PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyron Woodley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyron Woodley has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Quick's chin.

Quick
vs
Woodley

194 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyron Woodley!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Quick enables Woodley to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Quick manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Quick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Quick trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Quick wants to get back to his feet but Woodley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Woodley won't allow Quick to sweep him here.
Woodley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Woodley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Woodley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Woodley 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.
Quick is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woodley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Woodley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Woodley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodley 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.

Woodley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Woodley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Woodley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Quick is looking to stand up but Woodley isn't so interested in that idea.
Woodley passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Quick is trying to escape the position but Woodley is controlling the position.
Woodley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Quick tries to buck Woodley off but Woodley is having none of it.
Woodley throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Woodley scoring with punches from side control.
Quick being controlled for a moment.
Woodley landing strikes.
Woodley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Woodley taking a breather here.
Quick is trying to control Woodley's posture but Woodley avoids it.
Quick tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Woodley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Quick knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Woodley on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodley is chipping away with strikes.

Woodley tries for a kimura but Quick is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Woodley cracks Quick with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Woodley working the head and body with strikes.
Woodley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Woodley wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Quick, who protects the arm well.
Quick is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quick takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodley lands an elbow.
Woodley working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Quick wants to get back to his feet.
Quick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Quick is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Quick taking a bit of punishment here - Woodley scoring with strikes.

Quick is rocked!

Woodley wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Quick, who protects the arm well.
Woodley controls the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Quick tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Woodley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyron Woodley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Woodley throws a series of punches but Quick moves out of range.
Woodley shoots for a double leg takedown but Quick sprawls well. He's pushed Woodley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Woodley shoots in looking for a takedown but Quick manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Woodley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Woodley shoots in for a double leg but Quick sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mike Quick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyron Woodley.
Quick fails in his attempt to clinch.

Quick closes the distance and clinches.
Quick is leaning against Woodley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quick.
Woodley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Quick breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quick tries to clinch but Woodley moves out of range.

Woodley fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Quick to the ground. Woodley is now in Quick's guard.
Woodley is working Quick over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Woodley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodley trying to control but Quick is working from the bottom.
Quick looking to control.

Quick is looking for a triangle but Woodley pushes his legs off easily.
Quick controls Woodley momentarily but Woodley frees himself.
Woodley trying to control the position from guard on top but Quick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Woodley chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Woodley trying to control but Quick is working from the bottom.
Woodley chips away with some ground and pound.
Woodley with a nice head shot there.
Woodley stands up over Quick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Woodley looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Woodley working some strikes from top position.
Woodley trying to control but Quick is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Woodley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quick is looking to counter the offense by Woodley and move into the clinch.
Woodley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Quick counters by moving into the clinch.
Quick swings wildly with an uppercut but Woodley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Woodley is trying to break free.
Woodley tries for a takedown but Quick manages to get underhooks.
Woodley tries for a takedown but Quick manages to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Quick.
Woodley is looking to take this one to the mat.
Woodley is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Quick.
Quick throws a punch but it's blocked by Woodley.
Quick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Quick misses with the head strike.
Quick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Woodleys head.
Quick looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Woodley blocks a body shot from Quick.
Quick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Woodley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Woodley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Quick avoids it.
Quick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Woodley backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Quick dominated that second round.
That's time! Quick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Quick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Woodley paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Woodley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Quick controls Woodley momentarily but Woodley frees himself.
Woodley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Woodley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Woodley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Woodley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Woodley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Woodley connects with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quick keeping moving, preventing Woodley from controlling successfully.
Woodley slips nicely into half guard.
Woodley drops an elbow to the side of Quick's head.
Quick on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Quick tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woodley.
Woodley is nestled in close to Quick, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Woodley there.
Quick keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Still in half guard, Woodley seems content to control.
Woodley winds up and cracks Quick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tyron Woodley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Quick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Quick is staying active underneath Woodley, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice strikes from Woodley there.
Woodley is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Woodley is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Woodley lands a nice short elbow.
Woodley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Woodley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Quick is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Woodley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Woodley is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Woodley is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Quick is hurt! He's hurt bad - Woodley fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Quick from any more punishment! Congratulations to Woodley! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyron Woodley!