PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Maicelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demarcus Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Maicelo
vs
Quinn

172 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Maicelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Demarcus Quinn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quinn darts in and clinches Maicelo up against the cage.
Quinn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Quinn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maicelo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Maicelo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Quinn throws a half hearted mid kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Maicelo.
Maicelo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Quinn is fending him off so far but Maicelo persists. Nope, Quinn circles away and we're back to standing.
Quinn dodges the punch combination from Maicelo.
Quinn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Maicelo looks to land a combination. Quinn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Maicelo throws a right and a left that Quinn avoids nicely.
Maicelo tries to work over Quinn's front leg with a kick but Quinn checks it.
Maicelo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Maicelo moves into range and clinches up with Quinn.
Quinn goes for a takedown attempt but Maicelo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jonathan Maicelo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demarcus Quinn.
Maicelo throws a right and a left that Quinn avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quinn takes the fight into the clinch.
Maicelo goes for a takedown attempt but Quinn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Demarcus Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Quinn as Maicelo shoots in.
Quinn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Quinn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Maicelo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Quinn thinking.
Quinn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maicelo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Quinn doesn't manage to clinch there - Maicelo circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maicelo.
Quinn stuffs the takedown.
Maicelo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quinn slips a jab and a cross from Maicelo.
Maicelo is breathing heavily.
Quinn misses with a takedown
and Maicelo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Quinn thinking.

Maicelo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Quinn wants the takedown. Maicelo is fighting it off but Quinn persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Maicelo's guard against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Quinn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Quinn throws a strike but Maicelo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Quinn looking for a sweep. Not yet Quinn, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quinn is on top in guard.
Maicelo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Quinn's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quinn throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Quinn wants to sweep here but Maicelo controlling him for the moment.
Maicelo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Maicelo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Quinn wants to sweep but no luck.

Maicelo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maicelo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quinn is controlling Maicelo's posture.
Maicelo wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.
Quinn trying to keep a closed guard but Maicelo is proving a slippery customer.
Quinn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Quinn keeping moving, preventing Maicelo from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Maicelo. No joy for Quinn on that attempt.
Maicelo lands a left and a right that sends Quinn crashing to the canvas! Maicelo dives into mount looking to finish!

Quinn is rocked!

It looks like Demarcus Quinn has been cut.
Maicelo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Quinn is still in real trouble! Can Maicelo finish him?
Quinn is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maicelo controlling his opponent.
Quinn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Quinn seems to have recovered his senses.
Maicelo controlling his opponent.
Quinn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Maicelo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demarcus Quinn's cut.
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.

Maicelo connects with a crisp jab.
Maicelo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maicelo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quinn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maicelo misses with a wild combination.
Maicelo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Quinn fails with the takedown
and Maicelo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Maicelo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maicelo lands a nice shot that snaps Quinn's head back.
Maicelo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maicelo misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn misses with a takedown attempt - Maicelo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Quinn is breathing heavily.
Maicelo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Quinn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jonathan Maicelo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demarcus Quinn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maicelo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Quinn is fending him off so far but Maicelo persists. Nope, Quinn circles away and we're back to standing.
Maicelo jabs Quinn right on the nose. Quinn blinks but takes it well.
Maicelo scores with a three punch combo!
Quinn misses with a takedown
and Maicelo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Maicelo throws a series of punches but Quinn moves out of range.
Maicelo lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Quinn can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Maicelo and Quinn drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Maicelo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Maicelo!