PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balan Syed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Quick
vs
Syed

178 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balan Syed!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Syed tries to clinch but Quick moves out of range.
Syed darts in trying to clinch
letting Quick counter with a right hand.
Syed is looking to clinch.
Quick on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Syed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Syed connects with an inside leg kick.

Syed clinches.
Syed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quick backwards.
Quick lands a left hand.
Quick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Syed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Syed blocks an uppercut.
Quick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quick throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Quick.
Quick misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quick's defenses.
Syed lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Syed.
Syed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quick backwards.
Still in the clinch, Syed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Syed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Syed.
Syed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Syed prevents a body shot from Quick.
Quick missing with knees to the body.
Syed lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Syed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Syed working aggressively here.
Quick takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Richard Quick has been cut.
Syed pushes Quick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Syed.
Quick tries to pull guard but Syed holds him up against the cage and eventually Quick drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick tries a body shot but Syed blocks it.
Quick is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Syed pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Quick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Syed avoids it.
Syed lands an elbow that stopped Quick in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Syed.
Quick looking to throw knees to the head but Syed is blocking nicely.
Syed lands an elbow just above Quick 's eye.
Syed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Syed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Syed lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Syed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Syed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Syed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quick tries to land knees in the clinch but Syed avoids the damage to the body.
Syed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quick's defenses.
Syed misses with the head strike.
Syed lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick missing with knees to the body.
Syed lands a nice uppercut.
Syed misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Syed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Syed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Syed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Quick landing knees to the body.
Quick struggles to land a body shot inside as Syed controls his hands.
A short left from Syed.
A nice left hand lands by Syed.
Quick tries to land knees in the clinch but Syed avoids the damage to the body.
Syed misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Syed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Syed lands with a left to the head.
Syed lands an elbow inside that Quick shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Syed.
Quick tries to land a knee to the head but Syed blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Syed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syed lands a shoulder strike.
Quick tries to land knees in the clinch but Syed avoids the damage to the body.
Quick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Syed.
Quick tries to throw a body punch but Syed avoids it by throwing Quick back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Syed.
Syed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Syed lands with a right to the head.
Quick missing with knees to the body.
Syed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Syed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Quick is rocked!
Syed misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Syed.
Syed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Syed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Quick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quick misses with a punch to the body.
Quick seems to have got his legs back now.
Quick blocking some punches.
Quick swings wildly with an uppercut but Syed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quick looking to throw knees to the head but Syed is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balan Syed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Quick's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Quick lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Syed has closed the distance and engaged Quick in a clinch.
Syed dodges an elbow strike from Quick.
Syed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Syed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Syed throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quicks head.
Syed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Syed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quick backwards.
Syed throws a punch but it's blocked by Quick.
Syed lands a left hand.
Syed lands an uppercut.
Syed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Syed.
Syed gets through Quick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Quick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quick is trying to drag Syed to the mat but Syed just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right from Syed on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syed throws a punch but it's blocked by Quick.
Syed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Syed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Syed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Syed lands an uppercut.
Syed lands a hook that snaps the head of Quick backwards.
Syed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Syed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Syed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Syed.
Syed lands a left hand.

Syed drops Quick onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Quick is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quick stalling in the clinch but Syed improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syed pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Quick! Syed unloads with more strikes and Quick sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balan Syed!