PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cain's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dominos. The key to victory for Andre Cain has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cain
vs
Quid

166 cm
22
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Cain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Johnny Quid!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quid misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cain fails to land with a series of punches.

Quid gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Quid landing knees to the body.
Quid wants a takedown.
Quid has Cain pushed against the cage.

Quid escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cain moves into the clinch.
Quid's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cain managing to block the knees to the body from Quid.
Nice body punch from Quid - that landed with a thud.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cain.

Quid breaks from the clinch.
Quid lands a head kick. Cain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cain misses with a double jab.
Cain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cain shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Quid as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid has a takedown stuffed.
Cain swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Quid.
Quid dodges the punch combination from Cain.
Cain circles away from the clinch attempt

and Cain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cain letting Quid take a breather here.
Quid landing knees to the head.

Quid manages to break the clinch.
Quid scores with a kick to the body.
Cain is breathing heavily.

Quid closes the distance and clinches.
Quid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Quid escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Quid moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain prevents the takedown attempt.
Andre Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Quid.
Quid tries for a takedown but Cain manages to get underhooks.
Quid wants a takedown.
Cain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Quid gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cain.
Quid has Cain pressed against the cage.
Quid blocking some punches.
Quid taking a breather.
Quid lands an elbow that stopped Cain in his tracks for a moment.

Quid manages to break the clinch.
Johnny Quid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Quid checks a leg kick.
Cain closes the distance but Quid moves to the side
and Quid counters with a good, hard body kick but Cain shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain stuffs the takedown.
Cain darts in trying to clinch

and Quid counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Quid manages to break the clinch.
Quid lands with a kick to the temple. Cain shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quid can pounce on him.
Cain blocks a head kick by Quid.

Cain tries to keep at a distance but Quid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quid is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quid.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quid lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Quid takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Quid breaks from the clinch.
Quid shoots in looking for a takedown. Cain tries to sprawl out of it but Quid keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cain manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Quid tries to clinch but Cain moves away

and Cain counters by moving into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Quid.
Quid misses with a knee strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cain tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quid smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quid dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cain gets a clinch.
Cain trying to land knees to the body.
Quid lands an elbow inside that Cain shrugs off.
Quid just leaning against Cain, taking a breather.
Quid scores a nice knee to the body.
Quid scores with a shot to the side of Cain's head.
Cain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quid has Cain pushed against the cage.
Quid is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cain pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quid prevents Cain from breaking the clinch.
Quid with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cain tries to pull guard but Quid won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cain throws a right hand that Quid ducks under and follows up with a left that Quid also avoids with ease.
Quid tries to clinch up

and Cain counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cain is looking to work some ground and pound but Quid has wrist control.
Cain postures up.
Quid tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cain wants to stand and escape but instead Quid has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Cain wants to sweep here but Quid controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid stays in close to Cain's body and controls the position.
Cain looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Quid puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Quid moves into full mount! Cain won't be happy about that!
Quid lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cain sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Quid is controlling the pace.
Cain might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cain!
Quid controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cain is looking to improve his position but Quid isn't that keen on the idea.
Quid looking to finish with strikes here!
Quid controlling his opponent.
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 Andre Cain will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Quid tries to clinch up.
Quid tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cain counters with a left and a right that stings Quid.
Quid closes the distance and clinches up with Cain, looking for a takedown. Quid pushes Cain against the cage but Cain circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cain swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Quid counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Quid.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quid.
A knee to the head by Quid.
Quid landing knees to the body.
Quid lands a nice knee to the body.

Quid breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Quid gets a clinch.
Cain managing to block the knees to the body from Quid.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid lands a knee to the body.

Quid pulls guard successfully.
Cain trying to stand up but can't free himself from Quid's guard.
Cain won't allow Quid to sweep him here.
Cain tries to free his leg and advance position but Quid is retaining full guard.
Cain throwing strikes from guard but Quid blocks nicely.

Quid wriggles free and stands up.
Quid connects with a high kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid doesn't manage to clinch there - Cain circles away.
Cain tries to clinch but Quid moves out of range.
Quid looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cain tries to clinch but Quid moves away

and Quid counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Quid tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Andre Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Quid.
Quid cracks Cain with a nice body shot.
Quid lands a knee to the body.

Quid pulls guard effortlessly.
Quid keeping moving, preventing Cain from controlling successfully.
Cain wants to stand but Quid is controlling his posture from full guard.
Quid utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cain throws a big right hand that misses.
Quid seems keen to control Cain's posture.
Cain won't allow Quid to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Quid wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Quid.
Cain tries to clinch but Quid moves away
and Quid counters with a series of strikes. Cain will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Quid shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cain pinned against the cage. Cain gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cain tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quid counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cain is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Quid circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Quid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Quid has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Quid!