PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Bottoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bottoms comes to the cage accompanied by Insane In The Brain - Cypress Hill. Jimmy Quick is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bottoms
vs
Quick

189 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

SHINTO

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 Tokyo, Holden Bottoms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Quick!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bottoms darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bottoms throws a series of strikes that have Quick backpedaling.
Bottoms connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Quick's hands.
Bottoms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Quick tries a head kick but it misses.
Bottoms went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bottoms feints a jab promting Quick to slip. Bottoms then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Quick slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bottoms swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Quick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Quick.

Quick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bottoms keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Some wild striking there from Bottoms.
Bottoms throws a one two combo.
Quick is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Quick throws a leg kick
and Bottoms counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Quick closes the distance but Bottoms moves to the side
and Quick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Quick misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab from Bottoms.
Quick darts in trying to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Quick ducks right into an uppercut from Bottoms.
Bottoms scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bottoms looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Quick is looking to clinch.
Bottoms lands a right hook to the body.
Quick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quick has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Quick drops his hands momentarily and Bottoms takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holden Bottoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Quick.
Quick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quick shoots in looking for a takedown but Bottoms manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Quick's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Quick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a left to the body.
Holden Bottoms is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bottoms.
Holden Bottoms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bottoms throws a leg kick but Quick moved away.
Bottoms jabs Quick to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bottoms connects with a body shot.
Quick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick moves out of range of the leg kick from Bottoms.
Bottoms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quick.
Quick takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Quick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bottoms tried to counter with a leg kick but Quick avoided it.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quick is looking to clinch but Bottoms is avoiding it.
Bottoms lands a body shot.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch but Bottoms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bottoms.
Quick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Quick closes the distance but Bottoms moves to the side
and Bottoms counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quick in his tracks.
Quick looks for a takedown but Bottoms sprawls well.
Quick throws a combination that misses
and Bottoms counters with a left and a right that stings Quick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quick is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bottoms.
Quick throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bottoms counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Bottoms.
Quick tries to clinch up but Bottoms circles away and keeps his distance.
Quick is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottoms throws a combination. Quick tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bottoms listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bottoms is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bottoms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bottoms looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holden Bottoms dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Quick doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Quick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Quick gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bottoms breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice sprawl there from Bottoms as Quick shoots in.
Bottoms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quick can do to turn this around?
Nice jab there from Bottoms.
Bottoms scores with a one two! Quick had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bottoms attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Holden Bottoms is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quick takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Quick closes the distance but Bottoms moves to the side
and Bottoms counters with a one-two to the body.
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!
A nice combination there by Bottoms.
Quick shoots in for a takedown but Bottoms shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bottoms throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms thuds his right hand into Quick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Quick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bottoms was well out of range. Poor timing from Quick.
Bottoms appears to be looking for a big counter.
An inside leg kick from Bottoms misses.
Quick is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bottoms swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bottoms slaps away a takedown attempt from Quick, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Holden Bottoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Quick.
Quick tries to move into range but Bottoms moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Bottoms. Those never looked like landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bottoms.
Bottoms lands a slapping body shot.
Bottoms throws a right hand that Quick ducks under and follows up with a left that Quick also avoids with ease.
Quick shoots for a takedown but Bottoms saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick throws an off balance right hand
and Bottoms counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Holden Bottoms is winning the standup battle so far.
Quick takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bottoms sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.
Bottoms is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bottoms lands with a nice body punch.
Bottoms listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bottoms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Bottoms.
Quick darts in trying to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms jabs at Quick's body.
Bottoms moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Quick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bottoms counters with a left to the body.
Quick doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bottoms paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bottoms throws a right hand that Quick ducks under and follows up with a left that Quick also avoids with ease.
Quick shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bottoms pinned against the cage. Bottoms gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Quick is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bottoms is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Quick.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bottoms sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quick doesn't seem bothered though.
Bottoms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Bottoms.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Bottoms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bottoms stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bottoms scores with a nice body kick.
Bottoms dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quick. That did some damage!
Quick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bottoms counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick tries for a takedown but Bottoms circles away easily
and Bottoms cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holden Bottoms dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bottoms connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bottoms lands a jab-cross combination.
Bottoms comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Quick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bottoms lands with a nice body punch.
Quick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bottoms attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bottoms throws a right and a left that Quick avoids nicely.
Quick fails with a takedown attempt.
Quick misses with the body kick
and Bottoms connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quick shoots in for a takedown but Bottoms shows good takedown defense.
Quick needs to keep his hands up - Bottoms had a free shot at his head there.
Bottoms lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms lands a right hook to the body.
Bottoms rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quick moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quick is looking to clinch.
Quick tries to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a three punch combo that has Quick backing up. Quick nods at Bottoms to acknowledge the strikes.
Quick shoots in looking for a takedown. Bottoms tries to sprawl out of it but Quick keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bottoms manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Holden Bottoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Quick.
Bottoms throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bottoms lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Quick doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bottoms counters with a series of strikes. Quick will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bottoms lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quick circles away quickly and effectively.
Bottoms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bottoms lands a slapping body shot.
Bottoms swats away the attempt to clinch by Quick.
Bottoms cracks the inside of Quick's front leg.
Bottoms scores with a jab. Quick acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Quick shoots in for a double leg but Bottoms sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Quick tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms scores with a jab to the head.
A right-left combo lands from Bottoms.
Bottoms throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quick stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Quick closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bottoms counters with a series of strikes. Quick will be more careful next time no doubt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bottoms.
Bottoms will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bottoms throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bottoms misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bottoms lunges at Quick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quick's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottoms keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms lands a jab to Quick's midsection.
Quick fails with a takedown attempt.
Bottoms connects with the punch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Quick or perhaps it was just good defense by Bottoms, which made it look bad.
Bottoms stalks Quick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quick's face. Quick staggers backwards, shaken.
Quick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quick throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bottoms counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Quick tries to clinch
and Bottoms counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jimmy Quick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holden Bottoms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quick takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Bottoms showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bottoms, 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Bottoms!
Holden Bottoms took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Im a real fighter - this is what i do. This isnt a game or a sport to me. Shout out to SHINTO ELITE MMA gym in Tokyo. We're going to take this game over.'.