PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costanza has chosen Do the Opposite as his entrance music. Marcus Quick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Quick
vs
Costanza

190 cm
21
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
202 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick feints a jab promting Costanza to slip. Quick then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Costanza slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Daniel Costanza has been cut.
Quick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quick fails with a takedown attempt.
Marcus Quick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quick with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Quick throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Costanza's waist but Costanza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Quick off to one side.
Quick misses with an uppercut. Costanza saw that one coming.
Quick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costanza lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch but Costanza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quick walks into a stiff left hand from Costanza.
Quick takes one to the chin there.

Quick has closed the distance and engaged Costanza in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costanza with a knee to the head.
Costanza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Costanza effectively controlling the action here.
Costanza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Quick.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Quick avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.
Costanza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quick is trying to force a seperation but Costanza has the dominant position.

Costanza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costanza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Quick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costanza.

Costanza tries to keep at a distance but Quick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costanza gets underhooks to prevent Quick's takedown attempt.
Quick misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza prevents a takedown attempt there.
Quick is breathing heavily.
Costanza lands with a short shot to the head.
Quick can't break the clinch.
Quick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Costanza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Costanza just leaning against Quick, taking a breather.
Quick working aggressively here.
Costanza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Costanza scores a nice knee to the body.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Quick controls the action.
Costanza has Quick pressed against the cage, preventing Quick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Costanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Costanza lands a hook that snaps the head of Quick backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Costanza.

Costanza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Costanza as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Costanza.
Both fighters circling a little - Costanza finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Costanza scores with a leg kick.
Quick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Costanza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costanza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Costanza scores with a leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Costanza.
Costanza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Quick is rocked!

It looks like Marcus Quick has been cut.
Costanza connects with a nice cross there... Quick is looking wobbly and Costanza recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Quick to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Costanza jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Daniel Costanza!