PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter North (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titus Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Jack Parow - Dans Dans Dans. The key to victory for Peter North has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

North
vs
Quinn

185 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter North!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Titus Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
North ducks under a wild hook from Quinn.
Quinn misses with a hook. North ducked under it nicely.

North pushes Quinn up against the cage in a clinch.
Quinn looking to stall.
Quinn can't break the clinch.
North lands an elbow just above Quinn 's eye.

It looks like Titus Quinn has been cut.
North comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
North stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quinn looking to slow down the pace here.
North on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
North lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quinn takes a shot to the head.
North lands an elbow that stopped Quinn in his tracks for a moment.
Quinn is trying to stall.
Quinn seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
North tries to land knees in the clinch but Quinn avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
North lands an elbow just above Quinn 's eye.
A body shot lands from North.
Quinn is looking to control North's arms but North gets an underhook and turns him. Now Quinn has his back to the cage.
North tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quinn avoids it.
North lands an uppercut.
North scores with a shot to the side of Quinn's head.
North lands a hook to the side of the head.

Quinn is rocked!
North blocks an elbow strike from Quinn.
North is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quinn looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
North lands a right hand.
A hook to the body from North.
North lands a shot to the body.
Quinn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quinn is still on wobbly legs! Can North finish him?
North utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Quinn seems to have recovered his senses.
North lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quinn backwards.
North lands an elbow that stopped Quinn in his tracks for a moment.
North scores with a shot to the side of Quinn's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
North lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
North lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quinn throws an elbow but it misses.
North comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quinn misses with a body punch.
Quinn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but North has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quinn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
North lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
North lands a damaging elbow.
North lands an elbow just above Quinn 's eye.
North lands a right hand.
Quinn misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from North.
North pushes Quinn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
North lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by North.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
North lands with a short punch from the clinch.
North lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
North creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quinn's defenses.
North lands a body punch in the clinch.
Quinn takes a shot to the head.
North softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
North lands an elbow inside.
Quinn takes a shot to the head.
North lands a nice elbow.
North working some nice short punches in the clinch.
North lands on the inside with an uppercut.
North lands a nice uppercut.
North lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quinn takes an elbow to the temple.
A quick uppercut on the inside from North.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
North looking to throw knees to the head but Quinn is blocking nicely.
North tries to land a knee to the head but Quinn blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
North throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quinn blocks it with crossed arms.
Quinn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but North is keeping busy.
North pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quinn is trying to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
North throws a punch but it's blocked by Quinn.
Quinn tries to throw a body punch but North avoids it by throwing Quinn back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quinn stalling in the clinch but North improves position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Quinn tries a knee to the head but North blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter North dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Titus Quinn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

North wants to clinch.
Quinn keeps the fight on the outside.
North tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Quinn misses.
North is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
North tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
North moves in looking to clinch but Quinn pushes him off.
Quinn throws a jab but it's blocked by North.
Quinn misses with a hook. North ducked under it nicely.
North is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quinn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quinn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peter North is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn scores with a punch to the head.
Quinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quinn misses with a hook. North ducked under it nicely.
North stuffs the takedown attempt from Quinn. Quinn gets slowly back to his feet.
Quinn is breathing heavily.
North tries to close the distance and clinch but Quinn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
North tries to clinch there but Quinn circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
North lands an elbow inside.
Quinn takes an elbow to the temple.
Peter North has scored more points in the clinch so far.
North pushes Quinn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
North scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Quinn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from North.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn is looking to break free of the clinch but North has double underhooks.
North has Quinn pressed against the cage, preventing Quinn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quinn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quinn working hard to break the clinch.
Quinn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Quinn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
North using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quinn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quinn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
North comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
North lands a right hand.
North scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
North gets through Quinn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
North lands an uppercut.
Quinn is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from North on the inside.
Quinn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. North smiles and moves away.
Quinn throws a series of punches but North avoids them all with ease.
Quinn is looking to clinch but North is avoiding it.
Quinn swats away the attempt to clinch by North.
North doesn't manage to clinch there - Quinn circles away.
North avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
North is looking to clinch but Quinn is avoiding it.
North is looking to clinch.

Quinn scores with a takedown into North's guard.
Quinn not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed North's guard.
Quinn is taking a breather. North says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Quinn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Titus Quinn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Titus Quinn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Quinn misses with a wild combination.

North closes the distance and pushes Quinn back into the cage.
North pushes Quinn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
North lands an elbow just above Quinn 's eye.
Quinn takes an elbow to the temple.
Quinn wants to stall.
North lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Quinn fails to land.
Quinn tries to land a knee to the head but North blocks with his arms.
Quinn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Quinn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
North with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
North lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quinn takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice right hand lands inside from North.
North makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from North.
North creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quinn's defenses.
North working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
North lands on the inside with an uppercut.
North blocks an uppercut.
North working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quinn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
North keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quinn's efforts to push away.
North comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
North creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quinn's defenses.
North creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quinn's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn looking to slow down the pace here.
North lands a body punch.
North avoiding damage as Quinn throws knees to the body.
North throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quinn blocks it with crossed arms.
North lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
North working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, North creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
North keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quinn's efforts to push away.
Quinn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
North lands a shoulder strike.
North misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Quinn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by North.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
North working aggressively here.
Quinn avoids a wild elbow strike from North.
Quinn is looking to control North's arms but North gets an underhook and turns him. Now Quinn has his back to the cage.
Quinn effectively controlling the action here.
Quinn avoids the elbow strike from North, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
North swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Quinn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Quinn closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into North's guard.
Quinn engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Quinn prevents North from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
North being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quinn forces his way into half guard.
North is in trouble now - Quinn has advanced to mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quinn cracks North with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
North is trying to stand.

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 Peter North.
I think North 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter North!