QFC Tournament 308 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saulo Riberio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Austin
vs
Riberio

189 cm
22
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Saulo Riberio!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Riberio scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Austin wants to get back to his feet.

Austin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Riberio seems to be looking for submissions.

Austin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Riberio looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Austin has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Riberio escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Riberio!

Riberio has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Austin is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Riberio yanks on the arm and Austin is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Riberio.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Saulo Riberio!
Steve Austin was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck him'.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leos Karanous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Zack Taylor enters the cage!

Karanous
vs
Taylor

180 cm
23
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
208 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leos Karanous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zack Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karanous fails with a takedown attempt.
Taylor is looking to land body kicks.

Taylor closes the distance and clinches.

Taylor has hold of one of Karanous's legs. Karanous is fighting the takedown attempt but Taylor gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Taylor tries to free his leg and advance position but Karanous is retaining full guard.
Karanous preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karanous swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Karanous is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Karanous working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karanous looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
Karanous pulls Taylor in close to his closed guard and prevents Taylor from doing any damage or advancing position.
Taylor showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karanous keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Zack Taylor hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Taylor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Karanous tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Taylor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Karanous can't do much from the bottom here.
Taylor tries to stand but Karanous is controlling his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karanous tries to bench press Taylor off him but Taylor keeps the position.
Taylor controls the position.
Karanous gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Taylor is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Karanous has managed to free his arm - good work.
Karanous makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Karanous.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karanous keeping full guard, as Taylor tries to pass.

Karanous looking for a guillotine here but Taylor defends easily.
Taylor trying to stand up but can't free himself from Karanous's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karanous controls Taylor momentarily but Taylor frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zack Taylor will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Taylor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Taylor lands in his opponent's guard.
Taylor wants to control from the top but Karanous keeps moving.
Karanous working a defensive guard here.
Karanous striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to pass into half guard but Karanous pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Karanous is in guard.
Karanous looking to sit in guard and control but Taylor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Taylor is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Karanous manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Taylor manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karanous thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Karanous trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karanous is one step ahead there.
Karanous trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karanous sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Karanous won't allow Taylor to sweep him here.

Karanous drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Taylor dives on top into guard.
Taylor being controlled here momentarily.

Leos Karanous has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Taylor closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Karanous to the mat! Karanous manages to get full guard.
Karanous wants to sweep here but Taylor controlling him for the moment.
Karanous is trying to keep Taylor in close.
Taylor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor postures up in Karanous's guard and throws a big left but Karanous blocks it.
Taylor trying to control but Karanous is working from the bottom.
Karanous looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Taylor 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Zack Taylor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Taylor drives through with a takedown into guard.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Karanous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karanous looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taylor postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Zack Taylor was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Karanous wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Taylor gets the takedown into side control.
Karanous manages to get back to half guard.
Karanous trying to control here.
Taylor wants to control but Karanous is keeping him busy.
Taylor is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Taylor controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Zack Taylor wasn't active enough on the ground.
Karanous closes the distance and clinches up with Taylor, looking for a takedown. Karanous pushes Taylor against the cage but Taylor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Taylor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Karanous's guard.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Karanous. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Karanous is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karanous swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Karanous tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to stand and escape but instead Karanous has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Taylor 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.
Taylor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karanous 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.

Karanous has gone for a leg lock! Taylor slips out almost immediately though and dives into Karanous's guard.
Karanous is trying to control the position but Taylor postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses. Karanous uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Taylor's guard. Nice move by Karanous!
Taylor has Karanous pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karanous trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karanous prevents Taylor from getting back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Karanous gets caught napping as Taylor dives in and scores a takedown. Karanous manages to retain guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zack Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Zack Taylor!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Zack Taylor!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Zack Taylor!

Zack Taylor wins by unanimous decision!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Saldana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyresse Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saldana
vs
Miller

190 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcelo Saldana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyresse Miller!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller with a poor takedown

and Saldana counters with a head kick that drops Miller!
Saldana has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Miller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Saldana's guard.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Miller drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Miller seems to have locked his on tight now - Saldana screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Miller, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Tyresse Miller!
After the fight, Tyresse Miller was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goiti Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goiti Rodrigues will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jones
vs
Rodrigues

160 cm
23
207 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Goiti Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rodrigues is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Rodrigues is looking for a sweep.
Jones wants to control but Rodrigues is keeping him busy.
Jones slows the pace down.

Jon Jones has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Rodrigues tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodrigues closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodrigues tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Rodrigues. Rodrigues gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigues's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rodrigues duly obliges.
Rodrigues looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Rodrigues persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Jon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Goiti Rodrigues.

Rodrigues scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rodrigues on the ground.
Rodrigues tries to stand but Jones is controlling his head.
Jones regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is staying active underneath Rodrigues, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rodrigues seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Rodrigues looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodrigues wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones wants to control but Rodrigues is keeping busy.
Rodrigues not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones controlling the position well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rodrigues throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodrigues doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Horrible takedown by Rodrigues or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Rodrigues tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodrigues closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Rodrigues pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Jones throws a body kick that misses.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rodrigues gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rodrigues misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Jones shoots in and bounces Rodrigues off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jones content to stall in guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Rodrigues fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Rodrigues keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.

Rodrigues is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Jones can't fight it off and eventually Rodrigues manages to take the fight to the floor. Jones looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rodrigues.
Jones 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.

Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to sweep here but Rodrigues controlling him for the moment.
Rodrigues wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Rodrigues passes into half guard.
Jones is trying to maintain the position but Rodrigues is very close to passing his half guard.
Rodrigues wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Jones.
Jones is trying to control but can't.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rodrigues prevents Jones from improving his position.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jones is staying active underneath Rodrigues, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Rodrigues wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jon Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Goiti Rodrigues was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Rodrigues gets caught napping as Jones dives in and scores a takedown. Rodrigues manages to retain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rodrigues holds on and takes a little breather.

Rodrigues is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.

Rodrigues throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodrigues is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues has a closed guard, preventing Jones from standing up.
Jones won't allow Rodrigues to get back to his feet.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rodrigues wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Jones is now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodrigues gets back to full guard.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Goiti Rodrigues will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones wants to clinch up but Rodrigues keeps it at a distance.

Rodrigues fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.

Rodrigues breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones walks into a stiff left hand from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Rodrigues keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodrigues paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.

Jones scores with a takedown into Rodrigues's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodrigues wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Rodrigues takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodrigues is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodrigues is trying to keep Jones in close.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rodrigues swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues working a defensive guard here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Goiti Rodrigues.

Rodrigues closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones is trying to hold Rodrigues in close to prevent damage but Rodrigues has managed to pass into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rodrigues is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Rodrigues manages to move to mount!
A nice elbow there by Rodrigues.

Rodrigues swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Goiti Rodrigues!