QFC Tournament 678 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tupac Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Dickerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shakur comes into the arena with Ambitionz Az a Ridah blaring out of the sound system. Tupac Shakur has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Shakur
vs
Dickerson

174 cm
23
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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, Tupac Shakur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Dickerson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakur takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shakur lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dickerson at a distance.
Shakur throws a jab but it's blocked by Dickerson.
Dickerson with a hook.
Dickerson misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Shakur misses the target.
Shakur lands with a hook. Dickerson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shakur misses with a looping left.
Dickerson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shakur manages to avoid it.
Shakur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shakur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Dickerson has Shakur up against the cage in a clinch.
Shakur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Shakur.
Shakur lands a hook that snaps the head of Dickerson backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Shakur.
A short left from Dickerson.
Dickerson struggles to land a body shot inside as Shakur controls his hands.
Dickerson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dickerson blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Dickerson.
Dickerson lands a hook that snaps the head of Shakur backwards.
Shakur lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dickerson backwards.
Dickerson scores with a hook to the body.
Dickerson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dickerson blocking some punches.
Dickerson blocks a body shot from Shakur.
Dickerson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dickerson takes a shot to the head.
Dickerson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dickerson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Dickerson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Dickerson.
Shakur can't find room to land a body shot as Dickerson controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Shakur.
Shakur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shakur misses with the head strike.
Shakur misses with a punch on the inside.
Dickerson throws a head punch that misses.
Dickerson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shakur backwards.
Dickerson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickerson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shakur backwards.
Dickerson misses with a punch to the body.
Shakur misses with a hook to the ribs.

Shakur breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shakur ducks under a wild hook from Dickerson.
Dickerson throws a body shot but no joy.
Shakur closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shakur walks into a stiff left hand from Dickerson.
Dickerson looks to score with a jab to the body but Shakur is just out of range.
Dickerson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dickerson tries to clinch up
and Shakur counters with a three punch combo that has Dickerson backing up. Dickerson nods at Shakur to acknowledge the strikes.
Dickerson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dickerson misses the jab.
Shakur misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur takes a swing at Dickerson's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Dickerson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dickerson closes the distance but Shakur moves to the side
enabling Shakur to counter with a crisp jab.
Dickerson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dickerson takes one to the side of the head.
Dickerson lands with a right hand.
Dickerson cracks Shakur with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Shakur is rocked!
Dickerson walks into a straight right hand from Shakur.
Oh Shakur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dickerson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shakur to score with a decent uppercut.
Dickerson lands with a shot to the body.
Dickerson misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shakur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dickerson moves away.
Nice cross by Dickerson.
Dickerson connects with a combination that backs up Shakur into the cage. Dickerson lands a flurry of punches that gets past Shakur's guard. Shakur is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Dickerson bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Dickerson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dom Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dom Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smith
vs
Richards

200 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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, Dom Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Richards!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richards eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Richards tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.

Richards looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Smith wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Richards seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Smith is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Richard Richards!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emmanuel Gant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Perry
vs
Gant

168 cm
23
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
23
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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, Mike Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Emmanuel Gant!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gant swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Perry to counter with a crisp jab.
Gant throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Gant 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perry with a nice cross.
A low kick from Gant is predictable there

and Perry counters with a crisp one two that drops Gant! Perry thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Gant to his feet! Gant is in big trouble!

Gant is rocked!
Perry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gant stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gant is still on wobbly legs! Can Perry finish him?
Gant gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Perry gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Gant is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Perry!

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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between No Name (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Pingu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Name
vs
Pingu

150 cm
23
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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, No Name!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, El Pingu!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pingu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pingu shoots in but Name avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pingu fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No Name has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of El Pingu.
Name misses the shot to the body.
Pingu tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Name defends well and Pingu ends up having to push Name into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
No luck for Pingu with that takedown attempt.
Pingu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Name defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pingu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Name throws an overhand right that lands on Pingu's shoulder, as Pingu tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pingu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Name.
Pingu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Name takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Name throws out a powerful jab.
Name stuns Pingu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Name moves into range and connects with a jab.
Name looks to score with a jab to the body but Pingu is just out of range.
Name connects with a body shot that sends Pingu's belly button to the back.
A punch lands to the side of Pingu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Name stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pingu.
Pingu misses with a low kick as Name jumps back.
Name is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pingu.
Name throws a right hand that Pingu ducks under and follows up with a left that Pingu also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Name stuffs the takedown attempt from Pingu. Pingu gets slowly back to his feet.
Pingu looks winded!
Pingu fails with a takedown attempt.
Name swinging wildly here.
El Pingu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Name scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pingu doesn't seem bothered though.
Name takes a swing at Pingu's ribcage but misses.
Name lands a slapping body shot.
Name connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pingu momentarily.
Pingu slips a jab and a cross from Name.
No Name is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Name avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Name swings for the body but Pingu moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Name. Those never looked like landing.
Name misses with a wild body shot.
Pingu lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Name thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pingu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Name.
Pingu fails with a takedown attempt.
Name appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pingu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Name throws out the jab.
Name lands a two punch combo.

It looks like El Pingu has been cut.
Name lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Pingu is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pingu get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Pingu stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Name runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). No Name!