PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Quigley (ranked 841 p4p, 698 weight class) and Murtaz Vatsadze (ranked 120 p4p, 102 weight class). Vatsadze comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Guerilla Radio/ R.A.M. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Murtaz Vatsadze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Quigley
vs
Vatsadze

194 cm
27
215
8 - 5 - 0

186 cm
27
205
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matthew Quigley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Murtaz Vatsadze!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quigley connects with a nice looking jab.
Vatsadze takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Quigley blocks a jab.

Vatsadze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vatsadze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatsadze.
A head punch on the inside from Vatsadze fails to land.
Vatsadze scores with a shoulder strike.
Quigley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quigley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vatsadze backwards.
Vatsadze lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vatsadze tries to work over Quigley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quigley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vatsadze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vatsadze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatsadze.
Vatsadze lands with a left to the head.
Quigley working aggressively here.
Quigley misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Vatsadze scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vatsadze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Quigley.
Vatsadze lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vatsadze goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quigley prevents it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Quigley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quigley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quigley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vatsadze working aggressively here.
Quigley misses with a punch on the inside.
Vatsadze presses Quigley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vatsadze throws a head punch that misses.
Quigley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quigley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Vatsadze.
Quigley is breathing heavily.
Quigley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Vatsadze scores with a nice short uppercut.
Quigley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vatsadze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Vatsadze on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Quigley fails to land.
A short left from Vatsadze.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vatsadze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vatsadze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quigley's efforts to push away.
Vatsadze scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatsadze lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vatsadze stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vatsadze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vatsadze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Vatsadze fails to land.
Quigley blocks an uppercut.
Vatsadze cracks Quigley with a nice body shot.
Quigley misses with the head strike.
Quigley misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quigley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vatsadze misses with the head strike.
Vatsadze scores with a shoulder strike.
Quigley takes a shot to the head.
Vatsadze misses with a punch on the inside.
Vatsadze lands with a left to the head.
Vatsadze lands a nice uppercut.
Quigley misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze has Quigley pressed against the cage, preventing Quigley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatsadze lands a body punch.
Vatsadze lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Quigley.
Vatsadze scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vatsadze lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Vatsadze.
A left hand lands to the body for Vatsadze.
Quigley avoids a wild elbow strike from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Quigley has a couple of punches blocked by Vatsadze.
Vatsadze throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quigleys head.
Vatsadze misses with a knee strike.
Vatsadze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vatsadze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatsadze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vatsadze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.
A shot in the inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze tries to throw a body punch but Quigley avoids it by throwing Vatsadze back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Quigley swings wildly with an uppercut but Vatsadze uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vatsadze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quigley or not.
Vatsadze lands a nice shot to the body.
Vatsadze scores with a hook to the body.
Vatsadze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vatsadze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vatsadze lands a right hand.
Vatsadze lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze throws an elbow but it misses.
Vatsadze looking to throw knees to the head but Quigley is blocking nicely.
Vatsadze gets through Quigley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vatsadze is working Quigley over against the cage.
Vatsadze lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.

Quigley is rocked!
Vatsadze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quigley or not.
Oh Quigley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quigley takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Vatsadze.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vatsadze scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vatsadze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Vatsadze.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Vatsadze has cracked Quigley with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Vatsadze lands another huge swinging hook and Quigley tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Quigley, before Vatsadze can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Murtaz Vatsadze!
An out of breath Murtaz Vatsadze thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.