PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earth Quake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quake
vs
Mir

210 cm
23
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

186 cm
23
265 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earth Quake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Mir!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quake scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Quake moves into the clinch.
Quake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mir tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quake smiles and moves away.
Mir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Quake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mir looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quake misses with a two punch combination.

Quake drops Mir with a beautiful combination! Mir stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Quake is looking for the KO!

It looks like Frank Mir has been cut.
Mir uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quake.
Quake misses with the combination.
No joy there for Quake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quake throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mir slips a jab from Quake.
Mir looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quake lands a big head kick that sends Mir tumbling to the mat! Quake takes a step backwards and waves Mir back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Mir is rocked!

Quake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mir tries to pull guard but Quake holds him up against the cage and eventually Mir drops back down to his feet.
Mir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Quake.
Quake connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mir's face.
Quake stalling the fight.
Quake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quake scores with a knee to the head.
Quake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quake holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mir is trying to break the clinch but Quake is controlling him.
Mir is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Quake gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Earth Quake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Mir.
Mir letting Quake take a breather here.
Quake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mir blocks it with crossed arms.
Quake has Mir pressed against the cage, preventing Mir from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mir is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quake content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Quake misses with a knee strike.
Quake is pressed up against the cage. Mir has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Quake down to the mat. Quake avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Quake. That's going to slow Mir down.
Mir tries to clinch up
and Quake counters with a left to the body.

Mir shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mir wants to stand up but Quake has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Quake knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mir on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quake works his way to full guard. Good work.
Quake is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Mir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mir won't allow Quake to sweep him here.

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.
Quake keeping full guard, as Mir tries to pass.
Mir works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mir sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earth Quake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Mir's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mir shoots for a takedown but Quake saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A big left from Quake misses.
Mir throws a sloppy head kick
and Quake counters with a one-two to the body.
Quake stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Quake wants it to stay on the feet.

Quake lands a big head kick that sends Mir tumbling to the mat! Quake takes a step backwards and waves Mir back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mir is still on wobbly legs! Can Quake finish him?

That has opened up Frank Mir's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quake lands a brutal uppercut that launches Mir off his feet! Mir tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Earth Quake!