PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Sleek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quaid's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Calm Like A Bomb- Rage Against The Machine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sleek's choice of entrance music: Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Quaid
vs
Sleek

188 cm
32
186 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
201 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darrell Quaid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Sleek!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quaid throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Sleek counters by moving into the clinch.
Sleek lands a good knee to the midsection. Quaid won't want to take too many of those.
Sleek throws an elbow that misses.
Quaid prevents the takedown attempt.
Quaid dodges an elbow strike from Sleek.
Quaid wants to get back to striking at distance but Sleek won't allow it.
Sleek looking to throw knees to the head but Quaid is blocking nicely.
Sleek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quaid trying to control the position but instead, Sleek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Quaid into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sleek throws an elbow but misses.
Sleek is working for takedown but Quaid is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sleek goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quaid prevents it.
Darrell Quaid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sleek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sleek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quaid's efforts to push away.
Quaid tries to circle away but Sleek has him pinned against the cage.
Sleek landing knees to the head.

It looks like Darrell Quaid has been cut.
Sleek misses with an elbow over the top.
Sleek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sleek is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Quaid is defending well.
Sleek misses with a knee strike.
Quaid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sleek has him pressed against the cage.
Sleek wants a takedown but no success here.
Quaid tries to break the clinch but Sleek is controlling the position.
Sleek tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaid gets underhooks to prevent Sleek's takedown attempt.
Sleek drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Quaid gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sleek has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Quaid avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sleek is trying to drag Quaid to the mat but Quaid just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sleek.
Sleek has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Quaid avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Quaid trying to stall but Sleek improves his position.
Quaid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sleek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sleek misses with a knee to the head.
Sleek creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleek looking for a takedown.
Sleek tries to land knees in the clinch but Quaid avoids the damage to the body.

Quaid breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Quaid's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sleek under the eye.
Nice jab there from Quaid.

It looks like Jay Sleek has been cut.
Sleek misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Quaid throws a leg kick that misses.
Sleek tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Sleek takes the fight into the clinch.
Sleek stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quaid is pressed up against the cage. Sleek has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Quaid down to the mat. Quaid avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sleek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quaid throws a sloppy head kick and Sleek moves out of range easily.
Quaid swats away the attempt to clinch by Sleek.
Jay Sleek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quaid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Quaid gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Sleek drops back, looking for a kneebar! Quaid looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Quaid looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Quaid!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Sleek dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sleek moves to clinch but Quaid breaks away
and Quaid counters with an inside leg kick.
Quaid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sleek fails with the takedown.
Quaid throws a push kick but Sleek slaps the foot to one side.
Sleek drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sleek tries to close the distance and clinch but Quaid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sleek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quaid.
Sleek avoids the body shot from Quaid.
Sleek doesn't manage to clinch there - Quaid circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sleek is looking to clinch.
Jay Sleek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quaid circles away from the clinch attempt
and Quaid counters with a slapping leg kick.
Quaid fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sleek checks it well.

Sleek clinches with his opponent.
Quaid is trying to push Sleek away but Sleek has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Quaid wants to break free but Sleek has control.
Sleek goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quaid prevents it.
Sleek drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Quaid gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Darrell Quaid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sleek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleek is working for takedown but Quaid is calmly controlling the position for now.
Quaid wants to get back to striking at distance but Sleek won't allow it.
Quaid is looking to break free of the clinch but Sleek has double underhooks.
Quaid tries to break free but Sleek pushes him back against the cage.
Sleek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quaid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quaid prevents a takedown attempt there.

Quaid breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darrell Quaid is winning the standup battle so far.
Quaid tries a head kick but it misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sleek.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sleek.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaid is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sleek asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Quaid tries to improve position but can't.
Quaid being controlled for a moment.
Quaid is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sleek is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Quaid knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Quaid knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sleek on the ground.

Sleek wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Quaid, who protects the arm well.
Quaid is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sleek goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Quaid rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sleek's guard! Nice work there by Quaid!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Darrell Quaid will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sleek looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Quaid!

Sleek working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sleek wants to lay and pray for a moment but Quaid keeps working.
Sleek misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sleek goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Quaid has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Sleek but great work by Quaid.
Quaid tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sleek tries to improve position but can't.
Sleek sneaks back into half guard.
Sleek is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleek works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jay Sleek has got the better of the ground game so far.

Sleek had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Quaid defends it easily.
Quaid content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sleek is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleek wants to sweep but no luck.

Sleek looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Quaid is defending well. Sleek quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Quaid has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Sleek celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jay Sleek!
Jay Sleek really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Brute logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.