PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guran Tkeshelashvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Tkeshelashvili
vs
Quinn

182 cm
28
213 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

195 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Guran Tkeshelashvili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tkeshelashvili lands with a nice body punch.

Tkeshelashvili shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Quinn has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Quinn looking for a sweep. Not yet Quinn, not yet.
Tkeshelashvili postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quinn trying to keep a closed guard but Tkeshelashvili is proving a slippery customer.
Quinn is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Quinn has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dan Quinn hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Tkeshelashvili takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Quinn lands a nice hook to Tkeshelashvili's body. Tkeshelashvili takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tkeshelashvili ducks right into an uppercut from Quinn.
Quinn scores with a nice right hand.
Quinn has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice sprawl there from Quinn as Tkeshelashvili shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tkeshelashvili looks to throw the jab but Quinn is out of range.
Quinn stuffs the takedown attempt from Tkeshelashvili. Tkeshelashvili gets slowly back to his feet.
Quinn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tkeshelashvili is breathing heavily.
Quinn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tkeshelashvili doesn't seem bothered though.
Guran Tkeshelashvili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinn lands a nice hook to Tkeshelashvili's body. Tkeshelashvili takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tkeshelashvili takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Quinn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Quinn drops Tkeshelashvili with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tkeshelashvili looks back up at him and smiles so Quinn waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Tkeshelashvili is rocked!
Quinn moves in close and cracks Tkeshelashvili with a massive right hand! Tkeshelashvili, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Quinn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dan Quinn!
Dan Quinn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.