PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartosz Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Quick
vs
Soszynski

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Voodoo Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bartosz Soszynski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soszynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bartosz Soszynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quick lands a head shot.
The fighters circling - Soszynski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quick is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Soszynski forces Quick back against the cage and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Quick.
Quick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soszynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Soszynski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quick lands a shoulder strike.
Quick is leaning against Soszynski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Quick lands with a light punch inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Quick.
Soszynski tries to break the clinch but Quick is controlling the position.
Quick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Soszynski throws a head punch that misses.
Soszynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Quick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quick takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Quick lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soszynski misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Soszynski.
The crowd cheers as Quick lands an impressive looking overhand right. Soszynski doesn't seem phased though.
Soszynski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soszynski sizes up Quick with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Soszynski tries to move into range but Quick moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Soszynski has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Soszynski throws out a loose jab but Quick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soszynski misses with a straight right.
Quick moves away from the strike by Soszynski.
Soszynski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big right from Soszynski misses.
Quick misses with a straight left.
Quick tries to bum rush Soszynski with a series of wild strikes but Soszynski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Soszynski is looking to clinch.
It looked like Quick was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Soszynski.
Soszynski walks into a straight right hand from Quick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Soszynski does no damage.
Soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Quick looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick slips a straight right by Soszynski.
Quick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soszynski lands an overhand right.
Soszynski misses with a looping right.
Quick moves out of range as Soszynski strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Soszynski checks a leg kick.
Soszynski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Soszynski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soszynski loads up on a big right hand but Quick slips the punch.
Soszynski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soszynski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soszynski.
Soszynski scores with a nice strike.
Quick ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
Quick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Soszynski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Quick throws a jab but it's blocked by Soszynski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick scores with a jab to the head.
Soszynski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Quick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quick defending well as Soszynski loads up on a big left hand.
Quick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soszynski.
Soszynski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quick manages to avoid it.
Quick is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Soszynski misses with a wild body shot.
Quick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Soszynski misses the jab.
Soszynski missing with a left hand there. Quick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quick throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Quick takes a swing at Soszynski's ribcage but misses.
Quick throws a hook but Soszynski blocks it.
Quick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soszynski.
Quick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Quick misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Soszynski as he connects with a hook.
Quick slips under a jab from Soszynski.
Soszynski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Quick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quick works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quick throws a series of punches but Soszynski moves out of range.
Quick throws a hook to the side of Soszynski's head but Soszynski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quick fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Soszynski is out of range.
Soszynski swings widly with a right hand
and Quick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quick with a hook.
Soszynski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Quick misses with a low kick as Soszynski jumps back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quick slips under a jab from Soszynski.
Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quick.
Quick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soszynski looks to throw the jab but Quick is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Quick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quick moves out of range as Soszynski strikes.
Quick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jimmy Quick is winning the standup battle so far.
Quick throws a body punch but Soszynski moves out of range.
Soszynski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sloppy strikes from Quick. Those never looked like landing.
Quick takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Quick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soszynski looks to land a left hand but Quick moved out of range nicely.
Soszynski works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soszynski. Quick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quick swings widly with a right hand
and Soszynski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soszynski drops his hands momentarily and Quick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Quick moves away from the strike by Soszynski.
Quick throws a right and a left that Soszynski avoids nicely.
Soszynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Quick misses its intended target.
Soszynski throws a hook but Quick avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski moves in looking to clinch but Quick pushes him off.
Soszynski takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Quick lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Soszynski misses with a straight left.
Soszynski throws a body punch but Quick moves out of range.
Quick lands with a shot to the body.
Quick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Soszynski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Quick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soszynski misses with an uppercut. Quick saw that one coming.
Soszynski clobbers Quick with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Quick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soszynski.
Soszynski scores with a jab to the body.
Soszynski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soszynski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Quick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Soszynski might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fighters circling - Soszynski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quick takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quick keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Soszynski lands a really nice looking cross but Quick seems unphased.
Quick slips a straight right by Soszynski.
A jab from Soszynski misses.
Soszynski needs to keep his hands up - Quick had a free shot at his head there.
Quick is looking to chop away at Soszynski's legs.
Quick throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Soszynski coming out on top.
Soszynski tries to clinch
and Quick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quick misses with a two punch combination.
Quick moves out of range of the strikes.
Soszynski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Quick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick lands a two punch combo.
Quick lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Quick.
Quick throws a hook but Soszynski blocks it.
Soszynski just misses with a punch to the body.
Quick swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Soszynski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soszynski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quick manages to avoid it.
Soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Quick throws a low kick but Soszynski moves out of range easily.
Soszynski throws a big shot that misses.
Quick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soszynski loads up on a big right hand but Quick slips the punch.
Soszynski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Soszynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quick.
A little feinted left hand from Quick on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Soszynski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soszynski looks to land a right hand but Quick moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick moves away from the strike by Soszynski.
Quick fires out a quick counter leg kick but Soszynski just manages to avoid it.
Soszynski swings for the body but Quick moves out of range.
Quick takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Soszynski moves away from the strike by Quick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quick. Soszynski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quick slips a jab from Soszynski.
An attempted straight right counter from Quick misses the target.
Soszynski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quick was well out of range. Poor timing from Soszynski.
Quick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Quick throws a jab but it's blocked by Soszynski.
Quick throws out a loose jab but Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soszynski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Quick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soszynski.
Soszynski ducks under a wild hook from Quick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soszynski throws out a powerful jab.
Soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soszynski moves out of range as Quick strikes.
Soszynski slips under a jab from Quick.
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 Jimmy Quick will probably get the nod.
That's time! Quick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Quick looks to score with a jab to the body but Soszynski is just out of range.
Quick circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Quick misses.
Soszynski misses with a series of wild punches.
Soszynski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Soszynski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Quick's head backwards.
A swing and a miss from Soszynski.
Quick swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Soszynski slips a straight right by Quick.
Quick misses with a two punch combination.
It seemed like Soszynski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quick is looking to chop away at Soszynski's legs.
Soszynski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Quick misses the target.
Quick throws a lazy right hand but Soszynski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Soszynski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Soszynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soszynski throws a lazy uppercut
and Quick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Soszynski misses with a hook. Quick ducked under it nicely.
Quick throwing a counter right hand but Soszynski manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quick.
Quick moves out of range as Soszynski strikes.
A jab from Quick misses.
A lazy left from Quick finds it's target.
Quick moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Soszynski misses.
Quick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Soszynski.
Quick staying out of range there.
Soszynski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quick throws out the jab.
Quick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soszynski.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quick lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Soszynski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soszynski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Quick throws a series of punches but Soszynski moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Quick.
Quick connects with the punch.
Quick is looking to chop away at Soszynski's legs.
As Quick backs off Soszynski throws a huge counter combo but Quick manages to avoid it all.
Bartosz Soszynski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Soszynski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Soszynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quick walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Soszynski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quick.
Quick loads up on a big right hand but Soszynski slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
Soszynski cracks Quick with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Quick takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Soszynski throws a lazy right hand but Quick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Soszynski misses.
Soszynski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Soszynski tries to clinch but Quick moves out of range.
Soszynski looks to throw the jab but Quick is out of range.
Soszynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soszynski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quick lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Soszynski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soszynski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Soszynski misses the jab.
Quick ducks under a wild hook from Soszynski.
Quick stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Quick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soszynski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Quick scores with a hook.
Jimmy Quick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quick defending well as Soszynski loads up on a big left hand.
Quick misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Soszynski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quick jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Soszynski misses with an uppercut.
Quick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Soszynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quick.
Soszynski throws a big shot that misses.
Soszynski throws a hook but Quick blocks it.
Quick scores with a shot to the body.
Quick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Soszynski.
Soszynski is looking to clinch but Quick is avoiding it.
Soszynski throws a right hand that Quick ducks under and follows up with a left that Quick also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soszynski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Soszynski.
Soszynski throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Quick to counter with a crisp jab.
Soszynski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soszynski throws an off balance right hand
and Quick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick's corner calls for a 1-2. Quick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Soszynski moves forwards but Quick connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Soszynski misses with an uppercut. Quick saw that one coming.
Quick walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Soszynski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Quick swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Soszynski.
Quick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soszynski manages to avoid it.
Soszynski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quick with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jimmy Quick.
Well 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Quick!
Jimmy Quick managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition, into his post fight interview.