PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Linford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Migeal Quintes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Linford
vs
Quintes

183 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Linford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Migeal Quintes!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quintes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Linford eats them both and turns towards Quintes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A big left from Linford misses.
Linford throws a body punch but Quintes moves out of range.
Linford connects with a jab.

It looks like Migeal Quintes has been cut.
Quintes staying out of range there.
Quintes misses with a two punch combination.
Linford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quintes was well out of range. Poor timing from Linford.
Quintes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Linford throws a leg kick
and Quintes counters with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quintes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Decent striking displayed by Quintes there.
Quintes walks into a left hand.
Quintes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Linford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Linford throws a leg kick but Quintes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Linford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quintes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Linford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Quintes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Quintes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Linford just misses with a punch to the body.
Linford thuds his right hand into Quintes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linford misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Linford.
Linford avoids the head kick by Quintes.
Linford misses with a looping right.
Linford throws a combination. Quintes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Linford misses with the combination.
Linford misses with a looping right.
Quintes blocks a jab.
Linford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quintes circles away quickly and effectively.
Linford misses with a combination
and Quintes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linford misses with a left hand
and Quintes counters with a thumping low kick.
Linford throws a lazy right hand but Quintes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Linford throws a hook but Quintes blocks it.
Quintes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tyrone Linford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quintes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Linford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quintes takes one to the side of the head.
Quintes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Linford.
Linford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Linford misses with a few strikes there.
Quintes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quintes throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linford fails to land with a series of punches.
Linford throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quintes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Linford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quintes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Linford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quintes moves away.
Linford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Quintes.
Quintes looks gassed!
Quintes throws a shot from downtown. Linford moves away and avoids it.
Linford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quintes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linford looks to land a combination but Quintes avoids it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quintes.
Linford slips a jab and a cross from Quintes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Migeal Quintes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Migeal Quintes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Quintes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Linford throws the left hand but Quintes avoids the punch easily.
Quintes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Linford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Linford doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Linford is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Quintes.
Quintes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Linford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Linford scores with a shot to the body.
Linford scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Linford getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Quintes is breathing heavily.
Quintes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Linford circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Linford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Linford misses with a straight right.
Quintes slips a jab from Linford.
Linford misses with a right hand
and Quintes counters with a big head kick but Linford shrugs it off.
Linford lands with a nice body punch.
Linford tries to bum rush Quintes with a series of wild strikes but Quintes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Linford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quintes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Linford.
Linford dips to his left and cracks Quintes with an uppercut!
Linford misses the jab.
Quintes dodges the punch combination from Linford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Quintes.
Quintes misses with a combination
and Linford cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Linford scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quintes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick by Linford misses
and Quintes counters with a two punch combo.
Quintes avoids a kick to the body.
Linford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Linford throws a series of punches but Quintes avoids them all with ease.
Quintes throws a series of punches but Linford moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Linford.
Linford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Linford goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That has opened up Migeal Quintes's cut even more.
Linford misses with a wild body shot.
Quintes swinging wildly here.
Linford thows a leg kick but Quintes checks it
and Quintes counters with a right hand to the body.
Linford looks for the body kick but Quintes saw that one coming.
Linford throws a wild body kick that Quintes sees coming a mile off.
Linford throws a series of punches but Quintes moves out of range.
Linford scores with a sloppy right hand. Quintes should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quintes is looking to slow Linford down with leg kicks.
Quintes walks into a stiff left hand from Linford.
Linford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Quintes slips under a jab.
Quintes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Linford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Quintes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quintes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quintes slips a straight right by Linford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Linford dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Migeal Quintes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Linford throws a hook but Quintes avoids it easily.
Quintes throws a series of strikes that have Linford backpedaling.
Quintes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Quintes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Linford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Linford throws a leg kick
and Quintes counters with a low kick, right behind Linford 's knee.
Quintes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Quintes slips under a jab.
Linford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Linford dodges the punch combination from Quintes.
Quintes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Quintes tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Linford.
Linford throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quintes blocks a jab.
Linford swinging wildly here.
Quintes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Linford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Quintes counters with a good low kick that Linford was not able to check.
Quintes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Linford.
Quintes blocks a head kick by Linford.
Linford lands with a straight right. Quintes didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintes slips under a jab.
Jab by Linford.
Linford misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Quintes. That's going to slow Linford down.
Linford misses with an uppercut.
Linford rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Quintes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Linford misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Linford does no damage.
Quintes thuds his shin into the meat of Linford's side.
Quintes lands a nice looking body shot.
Tyrone Linford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintes misses with a few strikes there.
Quintes throws a right and a left that Linford avoids nicely.
Quintes moves out of range of the strikes.
Linford darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A lazy left from Quintes finds it's target.
Linford lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Linford.
Linford is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Quintes misses with a few strikes there.
Quintes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Quintes.
Linford throws a series of strikes that have Quintes backpedaling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quintes was well out of range. Poor timing from Linford.
Linford throws a series of punches but Quintes moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Linford. Those never looked like landing.
Quintes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Linford lands with a right hand.
Quintes moves out of range as Linford strikes.
Quintes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Linford comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quintes slips a jab and a cross from Linford.
Quintes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Linford on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Migeal Quintes.
I think Quintes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Migeal Quintes!