PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Quik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bot Botanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quik comes to the cage accompanied by Zro ft. Devin the Dude - Hit'em with the Mule (Ratatatat Remix). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quik
vs
Botanovic

182 cm
29
182 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

180 cm
34
175 lbs
29 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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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 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamal Quik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bot Botanovic!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botanovic throws a wild body kick that Quik sees coming a mile off.
Botanovic throws a chopping leg kick but Quik manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quik avoids a kick to the body.

Botanovic looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Botanovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Quik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Botanovic might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Quik kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Botanovic controlling from the top position.
Botanovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quik keeping moving, preventing Botanovic from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Bot Botanovic hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Quik swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Quik misses with a body shot.
Quik misses with a few strikes there.
Botanovic misses with a low kick as Quik jumps back.
Quik throws a leg kick that is checked

and Botanovic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Botanovic lands with a punch from half guard.

Botanovic is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Botanovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Botanovic passes the guard and advances to mount!
Botanovic punching from mount but Quik doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quik really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Botanovic scoring with strikes but Quik is staying in there.
Botanovic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Botanovic throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Botanovic landing shots from mount.
Botanovic throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Botanovic is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Quik can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Botanovic looking to control but Quik is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Quik holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Botanovic tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Botanovic with shots to the head and body - Quik looks very uncomfortable down there.
Botanovic lands a big shot there that rocks Quik but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Botanovic is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Quik has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Quik!

Botanovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Quik defends it easily.
Botanovic is trying to control the position but Quik postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Botanovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Quik defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Botanovic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A solid leg kick lands there for Botanovic.
Botanovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Botanovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A leg kick checked by Botanovic.
Quik is looking to slow Botanovic down with leg kicks.
Quik goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Bot Botanovic has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Botanovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Jamal Quik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Botanovic.
A good leg kick by Quik.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quik.
Quik throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quik darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Botanovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Quik throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Botanovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Botanovic is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Quik.
Quik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Quik misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quik throws a chopping leg kick but Botanovic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quik connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Quik misses with a leg kick
and Botanovic counters with a nice leg kick.
Quik lands a jab to the head.
Botanovic checks the leg kick.
Botanovic has a takedown stuffed.
Quik drops Botanovic with a naaaaasty hook - Botanovic is in real trouble here! Quik dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamal Quik!
A less than humble Jamal Quik misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.