PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Niall William Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

William Quinn
vs
smith

191 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Niall William Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky smith!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
smith looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Quinn throws a right and a left that smith avoids nicely.
Quinn could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quinn misses with a double jab.
Quinn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Quinn gets the takedown into side control.
smith trying to remain calm as Quinn controls from the top position.
Quinn tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
smith is trying to control Quinn's posture but Quinn avoids it.
Quinn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for smith on the ground.
smith trying to remain calm as Quinn controls from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quinn decides to stand up, so the ref orders smith to his feet.
Quinn throws a series of punches but smith moves out of range.
Quinn scores with a one two! smith had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Quinn motions for smith to come forward. Quinn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Niall William Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinn misses with a few strikes there.
Quinn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Quinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quinn lands with a right hand.
Quinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quinn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quinn lands a nice looking body shot.
Quinn circles away from the clinch attempt.
smith slips a jab and a cross from Quinn.
Quinn throws a head kick but smith moves out of range.
smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Quinn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quinn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Quinn scores with a four punch combination!
Quinn throws a series of strikes that have smith backpedaling.
Quinn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Quinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by smith.
Quinn misses with a double jab.
smith slips a jab and a cross from Quinn.
Quinn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Quinn throws a sloppy head kick and smith moves out of range easily.
Quinn throws a right hand that smith ducks under and follows up with a left that smith also avoids with ease.
Quinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quinn scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
smith misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quinn looks to land a combination but smith avoids it well.
Quinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
smith defending well as Quinn loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from Quinn.
Quinn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Quinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quinn throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Decent striking displayed by Quinn there.
Quinn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Quinn darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Quinn wants to stand but his hand is trapped. smith uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Quinn wants to stand but smith is controlling his posture from full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Quinn wants to stand and escape but instead smith has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niall William Quinn dominated that round.
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.

smith blocks a head kick by Quinn.
smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quinn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

smith tries to keep at a distance but Quinn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quinn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
smith jumps guard but Quinn stands there with smith around his waist. smith gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Quinn wants to break free but smith has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinn wants a takedown but no success here.
smith is breathing heavily.
smith is working for takedown but Quinn is calmly controlling the position for now.
smith is trying to break free.
Quinn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but smith has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
smith stalling in the clinch but Quinn improves position.

Quinn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quinn misses with a head kick.
Niall William Quinn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

smith tries to keep at a distance but Quinn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quinn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quinn slows down the pace here.
Quinn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but smith has him pressed against the cage.
Quinn is looking to break free of the clinch but smith has double underhooks.
Quinn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but smith has him pressed against the cage.
smith stalling in the clinch but Quinn improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Quinn decides to pull guard.
Quinn trying to control the position here.
Quinn wants to get back to his feet but smith is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
smith wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.

Quinn manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Quinn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Quinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Quinn misses with the combination.
Quinn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Quinn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Quinn.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quinn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quinn misses with a two punch combination.
Quinn's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Quinn duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niall William Quinn dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Quinn misses with a few strikes there.
Quinn throws a right hand that smith ducks under and follows up with a left that smith also avoids with ease.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick by Quinn misses
and smith counters with a left and a right that stings Quinn.
smith fails to land the takedown.
Quinn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Quinn takes the fight into the clinch.
Quinn is trying to break free.
smith looking to slow down the pace here.
smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
smith letting Quinn take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn jumps guard but smith stands there with Quinn around his waist. Quinn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Quinn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quinn fails to pull guard.
smith stalling in the clinch but Quinn improves position.
Quinn is trying to break free.
Quinn is looking to break free of the clinch but smith has double underhooks.

Quinn jumps into guard, dragging smith to the mat.
Quinn has control of smith's left arm, preventing smith from doing any damage.
Quinn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Quinn tries to get out of the position.
smith prevents Quinn from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Quinn wants to sweep but no luck.
smith wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.
smith won't allow Quinn to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Quinn tries to clinch up.
Quinn swats away the attempt to clinch by smith.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Quinn!
smith slips a jab and a cross from Quinn.
Quinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Quinn throws a series of punches but smith moves out of range.
smith wants to clinch.
smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quinn swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Left hook, right uppercut from Quinn.
smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quinn swivels and escapes.
Niall William Quinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky smith.
Jab by Quinn.
smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Quinn.
smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice takedown defense from Quinn. No joy for smith on that attempt.
Quinn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Quinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by smith.
smith tries to land a front kick but Quinn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch but smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Quinn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quinn is looking to land body kicks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quinn throws a right and a left that smith avoids nicely.
Quinn throws a right and a left that both miss.

Quinn looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ricky smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quinn is looking to stand up but smith won't let him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Niall William Quinn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Quinn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niall William Quinn!