PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elias Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virtanen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Haittavaikutus - Matkalla. Quid has chosen The Wicker Man as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Johnny Quid has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Virtanen
vs
Quid

174 cm
26
162 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

178 cm
28
168 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elias Virtanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Quid!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virtanen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Virtanen.
Virtanen blocks the body kick.
Quid swings for the body but Virtanen moves out of range.
Virtanen misses with a wild body shot.
Quid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Elias Virtanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Virtanen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Virtanen throws a lazy right hand but Quid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Virtanen misses with a body kick.
Quid throws a low kick but Virtanen avoids it.
Quid scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Virtanen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with a low kick as Quid jumps back.
Quid getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Quid fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Virtanen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid slips a jab from Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with a body kick.
Virtanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quid cracks Virtanen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Quid misses with a leg kick.
Virtanen misses with a low kick.
Quid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Virtanen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Virtanen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Quid under the eye.
Quid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quid scores with a body shot.
Quid gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Virtanen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Virtanen scores with the left hand. Quid knows he should have avoided that one.
Virtanen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Quid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Virtanen moves out of range as Quid strikes.
Virtanen cracks the inside of Quid's front leg.
Virtanen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Quid, as that shot connected.
Quid takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Quid avoids the body shot from Virtanen.
Virtanen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Virtanen as Quid shoots in.
Virtanen looks to throw a body kick
and Quid counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid avoids a kick to the body.
Virtanen tries a low kick but Quid avoids it.
Virtanen cracks the inside of Quid's front leg.
Virtanen tries to clinch but Quid is having none of it.
Virtanen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Quid is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Virtanen rather than just go for the knockout.
Virtanen wants to clinch up but Quid keeps it at a distance.
Virtanen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quid throws a jab when Virtanen was well out of range.
Quid takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Virtanen is looking to clinch.
Virtanen avoids the head kick by Quid.
Quid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Virtanen.
Virtanen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Quid counters with a thumping low kick.
Quid misses with a body shot.
Virtanen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Quid sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Virtanen takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quid wants to stall.
Quid struggles to land a body shot inside as Virtanen controls his hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quid.
Quid working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Virtanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Virtanen 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.

Quid takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Quid tries to land a front kick but Virtanen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Quid moves out of range of the body kick.
Virtanen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quid.
Virtanen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Quid momentarily.
Virtanen misses with a right hand
and Quid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Virtanen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quid throws a lazy right hand but Virtanen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quid misses with a wild combination.
Quid misses with a low kick as Virtanen jumps back.
Virtanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Quid is just out of range.
Virtanen pushes Quid away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Quid misses with a kick to the body.
Virtanen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Quid throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Virtanen is looking to slow Quid down with leg kicks.
Virtanen wants to clinch.
Virtanen throws a hook but Quid avoids it easily.
Quid misses with an uppercut. Virtanen saw that one coming.
Quid moves out of range as Virtanen strikes.

Virtanen closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quid is defending well for now.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Quid blocks with his arms.
Quid throws a punch but it's blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Quid blocks it.
Virtanen working Quid over with knees to the body.
Quid struggles to land a body shot inside as Virtanen controls his hands.
Virtanen lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Quid on the inside.
Virtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quid's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Virtanen misses with a knee strike.
Quid is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Virtanen is keeping busy.
Virtanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quid.
Quid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quid lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Virtanen or not.
A short uppercut from Quid.
A short uppercut from Quid.
Virtanen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Quid.
Quid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quid misses with a punch on the inside.
Virtanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quid throws a head punch that misses.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
Virtanen being controlled against the cage.
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quid looking to stall.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Quid works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Quid is fighting to break Virtanen's control of his arms but Virtanen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Quid stopping the sweep attempt from Virtanen.
Virtanen keeping full guard, as Quid tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Virtanen trying to control the position here.
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 Elias Virtanen will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Virtanen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Quid with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Virtanen to score with a decent uppercut.
Quid connects with an inside leg kick.
Quid pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Virtanen.
Quid motions for Virtanen to come forward. Quid throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Virtanen.
Quid throws a looping overhand right but Virtanen ducks down to avoid it.
Virtanen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quid checks the leg kick.
Virtanen thows a body kick. Quid tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Virtanen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quid's sensitive parts.
Virtanen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quid feints and then cracks Virtanen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Virtanen down.
Virtanen throws a wild body kick that Quid sees coming a mile off.

Virtanen has closed the distance and engaged Quid in a clinch.
Virtanen misses with an elbow strike.
Quid managing to block the knees to the body from Virtanen.
Quid digs a right hand underneath Virtanen's ribcage. Virtanen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Quid blocks with his arms.
Virtanen gets through Quid's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Quid misses with a punch to the body.
Elias Virtanen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Quid avoids the damage to the body.
Quid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quid swings wildly with an uppercut but Virtanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Quid lands a left hand.
Quid gets through Virtanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Virtanen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Quid avoids a wild elbow strike from Virtanen.
Virtanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quid.
A head punch on the inside from Quid fails to land.
Johnny Quid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Quid lands with a left to the head.
Virtanen tries to throw a body punch but Quid avoids it by throwing Virtanen back against the cage.
Quid trying to control the position but instead, Virtanen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Quid into the cage.
Virtanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Virtanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quid lands a hook that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quid blocks an elbow strike from Virtanen.
Quid has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Virtanen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short left from Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quid misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Quid.
Virtanen blocking some punches.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quid blocks it with crossed arms.
Quid tries to throw a body punch but Virtanen avoids it by throwing Quid back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Quid blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Quid creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Quid presses Virtanen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Quid looking to stall.
Quid tries to score a body lock takedown but Virtanen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quid avoids it.
Virtanen throws a head punch that misses.
Quid misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Elias Virtanen.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Virtanen, 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Elias Virtanen!