PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between ISO Quorra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Quorra
vs
Holyfield

178 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, ISO Quorra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evander Holyfield!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Holyfield misses.
Holyfield takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Quorra moves into the clinch.
Quorra has Holyfield pressed against the cage, preventing Holyfield from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holyfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quorra obliges.
Quorra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holyfield's efforts to push away.
Quorra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Holyfield looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quorra.
Quorra with a knee to the head.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.
Quorra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holyfield lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holyfield takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quorra with a knee to the head.
Quorra leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quorra obliges.
Quorra with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quorra is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Quorra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holyfield's face.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holyfield lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Quorra.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Holyfield working hard to break the clinch.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield can't break the clinch.
Quorra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holyfield's efforts to push away.
Quorra controlling the action here for a moment.
Holyfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Quorra has double underhooks.
Quorra with a knee to the head.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Quorra.
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Holyfield is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield tries to break free but Quorra pushes him back against the cage.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holyfield lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quorra prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Quorra has Holyfield pushed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Holyfield's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.
Holyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holyfield letting Quorra take a breather here.
Quorra pushes off an throws an elbow but Holyfield leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quorra scores a nice knee to the body.
Quorra will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Holyfield up against the cage.
Quorra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Holyfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quorra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quorra.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling him.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Holyfield tries to break free but Quorra pushes him back against the cage.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra keeps control of Holyfield as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Quorra.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield dodges an elbow strike from Quorra.
Holyfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Quorra won't allow it.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quorra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holyfield's efforts to push away.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.
Holyfield can't break the clinch.
Quorra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Holyfield blocks an elbow strike from Quorra.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra lands a nice knee to the body.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holyfield lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holyfield avoiding damage as Quorra throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quorra landing knees to the body.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Quorra landing knees to the body.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Holyfield's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quorra throws an elbow that misses.
Quorra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holyfield's face.
Quorra trying to control the position but instead, Holyfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Quorra into the cage.
Quorra has Holyfield pressed against the cage, preventing Holyfield from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quorra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holyfield avoids it.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling him.
Quorra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quorra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling him.
Holyfield wants to break free but Quorra has control.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ISO Quorra dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Holyfield throws a series of punches but Quorra moves out of range.
Evander Holyfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holyfield fails to land with a series of punches.
Holyfield throws out a loose jab but Quorra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quorra throws a body kick that misses.
Holyfield blocks the body kick.
A big left from Holyfield misses.

Quorra fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Holyfield, pushing him back against the cage.
Quorra is stalling here.
Quorra lands a nice knee to the body.
ISO Quorra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quorra obliges.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quorra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holyfield can do to turn this around?
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Holyfield being controlled against the cage.
Quorra keeps control of Holyfield as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holyfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holyfield takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quorra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quorra prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Quorra landing knees to the body.
Holyfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Quorra prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Holyfield tries to circle away but Quorra has him pinned against the cage.
Quorra scores with a knee to the head.
Quorra leaning against his opponent.
Quorra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holyfield avoiding damage as Quorra throws knees to the body.
Holyfield tries to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling the position.
Quorra is struggling to control the position.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Holyfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quorra tries to stall but Holyfield uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra working Holyfield over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holyfield.
Holyfield wants to break free but Quorra has control.
Quorra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quorra obliges.
Quorra is struggling to control the position.
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Quorra.
Holyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quorra trying to stall but Holyfield improves his position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Quorra - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Quorra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holyfield.
Quorra is trying to stall.
Holyfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Quorra missing with knees to the body.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quorra landing knees to the body.
Quorra landing knees to the head.
Quorra trying to control the position but instead, Holyfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Quorra into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quorra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Quorra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Holyfield tries to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling the position.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Holyfield tries to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling the position.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quorra lands an elbow inside that Holyfield shrugs off.
Quorra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holyfield.
Holyfield working hard to break the clinch.
Quorra working Holyfield over with knees to the body.
Quorra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holyfield is defending well for now.
Holyfield takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quorra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holyfield.
Holyfield avoiding damage as Quorra throws knees to the body.
Quorra prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Quorra working Holyfield over with knees to the body.
Holyfield wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Holyfield tries to break free but Quorra pushes him back against the cage.
Holyfield takes a knee right on the jaw!
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quorra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Holyfield tries to break free but Quorra pushes him back against the cage.
Holyfield avoids the elbow strike from Quorra, against the cage.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Quorra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Holyfield wants to break free but Quorra has control.
Holyfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Quorra has double underhooks.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holyfield working hard to break the clinch.
Holyfield can't break the clinch.
Quorra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quorra.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Quorra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quorra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holyfield working hard to break the clinch.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quorra trying to stall but Holyfield improves his position.
Quorra working Holyfield over with knees to the body.
Holyfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Quorra won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ISO Quorra dominated that second round.
That's time! Quorra's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Holyfield looks to land a combination but Quorra avoids it well.
Holyfield misses with a two punch combination.
Quorra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Quorra gets a clinch.
Quorra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quorra is struggling to control the position.
Quorra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Quorra scores with a knee to the head.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quorra trying to land knees to the body.
Holyfield tries to circle away but Quorra has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Holyfield's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quorra is pushing Holyfield up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quorra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holyfield's efforts to push away.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quorra is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Quorra won't allow it.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Quorra scores with a knee to the head.
Quorra working Holyfield over with knees to the body.
Holyfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Quorra won't allow it.
Holyfield letting Quorra take a breather here.
Holyfield wants to break free but Quorra has control.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quorra connects with a knee to the head.
Holyfield avoiding damage as Quorra throws knees to the body.
Quorra prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra misses with a knee strike.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra tries a knee to the head but Holyfield blocks it.
Quorra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holyfield's efforts to push away.
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Holyfield wants to break free but Quorra has control.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quorra scores a nice knee to the body.
Quorra controlling the action here for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quorra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holyfield's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Quorra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holyfield can't break the clinch.
Holyfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Quorra won't allow it.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holyfield can't break the clinch.
Holyfield wants to break free but Quorra has control.
Quorra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quorra.
Holyfield wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holyfield lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quorra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holyfield avoids it.
Holyfield tries to break free but Quorra pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Quorra.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Quorra has the dominant position.
Holyfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Holyfield dodges an elbow strike from Quorra.
Quorra lands a knee to the head.
Holyfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holyfield avoids a wild elbow strike from Quorra.
Quorra scores a nice knee to the body.
Holyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quorra scores a nice knee to the body.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holyfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Holyfield blocks the elbow strike.
Quorra scores with a knee to the head.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Holyfield avoids it.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling him.
Holyfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Quorra has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Quorra.
Quorra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quorra trying to stall but Holyfield improves his position.
Holyfield is trying to break free.
Quorra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling him.
Quorra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holyfield is trying to break free.
Quorra wants to stall.
Quorra lands a good knee to the midsection. Holyfield won't want to take too many of those.
Holyfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Quorra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Holyfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Holyfield blocks the elbow strike.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quorra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holyfield's face.
Holyfield is trying to break free.
Quorra lands a knee to the body.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holyfield lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quorra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holyfield blocks it with crossed arms.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Quorra keeps him there for the moment.
Holyfield wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Holyfield wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quorra crunches a lovely knee into Holyfield's ribcage.
Quorra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Holyfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quorra landing knees to the head.
Holyfield managing to block the knees to the body from Quorra.
Quorra misses with a knee strike.
Holyfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quorra has him pressed against the cage.
Quorra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holyfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quorra prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Quorra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Quorra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Evander Holyfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
ISO Quorra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quorra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Quorra is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
ISO Quorra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Quorra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ISO Quorra!