QFC Tournament 286 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Camus De Aquario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Aquario
vs
Cooper

175 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Camus De Aquario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paddy Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cooper gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Aquario to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cooper is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cooper looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Aquario from controlling successfully.

Cooper looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Aquario controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cooper is pulling down on Aquario's head to control his posture.

Aquario is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Cooper has his foot on Aquario's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aquario works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aquario engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Cooper trying to control the position.
Aquario slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Cooper working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aquario doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Aquario manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Aquario trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Camus De Aquario wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Cooper rushes Aquario and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aquario is trying to stall.

Cooper has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Aquario regains guard immediately.
Aquario trying to control the position.
Cooper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aquario. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Aquario utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cooper is fighting to break Aquario's control of his arms but Aquario is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Cooper is sitting in close to Aquario's body. Aquario has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Cooper is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Cooper is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Aquario.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Camus De Aquario!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
35%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Dowling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Kill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Dowling
vs
Kill

180 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenny Dowling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy Kill!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dowling blocks a jab.
Dowling shoots in for a takedown but Kill shows good takedown defense.
Dowling moves out of range of the strikes.
Kill avoids the body shot from Dowling.
Kill dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dowling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dowling.
Dowling closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kill circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Dowling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dowling fails to land the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Dowling or perhaps it was just good defense by Kill which made him look bad.
Kill misses with a looping left.
Dowling staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kill lands a jab to the head.
Dowling has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kill finds it's way round the side to connect with Dowling's head.
Dowling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kill checks it well.
Dowling misses with a looping left.
Kenny Dowling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dowling drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dowling shoots in looking for a takedown but Kill manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dowling's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kill lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dowling walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dowling shoots for a takedown but Kill saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dowling throws a lazy right hand but Kill sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kill with a hook.
Dowling throws a front kick aimed at Kill's knee but Kill avoids it well.
Dowling has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kill misses with a hook. Dowling ducked under it nicely.
Kill lunges at Dowling with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dowling's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dowling fails with the takedown
and Kill counters with a nice uppercut.
Kill tries a head kick but it misses.

Dowling shoots in and gets a takedown into Kill's guard.
Dowling stands and throws Kill's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dowling lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kill down.
Dowling sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kill is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kill trying to remain calm as Dowling controls from the top position.
Dowling working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kill is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kill takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dowling is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kill will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dowling working the ground and pound.
Kill takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dowling advances to full mount.
Dowling in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dowling scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dowling can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kill is looking to escape.
Kill is working to get back to half guard.
Dowling fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dowling lands a big shot there that rocks Kill but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Dowling.

Kill is rocked!
Dowling postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Kill badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Dowling around the waist but Dowling pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Dowling is the winner by TKO! Dowling jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Dowling!
In his post fight interview, Kenny Dowling started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
53%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emong Manong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garry Cameron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emong Manong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Garry Cameron's chin.

Manong
vs
Cameron

177 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Emong Manong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Garry Cameron!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manong throws a nice looking combination but Cameron bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice jab there from Manong.
Manong scores with a shot to the body.
Manong moves out of range as Cameron throws a body kick.
Manong scores with a shot to the body.
Manong throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Cameron moves into the clinch.
Cameron blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manong.
Cameron prevents Manong from breaking the clinch.
Good body shot from Cameron.

Cameron gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Manong is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cameron pulls his head out easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cameron trying to pass the guard but Manong defending well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Manong looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cameron is looking to advance position but Manong won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Manong actively working from the bottom here.

Manong has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Cameron. Oh but Manong has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Cameron goes limp - he's gone! Manong jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Emong Manong!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buakaw Buyakawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cacildis Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cacildis Me has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Buyakawa
vs
Me

175 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Buakaw Buyakawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cacildis Me!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buyakawa has his takedown stuffed

and Me counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Buyakawa is looking for a sweep. Me is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Me lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Me throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Buyakawa looks like he's trying to stand up.
Me throwing shots but Buyakawa is blocking nicely.
Buyakawa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Me scores with a couple of nice shots.
Buyakawa is trying to maintain the position but Me is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me is looking to advance position but Buyakawa won't allow it.
Buyakawa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Me looking to pass the guard.
Me throws a big elbow that misses.
Me throwing strikes but missing.
Me trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Buyakawa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Me landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me trying to control but Buyakawa is working from the bottom.
Me postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buyakawa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Buyakawa keeping full guard, as Me tries to pass.
Me is looking to work some ground and pound but Buyakawa has wrist control.
Me loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Me throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buyakawa has momentary wrist control but Me slips an elbow through the middle.
Buyakawa is trying to keep Me in close.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Me avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Buyakawa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Me throws a big elbow that misses.
Me throws a big elbow that misses.
Buyakawa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Buyakawa tries to get out of the position.
Buyakawa wants to sweep here but Me controlling him for the moment.
Buyakawa is breathing heavily.
Me advances position into side control!
Me throws a strike aimed at the side of Buyakawa's head but Buyakawa avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Me lands a few punches from side control.
Me cracks Buyakawa with a big right hand but Buyakawa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Me scores with punches from side control.
Me scores with punches from side control.
Me creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Buyakawa sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Me is looking to take a break and control but Buyakawa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Me working the head and body with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Me tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Me has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Buyakawa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cacildis Me dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Buyakawa shoots in looking for a takedown. Me tries to sprawl out of it but Buyakawa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Me manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sloppy strikes from Buyakawa. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Buyakawa gets the takedown into side control.
Me trying his best to control but Buyakawa has mounted him.
Cacildis Me has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buyakawa with a couple of short strikes.
Me regains half guard.
Me tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Buyakawa has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Me working to try and regain half guard.
Me sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa is thwarting Me's attempts to control the position.
Buyakawa not doing much here.
Nice strikes from Buyakawa there.
Me is not content to let Buyakawa control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me wants to get back to full guard.
Me gets back to full guard.
Buyakawa preventing the sweep.
Buyakawa wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Buyakawa looking to sit in guard and control but Me gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Buyakawa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa has Me pulled in close to control his posture.
Buyakawa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Me is controlling him.
Me working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Buyakawa's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buyakawa can't keep his opponent in guard - Me advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Me wants to take a breather but Buyakawa is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Buakaw Buyakawa will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Buyakawa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Me circles away.
Buyakawa throws a series of punches but Me avoids them all with ease.
Buyakawa misses with a head kick.

Buyakawa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Me tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Buyakawa presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Buyakawa looking to secure an arm triangle but Me defends it well.
Me is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me throwing hammer fists to the chest of Buyakawa. What's that going to do exactly?
Me is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Me sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Me wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Buyakawa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Me defending well though.
Buyakawa tries to pass to full mount but Me defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me tries to roll over but Buyakawa keeps him under control.
Buyakawa is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Me!
Me wants to control but Buyakawa is having none of it.
Me can't escape the position.
Buyakawa tries to control but Me wriggling away.
Buyakawa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Me's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Buyakawa goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Me turns into him and now he's in Buyakawa's guard.
Buyakawa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Buyakawa trying to control the position.
Me works over Buyakawa with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buyakawa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buakaw Buyakawa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Buyakawa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Cacildis Me!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Cacildis Me!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Cacildis Me!

Cacildis Me wins by unanimous decision!