QFC Tournament 849 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Hoyt (ranked 5909 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Blackbeard (ranked 5817 p4p, 0 weight class). Lance Hoyt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hoyt
vs
Blackbeard

200 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
208 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 Helsinki, Lance Hoyt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Captain Blackbeard!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hoyt lands a left and a right that send Blackbeard crashing to the mat, dazed. Hoyt thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Blackbeard is rocked!

It looks like Captain Blackbeard has been cut.
Blackbeard looks for a takedown but Hoyt sprawls well.
Blackbeard is still on wobbly legs! Can Hoyt finish him?

Blackbeard tries to keep at a distance but Hoyt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Blackbeard.
Blackbeard seems to have recovered his senses.
Hoyt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blackbeard prevents Hoyt from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Blackbeard fails to land.
Hoyt has had enough of the clinch but Blackbeard keeps him there for the moment.
Hoyt can't break the clinch.
Blackbeard throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoyt.
Blackbeard has a couple of punches blocked by Hoyt.
Blackbeard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blackbeard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hoyt is looking to break free of the clinch but Blackbeard has double underhooks.
Blackbeard pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoyt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blackbeard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hoyt is trying to break the clinch but Blackbeard has him pressed against the cage.
Blackbeard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoyt's efforts to push away.
Hoyt is looking to break free of the clinch but Blackbeard has double underhooks.
Blackbeard lands a nice uppercut.
Blackbeard leaning against his opponent.
Blackbeard taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blackbeard has Hoyt pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Blackbeard pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hoyt tumbling to the mat - Blackbeard dives into Hoyt's guard.
Blackbeard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Blackbeard postures up in Hoyt's guard and throws a big left but Hoyt blocks it.
Blackbeard connects with a couple of short punches.
Hoyt can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Blackbeard controls the pace.
Blackbeard throws a big elbow that misses.
Blackbeard tries to free his leg and advance position but Hoyt is retaining full guard.
Blackbeard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hoyt's head.
Blackbeard stands and throws Hoyt's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hoyt is breathing heavily.
Blackbeard scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackbeard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Blackbeard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Blackbeard wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hoyt, who protects the arm well.
Blackbeard working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blackbeard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hoyt taking a bit of punishment here - Blackbeard scoring with strikes.

Hoyt is rocked!

It looks like Lance Hoyt has been cut.
Blackbeard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Oh Hoyt is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hoyt is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Blackbeard lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Blackbeard politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Blackbeard prefers to stall for the moment though.
Hoyt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Blackbeard connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd goes nuts as Blackbeard knocks Hoyt out cold with a massive hammerfist! Blackbeard Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Captain Blackbeard!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chan Sun Byuck (ranked 8048 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mincer Mark (ranked 6893 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sun Byuck
vs
Mark

195 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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 Helsinki, Chan Sun Byuck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mincer Mark!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mark avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mark takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mark looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Byuck is fending him off so far but Mark persists. Nope, Byuck circles away and we're back to standing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mark checks a leg kick.
Mark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byuck manages to avoid it.
Byuck is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Byuck throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Byuck connects with a body shot.
Byuck darts in trying to clinch

and Mark counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Byuck is looking to improve his position.
Byuck has hold of Mark's hands but Mark slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Mark seems to be working for a kimura but Byuck defends the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mark working Byuck over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byuck is trying to maintain the position but Mark is very close to passing his half guard.
Mark drops an elbow to the side of Byuck's head.

Mark is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Byuck is just riding it out for now. Mark eventually gives up the hold.
Mark is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Mark.
Byuck punching from the bottom.
Mark seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Byuck wants to control but Mark is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byuck is trying to get back to full guard.
Mark is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mark working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mark looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mark is nestled in close to Byuck, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Mark in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Byuck tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Mark!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mincer Mark!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
42%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bob (ranked 6047 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Lamar (ranked 7418 p4p, 711 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bob
vs
Lamar

188 cm
18
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
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 Helsinki, Billy Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Lamar!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob throws a right hand that Lamar ducks under and follows up with a left that Lamar also avoids with ease.
Bob throws out a loose jab but Lamar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bob throws a front kick aimed at Lamar's knee but Lamar avoids it well.
Bob throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Lamar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lamar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

It looks like Billy Bob has been cut.
Lamar preventing the sweep.
Lamar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Bob is rocked!
Lamar postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Bob covers up, he's hurt! Lamar keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Lamar and the ref steps in to end the fight! Lamar can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Lamar!

C
A

C
B

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 Jarko Polak (ranked 7260 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Hudson (ranked 5956 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Polak
vs
Hudson

189 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 Helsinki, Jarko Polak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Hudson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

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.
Some wild striking there from Polak.
Hudson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Polak fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Polak misses with a double jab
and Hudson counters with an outside leg kick.
Morgan Hudson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Polak tries to bum rush Hudson with a series of wild strikes but Hudson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Polak misses with a takedown
and Hudson counters with a solid body kick.
Polak is breathing heavily.
Hudson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hudson pounces like a tiger and cracks Polak with a vicious hook! Polak is down but not out! Hudson follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Morgan Hudson!