PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Boulder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nes Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulder comes to the cage accompanied by Voodoo Child. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boulder
vs
Quick

199 cm
27
225 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
255 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Boulder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nes Quick!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boulder misses with a two punch combination.
Boulder throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boulder throws a nice looking combination but Quick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Quick shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Quick was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Boulder tries to escape but Quick is in control.
Boulder takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Quick misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Quick misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Boulder is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Quick has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Boulder takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Quick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Quick in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Boulder takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick working the head and body with strikes.
Quick has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Quick in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Quick controlling from the full mount.
Boulder wants to try and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Quick.
Quick fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boulder wants to get back to his feet.
Boulder taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick raining down shots from the mount!
Quick lands a big shot there that rocks Boulder but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Quick working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Quick lands with some strikes.
Quick landing punches.
Quick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Quick with the ground and pound from mount.
Quick tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Boulder is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Quick is landing with some decent strikes but Boulder is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick lands a couple of good shots and Boulder has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Quick should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Boulder looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Quick has good solid back control here.
Quick lands shots from the back.
Boulder controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Can Boulder hold on?! Quick is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Quick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boulder covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Boulder.
Boulder grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Quick is landing with strikes from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quick lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Boulder hold on?!
Quick scores with strikes from the back.
Quick throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Boulder!
Quick landing with strikes.
Boulder covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Boulder is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Quick. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Quick is punishing Boulder with strikes - can he finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nes Quick dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Quick dives in and scores a takedown into Boulder's guard.
Quick with a flurry of punches that miss.
Quick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Boulder knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quick on the ground.
Quick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boulder's head.
Boulder preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Quick's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quick working some strikes from top position.
Quick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boulder preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Quick engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Quick scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quick throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nes Quick has got the better of the ground game so far.
Quick is in close to Boulder's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Quick looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Quick throwing strikes from guard but Boulder blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quick throws a big elbow that misses.
Boulder is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Quick is controlling him.
Quick is stalling in the full guard.
Boulder wants to get back to his feet but Quick is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Quick is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Nes Quick hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Boulder pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Boulder.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Quick checks a leg kick.

Quick looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Quick postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quick throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quick keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Boulder's head.
Quick distracts Boulder with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Quick distracts Boulder with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Quick engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Quick scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Boulder is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Quick missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boulder wants to get back to his feet but Quick is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quick is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quick scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Quick's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nes Quick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Boulder gets caught napping as Quick dives in and scores a takedown. Boulder manages to retain guard.
Quick wants to control from the top but Boulder keeps moving.
Quick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boulder works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Quick throwing strikes but missing.
Quick throwing strikes from guard but Boulder blocks nicely.
Quick with a nice head shot there.
Quick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Quick cracks Boulder with a solid left hand.
Quick works over Boulder with some ground and pound from guard.
Quick scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Quick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boulder's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick throws a big elbow that misses.
Quick stands up over Boulder, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quick prevents Boulder from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quick stands up over Boulder, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Quick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Quick postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quick landing some decent shots from guard.
Quick has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boulder preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Quick lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Quick postures up and lands a big shot to Boulder's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick landing some decent shots from guard.
Quick is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Quick distracts Boulder with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Quick cracks Boulder with a solid left hand.
Quick scoring with some ground and pound.
Boulder preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quick accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Quick is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Quick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Quick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick landing with the ground and pound.
Quick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Quick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Quick's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alex Boulder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quick postures up and lands a big shot to Boulder's brow.
Quick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Quick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Quick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Quick chips away with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Quick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Quick stands up over Boulder, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quick is working Boulder over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Quick landing some decent shots from guard.
Quick slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Quick lands a couple of digs.
Quick is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Quick in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quick landing some decent shots from guard.
Quick seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nes Quick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Quick winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 25:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 25:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nes Quick!