PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mante Quilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bentley Tessin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mante Quilla has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Quilla
vs
Tessin

183 cm
22
179 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

165 cm
28
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mante Quilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bentley Tessin !
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tessin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tessin throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Quilla to regain full guard.
Quilla wants to sweep here but Tessin controlling him for the moment.
Quilla is adopting a defensive guard.
Tessin throws a big right hand that misses.
Quilla preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Quilla pulls Tessin in close to prevent any damage.
Tessin postures up in Quilla's guard and throws a big left but Quilla blocks it.
Tessin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tessin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quilla is adopting a defensive guard.
Tessin chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tessin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Quilla working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tessin .
Quilla has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tessin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Quilla is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tessin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quilla utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Quilla managing to control the position.
Tessin throwing strikes from guard but Quilla blocks nicely.
Tessin working some strikes from top position.
Quilla trying to control the position here.
Quilla seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Quilla will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Quilla manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tessin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Tessin tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tessin taking shots to the head.
Quilla lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tessin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Quilla controlling from the full mount.
Quilla with good strikes from the mount here!
Tessin can't escape the position.
Quilla with the ground and pound from mount.

Tessin is rocked!
Quilla landing strikes from the mount.
Tessin is still in real trouble! Can Quilla finish him?
Quilla connects with a bit shot that sees Tessin covering up! More strikes from Quilla and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Quilla is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mante Quilla!
A relieved looking Mante Quilla thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.