PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quinton The Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Quick's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Higher. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

The Quick
vs
Costas

170 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

184 cm
32
160 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Fury Nutrition Inc.

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Quinton The Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miquel Costas!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Quick misses with a two punch combination.

The Quick gets a clinch.

The Quick breaks from the clinch.

The Quick rushes Costas and presses him up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Quick as Costas tries to tie him up.

The Quick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The Quick gets a clinch.
The Quick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Costas.

The Quick manages to break the clinch.
Costas misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Quick circles away quickly and effectively.
Costas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

The Quick moves into the clinch.
The Quick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Quick swats away the attempt to clinch by Costas.

The Quick moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costas.
The Quick dodges an elbow strike from Costas.
Costas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Quick is keeping busy.

The Quick manages to break the clinch.
Costas wants to clinch up but The Quick keeps it at a distance.

The Quick pushes Costas up against the cage in a clinch.
The Quick keeps control of Costas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costas tries to land a knee to the head but The Quick blocks with his arms.
The Quick will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Costas up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Quick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Costas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

The Quick clinches with his opponent.

The Quick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Quick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Costas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

The Quick has closed the distance and engaged Costas in a clinch.
Costas tries to land knees in the clinch but The Quick avoids the damage to the body.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Quinton The Quick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costas wants to clinch up but The Quick keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from The Quick on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

The Quick has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The Quick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Quick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costas dodges the punch combination from The Quick.
Costas raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Quick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

The Quick closes the distance and clinches.
The Quick lands an elbow that stopped Costas in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Miquel Costas has been cut.

The Quick breaks from the clinch.
The Quick checks the leg kick nicely there.

The Quick moves into the clinch.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but The Quick has him pressed against the cage.
Costas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

The Quick clinches up against the cage.
Our sources have told us that The Quick has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

The Quick manages to break the clinch.

The Quick gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costas is looking to break free of the clinch but The Quick has double underhooks.
Costas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

The Quick jumps into guard, dragging Costas to the mat.
Costas wants to control from the top but The Quick keeps moving.
The Quick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Costas.
The Quick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The Quick keeping moving, preventing Costas from controlling successfully.
Costas wants to stand but The Quick is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton The Quick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miquel Costas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Costas lands with a right hand.
Costas throws a body punch but The Quick moves out of range.

The Quick clinches with his opponent.
Costas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costas wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Quick scores with a shoulder strike.
Costas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Quick is keeping busy.
Costas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Quick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The Quick breaks from the clinch.
The Quick throws a body kick that misses
and Costas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quinton The Quick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Costas tries to close the distance and clinch but The Quick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costas tries to clinch but The Quick moves out of range.
The Quick throws a series of punches but Costas avoids them all with ease.
Quinton The Quick is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas tries to clinch there but The Quick circles away.

The Quick instigates a clinch.

The Quick jumps into guard, dragging Costas to the mat.
Costas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Costas trying to control but The Quick is working from the bottom.

The Quick wriggles free and stands up.
Costas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and The Quick counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Quick pulls Costas into guard.
Costas wants to control from the top but The Quick keeps moving.
Costas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Quick looking to hit a scissor sweep but Costas is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Costas trying to control the position from guard on top but The Quick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Quick is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Costas is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Costas tries to stand but The Quick is controlling from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Quick is looking to clinch.
Costas is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

The Quick has closed the distance and engaged Costas in a clinch.
Costas is trying to push The Quick away but The Quick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

The Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Costas.
Some wild striking there from Costas.
A head kick misses from Costas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Quick bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Costas misses with an attempted mid kick.

The Quick moves into the clinch successfully.
Costas is trying to force a seperation but The Quick has the dominant position.
Costas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Quick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costas.
A combination from Costas does no damage.
The Quick tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Costas manages to circle out of the way.

The Quick moves into the clinch.
Costas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

The Quick manages to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costas trying to control the position from guard on top but The Quick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton The Quick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miquel Costas's cut.
That's time! The Quick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The Quick has Costas up against the cage in a clinch.
Costas is trying to stall.
The Quick lands a knee to the body.
Costas working hard to break the clinch.
The Quick has Costas pushed against the cage.
Costas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Quick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Costas.
Costas can't break the clinch.
The Quick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costas can do to turn this around?

The Quick breaks the clinch.

The Quick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Costas misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas wants to get back to striking at distance but The Quick won't allow it.

The Quick pulls guard.

The Quick pushes Costas off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Costas gets tackled into the cage by The Quick. The Quick maintains the clinch.
Costas working hard to break the clinch.

The Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The Quick takes the fight into the clinch.

The Quick manages to break the clinch.
The Quick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Costas.
Costas misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas throws a right hand that The Quick ducks under and follows up with a left that The Quick also avoids with ease.
Costas tries to bum rush The Quick with a series of wild strikes but The Quick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Costas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Quick clinches up with Costas and pushes him back against the cage.
The Quick blocks a punch to the side of the head.

The Quick decides to pull guard.
The Quick looking to hit a scissor sweep but Costas is one step ahead there.
Costas wants to stand and escape but instead The Quick has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

The Quick gets to his feet. Costas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Quick has Costas up against the cage in a clinch.

The Quick manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Costas preventing the sweep.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as The Quick holds on and takes a little breather.
Costas trying to control but The Quick is working from the bottom.
The Quick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Costas looking to sit in guard and control but The Quick gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costas trying to strike off his back.

Costas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The Quick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Quick is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Miquel Costas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quinton The Quick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton The Quick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Quick 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton The Quick!
A victorious Quinton The Quick thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.