PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Pink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Quik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Quik will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Pink
vs
Quik

180 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

194 cm
22
193 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mister Pink!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Quik!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pink on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Quik. Quik obviously looking to wear him down.
Pink looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Quik tries to clinch up.
Pink tries to clinch but Quik moves out of range.
Pink takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Quik fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Quik closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Quik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Quik is keen to just control but Pink is a slippery customer.
Pink is trying to get back to full guard.
Quik passes to full mount!
Quik looking to control but Pink is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pink on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pink tries to get out of the position.

Quik looking for a guillotine from mount but Pink is having none of it.
Pink might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quik with a couple of short strikes.
Pink knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quik on the ground.
Quik tries to control but Pink wriggling away.
Pink tries to lock up and control but Quik gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Quik trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pink tries to lock up and control but Quik gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Quik trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pink wants to hold on but Quik pushes him away.

Quik looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pink doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?

That's two 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.
Pink working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Quik cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Quik tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Quik fails to take his opponent's back.
Quik trying to control but Pink is having none of it.
Quik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pink tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pink tries to control Quik's body but Quik pushes him off. Pink squirms to his side and now Quik has his back!
Quik tries to keep control of the position but Pink is staying busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quik just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Quik. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Pink tries to escape but Quik has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Quik trying to control momentarily.
Quik lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Quik looking for the choke but no joy.
Pink is keeping busy.

Despite being in the dominant position, Johnny Quik just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Quik is looking to clinch.
Quik circles away from the clinch attempt
and Quik counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quik wants to clinch up but Pink keeps it at a distance.
Pink changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Quik tries to avoid it but Pink manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Quik to the ground. Quik escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Quik has his takedown stuffed

and Pink counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quik is trying to control Pink's posture but Pink avoids it.
Pink works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Quik is not content to let Pink control the position.
You can see the frustration on Quik's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Quik manages to get back to half guard.
Quik moves into full guard.
Quik working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Quik dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Quik tries for a takedown but Pink sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Quik is looking to clinch but Pink is avoiding it.
Pink stuffs the takedown attempt from Quik. Quik gets slowly back to his feet.
Pink shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Quik pinned against the cage. Quik gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Quik throws a nice looking combination but Pink bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Quik shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Pink counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Mister Pink has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Quik.
Quik is looking to control Pink's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Quik avoid being mounted?
Pink wants to pass to mount but Quik is defending the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pink content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quik is looking for a sweep. Pink is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pink looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Quik trying to control here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Quik with a lazy takedown attempt

so Pink counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pink accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Quik looking for a sweep. Not yet Quik, not yet.
Pink stops Quik from standing up.
Pink stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quik swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Quik looking for a sweep. Not yet Quik, not yet.
Quik is trying to keep Pink in close.
Quik is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quik is trying to control the action in half guard but Pink is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Quik is thwarting Pink's attempts to control the position.
Quik is trying to control the action in half guard but Pink is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pink is trying to control but can't.
Quik wants to take a breather but Pink is having none of it.
Pink keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Pink is refusing to be controlled, as Quik sits in half guard.
Pink is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Pink takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pink on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quik doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Pink counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pink.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quik pulls guard effortlessly.
Pink controlling from the top position.
Pink postures up.
Pink postures up in Quik's guard and throws a big left but Quik blocks it.
Quik seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Quik keeping moving, preventing Pink from controlling successfully.
Quik is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pink trying to stand up but can't free himself from Quik's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pink keeps the fight on the outside.
Quik tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pink swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quik misses with a body kick.

Pink closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pink lands in his opponent's guard.
Pink trying to control the position from guard on top but Quik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quik manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Quik can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pink is looking to escape.
Pink tries to hold on but Quik pushes him away.
Quik wants to stand but Pink is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quik controlling the position easily from mount.
Quik wants to control the pace but Pink is squirming around nicely.
Pink has given up his back here. Will Quik look for the submission or keep pounding away?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Pink dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Quik lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Quik fails with the takedown

and Pink counters with a nice double leg into side control. Quik won't be happy with that.
Pink misses with the ground and pound.
Pink misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Quik is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pink connects with a decent elbow.
Pink trying to control the action but Quik is working from the bottom.
Quik is trying to get back to half guard.
Quik seems a little lost for a moment, as Pink dominates the positioning.
Quik holds on to Pink's head and controls the position momentarily.
Quik struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quik tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pink wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Quik manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quik trying to control here.
Pink is trying to control the action in half guard but Quik is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pink takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pink trying to control from half guard but Quik is working away.
Quik is trying to get back to full guard.
Quik trying to control here.
Quik blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pink.
Pink takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A cross from Quik lands.
Quik tries for a takedown but Pink circles away easily

and Pink counters with a nice double leg into side control. Quik won't be happy with that.
Quik takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Quik gets back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Quik gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pink trying to control the position from guard on top but Quik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quik controls Pink momentarily but Pink frees himself.
Quik keeping moving, preventing Pink from controlling successfully.
Quik working a defensive guard here.
Pink tries to stand but Quik is controlling from the bottom.
Pink postures up.
Pink trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Quik with a poor takedown

and Pink counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pink.
Mister Pink has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Quik.
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!
Quik is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Quik not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pink preventing the sweep.
Quik is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pink is controlling him.
Quik manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Quik manages to capitalize on a mistake by Pink to take his back!
Pink looking very determined here, making life difficult for Quik.
I really don't envy Pink right now.
Pink turns into Quik and is now in his guard.
Quik is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Quik is thwarting Pink's attempts to control the position.
Quik trying to control from half guard but Pink is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quik tries to stand and escape but Pink is controlling the position.
Quik is thwarting Pink's attempts to control the position.
Quik trying to pass the guard but Pink defending well.
Mister Pink overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pink trying to control but Quik postures up.
Quik tries to stand and escape but Pink is controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Quik with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pink counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Quik!
Quik tries to hold on but Pink postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pink postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Quik looks a forlorn figure.
Pink content just to control the position here.
Pink looking to control but Quik is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Pink showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pink has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Pink!