PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Barba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Quagmire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quagmire is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Die MotherFucker Die. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Barba
vs
Quagmire

188 cm
29
203 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Barba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Glen Quagmire!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barba throws a body punch but Quagmire moves out of range.
Quagmire just misses with a punch to the body.
Barba missing with a left hand there. Quagmire was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Frank Barba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barba scores with a body shot.
Barba tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quagmire counters with a nice body shot.
Barba tries to clinch but Quagmire moves out of range.
Barba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Quagmire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barba tries to clinch but Quagmire is having none of it.

Barba takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Barba on the inside.
Barba misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barba taking a breather.
Quagmire tries to work over Barba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quagmire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Barba.
Quagmire slips a jab and a cross from Barba.

Barba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Quagmire works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barba lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Glen Quagmire has been cut.
Quagmire wants to break free but Barba has control.

Quagmire breaks the clinch.
Barba takes a swing at Quagmire's ribcage but misses.
Quagmire lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quagmire digs a good hook to Barba's body.
Quagmire misses with a straight right.
Barba misses with an uppercut
and Quagmire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Barba scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Barba lands a heavy elbow.
Barba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire is desperately trying to improve his position but Barba has a good base and remains in mount.
Barba raining down shots from the mount!
Quagmire bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Quagmire must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Quagmire wants to stand but Barba is controlling his posture from full guard.

Barba has his foot on Quagmire's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Quagmire works his way back into a safe position though.
Barba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Quagmire controls the pace.

Barba uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Barba is looking to clinch but Quagmire is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barba throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Quagmire was covering up waiting for the punch and Barba finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Quagmire looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barba is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barba's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barba wants to control from the top but Quagmire keeps moving.
Barba content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quagmire utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barba trying to control the position from guard on top but Quagmire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barba scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barba in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barba showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barba throwing strikes but missing.
Barba content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Barba gets to his feet - Quagmire follows without any prompting.

Barba has taken the fight to the clinch.
Quagmire has had enough of the clinch but Barba keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Quagmire.
Quagmire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Quagmire.
Quagmire lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barba is breathing heavily.
Quagmire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quagmire tries a body shot but Barba blocks it.

Quagmire is fighting off a takedown attempt but Barba is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Quagmire to the mat. Quagmire regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
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 Frank Barba will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glen Quagmire's cut.
That's time! Barba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barba throws a sloppy head kick and Quagmire moves out of range easily.
Barba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quagmire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barba.
Barba blocks a jab.
Quagmire scores with a hook to the body. Barba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barba misses with a head kick.
Barba misses with an uppercut. Quagmire saw that one coming.
Quagmire misses the jab.
Barba throws a series of punches but Quagmire avoids them all with ease.
Barba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barba loads up on a big right hand but Quagmire slips the punch.
Glen Quagmire seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Barba has managed to clinch.
Quagmire lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Quagmire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barba slips under a jab.
Glen Quagmire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quagmire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quagmire misses with a straight right.
Quagmire throws an overhand right that lands on Barba's shoulder, as Barba tries to avoid the shot.
Quagmire misses with an uppercut.
Barba takes a swing at Quagmire's ribcage but misses.

Barba rushes Quagmire and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Quagmire escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quagmire.
Quagmire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barba wants to clinch.
Barba lands with a hook. Quagmire tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quagmire moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire just misses with a punch to the body.
Barba tries to close the distance and clinch but Quagmire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Quagmire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barba darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Frank Barba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quagmire swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barba counters with a straight right hand.
Quagmire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quagmire throws a hook but Barba avoids it easily.
Quagmire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barba momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Quagmire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barba doesn't seem bothered though.
Quagmire with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Quagmire.
Barba tries to clinch but Quagmire is having none of it.
Quagmire connects with a body shot that sends Barba's belly button to the back.
Barba slips a jab and a cross from Quagmire.
Quagmire pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barba misses with a straight left.
Quagmire cracks a nice hook into Barba's ribs.
Barba doesn't manage to clinch there - Quagmire circles away.
Quagmire closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barba misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Barba misses.
Barba misses with a hook
letting Quagmire counter with a right hand.
Quagmire closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Barba! Quagmire dives in looking to finish! Barba is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Glen Quagmire!