PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Lamotta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Quioxte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamotta's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lamotta
vs
Quioxte

185 cm
24
195 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
197 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Lamotta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Quioxte!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Quioxte misses.
Quioxte throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lamotta.
Decent striking displayed by Quioxte there.
Quioxte misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Lamotta.
Quioxte misses with a body kick.

Lamotta moves into range and clinches up with Quioxte.
Lamotta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quioxte can't break the clinch.
Lamotta is leaning against Quioxte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Quioxte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lamotta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lamotta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lamotta prevents Quioxte from breaking the clinch.
Lamotta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lamotta keeps control of Quioxte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lamotta obliges.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quioxte avoids it.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamotta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lamotta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lamotta obliges.
Lamotta misses with a knee to the head.
Quioxte is looking to break free of the clinch but Lamotta has double underhooks.
Lamotta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lamotta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quioxte's face.
Lamotta tries a knee to the head but Quioxte blocks it.
Quioxte tries to land knees in the clinch but Lamotta avoids the damage to the body.
Quioxte letting Lamotta take a breather here.
Lamotta has Quioxte pressed against the cage, preventing Quioxte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lamotta is struggling to control the position.
Lamotta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lamotta lands a nice shot to the body.
Lamotta looking to throw knees to the head but Quioxte is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta has Quioxte pressed against the cage, preventing Quioxte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Lamotta.
Lamotta tries a knee to the head but Quioxte blocks it.
Lamotta landing knees to the head.
Quioxte has had enough of the clinch but Lamotta keeps him there for the moment.
Quioxte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lamotta stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Quioxte is trying to break the clinch but Lamotta is controlling him.
Quioxte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lamotta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lamotta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quioxte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quioxte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lamotta blocks it with crossed arms.
Lamotta misses with a knee to the head.
Quioxte blocks the elbow strike.
Quioxte tries to circle away but Lamotta has him pinned against the cage.
Quioxte taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lamotta lands an uppercut.
Quioxte slows down the pace here.
Quioxte is trying to break the clinch but Lamotta has him pressed against the cage.
Lamotta misses with an elbow strike.
Quioxte is trying to break free.
Quioxte wants to break free but Lamotta has control.
Lamotta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lamotta prevents Quioxte from breaking the clinch.

Quioxte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lamotta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Lamotta rushes Quioxte and presses him up against the cage.
Lamotta tries to throw a body punch but Quioxte avoids it by throwing Lamotta back against the cage.
Quioxte tries to break free but Lamotta pushes him back against the cage.
Quioxte tries to break the clinch but Lamotta is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta has Quioxte pressed against the cage.
Quioxte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quioxte tries to break free but Lamotta pushes him back against the cage.
Lamotta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lamotta seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Lamotta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quioxte backwards.
Quioxte is trying to force a seperation but Lamotta has the dominant position.
Quioxte working hard to break the clinch.
Quioxte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quioxte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lamotta content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lamotta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quioxte tries to circle away but Lamotta has him pinned against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Lamotta as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Lamotta dominated that round.
That's time! Lamotta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lamotta rushes Quioxte and presses him up against the cage.
Quioxte avoids the elbow strike from Lamotta, against the cage.
Quioxte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lamotta tries to land knees in the clinch but Quioxte avoids the damage to the body.
Tony Lamotta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lamotta has Quioxte pressed against the cage.
Lamotta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quioxte's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Lamotta.

It looks like Manny Quioxte has been cut.
Quioxte takes an elbow to the temple.

Quioxte breaks the clinch.
Quioxte fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lamotta is out of range.
Quioxte takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lamotta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quioxte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quioxte throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lamotta takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Tony Lamotta has been cut.
Quioxte's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lamotta under the eye.
Quioxte looks to land a combination but Lamotta avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lamotta has managed to clinch.
Quioxte is looking to break free of the clinch but Lamotta has double underhooks.
Lamotta lands with a light punch inside.
Quioxte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lamotta connects with a knee to the head.
Quioxte has a couple of punches blocked by Lamotta.
Quioxte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lamotta throws an elbow but it misses.
Quioxte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quioxte can't break the clinch.
Quioxte is trying to break free.
Lamotta lands an elbow inside.
Quioxte working hard to break the clinch.
Quioxte blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lamotta.
Lamotta lands an elbow inside.
Lamotta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quioxte blocks it with crossed arms.
Quioxte takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lamotta.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamotta lands with a light punch inside.
Lamotta struggles to land a body shot inside as Quioxte controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lamotta content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Quioxte has had enough of the clinch but Lamotta keeps him there for the moment.
Lamotta lands an elbow just above Quioxte 's eye.
Lamotta lands an elbow inside that Quioxte shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Quioxte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quioxte wants to break free but Lamotta has control.
Quioxte is trying to force a seperation but Lamotta has the dominant position.
Lamotta misses with a knee strike.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quioxte avoids it.
Lamotta wants to stall.
Lamotta works on Quioxte's body with a couple of short punches.
Quioxte being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but Quioxte blocks with his arms.
Lamotta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lamotta taking a breather.
Quioxte trying to stall but Lamotta improves his position.
Lamotta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lamotta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Quioxte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lamotta is keeping busy.
Quioxte working hard to break the clinch.
Lamotta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quioxte's efforts to push away.

Quioxte breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Lamotta.
Lamotta throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quioxte thows a body shot but no joy.
Quioxte lands a nice shot to the body.
Lamotta walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lamotta swings for the body but Quioxte moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Quioxte.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lamotta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quioxte.

Lamotta rushes Quioxte and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lamotta being controlled against the cage.
Lamotta scores with a shoulder strike.
Quioxte misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lamotta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Come on Quioxte - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lamotta is pushing Quioxte up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tony Lamotta will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Quioxte throws a head kick that misses.
Lamotta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lamotta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Quioxte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quioxte fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lamotta checks it well.
Lamotta is looking to clinch.
Quioxte jabs Lamotta to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Quioxte lands with a nice body punch.

Lamotta clinches up against the cage.
Lamotta with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Quioxte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lamotta throws a nice head kick!
Lamotta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quioxte doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lamotta looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamotta prevents Quioxte from breaking the clinch.
Lamotta putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Quioxte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quioxte wants to get back to striking at distance but Lamotta won't allow it.
Lamotta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lamotta tries to land a knee to the head but Quioxte blocks with his arms.
Lamotta connects with a knee to the head.
Lamotta is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lamotta prevents Quioxte from breaking the clinch.
Lamotta misses with a knee strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Lamotta for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Quioxte looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quioxte being controlled against the cage.
Lamotta has Quioxte pressed against the cage, preventing Quioxte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lamotta lands a knee to the body.
Quioxte wants to break the clinch but can't.

Quioxte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lamotta tries to clinch up but Quioxte circles away and keeps his distance.
Quioxte avoids the head kick by Lamotta.
Manny Quioxte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamotta scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the body from Lamotta misses
and Quioxte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lamotta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lamotta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quioxte was well out of range. Poor timing from Lamotta.
Lamotta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quioxte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lamotta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta throws a nice looking combination but Quioxte bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Quioxte scores with a body shot.
Quioxte throws a head kick that half lands.
Quioxte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quioxte pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lamotta is out of range and Quioxte settles back down.
Lamotta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Quioxte lands a slapping body shot.
Quioxte lands a head kick. Lamotta smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Quioxte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamotta manages to avoid it.
Quioxte throws a head kick but Lamotta moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lamotta. Quioxte does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quioxte. Lamotta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lamotta doesn't manage to clinch there - Quioxte circles away.
Quioxte throws a sloppy head kick
letting Lamotta counter with a right hand.
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!
Lamotta feints a jab promting Quioxte to slip. Lamotta then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Quioxte slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quioxte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lamotta is looking to wear down Quioxte with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Quioxte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quioxte misses with a looping left.
Lamotta checks a leg kick nicely.
Lamotta avoids the head kick by Quioxte.
Quioxte takes one to the side of the head.
Manny Quioxte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quioxte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick and Quioxte moves out of range easily.
Lamotta wants to clinch.
Lamotta lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Quioxte backs up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lamotta chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lamotta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony Lamotta.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lamotta, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Lamotta!
Tony Lamotta took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75 for their support in the buildup to the fight.