PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harper Quarry (ranked 3326 p4p, 5778 weight class) and Genko Yeshuati (ranked 190 p4p, 266 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Quarry
vs
Yeshuati

172 cm
18
135
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
135
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harper Quarry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genko Yeshuati!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quarry throws a leg kick but Yeshuati sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Quarry punishes Yeshuati's body with a nice straight punch.
Quarry misses with a low kick.
Quarry throws a series of punches but Yeshuati avoids them all with ease.
Quarry scores with a leg kick.
Yeshuati tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quarry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yeshuati scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Quarry keeps the fight on the outside.
Yeshuati looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yeshuati tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quarry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quarry throws a low kick but Yeshuati moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yeshuati! But no joy.
Yeshuati tries to clinch there but Quarry circles away.
Yeshuati dips to his left and cracks Quarry with an uppercut!
Yeshuati is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yeshuati tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quarry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quarry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quarry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Quarry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yeshuati under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Yeshuati.
Yeshuati throws a hook but Quarry blocks it.
Quarry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Quarry tried to score with a low kick but Yeshuati checks it.
Quarry lands a head shot.
Genko Yeshuati seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yeshuati tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quarry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quarry throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yeshuati.

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

Yeshuati is rocked!

It looks like Genko Yeshuati has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yeshuati takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yeshuati is still on wobbly legs! Can Quarry finish him?
Yeshuati wants to clinch but Quarry slips to the side
and Quarry counters with a left to the body.
A cross from Quarry lands.
Yeshuati moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Harper Quarry has been cut.
Yeshuati is looking to clinch but Quarry is avoiding it.
Quarry scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Quarry.
Quarry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yeshuati tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quarry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yeshuati wants to clinch but Quarry slips to the side
and Quarry counters with a left and a right that stings Yeshuati.
Yeshuati fails in his attempt to clinch.
Quarry keeps the fight on the outside.
Yeshuati checks a leg kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Yeshuati checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Quarry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Quarry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeshuati takes one on the button.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Quarry! Yeshuati is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harper Quarry!
A very excited looking Harper Quarry made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.