PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Saravia (ranked 4061 p4p, 441 weight class) and Quinton Flynn (ranked 3649 p4p, 404 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Saravia
vs
Flynn

178 cm
20
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Enrique Saravia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quinton Flynn!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flynn throws a looping overhand right but Saravia ducks down to avoid it.
Quinton Flynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saravia looks to land a combination but Flynn avoids it well.
Flynn lands with a cross.
Saravia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flynn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Flynn connects with a right hand. Saravia shakes it off.
The crowd cheers as Flynn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saravia doesn't seem phased though.
Saravia misses with an uppercut. Flynn saw that one coming.
Flynn connects with the punch.
Saravia definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Flynn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Saravia.
Flynn blocks a jab.
Jab from Flynn.
Flynn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saravia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flynn slips a jab from Saravia.
Flynn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Flynn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good shot there by Flynn.
Flynn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Flynn throws a shot to the body.
Flynn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saravia.
Flynn lands with a shot to the body.
Saravia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big right from Saravia misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flynn moves away from the strike by Saravia.
Flynn throws a series of strikes that have Saravia backpedaling.
A slow jab from Saravia misses its intended target.
Saravia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Flynn, as that shot connected.
Saravia looks to throw the jab but Flynn is out of range.
Flynn moves out of range as Saravia strikes.
Flynn slips under a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Saravia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saravia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It seemed like Flynn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Saravia misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Flynn.
A countering left hand to the body from Flynn misses.
Jab by Flynn.
A big right from Saravia misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flynn lands an overhand right.
Flynn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Flynn cracks Saravia with a right hand to the side of the head.
Flynn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saravia.
Flynn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saravia.
Flynn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good exchange - Flynn coming out on top.
Flynn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Flynn has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saravia moves forwards but Flynn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Flynn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saravia moves away.
Flynn moves away from the strike by Saravia.
A jab from Saravia does it's job there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Flynn.
Flynn throws out a powerful jab.
Flynn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saravia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saravia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flynn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Flynn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Saravia. Saravia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Saravia misses with an uppercut. Flynn saw that one coming.
Flynn lands with a nice combination. Saravia backs away looking to recover.
Flynn lands with a straight right. Saravia didn't see that one coming.
Saravia misses with an uppercut.
Saravia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flynn slips under a jab.
Flynn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saravia thuds a left hand into Flynn's body.
Saravia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flynn throws out the jab.
Flynn slips a straight right by Saravia.
Flynn misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Saravia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Flynn, as that shot connected.
Flynn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Flynn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saravia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Saravia throws a hook to the side of Flynn's head but Flynn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flynn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saravia.
Flynn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A left lands for Flynn.
Flynn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Saravias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Flynn throws the left hand but Saravia avoids the punch easily.
Flynn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flynn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A lazy left from Flynn finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saravia takes one on the button.
A left lands for Flynn.
Flynn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saravia moves away.
Flynn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Flynn slips under a jab from Saravia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saravia walks into a left hand.
Saravia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Flynn throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Saravia to counter with a crisp jab.
Saravia misses with an uppercut. Flynn saw that one coming.
Saravia misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by Flynn.
A lazy left from Flynn finds it's target.
Flynn takes one to the side of the head.
Flynn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Saravia misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Flynn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Flynn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Saravia has time to react.
Saravia looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Saravia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saravia misses with a hook. Flynn ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Flynn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Flynn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Saravia had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Saravia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flynn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saravia.
Saravia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flynn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saravia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Flynn scores with a nice strike.
Flynn misses the shot to the body.
Flynn looks to throw the jab but Saravia is out of range.
Saravia throws the left hand but Flynn avoids the punch easily.
Flynn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Flynn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saravia.
Flynn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Flynn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saravia.
Saravia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flynn circles away quickly and effectively.
Saravia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saravia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Flynn lunges at Saravia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saravia's hand.
Saravia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Flynn slips under a jab.
Flynn lands a lovely overhand right.
Flynn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Saravia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Flynn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flynn cracks Saravia with a good jab.
Flynn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Flynn loads up on a big right hand but Saravia slips the punch.
Flynn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Saravia's head.
Saravia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flynn.
A telegraphed right hand from Saravia misses the target.
Saravia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Saravia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saravia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flynn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saravia moves away.
Flynn takes a swing at Saravia's ribcage but misses.
Flynn cracks Saravia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Quinton Flynn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Flynn scores with a hook.
Flynn looks to land a right hand but Saravia moved out of range.
Flynn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saravia is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Saravia slips a jab from Flynn.
Saravia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saravia throws a series of punches but Flynn avoids them all with ease.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saravia misses the jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Saravia might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Flynn lunges at Saravia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saravia's hand.
Flynn blocks a jab.
Flynn works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Flynn misses with a hook. Saravia ducked under it nicely.
Saravia misses with a left hand
and Flynn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Saravia thinking.
Flynn lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Flynn.
Saravia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flynn connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saravia misses with a series of wild punches.
Saravia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A swing and a miss from Saravia.
Flynn jabs Saravia right on the nose. Saravia blinks but takes it well.
A combination from Saravia does no damage.
Saravia throws a series of punches but Flynn avoids them all with ease.
Flynn lands with a hook. Saravia tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Saravia walks into a stiff left hand from Flynn.
Flynn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saravia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saravia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saravia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flynn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saravia fails to land with a series of punches.
Flynn connects with a crisp jab.
Saravia moves forwards but Flynn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Flynn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Saravia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flynn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flynn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Flynn throws a shot from downtown. Saravia moves away and avoids it.
Saravia throws a lazy right hand but Flynn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Flynn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Saravia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Saravia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Flynn swings for the body but Saravia moves out of range.
Saravia walks into a stiff left hand from Flynn.
A lazy left from Flynn finds it's target.
Nice jab there from Flynn.
Saravia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flynn.
Flynn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Saravia swings for the body but Flynn moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Flynn darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
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!
A combination from Saravia does no damage.
Saravia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Flynn slips under a jab.
Saravia misses with a wild combination.
Saravia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn lands a nice shot that snaps Saravia's head back.
Saravia blocks a head kick by Flynn.
Flynn lands the left hand.
Flynn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Saravia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flynn's corner calls for a 1-2. Flynn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Flynn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saravia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flynn slips a straight right by Saravia.
Flynn connects with a nice looking jab.
Saravia throws a hook but Flynn blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by Flynn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flynn.
Saravia misses the jab.
Saravia takes a jab right on the kisser.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flynn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Saravia misses.
Good shot there by Flynn.
Saravia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saravia swings for the body but Flynn moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Flynn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Saravia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flynn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Saravia misses with a body shot.
Saravia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donk. Flynn catches Saravia right on the button with a cross.
Flynn misses with a hook. Saravia ducked under it nicely.
Flynn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saravia.
Saravia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flynn.
Saravia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Saravia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Saravia scores with a punch to the head.
Saravia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Saravia misses.
Flynn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Flynn coming out on top.
Flynn works Saravia's body with a nice hook.
Flynn throws a hook but Saravia avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Saravia misses the target.
Flynn lands with an overhand left.
Saravia throws a looping overhand right but Flynn ducks down to avoid it.
Jab from Flynn.
Saravia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flynn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Saravia takes one on the button.
Flynn scores with a nice head shot.
Flynn throws a series of punches but Saravia avoids them all with ease.
Flynn lands a right hook to the body.
Flynn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saravia.
Saravia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Flynn with a jab.
Flynn cracks Saravia with a good jab.
Saravia lands with a right hand.
Flynn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!
A big right from Flynn misses.
Flynn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Saravia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saravia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A countering left hand to the body from Flynn misses.
Flynn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saravia.
Flynn connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saravia throws a right and a left that Flynn avoids nicely.
Saravia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saravia misses with a wild body shot.
Flynn lands with a hook. Saravia tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Flynn scores with the left hand. Saravia knows he should have avoided that one.
Saravia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flynn scores with a nice strike.
Saravia walks into a left hand.
Saravia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flynn.
Saravia throws the left hand but Flynn avoids the punch easily.
Saravia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flynn throws out a powerful jab.
Saravia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flynn manages to avoid it.
Saravia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Flynn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Saravia just misses with a punch to the body.
Saravia misses with a wild body shot.
Flynn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Flynn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Saravia at a distance.
Saravia misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saravia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saravia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Flynn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Saravia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flynn.
Flynn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Saravia.
Flynn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saravia's hands.
A punch lands to the side of Saravia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Flynn cracks Saravia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Flynn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saravia moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Flynn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flynn.
Saravia throws a looping overhand right but Flynn ducks down to avoid it.
Flynn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flynn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Flynn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A punch lands to the side of Saravia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Saravia misses with a looping right.
Saravia throws a lazy right hand but Flynn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn throws a looping overhand right but Saravia ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Flynn misses its intended target.
Flynn lands a right hook to the body.
Saravia throws a hook but Flynn blocks it.
Saravia misses with a straight right.
Saravia throws a hook but Flynn blocks it.
It seemed like Flynn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Flynn moves out of range of the strikes.
Saravia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flynn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Flynn throws a jab when Saravia was well out of range.
Saravia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Flynn lands with an uppercut that bounces Saravia off the cage and back into range.
Saravia throws a series of punches but Flynn avoids them all with ease.
Flynn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Flynn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Flynn finds it's way through Saravia's defenses.
Saravia looks to land a combination but Flynn avoids it well.
Flynn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Enrique Saravia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flynn throws a one two combo.
Flynn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton Flynn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Flynn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton Flynn!
An out of breath Quinton Flynn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.