PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Skarsgard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quaid comes to the cage accompanied by Total Recall. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Thor Skarsgard was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Quaid
vs
Skarsgard

186 cm
32
260 lbs
28 - 12 - 0

200 cm
38
270 lbs
38 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Douglas Quaid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thor Skarsgard!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skarsgard throws the left hand but Quaid avoids the punch easily.
Quaid stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Skarsgard.
Skarsgard moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Quaid defending well as Skarsgard loads up on a big left hand.
Quaid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skarsgard moves away.
Skarsgard was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Skarsgard has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Douglas Quaid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skarsgard connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Quaid momentarily.

Skarsgard has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Skarsgard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Skarsgard fails to land.
Quaid is pushing Skarsgard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quaid misses with a punch to the body.
Quaid lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Skarsgard tries a body shot but Quaid blocks it.
Skarsgard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quaid backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skarsgard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quaid blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Quaid.
Skarsgard throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skarsgard.
Quaid tries to stall but Skarsgard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Quaid lands a left hand.
A short right from Skarsgard.
Skarsgard throws a punch but it's blocked by Quaid.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Quaid leaning his opponent against the cage.
Skarsgard takes a shot to the head.
Quaid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quaid throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skarsgards head.
Skarsgard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quaid blocks an uppercut.
Quaid lands a body punch.
Skarsgard looks winded!
Quaid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quaid pressing his opponent against the cage.
Skarsgard misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Skarsgard as Quaid tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Skarsgard fails to land.
Skarsgard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Quaid - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Quaid escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quaid throws a shot from downtown. Skarsgard moves away and avoids it.
Skarsgard throws out a counter right but Quaid avoids it with no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skarsgard throws a head kick but Quaid moves out of range.
Quaid moves away from the strike by Skarsgard.
Quaid throws a right hand that misses

and Skarsgard counters by moving into the clinch.
Quaid lands a nice shot to the body.
Skarsgard has Quaid pressed against the cage.
Quaid lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Quaid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quaid stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaid tries a body shot but Skarsgard blocks it.
Quaid is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Skarsgard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Skarsgard misses with a body punch.
Quaid throws a head punch that misses.
Quaid misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Quaid.
Quaid works on Skarsgard's body with a couple of short punches.
Quaid'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.
Skarsgard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Quaid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quaid misses with a straight left.
Quaid seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Quaid throws a lazy right hand but Skarsgard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skarsgard throws a sloppy head kick

and Quaid counters with a single leg into guard. Skarsgard didn't expect that.
Quaid controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Quaid throwing strikes but missing.
Skarsgard keeping moving, preventing Quaid from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Quaid's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Quaid throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quaid is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Quaid preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quaid makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Skarsgard being controlled here, momentarily.
Quaid works over Skarsgard with some ground and pound from guard.
Quaid in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Quaid trying to control but Skarsgard is working from the bottom.
Skarsgard looking for a sweep. Not yet Skarsgard, not yet.
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 Douglas Quaid will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Quaid looks to land a right hand but Skarsgard moved out of range.
Quaid missing with a left hand there. Skarsgard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Quaid, as that shot connected.
Quaid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skarsgard looks to land a body kick but Quaid moved away.

Quaid takes the fight into the clinch.
Douglas Quaid has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skarsgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Quaid tries to stall but Skarsgard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skarsgard.
Quaid stalling the fight.
Quaid is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Skarsgard's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Quaid holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Quaid looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quaid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skarsgard stalling in the clinch but Quaid improves position.
A short right from Quaid on the inside.
Quaid lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skarsgard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skarsgard is breathing heavily.
Skarsgard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quaid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quaid dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Skarsgard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Quaid throws a head punch that misses.
Skarsgard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skarsgard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quaid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skarsgard's elbow.
Quaid leaning his opponent against the cage.
Quaid blocking some punches.
Quaid lands a body shot in the clinch.
Quaid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skarsgard has a couple of punches blocked by Quaid.
Quaid lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaid blocks a body shot from Skarsgard.
Quaid scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Quaid displaying some good clinch control by pressing Skarsgard up against the cage.
Skarsgard swings wildly with an uppercut but Quaid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quaid swings wildly with an uppercut but Skarsgard uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Quaid.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Skarsgard.
Quaid stalling in the clinch but Skarsgard improves position.
Quaid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Skarsgard as Quaid tries to tie him up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Quaid.
A head punch on the inside from Skarsgard fails to land.
A short right from Quaid on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaid lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skarsgard backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Quaid.
Quaid pushes Skarsgard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Quaid turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Quaid working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Skarsgard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Quaid works to advance to full mount. Skarsgard defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Quaid controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Quaid connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Skarsgard is rocked!
Quaid loads up with a big shot that hurts Skarsgard! He's pulled Quaid in close but Quaid has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Skarsgard survive? More strikes from Quaid and Skarsgard is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Douglas Quaid!
A relieved looking Douglas Quaid thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Thor Skarsgard was interviewed post fight and said 'At HW, all it takes is one lucky punch. Congrats to the new champion, I will be back stronger than ever. Thank you to all my fans, coaches, and my team back home.'.