QFC Tournament 476 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Louis Santos Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Pro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Santos Jr
vs
Pro

175 cm
19
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

162 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Santos Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Pro!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos Jr closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pro.
Santos Jr is trying to pull guard but Pro has him pressed against the cage.
Santos Jr tries to pull guard but Pro won't allow it.
Santos Jr trying to control the position but instead, Pro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santos Jr into the cage.
Santos Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Santos Jr tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pro smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Santos Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Pro moves into the clinch successfully.

Santos Jr pulls guard successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pro wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Santos Jr's closed guard. He's half up but Santos Jr has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Santos Jr pivots and extends the arm, Pro falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Santos Jr! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Louis Santos Jr!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
59%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Makowski Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brewer
vs
Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva

165 cm
25
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Makowski Brewer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Do Santos Da Silva tries to sprawl but Brewer drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Brewer is controlling the pace.
Brewer wants to pass to mount but Do Santos Da Silva is defending the position.
Brewer is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Brewer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Do Santos Da Silva wants to hold on but Brewer pushes him away.
Brewer controlling his opponent.
Do Santos Da Silva manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Brewer content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Do Santos Da Silva tries to roll over but Brewer keeps him under control.
Brewer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Brewer is looking to advance position but Do Santos Da Silva won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Do Santos Da Silva won't allow Brewer to pass to mount.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Brewer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Do Santos Da Silva sees it coming and defends easily.
Brewer tries to pass to full mount but Do Santos Da Silva defends it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Do Santos Da Silva with a poor takedown

and Brewer counters by moving into the clinch.
Do Santos Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Brewer improves position.
Do Santos Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brewer is keeping busy.
Brewer is pushing Do Santos Da Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Do Santos Da Silva is trying to stall.
Do Santos Da Silva misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brewer tries to throw a body punch but Do Santos Da Silva avoids it by throwing Brewer back against the cage.
Do Santos Da Silva is working for takedown but Brewer is calmly controlling the position for now.
Do Santos Da Silva is looking for a takedown.
Makowski Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Fernalao Do Santos Da Silva.
Do Santos Da Silva looking to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brewer has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Do Santos Da Silva after a bit of a struggle.
Do Santos Da Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brewer is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brewer just leaning against Do Santos Da Silva, taking a breather.
Brewer misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Brewer throws a hook to the side of Do Santos Da Silva's head but Do Santos Da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Brewer changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Do Santos Da Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Do Santos Da Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Brewer lands a nice forearm strike.
Brewer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Do Santos Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Brewer is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Do Santos Da Silva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Brewer passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Do Santos Da Silva!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brewer with shots to the head and body - Do Santos Da Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer lands a heavy elbow.
Brewer prevents Do Santos Da Silva from getting the reversal.
Brewer controlling from mount.
Brewer seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Do Santos Da Silva for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer lands a big shot there that rocks Do Santos Da Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brewer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Do Santos Da Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Brewer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Do Santos Da Silva is looking to get to half guard.

Brewer is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Do Santos Da Silva is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Makowski Brewer!
Makowski Brewer decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
30%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Callaghan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daisuke Sakuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Callaghan
vs
Sakuma

176 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Callaghan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daisuke Sakuma!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Callaghan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sakuma's guard.
Callaghan cracks Sakuma with a solid left hand.
Callaghan postures up in Sakuma's guard and throws a big left but Sakuma blocks it.
Sakuma is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Callaghan preventing the sweep.
Sakuma trying to control the position.

Callaghan is sitting in close to Sakuma's body. Sakuma has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Callaghan is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Callaghan is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sakuma.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Daisuke Sakuma!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Irshaad Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micah Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Irshaad Sayed has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sayed
vs
Gomez

170 cm
25
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irshaad Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Micah Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Gomez misses.
Gomez shoots in looking for a takedown. Sayed tries to sprawl out of it but Gomez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sayed manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Sayed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sayed lands a knee to the body.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez fails to pull guard.
Irshaad Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micah Gomez.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomez can't find room to land a body shot as Sayed controls the action.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez misses with some punches.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed is controlling him.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Gomez misses with the head strike.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
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!
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed with a knee to the head.
Sayed prevents Gomez from breaking the clinch.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Gomez stalling in the clinch but Sayed improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayed prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Gomez working aggressively here.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.

Gomez is rocked!
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Sayed.
Gomez is still on wobbly legs! Can Sayed finish him?
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Gomez seems to have recovered his senses.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gomez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomez is trying to break free.
Gomez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Sayed with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Sayed.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sayeds head.
Gomez wants a takedown but no success here.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Gomez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gomez is trying to break free.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
Gomez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sayed is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Sayed.
A knee to the head by Sayed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gomez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Sayed lands a good knee to the midsection. Gomez won't want to take too many of those.
Gomez looks winded!
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Gomez misses with a body punch.
Sayed landing knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Sayed lands a knee to the body.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irshaad Sayed dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sayed shoots in looking for a takedown but Gomez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sayed's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sayed tries to clinch up.
Gomez keeps the fight on the outside.
Gomez throws a hook but Sayed blocks it.

Sayed closes the distance and clinches.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomez can do to turn this around?
Gomez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayed connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
Sayed using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Sayed is controlling him.
Sayed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Sayed scores a nice knee to the body.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sayed gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sayed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sayed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez tries a body shot but Sayed blocks it.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sayed connects with a knee to the head.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomez misses with some punches.
Gomez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gomez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sayed avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Irshaad Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micah Gomez.
Sayed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed working Gomez over with knees to the body.
Sayed landing knees to the head.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Gomez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gomez goes for a takedown attempt but Sayed pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sayed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed lands an elbow that stopped Gomez in his tracks for a moment.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Knees to the body from Sayed.
Sayed gets underhooks to prevent Gomez's takedown attempt.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Sayed prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Sayed lands an elbow inside.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sayed prevents a body shot from Gomez.
Sayed using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed scores with a knee to the head.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gomez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sayed.
Sayed scores a nice knee to the body.
Sayed scores with a knee to the head.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez wants to take the fight to the mat but Sayed manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gomez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irshaad Sayed dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sayed forces Gomez back against the cage and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Gomez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sayed walks away with a smile on his face. Gomez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Sayed has closed the distance and engaged Gomez in a clinch.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sayed working Gomez over with knees to the body.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed has Gomez pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Gomez is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Sayed - that's hurt Gomez badly! Oh, another knee lands and Gomez is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Gomez doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Irshaad Sayed!