PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quinton The Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Quick's entrance music is Higher. A fine choice. Quinton The Quick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Quick
vs
Costas

170 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

184 cm
30
160 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quinton The Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miquel Costas!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costas is looking to clinch.
A head kick by The Quick misses
and Costas counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Costas finds it's way through The Quick's defenses.
The Quick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costas is looking to clinch but The Quick is avoiding it.
Costas tries to clinch up but The Quick circles away and keeps his distance.
Costas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costas tries to clinch up

and The Quick counters by moving into the clinch.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The Quick gets a clinch.
The Quick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but The Quick is controlling him.

The Quick pulls guard effortlessly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Quick has a closed guard, preventing Costas from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Quick keeping moving, preventing Costas from controlling successfully.
Costas is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The Quick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Costas.
The Quick keeping moving, preventing Costas from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

The Quick drives through with a takedown into Costas's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The Quick trying to control the position from guard on top but Costas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Quick has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Costas is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Quick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The Quick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The Quick wants to stand but Costas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The Quick is looking to work some ground and pound but Costas has wrist control.
The Quick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Costas is trying to control the position but The Quick postures up.
Costas striking off his back but it's not causing The Quick any problems.

Costas working for a triangle but The Quick defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Quick throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The Quick stands and steps away. Costas gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The Quick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costas pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The Quick has managed to clinch.
The Quick lands an uppercut.
The Quick jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Costas walks away with a smile on his face. The Quick gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Costas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Quick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Costas circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Quick dodges the punch combination from Costas.
Costas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

The Quick looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Costas!
The Quick wants to control but Costas is keeping him busy.
Costas is trying to control The Quick's posture but The Quick avoids it.
The Quick throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costas struggling a bit here.
Costas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton The Quick dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - The Quick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Costas throws a nice looking combination but The Quick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

The Quick changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Costas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

The Quick stands up.
Costas closes the distance looking to clinch

and The Quick counters by clinching up.
The Quick drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Costas gets the underhooks and prevents it.

The Quick manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas is looking to clinch but The Quick is avoiding it.
Costas throws a big shot that misses.
The Quick looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Costas thuds a left hand into The Quick's body.
Costas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Costas misses with a double jab.
The Quick throws a combination. Costas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Costas just misses with a punch to the body.

The Quick shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Costas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Costas working a defensive guard here.
Costas looking to control but The Quick passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas looks like he's trying to stand up.

The Quick postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Costas to stand up.
Miquel Costas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costas misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Quick throws a head kick but Costas moves out of range.
Costas fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Costas does no damage.
The Quick doesn't manage to clinch there - Costas circles away.

The Quick pushes Costas up against the cage in a clinch.

The Quick pulls guard successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas prevents The Quick from getting back to his feet.
Costas wants to control from the top but The Quick keeps moving.
The Quick is trying to keep Costas in close.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Costas drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Costas jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Costas postures up in The Quick's guard and throws a big left but The Quick blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Quick looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Costas puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The Quick is trying to stand.

The Quick has one foot on Costas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The Quick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costas wants to clinch up but The Quick keeps it at a distance.
Costas slaps away a takedown attempt from The Quick, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Quick avoids the head kick by Costas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton The Quick dominated that second round.
That's time! The Quick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The Quick blocks a head kick by Costas.
Costas throws a leg kick but The Quick checks it.
No joy there for Costas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Costas throws an overhand right that lands on The Quick's shoulder, as The Quick tries to avoid the shot.

The Quick closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Costas did well to prevent The Quick getting side control.
Quinton The Quick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Costas actively working from the bottom here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Costas won't allow The Quick to pass to mount.
The Quick missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Quick wants to take a breather but Costas is having none of it.
Costas trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas pushes The Quick off looking to stand but The Quick dives back in and keeps control.
The Quick is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The Quick prevents Costas from improving his position.
Costas is refusing to be controlled, as The Quick sits in half guard.
Costas misses with some strikes from the bottom.

The Quick stands up and beckons Costas to join him on the feet.
Costas throws a series of punches but The Quick moves out of range.
Costas throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Quick blocks a head kick by Costas.
Costas lands with a nice body punch.
The Quick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Costas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Costas throws a head kick but The Quick moves out of range.
Costas misses with a wild combination.

The Quick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Costas to the mat! Costas manages to get full guard.
The Quick trying to control the position from guard on top but Costas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The Quick stands and steps away. Costas gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The Quick forces Costas back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Quick lands a body shot in the clinch.
Costas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Quick.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but The Quick is controlling him.
Costas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Quick's efforts to push away.

The Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costas takes a swing at The Quick's ribcage but misses.
The Quick slips a jab and a cross from Costas.

The Quick has closed the distance and engaged Costas in a clinch.
The Quick lands a shot to the body.
The Quick prevents Costas from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Costas's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Quick.

The Quick successfully pulls guard.
The Quick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Costas is looking to work some ground and pound but The Quick has wrist control.
Costas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Costas trying to control but The Quick is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costas stopping the sweep attempt from The Quick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton The Quick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Quick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton The Quick!
After winning the bout, Quinton The Quick thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.