PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Glen Quagmire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vann Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vann Knight acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Quagmire
vs
Knight

180 cm
29
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
28
184 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Glen Quagmire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vann Knight!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quagmire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.

Quagmire clinches up with Knight and pushes him back against the cage.
Quagmire missing with knees to the body.
Quagmire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Quagmire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knight is trying to force a seperation but Quagmire has the dominant position.
Quagmire tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Knight avoiding damage as Quagmire throws knees to the body.
Quagmire dodges an elbow strike from Knight.
A knee to the head by Quagmire.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Quagmire tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quagmire misses with a knee strike.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Quagmire.
Quagmire lands a nice uppercut.
Knight has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Quagmire seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Knight can turn it around.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quagmire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Quagmire.
Knight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quagmire misses with a knee to the head.
Quagmire blocks an elbow strike from Knight.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight scores with a shot to the side of Quagmire's head.
Quagmire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quagmire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Quagmire tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.

Knight manages to break the clinch.

Quagmire moves into the clinch successfully.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quagmire throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quagmire trying to land knees to the body.

Knight manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Knight tenderised Quagmire's leg. Quagmire is trying to keep his angry face on.
Knight scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight throws a series of punches but Quagmire avoids them all with ease.
Knight misses with a low kick.
Knight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quagmire throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Quagmire looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick
and Quagmire counters with an inside leg kick.
Quagmire throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Knight throws a body punch but Quagmire moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quagmire lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Knight has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Knight and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Both fighters circling a little - Quagmire finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Quagmire throws a wild body kick that Knight sees coming a mile off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quagmire connects with a jab.
Quagmire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quagmire.
Knight moves out of range as Quagmire throws a body kick.
Knight appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Glen Quagmire has been cut.
Knight lands a really nice looking cross but Quagmire seems unphased.
Knight thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quagmire lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knight's sensitive parts.
Quagmire doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quagmire.
Quagmire avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knight throws a low kick but Quagmire avoids it.
Quagmire was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Left hook, right uppercut from Knight.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Quagmire takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quagmire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Quagmire walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
An inside leg kick from Quagmire misses.
Knight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Quagmire moves out of range easily.
Quagmire keeps Knight at a distance using the push kick.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Quagmire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left lands for Quagmire.
Quagmire takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Quagmire lunges at Knight with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Knight's hand.
Quagmire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Quagmire is out of range and Knight settles back down.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Quagmire circles away.
Quagmire looks to land a body kick but Knight moved away.
Knight connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Glen Quagmire will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glen Quagmire's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Quagmire dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knight. That did some damage!
Knight fakes the leg kick and cracks Quagmire in the body.
Knight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quagmire throws a looping overhand right but Knight ducks down to avoid it.
Quagmire throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Knight takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quagmire doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quagmire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knight doesn't seem bothered though.
Knight fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Quagmire checks it well.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Knight lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quagmire has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quagmire and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vann Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight lands with a kick to the temple. Quagmire shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Knight throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight is looking to chop away at Quagmire's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quagmire blocks a head kick by Knight.
Some bone on bone action there as Quagmire checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Quagmire lands an overhand right.
Quagmire tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Quagmire blocks the low kick.
Knight scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quagmire gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quagmire pushes Knight away with a front kick.
Knight takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That kick from Quagmire tenderised Knight's leg. Knight is trying to keep his angry face on.
Quagmire swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight tries to land a leg kick but Quagmire saw it coming and moves away.
Knight works Quagmire's body with a nice hook.
Knight slips a jab from Quagmire.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Quagmire throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quagmire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quagmire throws a leg kick but Knight moved away.
Knight staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire lands a right hook to the body.
Quagmire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quagmire tries to clinch
and Knight counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quagmire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quagmire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knight can pounce on him.
No joy there for Quagmire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quagmire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quagmire misses with a head kick.
Quagmire steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knight. That one must have hurt.
Knight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knight throws a low kick but Quagmire avoids it.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Knight avoids the head kick by Quagmire.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knight.
Knight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Knight.
Quagmire scores with a jab. Knight acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knight lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quagmire's sensitive parts.
Knight finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Quagmire misses with a straight right.
Knight misses with a right hand
and Quagmire counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knight gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Knight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Quagmire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knight throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quagmires head.
Quagmire landing knees to the head.

It looks like Vann Knight has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight throws an elbow that misses.
Knight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Quagmire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Quagmire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
Knight creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Quagmire misses with a knee to the head.

Knight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quagmire throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Quagmire moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Quagmire is looking to chop away at Knight's legs.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knight cracks the inside of Quagmire's front leg.
Quagmire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quagmire throws a push kick but Knight slaps the foot to one side.
Quagmire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quagmire.
Knight with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quagmire throws a jab when Knight was well out of range.
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 Glen Quagmire will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Knight lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knight connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Quagmire momentarily.
Quagmire motions for Knight to come forward. Quagmire throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knight does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Quagmire went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Knight with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quagmire throws a leg kick which misses Knight's front leg but catches the back leg as Knight tries to avoid it.
A lazy left from Quagmire finds it's target.
Quagmire misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Quagmire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quagmire throws the kick towards the body but Knight avoids it.
Quagmire moves out of range as Knight strikes.
Quagmire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quagmire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quagmire rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knight counters with a low kick, right behind Quagmire 's knee.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knight on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Quagmire. Quagmire obviously looking to wear him down.
A clash of legs there as Quagmire blocks the low kick.
A good leg kick by Knight.
Quagmire tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quagmire was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quagmire. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quagmire just misses with a punch to the body.
Knight is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Quagmire is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knight lands a head shot.
Knight defending well as Quagmire loads up on a big left hand.
Quagmire throws a half hearted mid kick.
Quagmire misses with a low kick.
Quagmire blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight lands a leg kick that knocks Quagmire off balance momentarily.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight lands with a nice body punch.
Knight misses with a low kick.
Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Quagmire throws a solid leg kick but Knight takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Quagmire.
Knight now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Quagmire as he checks the leg kick.
Knight will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Some bone on bone action there as Knight checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A lazy body kick from Knight
and Quagmire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quagmire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight flicks out a counter leg kick but Quagmire steps away.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quagmire. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quagmire swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knight moves away from the strike by Quagmire.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
Quagmire tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Quagmire on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quagmire is looking to clinch.
Knight throws a counter combo.
Quagmire is looking to clinch but Knight is avoiding it.
Knight is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Quagmire with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quagmire.
Knight is looking to chop away at Quagmire's legs.
Quagmire checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quagmire blocks a leg kick.
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quagmire. That did some damage!
Knight throws a chopping leg kick but Quagmire manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quagmire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quagmire.
Quagmire moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.

Quagmire closes the distance and pushes Knight back into the cage.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Quagmire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quagmire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Quagmire landing knees to the body.
Knight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Knight breaks the clinch.
Knight avoids the head kick by Quagmire.
Quagmire misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quagmire misses with a body kick.
Quagmire tries a low kick but Knight avoids it.
Knight tries a quick counter leg kick but Quagmire is wise to it.
Quagmire tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quagmire avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knight scores with a jab to the head.
Knight cracks Quagmire with an open hand slap.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vann Knight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Quagmire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Vann Knight!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Vann Knight!

Vann Knight wins by majority decision!
Vann Knight spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.