PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Poldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Quintana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Poldi
vs
Quintana

188 cm
20
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

197 cm
20
295 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Poldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Quintana!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poldi avoids the body shot from Quintana.
Poldi slips a straight right by Quintana.
Poldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quintana looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick misses from Quintana.
Quintana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Poldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Quintana.
A jab from Poldi misses.

Quintana closes the distance and clinches.
Poldi managing to block the knees to the body from Quintana.
Quintana tries to land knees in the clinch but Poldi avoids the damage to the body.
Poldi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poldi managing to block the knees to the body from Quintana.
Poldi misses with a punch to the body.
Quintana stalling against the cage.
Poldi trying to control the position but instead, Quintana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poldi into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintana is pressed up against the cage. Poldi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Quintana down to the mat. Quintana avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Quintana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poldi.
Poldi misses with a few strikes there.
Poldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quintana.
That kick from Quintana tenderised Poldi's leg. Poldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
The fighters circling - Poldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quintana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quintana misses with an uppercut.
Carlos Quintana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poldi stalks Quintana and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quintana's face. Quintana staggers backwards, shaken.
Quintana doesn't manage to clinch there - Poldi circles away.
Quintana staying out of range there.
Quintana misses with a hook to the body
and Poldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Carlos Quintana has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poldi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Poldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Poldi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quintana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Poldi throws a one two combo.
Quintana throws a head kick but Poldi moves out of range.
Quintana is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Poldi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Quintana misses with a low kick.
Poldi misses with a straight right.
Quintana tries a low kick but Poldi avoids it.

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

It looks like Jack Poldi has been cut.
Quintana moves in looking to clinch but Poldi pushes him off.
Poldi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quintana has time to react.

Quintana closes the distance and clinches.
Poldi avoiding damage as Quintana throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Quintana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poldi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Poldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poldi cracks a nice hook into Quintana's ribs.

Poldi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Quintana sprawls well initially but Poldi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poldi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Quintana defending well though.
Poldi trying to control the action but Quintana is working from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Poldi lands a nice short elbow.
Poldi wants to take a breather but Quintana is having none of it.
Quintana blocking the ground and pound attempt from Poldi.
Poldi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Poldi prevents Quintana from improving his position.
Quintana avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Poldi.
Poldi throwing shots but Quintana is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Poldi is trying to work for a kimura but Quintana is defending well.
Quintana tries to roll over but Poldi keeps him under control.

Poldi seems to be looking for submissions.
Poldi controlling the action here.
Quintana has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Poldi is working away from the top position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quintana is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jack Poldi will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Poldi cracks Quintana with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Poldi.
Poldi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quintana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poldi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Quintana defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Poldi.
Quintana scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quintana moves out of range of the body kick from Poldi.
Quintana scores with a push kick.
Quintana scores with the left hand. Poldi knows he should have avoided that one.
Quintana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Poldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quintana works Poldi's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poldi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poldi ducks under a wild hook from Quintana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Quintana.
A jab from Quintana misses.
Carlos Quintana seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Quintana lands a big right hand that sends Poldi crashing to the mat! Quintana stays standing though and waves Poldi back to his feet!

Poldi is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quintana cracks Poldi with a left hook right on the temple and Poldi goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Quintana lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Poldi is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Carlos Quintana!
Carlos Quintana really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Happy Pills logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.