PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Quinn (ranked 1922 p4p, 254 weight class) and Tim Drive (ranked 1766 p4p, 241 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Quinn
vs
Drive

171 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Drive!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Quinn coming out on top.
Drive misses with a left hand
and Quinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drive cracks Quinn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Quinn moves away from the strike by Drive.
Quinn scores with a kick to the body.
Quinn lands a glancing blow to the side of Drive's head.
Quinn swings for the body but Drive moves out of range.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drive throws out the jab.
Quinn misses with a double jab
and Quinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quinn ducks under a wild hook from Drive.
Drive swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drive swings for the body but Quinn moves out of range.
Drive throws a shot from downtown. Quinn moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Quinn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Drive slips under a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Drive misses.
Quinn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quinn misses with a shot to the body
and Drive counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quinn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Drive's calf.
Drive lunges at Quinn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quinn's hand.
Quinn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Quinn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drive's hands.
Drive 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.
Drive waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quinn.
Drive looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Quinn looks to throw the jab but Drive is out of range.
Quinn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Drive counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Quinn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drive's hands.
Drive misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quinn.
Drive throws a shot to the body.
Quinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drive.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drive misses with a looping left.
Quinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinn throws a series of strikes that have Drive backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quinn doesn't manage to clinch there - Drive circles away.
Quinn tries to score with a low kick but Drive moves his leg out of the way.
Drive swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quinn wants to slow Drive down by chopping away at his legs.
Drive throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Drive swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quinn tries to clinch up.
Drive throws a body shot but no joy.
Quinn throws a right and a left that Drive avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Drive throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Quinn clinches with his opponent.
Drive lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drive managing to block the knees to the body from Quinn.
Quinn wants a takedown but no success here.
Drive lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quinn backwards.
Quinn lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drive tries to throw a body punch but Quinn avoids it by throwing Drive back against the cage.
Drive works on Quinn's body with a couple of short punches.
Quinn looking for a takedown.
Quinn tries to land a knee to the head but Drive blocks with his arms.
Quinn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Quinn blocks an elbow strike from Drive.
A shot in the inside from Drive.
Drive content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Drive stalling.
Drive blocks an uppercut.
Quinn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drive blocks an elbow strike.
Quinn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quinn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quinn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drive's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drive avoiding damage as Quinn throws knees to the body.
Drive blocks the elbow strike.
Drive lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Quinn tries to land knees in the clinch but Drive avoids the damage to the body.
Quinn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Drive is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Quinn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drive blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quinn working aggressively here.
Quinn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drive.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn misses with a knee to the head.
Drive cracks Quinn with a nice body shot.
Quinn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quinn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Drive smiles and moves away.
Nice shot lands for Quinn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Billy Quinn will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice straight punches there by Quinn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Quinn.
Quinn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drive.
Drive throws a looping overhand right but Quinn ducks down to avoid it.
Drive scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drive misses with an uppercut. Quinn saw that one coming.
Drive throws a body shot but no joy.
Billy Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drive lands with a right hand.
Drive throws a body shot but no joy.
Quinn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Drive cracks Quinn with an open hand slap.
Quinn misses with a straight left.
Quinn moves in looking to clinch but Drive pushes him off.
Drive misses with a wild body shot.
Quinn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quinn slips a jab from Drive.
Quinn swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drive misses with a hook. Quinn ducked under it nicely.
Quinn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drive swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drive throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drive lands with a cross.
Drive swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quinn throwing a counter right hand but Drive manages to avoid it.
Quinn slips a straight right by Drive.
Quinn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quinn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Quinn misses with a wild body shot.
Quinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drive manages to avoid it.
Drive takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Quinn blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Quinn misses the target.
Quinn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drive.
A slow jab from Drive misses its intended target.
Quinn tests Drive's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drive throws an off balance right hand
and Quinn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Drive tries to keep at a distance but Quinn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quinn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drive.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drive struggles to land a body shot inside as Quinn controls his hands.
Quinn misses with an elbow strike.
Quinn avoids a wild elbow strike from Drive.
Quinn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drive swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quinn throws an elbow that misses.
Drive lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drive takes a knee to the side of the body.
Drive misses with a punch to the body.
Drive tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quinn's elbow.
Quinn lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Quinn.

Quinn drags the fight down to the ground.
Drive stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quinn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drive controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Drive wants to pass the guard but Quinn is keeping the position.
Quinn can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Drive controls the pace.
Quinn is trying to keep Drive in close.
Drive tries to free his leg and advance position but Quinn is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn is controlling Drive's posture.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Drive controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Quinn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drive's head.
Quinn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drive paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drive is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quinn.
Quinn doesn't manage to clinch there - Drive circles away.
Drive checks the leg kick.
A nice side step and Drive releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Drive misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tim Drive will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Quinn with a hook.
Quinn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Quinn moves out of range as Drive strikes.
Quinn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drive throws out the jab.
Quinn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Drive.
Drive tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quinn was well out of range. Poor timing from Drive.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drive throws out the jab.
Quinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drive swings for the body but Quinn moves out of range.
Quinn fires out a quick counter leg kick but Drive just manages to avoid it.
Quinn throws a body punch but Drive moves out of range.
Quinn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drive's sensitive parts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinn scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Drive misses.
Quinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quinn throws a right and a left that Drive avoids nicely.
Drive swats away the attempt to clinch by Quinn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drive throws out a loose jab but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drive takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Quinn lands with an uppercut that bounces Drive off the cage and back into range.
Drive misses with a straight left.
Quinn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drive moves out of range of the strikes.
Drive tries to move into range but Quinn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tim Drive seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drive throws a lazy right hand but Quinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Drive tries to keep at a distance but Quinn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Billy Quinn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Quinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drive blocks it with crossed arms.
Quinn is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Drive to keep the fight standing.
Quinn misses with a body punch.
Quinn throws a punch but it's blocked by Drive.
Quinn struggles to land a body shot inside as Drive controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drive.
Quinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drive blocks it with crossed arms.
Drive lands with a short shot to the head.

Quinn decides to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drive preventing the sweep.
Quinn is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quinn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drive sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Quinn wants to sweep but no luck.
Drive trying to control but Quinn is working from the bottom.
Quinn is pulling down on Drive's head. It's preventing any offense from Drive, at least for the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A bone on bone clash there as Drive blocks the leg kick.
Drive connects with a body shot.
Quinn clobbers Drive with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drive takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Quinn is looking to clinch.
Quinn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Drive sizes up Quinn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Quinn.
Drive scores with a hook to the body. Quinn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Quinn misses with a straight right.
Quinn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch lands to the side of Drive 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drive lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Drive lands with a shot to the body.
Drive takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A swing and a miss from Quinn.
Drive connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Drive lands with an overhand left.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tim Drive.
I think Drive has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Billy Quinn!
Billy Quinn spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.