QFC Tournament 779 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Damen Mayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmaster Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmaster Master will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mayer
vs
Master

170 cm
23
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damen Mayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmaster Master!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayer moves in looking to clinch but Master pushes him off.
Damen Mayer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Master avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mayer misses with a wild combination.

Master fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mayer to the ground. Master is now in Mayer's guard.

Mayer has an active guard here but Master has managed to pass into half guard.
Mayer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mayer manages to get to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Master looking to pass the guard.

Master content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Mayer has locked up a guillotine! Mayer's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Master is holding on here and Mayer must be using up a lot of energy. Master has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Mayer gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Damen Mayer!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Trent Lane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monstro Laven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monstro Laven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lane
vs
Laven

168 cm
23
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trent Lane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Monstro Laven!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lane looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Laven!
Laven wants to get back to his feet but Lane is dominant here and he's now got Laven's back!
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.
The referee is taking a good look at Laven as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Lane!
Lane avoiding Laven 's attempts to control his hands.
Lane lands with a hammerfist to the side of Laven's head.
Lane 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.
Lane biding his time, looking for the opening.
The referee is taking a good look at Laven as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Lane!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lane is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Laven can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lane is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Laven. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

Laven is rocked!
Lane lands shots from the back.
Laven is still in real trouble! Can Lane finish him?
Lane cracks Laven with a big right hand from the back mount! Laven immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Lane takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trent Lane!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between H Akeem Cerezo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Starr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Akeem Cerezo
vs
Starr

176 cm
23
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

155 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, H Akeem Cerezo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Starr!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerezo scores with a decent looking hook.
Starr shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cerezo as he jumps to the side.
Cerezo misses with a wild combination.
Starr is looking for the big counter here.
Starr has a takedown stuffed.
H Akeem Cerezo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Starr there as he acknowledges the shot.
That kick from Cerezo tenderised Starr's leg. Starr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cerezo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Starr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Starr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Starr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That kick from Cerezo tenderised Starr's leg. Starr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cerezo lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cerezo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cerezo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Cerezo. That snapped Starr's head back.
Starr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cerezo. Cerezo obviously looking to wear him down.

Cerezo clinches up against the cage.
Cerezo missing with knees to the body.
Cerezo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Starr should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Starr is trying to pull guard but Cerezo has him pressed against the cage.
H Akeem Cerezo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Starr.
A bit of stalling here from Cerezo.
Cerezo slowing the pace effectively.

Starr has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cerezo uses from the top position.
Cerezo wanted to stand there but Starr had control of the position.
Starr controlling Cerezo's posture.
Starr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerezo is trying to control but can't.
Cerezo is trying to stand up here but Starr is controlling him well.
Cerezo wants to control but Starr is keeping busy.
Cerezo won't allow Starr to pass to mount.
Starr content to control rather than advance.
Cerezo wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starr stalling.
Cerezo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Starr.
Starr tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cerezo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cerezo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cerezo is looking to escape.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cerezo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Starr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Starr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Starr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cerezo stalling against the cage.
Starr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cerezo's elbow.
Cerezo taking a breather.
Cerezo effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cerezo for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Cerezo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cerezo lands a nice elbow.
Starr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cerezo prevents Starr from breaking the clinch.
Cerezo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Starr up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

H Akeem Cerezo dominated that round.
That's time! Cerezo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Starr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cerezo is out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cerezo.
Cerezo leaves Starr with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Cerezo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Starr to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Starr is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Starr stands and steps away. Cerezo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cerezo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Starr has Cerezo up against the cage in a clinch.

Cerezo breaks from the clinch.
H Akeem Cerezo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Starr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cerezo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Starr shoots for a takedown but Cerezo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
H Akeem Cerezo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Starr.
Starr fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cerezo wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cerezo connects with an inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cerezo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cerezo cracks the inside of Starr's front leg.

Cerezo moves into the clinch.
Cerezo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Starr takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Starr tries to pull guard but Cerezo holds him up against the cage and eventually Starr drops back down to his feet.
Cerezo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Starr up against the cage.

Cerezo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cerezo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cerezo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jack Starr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body kick there by Cerezo.
Cerezo thumps Starr with a low kick.
Cerezo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cerezo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab, jab by Cerezo - just one landing.
Starr shoots in looking for a takedown. Cerezo tries to sprawl out of it but Starr keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cerezo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A little feinted left hand from Cerezo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Starr is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Starr gets a clinch.
Cerezo lands an elbow that stopped Starr in his tracks for a moment.

Cerezo manages to break the clinch.
Cerezo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cerezo with a hook.
Cerezo misses with a few strikes there.
Cerezo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Starr shoots in looking for a takedown. Cerezo tries to sprawl out of it but Starr keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cerezo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Starr moves into the clinch.
Starr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cerezo's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cerezo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cerezo stalling against the cage.
Cerezo working Starr over with knees to the body.
Cerezo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cerezo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cerezo lands an elbow inside that Starr shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

H Akeem Cerezo dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Starr misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cerezo appears to be looking for a big counter.
A head kick misses from Cerezo.
Cerezo connects with an inside leg kick.
Cerezo throws a leg kick which misses Starr's front leg but catches the back leg as Starr tries to avoid it.
Starr throws a body shot but no joy.
Cerezo feints and then cracks Starr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Starr down.
Cerezo throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cerezo.
Cerezo avoids the head kick by Starr.
As Starr backs away, Cerezo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cerezo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Starr closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cerezo to the mat! Cerezo manages to get full guard.
Cerezo trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Starr works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerezo is looking to escape.
Starr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Still in half guard, Starr seems content to control.
Cerezo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Starr on the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Starr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cerezo keeps working.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Starr dives in for a single leg takedown but Cerezo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Starr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Starr tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cerezo defends well and Starr ends up having to push Cerezo into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
H Akeem Cerezo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Starr.

Cerezo moves into the clinch.
Cerezo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerezo with a knee to the head.

Cerezo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cerezo scores with a jab to the body.

Cerezo clinches up against the cage.
Cerezo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Starr can do to turn this around?
Starr is looking to take this one to the mat.
A knee to the head by Cerezo.
Cerezo lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cerezo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cerezo has Starr pushed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Cerezo.
Cerezo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starr tries for a takedown. No joy.
Starr is trying to pull guard but Cerezo has him pressed against the cage.
Cerezo taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by H Akeem Cerezo.

Starr clinches up against the cage.
H Akeem Cerezo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Cerezo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Starr drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cerezo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Starr misses with a takedown attempt - Cerezo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cerezo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cerezo can pounce on him.
Cerezo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Starr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cerezo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Starrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cerezo lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cerezo can pounce on him.

Starr moves into the clinch successfully.
Starr is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cerezo to keep the fight standing.
Starr tries for a takedown but Cerezo manages to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
H Akeem Cerezo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cerezo, 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for H Akeem Cerezo!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for H Akeem Cerezo!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for H Akeem Cerezo!

H Akeem Cerezo wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between August Casque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Wall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Casque
vs
Wall

168 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

167 cm
23
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, August Casque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Wall!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wall avoids the head kick by Casque.

Wall closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Casque did well to prevent Wall getting side control.
Wall stops Casque from getting back to his feet.
Wall sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Casque defending well though.
Wall content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Casque keeps working.
Casque on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Casque tries to get out of the position.
Casque has hold of Wall's hands but Wall slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wall lands with a punch from half guard.
Wall slips a nice elbow through Casque's hands, connecting with Casque's forehead.
Wall lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wall lands a nice short elbow.
Wall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Casque keeps working.
Wall controlling the action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wall connects with a nice short shot to Casque's temple.
Wall has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wall working Casque over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wall raining down shots from the mount!
Wall cracks Casque with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Casque is rocked!
Wall loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Casque scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Wall land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Wall stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Wall!