PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bahtless Man (ranked 7373 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Quiniou (ranked 5048 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Brendan Quiniou was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Man
vs
Quiniou

180 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bahtless Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brendan Quiniou!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Quiniou instigates a clinch.
Quiniou lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Quiniou.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Quiniou.
Quiniou lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Quiniou lands with a short shot to the head.
Man trying to stall but Quiniou improves his position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Quiniou on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quiniou lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Quiniou lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Quiniou works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quiniou lands a shoulder strike.
Quiniou lands a left hand.
Man misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Quiniou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries to pull guard but Quiniou won't allow it.
Quiniou lands a hook that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Quiniou scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Man drops down looking for an ankle pick but Quiniou pulls his leg out and moves away.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Man fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bahtless Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quiniou is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quiniou.
Man takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Quiniou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Man on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Quiniou gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Quiniou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quiniou lands a hook to the side of the head.
Man takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Quiniou.
A nice left hand lands by Quiniou.
Quiniou is working Man over against the cage.

Quiniou breaks the clinch.
Quiniou punishes Man's body with a nice straight punch.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Quiniou.
The crowd cheers as Quiniou lands an impressive looking overhand right. Man doesn't seem phased though.
Quiniou wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Quiniou lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quiniou lands the left hand.
Quiniou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Quiniou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quiniou swats away the attempt to clinch by Man.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quiniou! But no joy.
Quiniou connects with a good right hand that stumbles Man. Man circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Quiniou misses with a double jab

and Man counters with a nice double leg into side control. Quiniou won't be happy with that.
Quiniou tries to escape but Man is in control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man taking a break here but Quiniou is having none of it and regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man stops Quiniou from getting back to his feet.
Quiniou keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Quiniou is trying to stand up here but Man is controlling him well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A cross from Quiniou lands.

Quiniou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Quiniou has double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Quiniou on the inside.
Man is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Quiniou is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Man tries to pull guard but Quiniou holds him up against the cage and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Quiniou dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Quiniou clinches.
Quiniou has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quiniou lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quiniou has Man pressed against the cage, preventing Man from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Man jumps guard but Quiniou turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quiniou smiles and moves away.
Quiniou scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Quiniou jabs at Man's body.

Man is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Quiniou's half guard.

Quiniou manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Quiniou closes the distance and pushes Man back into the cage.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quiniou has him pressed against the cage.
Man tries to break free but Quiniou pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quiniou working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Man tries to pull guard but Quiniou forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bahtless Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right hand to the body from Quiniou.
Quiniou keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man is trying to pull guard but Quiniou has him pressed against the cage.
Man has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quiniou is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Quiniou lands a shoulder strike.
Quiniou lands a shoulder strike.
Brendan Quiniou seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Quiniou lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short left from Quiniou.

Man is rocked!
Quiniou lands a shot to the body.
Quiniou lands a shot to the body.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Quiniou creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Quiniou displaying some good clinch control by pressing Man up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quiniou scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Man is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quiniou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mans head.
Quiniou creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Man with a big uppercut! Man tries to clinch up but Quiniou pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Man to the mat! Man covers up and Quiniou unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brendan Quiniou!