PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramzi Magemedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aaron Quick acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Magemedov
vs
Quick

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramzi Magemedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Quick!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Quick.
Magemedov with a poor takedown
and Quick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Magemedov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quick displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Quick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Magemedov fails with the takedown.
Quick punishes Magemedov's body with a nice straight punch.
Magemedov fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramzi Magemedov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Quick does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magemedov takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Magemedov looking to score a takedown here. Quick is defending well but Magemedov drives through and ends up in Quick's guard.
Magemedov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Magemedov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Magemedov controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Quick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Quick has momentary wrist control but Magemedov slips an elbow through the middle.
Magemedov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magemedov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magemedov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Magemedov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Magemedov postures up and lands a big shot to Quick's brow.
Magemedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Quick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magemedov throwing strikes but missing.
Magemedov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quick's head.
Magemedov 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.
Magemedov stands up over Quick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magemedov controlling from the top position.
Magemedov trying to control but Quick is working from the bottom.
Magemedov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Quick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magemedov.
Quick really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Magemedov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Magemedov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quick can do anything to dispel that myth.
Magemedov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Magemedov is working Quick over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Quick being controlled here, momentarily.
Magemedov throwing strikes but missing.
Magemedov throwing strikes from guard but Quick blocks nicely.
Magemedov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Magemedov throwing strikes from guard but Quick blocks nicely.
Magemedov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Quick is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Quick keeping moving, preventing Magemedov from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Quick moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Quick dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Quick displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Magemedov.
Magemedov fails with a takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quick! But no joy.
Quick has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Magemedov misses with a takedown attempt
and Quick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramzi Magemedov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Quick with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quick lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramzi Magemedov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magemedov takes one on the button.
Quick looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Quick cracks Magemedov with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Magemedov falls to his knees and Quick doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Quick!