PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killa W (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Quid
vs
W

177 cm
22
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

175 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Likes ground

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 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Johnny Quid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Killa W!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
W circles away from the clinch attempt.
W shoots for a double leg takedown but Quid sprawls well. He's pushed W's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
W shoots for a takedown but Quid saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Quid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
W shoots in but Quid avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnny Quid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Killa W.

Quid instigates a clinch.
Quid tries for a takedown but W manages to get underhooks.
W has had enough of the clinch but Quid keeps him there for the moment.
Quid content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Quid connects with a nasty looking knee right to W's face.
Knees to the body from Quid.
Nice elbow from Quid.
W tries to break the clinch but Quid is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Quid to work.
W is trying to break the clinch but Quid has him pressed against the cage.
W wants to break free but Quid has control.
Quid lands a nice knee to the body.
W looks gassed!
Quid is struggling to control the position.
W wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quid has him pressed against the cage.
Quid leaning against his opponent.
Quid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quid throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Quid.
Quid displaying some good clinch control by pressing W up against the cage.

Quid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Quid closes the distance and clinches.
Quid lands an elbow that stopped W in his tracks for a moment.
Quid goes for a takedown attempt but W pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Quid forces W back against the cage and clinches.
W letting Quid take a breather here.
Quid scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Quid connects with a knee to the head.
Quid lands a nice knee to the body.
Quid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Quid.
Quid lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid has W pressed against the cage.
Quid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

W is rocked!

Quid breaks the clinch.

Quid moves into the clinch.

Quid escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quid shoots in for a takedown but W shows good takedown defense.
W shoots in for a double leg but Quid sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Quid thuds his shin into the meat of W's side.
Quid fails to land the takedown.
Quid is looking to clinch but W is avoiding it.
Quid tries to close the distance and clinch but W swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
W tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quid swivels and escapes.
Quid goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
W is still on wobbly legs! Can Quid finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Quid closes the distance and clinches.
W seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning W up against the cage.
Quid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quid lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Quid.
Quid unloads a knee to the mid-section. W lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quid scores with a knee to the head.
Quid leaning his opponent against the cage.
Quid seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Quid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quid will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning W up against the cage.
W has had enough of the clinch but Quid keeps him there for the moment.
W has had enough of the clinch but Quid keeps him there for the moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Quid lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
W wants to break free but Quid has control.
A short right from Quid.

Quid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
W fails with the takedown.

Quid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Quid displaying some good clinch control by pressing W up against the cage.
Quid lands a knee to the body.
W wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quid lands a shoulder strike.
Quid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
W's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quid is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quid drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Quid with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quid dominated that round.
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.

W shoots for a double leg takedown but Quid sprawls well. He's pushed W's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Johnny Quid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Quid instigates a clinch.
W wants to break the clinch but can't.

Quid pulls W into guard.
Quid manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
W tries to reverse the position but Quid maintains control.
Quid looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
W keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
W is breathing heavily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if W can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Quid there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Quid looking to control but W is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Quid is landing with some decent strikes but W is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Quid looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quid tries to control but W wriggling away.
W is looking to get to half guard.
Quid thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
W holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Quid tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Quid punching from mount but W doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Quid with good strikes from the mount here!
Quid can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as W is looking to escape.
W keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Quid tries to control but W wriggling away.
W is desperately trying to improve his position but Quid has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid controlling his opponent.
W is trying to escape the mount.
Quid controlling the pace for now.
Quid blocks W's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Quid with shots to the head and body - W looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Quid wants to control the pace but W is squirming around nicely.
Quid controlling the position easily from mount.
Quid punching from mount but W doing a good job of avoiding damage.
W is squirming around, avoiding Quid's attempts to control the action.
W working to try and regain half guard.
W really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Quid. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quid dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

W misses with a takedown attempt
and Quid counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Quid tries to close the distance and clinch up but W swats him away and circles back towards the center.
W avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
W takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Quid darts in and clinches W up against the cage.
Quid pressing his opponent against the cage.
Quid lands a nice knee to the body.
Quid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quid lands a knee to the body.
Quid controlling the action here for a moment.
Quid lands a body punch.
Quid lands a hook that snaps the head of W backwards.
Quid goes for a takedown in the clinch but W prevents it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quid landing knees to the body.
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.
Quid landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
W being controlled against the cage.
A knee to the head by Quid.
Quid connects with a nasty looking knee right to W's face.
Quid unloads a knee to the mid-section. W lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quid displaying some good clinch control by pressing W up against the cage.
Quid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Quid.
Quid slowing the pace effectively.
Quid lands a knee to the head.
W is trying to break free.
Quid unloads a knee to the mid-section. W lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Quid gets through W's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Quid breaks the clinch.

W drives through with a takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quid is on top in guard.
Quid works a leg free and moves into half guard.
W tries to roll over but Quid keeps him under control.
Quid wants to lay and pray for a moment but W keeps working.
W wants to improve his position but Quid is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid moves nicely into side control.

Quid has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Quid throws a head kick that half lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
W tries for a takedown but Quid circles away easily
and Quid counters with a left and a right that stings W.
Quid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but W moves away.
W misses with a takedown attempt
and Quid counters with a solid body kick.
Johnny Quid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Killa W.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quid tries to clinch but W is having none of it.
W shoots in for a double leg but Quid sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Quid.
Johnny Quid is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.

Quid has clasped his hands together around W's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
W is looking to regain half guard here but Quid keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Quid showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Quid has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

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