PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Matice Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Quintana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matice Jr
vs
Quintana

174 cm
24
165 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

170 cm
21
167 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregory Matice Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julio Quintana!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matice Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quintana.
Matice Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Matice Jr decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Matice Jr trying to control the pace.
Quintana is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Quintana wants to control but Matice Jr is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Quintana won't allow Matice Jr to pass to mount.
Matice Jr is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Matice Jr working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Quintana's thigh. Quintana counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintana trying to control the position here.
Quintana working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Quintana throws a shot to the body.
Matice Jr fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Quintana slips under a jab.
Quintana jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Quintana with a nice cross.
Matice Jr misses with a takedown attempt
and Quintana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matice Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Quintana counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory Matice Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quintana throws out a loose jab but Matice Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quintana looks to land a left hand but Matice Jr moved out of range nicely.
Matice Jr shoots for a double leg takedown but Quintana sprawls well. He's pushed Matice Jr's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Quintana looks for a takedown but Matice Jr sprawls well.

Matice Jr clinches.
Quintana stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Quintana swings wildly with an uppercut but Matice Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Matice Jr blocks a body shot from Quintana.
Quintana misses with some punches.
Quintana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quintana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quintana scores with a shoulder strike.
Matice Jr is trying to force a seperation but Quintana has the dominant position.
Quintana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matice Jr goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quintana prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quintana gets underhooks to prevent Matice Jr's takedown attempt.
Quintana misses with a body punch.
Quintana lands a left hand.
Quintana avoiding damage as Matice Jr throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quintana.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quintana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Matice Jr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quintana is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Quintana dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Matice Jr defending well as Quintana loads up on a big left hand.
Matice Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Matice Jr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Quintana as he avoids it easily.
Matice Jr walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matice Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Matice Jr is looking to clinch but Quintana is avoiding it.
Nice takedown defense from Quintana. No joy for Matice Jr on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory Matice Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matice Jr tries to clinch but Quintana is having none of it.
Matice Jr wants to clinch

so Quintana counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Quintana's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Quintana trying to control but Matice Jr is working from the bottom.
Matice Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matice Jr is trying to keep Quintana in close.
Matice Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quintana is one step ahead there.
Quintana's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Matice Jr has his feet on Quintana's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Matice Jr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Quintana as he avoids it easily.
Matice Jr shoots in but no luck this time.
Matice Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quintana sizes up Matice Jr with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Matice Jr shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matice Jr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Quintana defends it nicely.
Matice Jr throws a head kick that misses
and Quintana counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Matice Jr thinking.
Gregory Matice Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintana cracks a nice hook into Matice Jr's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quintana lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matice Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Matice Jr walks into a straight right hand from Quintana.
Quintana scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Quintana connects with a nice looking jab.

Quintana drops Matice Jr with a left right combo! Quintana follows him down to the ground into side control.

Matice Jr is rocked!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Oh Matice Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quintana cracks Matice Jr with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Quintana immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Matice Jr is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Quintana!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Quintana!
Julio Quintana very nearly forgot to thank TFP Graphics - Pit Inc amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.