PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julio Quintana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerard Esqueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Esqueda's choice of entrance music: Cant del Barça. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quintana
vs
Esqueda

170 cm
30
167 lbs
19 - 7 - 2

179 cm
34
169 lbs
29 - 16 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160
KnockOut

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 19 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Julio Quintana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gerard Esqueda!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esqueda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Esqueda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quintana has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Quintana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Esqueda ducks under a wild hook from Quintana.
Nice shot lands for Quintana.
Nice defenses there by Quintana.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quintana.
Esqueda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quintana.
Esqueda only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Quintana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Quintana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Quintana has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Zero Tolerance in the buildup to the fight.
Esqueda missing with a left hand there. Quintana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quintana throws a body punch but Esqueda moves out of range.
Esqueda thuds his shin into the meat of Quintana's side.
Esqueda bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quintana's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Esqueda lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quintana's sensitive parts.
Esqueda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quintana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esqueda checks a low kick from Quintana.
Quintana throws a looping overhand right but Esqueda ducks down to avoid it.
Esqueda takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Quintana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Esqueda tries a low kick but Quintana avoids it.
Esqueda moves out of range as Quintana strikes.
Quintana tries a head kick but it misses.
Quintana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Esqueda.

Esqueda scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from Esqueda.
Quintana regains full guard. Nicely done.

Quintana throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Esqueda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quintana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintana is trying to keep Esqueda in close.
Esqueda keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Quintana's head.
Quintana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Esqueda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esqueda lands a couple of elbows.
Esqueda throws a big right hand that misses.
Esqueda wants to control from the top but Quintana keeps moving.
Esqueda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quintana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Esqueda wants to control from the top but Quintana keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esqueda trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Quintana is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Esqueda looks to throw the jab but Quintana is out of range.
Esqueda bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Quintana's head backwards.
Esqueda connects with a solid leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Esqueda 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Esqueda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Esqueda displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Esqueda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Esqueda misses with a hook.
Esqueda lands a nice shot that snaps Quintana's head back.
Quintana lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esqueda avoids the body shot from Quintana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quintana defending well as Esqueda loads up on a big left hand.
Julio Quintana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Esqueda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Quintana is rocked!
Quintana avoids the body shot from Esqueda.
Quintana throws a hook to the side of Esqueda's head but Esqueda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Esqueda misses with a hook.
Quintana is looking to counter punch.
Esqueda moves out of range of the strikes.
Esqueda dodges the punch combination from Quintana.
Esqueda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esqueda. Quintana does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Quintana.
Quintana has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Esqueda finds it's way round the side to connect with Quintana's head.
Quintana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A right-left combo lands from Quintana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerard Esqueda dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Quintana throws a leg kick but Esqueda moved away.

It looks like Gerard Esqueda has been cut.
Esqueda misses the jab.
Quintana misses with a hook. Esqueda ducked under it nicely.
Quintana misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Esqueda on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quintana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quintana has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Esqueda.
Quintana throws an overhand right that lands on Esqueda's shoulder, as Esqueda tries to avoid the shot.
Esqueda tries to clinch but Quintana is having none of it.
Esqueda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Esqueda scores with the left hand. Quintana knows he should have avoided that one.
Esqueda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esqueda misses with a double jab.
Quintana tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Esqueda scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Esqueda lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Esqueda moves out of range as Quintana throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintana throws a shot from downtown. Esqueda moves away and avoids it.
Quintana fails to land with a series of punches.
Quintana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quintana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Esqueda.
Esqueda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quintana throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Quintana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quintana slips a jab from Esqueda.
Quintana looks to land a left hand but Esqueda moved out of range nicely.
Esqueda tests Quintana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Quintana has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Esqueda finds it's way round the side to connect with Quintana's head.
Esqueda shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Quintana eats them both and turns towards Esqueda to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Oh Quintana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Esqueda scores with a nice body kick.
Quintana slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Esqueda defending well as Quintana loads up on a big left hand.
Quintana seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esqueda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esqueda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Esqueda thuds his shin into the meat of Quintana's side.
Quintana avoids the body shot from Esqueda.
Quintana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Esqueda lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Quintana moves out of range of the strikes.
Esqueda cracks Quintana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Esqueda steps in with a hook that catches Quintana right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Esqueda follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Quintana looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gerard Esqueda!
Gerard Esqueda gave a mention to $300 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).