PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien OQuinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Avery Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). OQuinn's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm A Dog I'm Sorry- Big Tymers. Damien OQuinn has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

OQuinn
vs
Churchill

184 cm
25
167 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien OQuinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Avery Churchill!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as OQuinn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Churchill doesn't seem phased though.
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OQuinn.
OQuinn slips a jab from Churchill.
OQuinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Churchill gets tackled into the cage by OQuinn. OQuinn maintains the clinch.
Churchill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
OQuinn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Churchill misses with a hook to the ribs.
OQuinn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
OQuinn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

OQuinn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
OQuinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
OQuinn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Churchill is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn punishes Churchill's body with a nice straight punch.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Churchill misses with a takedown
and OQuinn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
OQuinn lands with a hook. Churchill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Churchill misses with a right hand
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Churchill rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and OQuinn counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a poor cross that misses
and OQuinn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Churchill lands a head shot.
OQuinn darts in looking for a takedown but Churchill gets double underhooks and turns OQuinn into the cage.
Churchill misses with a lunging right hand
and OQuinn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Churchill shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has OQuinn pinned against the cage. OQuinn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
It looked like OQuinn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill fails with the takedown
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Damien OQuinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Avery Churchill.
OQuinn cracks Churchill with a right hand to the side of the head.
OQuinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Churchill.
OQuinn scores with the left hand. Churchill knows he should have avoided that one.
OQuinn has been working on his balance at Elite Strikers, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Churchill.
Churchill with a poor takedown
and OQuinn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Churchill thinking.
Churchill is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Churchill closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
OQuinn tries to buck Churchill off but Churchill is having none of it.
Churchill scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Churchill's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Churchill cracks OQuinn with a big elbow.
OQuinn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Churchill on the ground.
Churchill working the ground and pound.
OQuinn is looking for a sweep.
OQuinn is trying to control Churchill's posture but Churchill avoids it.
OQuinn tries to bench press Churchill off him but Churchill keeps the position.
Churchill is working OQuinn over with some ground and pound from side control.
OQuinn tries to buck Churchill off but Churchill is having none of it.
Churchill connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused OQuinn some visible discomfort.
Churchill working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

OQuinn tries to clinch but Churchill moves out of range.
Churchill has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
OQuinn slips a jab from Churchill.
It looked like OQuinn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Churchill doesn't succeed with the takedown
and OQuinn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Churchill throws a jab but it's blocked by OQuinn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
OQuinn connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill moves away from the strike by OQuinn.
Churchill misses with an uppercut
letting OQuinn counter with a right hand.
OQuinn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Churchill under the eye.
Churchill throws the left hand but OQuinn avoids the punch easily.
Churchill with a jab.
Churchill takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Churchill.
Damien OQuinn is winning the standup battle so far.
OQuinn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Churchill misses with a straight left.
OQuinn staying out of range there.
OQuinn seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A swing and a miss from Churchill.
An attempted straight right counter from OQuinn misses the target.
Churchill misses with a right hand
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Churchill 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a lazy uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a right hand to the body.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Churchill's shoulder, as Churchill tries to avoid the shot.
Churchill throws an off balance right hand
and OQuinn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Churchill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but OQuinn manages to avoid it.
OQuinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Churchill throws a lazy right hand but OQuinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from OQuinn misses the target.
OQuinn stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Churchill shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. OQuinn defends it nicely.
OQuinn tries to counter by clinching up but Churchill breaks away and moves out of range.
Damien OQuinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Avery Churchill.
OQuinn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Churchill misses with an uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Churchill throws a hook to the side of OQuinn's head but OQuinn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like OQuinn was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Churchill.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien OQuinn dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Churchill misses with a right hand
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Churchill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Churchill's corner calls for a 1-2. Churchill obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Avery Churchill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Churchill's shoulder, as Churchill tries to avoid the shot.
Churchill misses with an uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill takes a swing at OQuinn's ribcage but misses.
OQuinn swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
OQuinn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Churchill misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from OQuinn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill takes a swing at OQuinn's ribcage but misses.
OQuinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
OQuinn is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Churchill fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Churchill doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
OQuinn misses with a looping right.
And Churchill tries to counter it with a takedown but OQuinn pushes his down on his head and steps out.
OQuinn throws a hook to the side of Churchill's head but Churchill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Churchill tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
OQuinn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Churchill can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn misses with a wild body shot.
OQuinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Churchill.
Churchill misses with a right hand
letting OQuinn counter with a right hand.
Churchill 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.
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OQuinn.
Churchill drops down looking to force a counter takedown but OQuinn defends it well.
Churchill loads up on a big right hand but OQuinn slips the punch.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Churchill misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a poor cross that misses
and OQuinn counters with a straight right hand.
Damien OQuinn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Churchill throws a right hand that misses
and Churchill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Churchill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract OQuinn.
OQuinn wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill connects with a right hand. OQuinn shakes it off.
Avery Churchill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Churchill misses with a right hand
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Churchill misses with an uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Churchill throws an ugly left hook that misses
and OQuinn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien OQuinn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for OQuinn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien OQuinn!
Damien OQuinn took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.