PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Hach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davy Geerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Davy Geerts is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hach
vs
Geerts

175 cm
18
175 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quinton Hach!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Davy Geerts!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hach moves into range and clinches up with Geerts.
Geerts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hach wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Geerts stalling the fight.
Geerts fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hach is trying to break free.

Hach breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hach clinches up against the ropes.
Hach wants to break free but Geerts has control.
Geerts keeps control of Hach as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hach wants to break free but Geerts has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hach wants to break free but Geerts has control.
Geerts drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Geerts lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hach or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Geerts drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hach pulls his leg out and moves away.
Quinton Hach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davy Geerts.
Hach is looking to clinch but Geerts is avoiding it.
Geerts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hach throws a series of punches but Geerts avoids them all with ease.
Hach scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Some wild striking there from Hach.
Geerts dodges the punch combination from Hach.

Geerts closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Geerts is working for a kimura but Hach is defending it quite comfortably.
Geerts is trying to control the action in half guard but Hach is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hach tries to get to full guard but Geerts has control of the leg.
Geerts trying to control from half guard but Hach is working away.

Geerts is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Hach has managed to free his arm - good work.

Geerts is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hach is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hach is defending against the submission attempts here by Geerts.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Geerts shoots in for a takedown but Hach shows good takedown defense.
Hach scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Geerts fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hach lands a two punch combo.
Hach rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Geerts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hach misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hach darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hach's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hach duly obliges.
Nice takedown defense from Hach. No joy for Geerts on that attempt.
A left and a right from Hach both land. Nice combination.
Hach lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hach.

Hach moves into the clinch successfully.
Hach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hach is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hach.
Hach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Hach breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Geerts shoots in but Hach avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Hach misses.
Jab, jab by Hach - just one landing.
Geerts fails with the takedown.
Hach misses with a few strikes there.
Hach lands with a straight right. Geerts didn't see that one coming.
A nice combination there by Hach.
Geerts shoots in and drives through. Hach sprawls well.
Hach looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hach goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hach fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Geerts shoots in and drives through. Hach sprawls well.
Hach tries to clinch there but Geerts circles away.
Geerts tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hach swivels and escapes.
Quinton Hach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hach looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hach lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab from Hach does it's job there.
Hach scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hach throws an overhand right that lands on Geerts's shoulder, as Geerts tries to avoid the shot.
Hach misses with a double jab.
Hach misses with a hook. Geerts ducked under it nicely.
Hach doesn't manage to clinch there - Geerts circles away.
Hach throws a right and a left that Geerts avoids nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Geerts walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hach fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Geerts manages to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Geerts.

Hach fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Geerts, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Geerts.

Geerts gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Geerts wants to pass the guard but Hach is keeping the position.
Geerts stands up over Hach, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Geerts trying to control but Hach is working from the bottom.
Geerts tries to free his leg and advance position but Hach is retaining full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Geerts trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Geerts advances position into side control!
Hach is looking to regain half guard here but Geerts keeps moving and retains side control.
Geerts landing strikes.

Geerts thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hach is looking for a sweep.
Hach regains half guard.

Hach is defending against the submission attempts here by Geerts.

Hach looking for submissions off his back.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hach gets back to full guard.

Hach had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Geerts is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Hach Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Geerts's back instead.
Hach throwing damaging strikes from the back! Geerts could be in trouble here!
Hach doesn't have the hooks in and Geerts manages to turn into his guard.
Hach preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Hach had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Geerts is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Hach Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Geerts's back instead.
Geerts manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hach's guard. Nice work there by Geerts.
Geerts looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Hach dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hach's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hach duly obliges.
Geerts fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hach fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Geerts closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hach counters with a stiff right hand.
Hach throws a right hand that Geerts ducks under and follows up with a left that Geerts also avoids with ease.
Hach lands with a shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Hach.
Geerts shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hach counters with a straight right hand.

Hach has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geerts can't get the takedown.
Quinton Hach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davy Geerts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Geerts keeps control of Hach as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hach wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Geerts has him pressed against the ropes.

Geerts is trying to trip Hach. He has hold of a leg but Hach is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Geerts persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hach keeping moving, preventing Geerts from controlling successfully.
Hach can't keep his opponent in guard - Geerts advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Geerts is stalling here. Hach is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Geerts seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hach has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Geerts sneaks back into half guard.
Geerts slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Geerts manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hach manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Geerts controls from within his opponent's guard.
Geerts passes Hach's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hach slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Geerts preventing the sweep.
Geerts scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Geerts looking to pass the guard.

Geerts drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hach dives on top into guard.
Hach trying to stand up but can't free himself from Geerts's guard.

Geerts is looking for a triangle but Hach pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hach with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hach stands up out of Geerts's guard for a moment - Geerts manages to land a nice upkick.
Hach is looking to work some ground and pound but Geerts has wrist control.
Geerts wants to sweep here but Hach controlling him for the moment.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Davy Geerts!
Davy Geerts is the new welterweight champion!