PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quinton The Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Quick comes to the cage accompanied by Higher. This should be fireworks!

The Quick
vs
Costas

170 cm
24
155 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

184 cm
34
160 lbs
11 - 17 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Quinton The Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miquel Costas!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Quick has Costas up against the cage in a clinch.
The Quick blocking some punches.
The Quick throws an elbow that misses.
Costas tries to circle away but The Quick has him pinned against the cage.

The Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Quick dodges the punch combination from Costas.
Costas throws a head kick but The Quick moves out of range.
The Quick throws a right and a left that Costas avoids nicely.
Costas throws a fast counter high kick but The Quick manages to duck under it in time.

The Quick darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

The Quick is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Costas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time The Quick.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The Quick is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Costas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time The Quick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Quick stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Costas to get to his feet.
The Quick swinging wildly here.

The Quick has Costas up against the cage in a clinch.
Costas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Quick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costas is trying to push The Quick away but The Quick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Costas tries to circle away but The Quick has him pinned against the cage.
Costas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Quick has him pressed against the cage.
The Quick stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Costas. Those never looked like landing.
The Quick tries to counter by clinching up but Costas breaks away and moves out of range.
Costas tries to land a front kick but The Quick steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Costas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Costas throws a body kick that misses.
Costas takes a swing at The Quick's ribcage but misses.
Costas throws a nice looking combination but The Quick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

The Quick closes the distance and clinches.
Costas working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but The Quick is controlling him.

The Quick jumps into guard, dragging Costas to the mat.

Costas drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but The Quick manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Costas has The Quick in his guard.

The Quick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The Quick slips nicely into half guard.
Costas moves into full guard.

The Quick thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The Quick postures up in Costas's guard and throws a big left but Costas blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Quick not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The Quick with a nice head shot there.
The Quick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The Quick tries to free his leg and advance position but Costas is retaining full guard.

The Quick gets to his feet. Costas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Costas tries to clinch up.
Costas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

The Quick closes the distance and clinches.

The Quick breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from The Quick. Those never looked like landing.

The Quick clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton The Quick dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Quick closes the distance and pushes Costas back into the cage.
The Quick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costas's efforts to push away.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Quick as Costas tries to tie him up.
Costas is looking to break free of the clinch but The Quick has double underhooks.
Our sources have told us that The Quick has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Costas can't break the clinch.

The Quick jumps guard and drags Costas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

The Quick manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Costas fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Quick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costas can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The Quick has taken the fight to the clinch.

The Quick breaks the clinch.
Costas fails in his attempt to clinch.

The Quick feints and as Costas raises his hands in defense, The Quick changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Costas is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas keeping moving, preventing The Quick from controlling successfully.

The Quick decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Costas, up you get!

The Quick has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Quick displaying some good clinch control by pressing Costas up against the cage.
Costas is trying to push The Quick away but The Quick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

The Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costas scores with a three punch combo!
The Quick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

The Quick shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than The Quick was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas can't do much from the bottom here.

The Quick goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Costas rolls with the submission and now he's on top in The Quick's guard! Nice work there by Costas!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The Quick pushes Costas off and gets back to his feet.
The Quick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costas.

The Quick changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Costas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Costas wants to control but The Quick postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Quick stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Quinton The Quick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Costas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costas throws a nice looking combination but The Quick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

The Quick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

The Quick successfully pulls guard.
Costas won't allow The Quick to sweep him here.
The Quick has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Costas won't allow The Quick to sweep him here.
Costas trying to control but The Quick is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Quick managing to control the position.
Costas stopping the sweep attempt from The Quick.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Costas trying to control but The Quick is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

The Quick closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - The Quick lands in his opponent's guard.

Costas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Quick can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton The Quick 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!

The Quick scores with a head kick.
The Quick misses with a combination
and Costas counters with a nice uppercut.

The Quick has closed the distance and engaged Costas in a clinch.
Costas is looking to break free of the clinch but The Quick has double underhooks.
The Quick lands a body shot in the clinch.

The Quick breaks the clinch.

The Quick has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costas is looking to break free of the clinch but The Quick has double underhooks.
Costas can't break the clinch.
Costas wants to get back to striking at distance but The Quick won't allow it.

The Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costas looks to land a combination but The Quick avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The Quick closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - The Quick lands in his opponent's guard.

The Quick stands up and waves to Costas to follow him.

The Quick drives through and clinches with Costas against the cage.

The Quick breaks the clinch.
The Quick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Quick dodges the punch combination from Costas.
The Quick lands a nice hook to Costas's body. Costas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas throws a body punch but The Quick moves out of range.

The Quick rushes Costas and presses him up against the cage.
Costas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

The Quick breaks the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

The Quick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Costas is trying to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Quick as Costas tries to tie him up.
The Quick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costas's efforts to push away.

The Quick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Quick is looking for a counter combo.

The Quick closes the distance and pushes Costas back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Quick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and The Quick counters with a left and a right that stings Costas.

The Quick darts in and clinches Costas up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Costas's face as he tries to break the clinch.

The Quick jumps guard and drags Costas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The Quick wants to sweep here but Costas controlling him for the moment.
Quinton The Quick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The Quick wriggles free and stands up.

The Quick has Costas up against the cage in a clinch.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but The Quick has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costas looking to stall.
Costas tries to circle away but The Quick has him pinned against the cage.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but The Quick is controlling him.
Costas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

The Quick breaks from the clinch.

The Quick fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Costas to the ground. The Quick is now in Costas's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costas working a defensive guard here.
The Quick stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Costas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Quick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miquel Costas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quinton The Quick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Costas is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Quick is aware though and is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton The Quick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Quick 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton The Quick!
During a confident post fight interview, Quinton The Quick thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.