PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Mcdonald (ranked 5405 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kam Quayle (ranked 4332 p4p, 0 weight class). Kam Quayle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jerry Mcdonald's chin.

Mcdonald
vs
Quayle

220 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry Mcdonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kam Quayle!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdonald stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mcdonald wants it to stay on the feet.
Mcdonald tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Quayle manages to circle out of the way.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Quayle is fighting off a takedown attempt but Mcdonald is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Quayle to the mat. Quayle regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Mcdonald stands up over Quayle, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quayle looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mcdonald distracts Quayle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Quayle working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mcdonald has passed into half guard!
Mcdonald lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mcdonald seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mcdonald prevents Quayle from standing back up.
Mcdonald is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mcdonald seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Quayle for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quayle is looking for a sweep. Mcdonald is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mcdonald lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mcdonald really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Quayle is trying to stand back up but Mcdonald is controlling him
Mcdonald sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mcdonald's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald 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.
Mcdonald has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Mcdonald lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mcdonald sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Quayle is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mcdonald scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Mcdonald seems content to control.
Mcdonald seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Still in half guard, Mcdonald seems content to control.
Mcdonald working over Quayle with some ground and pound. Quayle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Quayle looking for submissions off his back.
Quayle looks winded!
Mcdonald slows the pace down in half guard.
Mcdonald working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quayle looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mcdonald takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mcdonald is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mcdonald is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mcdonald seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mcdonald content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Mcdonald is stinking the place up with his stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mcdonald takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mcdonald lands strikes from half guard.

Quayle looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Mcdonald pushes past his half guard into mount!
Mcdonald postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Quayle looks a forlorn figure.
Mcdonald content just to control the position here.
Quayle in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mcdonald controlling the pace for now.
Mcdonald breaks from Quayle's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Mcdonald dominated that round.
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.

Mcdonald drives through and clinches with Quayle against the cage.

Mcdonald pulls Quayle into guard.
Mcdonald throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Quayle looking to sit in guard and control but Mcdonald gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Quayle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mcdonald. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mcdonald is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mcdonald working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mcdonald controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcdonald is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mcdonald seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Mcdonald is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdonald lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mcdonald content to stall in guard here.
Mcdonald lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mcdonald scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mcdonald showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mcdonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Quayle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quayle is breathing heavily.
Mcdonald content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mcdonald stops Quayle from standing up.
Mcdonald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quayle's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quayle can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mcdonald is stalling in the full guard.
Mcdonald scoring with some ground and pound.
Mcdonald connects with a couple of short punches.

Quayle is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mcdonald is aware though and is defending well.
Mcdonald working some strikes from top position.
Mcdonald is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Mcdonald.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mcdonald throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Mcdonald scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mcdonald controlling the position from side mount.
Quayle is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mcdonald lands a few punches from side control.
Quayle is being controlled here.
Mcdonald will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quayle pushes Mcdonald away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mcdonald gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mcdonald is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Quayle will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Mcdonald cracks Quayle with a big right hand but Quayle just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mcdonald staying calm.
Quayle on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mcdonald controlling the position from side mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Mcdonald dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mcdonald tries a head kick but it misses.
Quayle is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Quayle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mcdonald doesn't seem bothered though.
Quayle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mcdonald half committed to a counter leg kick.

Quayle decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mcdonald moves into full guard.
Mcdonald lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcdonald seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Quayle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdonald working some strikes from top position.

Mcdonald stands up from Quayle's guard - Mcdonald perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jerry Mcdonald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Mcdonald, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quayle throws a hook but Mcdonald avoids it easily.

Mcdonald clinches.

Mcdonald ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mcdonald no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Quayle looking to sit in guard and control but Mcdonald gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mcdonald cracks Quayle with a solid left hand.
Quayle being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mcdonald's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jerry Mcdonald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Quayle has momentary wrist control but Mcdonald slips an elbow through the middle.
Mcdonald sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mcdonald cracks Quayle with a solid left hand.
Quayle can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mcdonald controls the pace.

Quayle looking for a guillotine here but Mcdonald defends easily.

Mcdonald got a little sloppy there for a moment and Quayle has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mcdonald has managed to get both his arms back between Quayle's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mcdonald scoring with some ground and pound.
Mcdonald is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mcdonald working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quayle's head.
Mcdonald sitting in guard here, content to control.

Mcdonald decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Mcdonald shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mcdonald showed some decent athleticism there.
Kam Quayle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mcdonald performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald working over Quayle with some ground and pound. Quayle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Mcdonald there.
Mcdonald lands with a punch from half guard.
Mcdonald content to control rather than advance.
Mcdonald landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mcdonald connects with a nice short shot to Quayle's temple.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mcdonald slows the pace down in half guard.
Mcdonald drops an elbow to the side of Quayle's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Mcdonald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mcdonald 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Mcdonald!