PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manolito Damhuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien OQuinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). OQuinn has chosen King Gordy - Damian as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Damhuis
vs
OQuinn

184 cm
21
182 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manolito Damhuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien OQuinn!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damhuis swats away the attempt to clinch by OQuinn.
Damhuis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Damhuis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from OQuinn finds it's way round the side to connect with Damhuis's head.
Damhuis looks to land a right hand but OQuinn moved out of range.
Damhuis lands a body shot.

OQuinn has Damhuis up against the cage in a clinch.
OQuinn throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damhuis goes for a takedown in the clinch but OQuinn prevents it.
Damhuis has a couple of punches blocked by OQuinn.
OQuinn's coach down at Midnight MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on OQuinn's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

OQuinn breaks from the clinch.
OQuinn walks into a stiff left hand from Damhuis.
Damhuis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of OQuinn's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damhuis throws a head kick but OQuinn moves out of range.
Damhuis takes a swing at OQuinn's ribcage but misses.
OQuinn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Damhuis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
OQuinn moves in looking to clinch but Damhuis pushes him off.
OQuinn tries to close the distance and clinch but Damhuis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
OQuinn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Damhuis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Damhuis keeps the fight on the outside.
Damhuis drops down looking for a counter takedown but OQuinn sprawls and moves away.
Damhuis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
OQuinn moves in looking to clinch but Damhuis pushes him off.
OQuinn thows a left - swing and a miss!
A cross from OQuinn lands.
Damhuis connects with a nice looking jab.
Damhuis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Damien OQuinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from OQuinn. No joy for Damhuis on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Damhuis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
OQuinn moves in looking to clinch but Damhuis pushes him off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OQuinn is looking to clinch but Damhuis is avoiding it.
Damhuis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
OQuinn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Damhuis to score with a decent uppercut.
Damhuis misses with a lunging right hand
and Damhuis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
OQuinn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
OQuinn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damhuis moves away from the strike by OQuinn.
OQuinn swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Damhuis.
Damhuis keeps the fight on the outside.
OQuinn misses with a hook. Damhuis ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Damhuis's shoulder, as Damhuis tries to avoid the shot.
Damhuis scores with a kick to the midsection.
Damhuis loads up on a big right hand but OQuinn slips the punch.
Damhuis lands a jab to OQuinn's midsection.
OQuinn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Damhuis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OQuinn tries a head kick but it misses.
Damhuis lands the left hand.
OQuinn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Damhuis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of OQuinn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Donk. Damhuis catches OQuinn right on the button with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
OQuinn lands an overhand right.
Damhuis missing with a left hand there. OQuinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis scoring well with a low kick there.
OQuinn moves in looking to clinch but Damhuis pushes him off.
Nice uppercut there from Damhuis.
OQuinn blocks a low kick nicely.
OQuinn throws a counter combo.

OQuinn clinches with his opponent.
OQuinn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damhuis.
OQuinn'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.

OQuinn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Damhuis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Damhuis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Damien OQuinn has been cut.

Damhuis tries to keep at a distance but OQuinn has taken the fight into the clinch.
OQuinn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damhuis is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manolito Damhuis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien OQuinn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Damhuis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Damhuis throws a right hand that OQuinn ducks under and follows up with a left that OQuinn also avoids with ease.
OQuinn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
OQuinn tries to clinch but Damhuis moves out of range.
Damhuis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
OQuinn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Damhuis.
A shot to the body from Damhuis misses
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Damhuis throws a right hand that misses
and Damhuis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Damhuis misses with the combination.
Damhuis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damhuis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Damhuis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Damhuis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn tries to clinch but Damhuis is having none of it.
OQuinn on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Damhuis misses with a looping right.
Damhuis looks to throw the jab but OQuinn is out of range.
Damhuis feints and then cracks OQuinn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow OQuinn down.
OQuinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Damhuis.
Damhuis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
OQuinn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
OQuinn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Damhuis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Damhuis misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from OQuinn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Damhuis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Manolito Damhuis is winning the standup battle so far.
Damhuis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Damhuis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Damhuis with a nice cross.
Damhuis throws a body kick that misses
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OQuinn tries to clinch up.
OQuinn is looking to clinch but Damhuis is avoiding it.
Damhuis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OQuinn can do to turn this around?
A cross from Damhuis lands.
OQuinn might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
OQuinn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
OQuinn scores with a jab.
A head kick misses from Damhuis.
As Damhuis backs off OQuinn throws a huge counter combo but Damhuis manages to avoid it all.
Damhuis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Damhuis missing with a left hand there. OQuinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Damhuis throws a solid leg kick but OQuinn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Damhuis.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from OQuinn! But no joy.
Damhuis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
OQuinn is looking to clinch.
Damhuis throws a head kick but OQuinn moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis throws a leg kick that is checked
letting OQuinn counter with a right hand.

It looks like Manolito Damhuis has been cut.
Damhuis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Damhuis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Damhuis connects with a crisp jab.
Damhuis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That kick from Damhuis tenderised OQuinn's leg. OQuinn is trying to keep his angry face on.
OQuinn avoids the body shot from Damhuis.
OQuinn moves away from the strike by Damhuis.
Damhuis takes a swing at OQuinn's ribcage but misses.
As Damhuis backs off OQuinn throws a huge counter combo but Damhuis manages to avoid it all.
OQuinn stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

OQuinn sends Damhuis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! OQuinn is motioning to the referee to let Damhuis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Damhuis is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Damhuis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
OQuinn tries to kick Damhuis off but Damhuis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. OQuinn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Damhuis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Damhuis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Damhuis trying to control but OQuinn is working from the bottom.
Damhuis working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Damhuis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manolito Damhuis dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

OQuinn closes the distance but Damhuis moves to the side

and Damhuis counters with a takedown into side control.
OQuinn is trying to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if OQuinn can do anything to dispel that myth.
Damhuis working the body and head with strikes.
Damhuis scores with punches from side control.
Damhuis trying to control the position but OQuinn is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Damhuis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, OQuinn rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Damhuis's guard! Nice work there by OQuinn!
Damhuis is pulling down on OQuinn's head. It's preventing any offense from OQuinn, at least for the moment.
Manolito Damhuis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Damhuis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and OQuinn defends well.
OQuinn wants to control from the top but Damhuis keeps moving.

Damhuis is looking for a triangle but OQuinn pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
OQuinn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
OQuinn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Damhuis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Damhuis has control of OQuinn's left arm, preventing OQuinn from doing any damage.

Damhuis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
OQuinn looking to sit in guard and control but Damhuis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

OQuinn wants to stand up but Damhuis is controlling him.
OQuinn keeping moving, preventing Damhuis from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
OQuinn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
OQuinn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Damhuis is one step ahead there.
OQuinn keeping moving, preventing Damhuis from controlling successfully.
Damhuis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Damhuis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Damhuis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Damhuis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Damhuis won't allow OQuinn to sweep him here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Damhuis scores with a jab to the head.
Damhuis throws out a loose jab but OQuinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
OQuinn tries to clinch but Damhuis moves out of range.
Damhuis misses with a left hand
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Damhuis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
OQuinn wants to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Damhuis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and OQuinn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Damien OQuinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manolito Damhuis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Damhuis misses with a lunging right hand
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manolito Damhuis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Damhuis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manolito Damhuis!
Damien OQuinn spoke after the fight, saying 'Cant win them all i`ll be back!!'.