tries to move into range but Quinn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Placido lunges at Quinn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quinn's hand.
A big left from Quinn misses.
Placido moves to clinch but Quinn breaks away
and Quinn counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a jab to the body
enabling Placido to counter with a crisp jab.
Placido tries to clinch but Quinn moves out of range.
Placido will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ramon Placido has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Placido misses with an uppercut
and Quinn counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Quinn misses its intended target.
Quinn slips a jab from Placido.
Placido throws a combination that misses
and Quinn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Placido thinking.
Placido has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Placido takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Placido lands with a cross.
Quinn scores with a shot to the body.
Quinn throws a series of strikes that have Placido backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice cross by Quinn.
Quinn lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn tries to bum rush Placido with a series of wild strikes but Placido uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quinn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Quinn misses with a hook.
Quinn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Placido throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quinn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut there from Quinn.
Quinn scores with a hook to the body. Placido takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big right from Quinn misses.
Placido is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Placido takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Quinn just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Placido blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Placido misses the target.
Placido misses with a hook to the body
and Quinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Placido throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Quinn counters with a straight right hand.
Placido takes one to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Quinn.
Placido misses with a lunging right hand
letting Quinn counter with a right hand.
Placido throws a lazy uppercut
and Quinn counters with a stiff right hand.
Quinn slips a jab and a cross from Placido.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quinn connects with a crisp jab.
Placido misses with a hook
and Quinn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quinn throws a good cross that connects.
Quinn missing with a left hand there. Placido was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Quinn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Quinn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Quinn!