PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Quik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syltty Tallikone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Syltty Tallikone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ray Quik
vs
Tallikone

183 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

200 cm
28
260 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Quik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Syltty Tallikone!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quik feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tallikone's calf.

Quik has closed the distance and engaged Tallikone in a clinch.
Quik will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tallikone up against the cage.
Tallikone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tallikone misses with a knee strike.
Quik misses with a knee strike.
Quik has Tallikone pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tallikone manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right hook to the body lands for Tallikone.
Quik throws an elbow but it misses.
Tallikone avoids the elbow strike from Quik, against the cage.
Quik takes a shot to the head.
Quik's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tallikone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tallikone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tallikone misses with a knee to the head.
Quik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tallikone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Quik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tallikone.
Quik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tallikone is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quik throws an elbow but misses.
Tallikone tries a knee to the head but Quik blocks it.
Tallikone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quik blocks it with crossed arms.
Quik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tallikone is defending well for now.
Tallikone avoids the elbow strike from Quik, against the cage.
Tallikone blocks an elbow strike.
Tallikone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tallikone presses Quik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Quik looking to throw knees to the head but Tallikone is blocking nicely.
Quik has Tallikone pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tallikone manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Quik misses with a knee to the head.
Tallikone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tallikone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Quik backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tallikone missing with knees to the body.
Quik comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tallikone stalls.
Tallikone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quik blocks it with crossed arms.
Tallikone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quik misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tallikone tries a knee to the head but Quik blocks it.
Tallikone avoiding damage.
Tallikone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quik blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tallikone scores with a knee to the head.
A short left from Tallikone.
Quik lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tallikone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tallikone stalling.
Quik blocks a body shot from Tallikone.
Tallikone takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Syltty Tallikone has been cut.
Quik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quik looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quik throws an elbow but misses.
Tallikone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Quik gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tallikone avoids it.
Tallikone lands a knee to the head.
Quik looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Quik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quik lands an elbow just above Tallikone 's eye.
Tallikone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tallikone slowing the pace effectively.
Quik avoids a wild elbow strike from Tallikone.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tallikone looking to throw knees to the head but Quik is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tallikone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quik tries to pull guard but Tallikone holds him up against the cage and eventually Quik drops back down to his feet.
Tallikone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tallikone throws an elbow that misses.
Tallikone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tallikone blocks an elbow strike from Quik.
Quik gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tallikone tries to land knees in the clinch but Quik avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Quik.
Tallikone tries to land knees in the clinch but Quik avoids the damage to the body.
Tallikone trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Quik.

That has opened up Syltty Tallikone's cut even more.
Quik tries to land knees in the clinch but Tallikone avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tallikone blocks the elbow strike.
Quik looking to throw knees to the head but Tallikone is blocking nicely.
Quik is looking for a takedown.
Quik wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Quik will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Syltty Tallikone's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Quik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Tallikone darts in and clinches Quik up against the cage.
Tallikone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quik is defending well for now.
Syltty Tallikone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tallikone trying to stall but Quik improves his position.
Quik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tallikone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quik gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tallikone is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Quik pushes off an throws an elbow but Tallikone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quik throws an elbow but misses.
Tallikone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tallikone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tallikone is pressed up against the cage. Quik has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tallikone down to the mat. Tallikone avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Tallikone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tallikone lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tallikone tries a body shot but Quik blocks it.
Quik managing to block the knees to the body from Tallikone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quik can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Quik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tallikone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quik blocks it with crossed arms.
Quik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tallikone tries to land a knee to the head but Quik blocks with his arms.
Quik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tallikone blocks it with crossed arms.
Tallikone looking to throw knees to the head but Quik is blocking nicely.
Quik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Quik lands a damaging elbow.
Quik changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tallikone fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Tallikone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quik, pushing him back against the cage.
Tallikone stops a takedown attempt from Quik.
Quik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tallikone misses with a knee strike.
Quik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tallikone blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tallikone dodges an elbow strike from Quik.
Tallikone blocking some punches.
Quik blocks an uppercut.
Tallikone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tallikone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quik blocks an uppercut.
Tallikone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tallikone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Quik throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tallikone's brow.
Quik creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tallikone's defenses.

The cut above Syltty Tallikone's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tallikone misses with a knee to the head.
Tallikone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quik avoids it.
Quik wants a takedown.
Tallikone crunches a lovely knee into Quik's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quik lands a damaging elbow.
Quik throws a head punch that misses.
Tallikone tries a knee to the head but Quik blocks it.
Quik throws a head punch that misses.
Tallikone tries to land a knee to the head but Quik blocks with his arms.
Quik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tallikone avoids it.
Tallikone takes an elbow to the temple.

Syltty Tallikone's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tallikone lands a shoulder strike.
Quik is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tallikone is keeping busy.
Quik managing to block the knees to the body from Tallikone.
Tallikone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quik blocks it with crossed arms.
Tallikone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tallikone tries a body shot but Quik blocks it.
Tallikone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quik wants to stall.
Quik fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tallikone landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tallikone blocks an elbow strike.
Tallikone dodges an elbow strike from Quik.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Quik creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tallikone lands with a light punch inside.
Tallikone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tallikone prevents the takedown attempt.
Quik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tallikone misses with a knee strike.
Tallikone lands a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Quik as Tallikone tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tallikone as Quik tries to tie him up.
Quik is working for takedown but Tallikone is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Syltty Tallikone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Syltty Tallikone's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get 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.

Quik tries to keep at a distance but Tallikone has taken the fight into the clinch.

Quik turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Quik lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tallikone down.
Tallikone is looking for a sweep.
Tallikone is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Quik is controlling him well.
Quik is looking to take a break and control but Tallikone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tallikone taking a bit of punishment here - Quik scoring with strikes.
Quik lands some shots froms side control.
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!

Quik is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Tallikone is trying to escape and Quik transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Tallikone is forced to tap! Nice work there by Quik! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ray Quik!
Ray Quik took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Springfield HW Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.