PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Quinteros (ranked 752 p4p, 101 weight class) and Tigran Minasian (ranked 1181 p4p, 158 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Quinteros
vs
Minasian

185 cm
29
179 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
183 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nelson Quinteros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tigran Minasian!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minasian takes one to the chin there.
Minasian with a poor takedown

and Quinteros counters by moving into the clinch.
Quinteros lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Minasian looking to slow down the pace here.
Quinteros avoiding damage as Minasian throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Quinteros.
Quinteros landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quinteros lands a body shot in the clinch.
Minasian is working Quinteros over against the cage.
Minasian stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Quinteros lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Minasian.
A short left from Minasian.
Quinteros lands a shot to the body.
Minasian swings wildly with an uppercut but Quinteros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinteros working Minasian over with knees to the body.
Minasian looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quinteros throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Minasian blocks it with crossed arms.
Minasian throws an elbow that misses.
Minasian misses with a punch to the body.
Minasian wants to get back to striking at distance but Quinteros won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinteros scores with a hook to the body.
Quinteros gets through Minasian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quinteros.
A hook to the body from Quinteros.
A short left from Quinteros.
Good body shot from Quinteros.
Quinteros working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quinteros lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Minasian tries to pull guard but Quinteros holds him up against the cage and eventually Minasian drops back down to his feet.
Minasian is pushing Quinteros up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quinteros lands a knee to the head.
Quinteros lands a body shot in the clinch.
Quinteros landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Quinteros working Minasian over with knees to the body.
Quinteros lands a left hand that snaps the head of Minasian backwards.
Quinteros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Minasian taking a breather.
Quinteros throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Minasians head.
Minasian wants to break free but Quinteros has control.

Minasian breaks from the clinch.

Quinteros closes the distance and pushes Minasian back into the cage.
Minasian fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nelson Quinteros has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tigran Minasian.
Quinteros scores with a knee to the head.
Quinteros pushes Minasian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quinteros using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quinteros utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Quinteros connects with a nasty looking knee right to Minasian's face.
Minasian fails to pull guard.
Quinteros pushes Minasian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quinteros prevents a body shot from Minasian.
Quinteros lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quinteros lands a nice uppercut.
Minasian slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian working hard to break the clinch.

Minasian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quinteros scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Minasian misses with an uppercut

and Quinteros counters with a nice right hand that sends Minasian toppling to the canvas! Minasian scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Quinteros finish him?!

Minasian is rocked!
Quinteros fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Minasian square on the jaw! Damn, Minasian is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nelson Quinteros!
Our winner, Nelson Quinteros, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.