PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Molson Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Quattro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Smith
vs
Quattro

190 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
224 lbs
9 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

:: Happy Pills ::

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Molson Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Quattro!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Quattro wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.

Quattro working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quattro on the ground.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quattro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Quattro is looking for a triangle but Smith pushes his legs off easily.
Smith has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Quattro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Smith doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Smith manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith connects with a couple of short punches.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith with a nice head shot there.
Quattro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smith postures up in Quattro's guard and throws a big left but Quattro blocks it.

Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith preventing the sweep.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Quattro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith thows a big elbow that misses.
Smith is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Quattro is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quattro is on top in guard.
Smith wants to stand up but Quattro is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quattro wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Quattro is controlling him.
Quattro 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.
Quattro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Smith on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Smith tries to get out of the position.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quattro distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Quattro is in close to Smith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Quattro wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Quattro is standing up over Smith. Smith looks to escape but Quattro dives into side control.
Quattro throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Smith is trying to improve his position.

Quattro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Quattro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Smith is not content to let Quattro control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to remain calm as Quattro controls from the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quattro trying to control the position but Smith is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith tries to escape but Quattro is in control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith bucks up and tries to throw Quattro off but instead Quattro has got his back!
A lull in the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quattro dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Quattro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Quattro counters with a shoot takedown. Smith fights it but they end up in guard.
Quattro wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
Smith is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Quattro is controlling him.
Quattro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Quattro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Quattro wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith 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.
Quattro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Quattro postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Quattro won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
Quattro trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Quattro preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quattro's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Johnny Quattro wasn't active enough on the ground.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A jab from Smith misses.
Smith tries to clinch
and Quattro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quattro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Quattro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith misses with a takedown

and Quattro counters with a left and a right that hurts Smith! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Quattro jumps into full mount!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Molson Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quattro lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Quattro wants to control the action but instead Smith gets a body lock and reverses into Quattro's guard! Nice work!
Quattro is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Smith is in trouble now - Quattro has advanced to mount!
Quattro tries to control but Smith wriggling away.
Smith in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Quattro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smith is looking to escape.
Quattro lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quattro raining down shots from the mount!
Quattro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Quattro is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Quattro extends the arm and Smith is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Quattro!