PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien OQuinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damien OQuinn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jones
vs
OQuinn

175 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
21
175 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyle Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damien OQuinn!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. OQuinn defends it nicely.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has OQuinn pinned against the cage. OQuinn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
OQuinn dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with OQuinn but OQuinn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by OQuinn.
Jones shoots and misses

and OQuinn counters with a takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
OQuinn moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
OQuinn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Kyle Jones has been cut.
Jones is in a horrible position here. OQuinn smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Jones is rocked!
OQuinn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Jones is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Kyle Jones's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OQuinn postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Jones badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of OQuinn around the waist but OQuinn pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! OQuinn is the winner by TKO! OQuinn jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien OQuinn!
Damien OQuinn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.