PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steven Christie (ranked 1028 p4p, 736 weight class) and James Quin (ranked 117 p4p, 84 weight class). Christie's entrance music is Amityville. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christie
vs
Quin

170 cm
26
145
14 - 6 - 0

172 cm
39
153
20 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Brooklyn Apothecary

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Christie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Quin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Christie shoots in and gets a takedown into Quin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Quin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Christie defends well.
Christie trying to control the position from guard on top but Quin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Christie won't allow Quin to sweep him here.

Quin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Quin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Christie is one step ahead there.
Quin keeping moving, preventing Christie from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Quin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Christie defends well.
Christie preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie postures up and lands a big shot to Quin's brow.

Quin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Quin is trying to keep Christie in close.
Quin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Christie is one step ahead there.
Christie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Christie throwing strikes from guard but Quin blocks nicely.
Quin tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Christie's guard.

I've been told that Quin has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Quin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Christie wants to sweep but no luck.
Quin throws a strike but Christie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Quin looking for a guillotine here but Christie defends easily.
Quin seems keen to control Christie's posture.
We've been hearing that Christie has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Christie has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Christie chips away with some ground and pound.
Christie keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Quin's head.
Christie trying to control the position from guard on top but Quin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Christie is aware though and is defending well.
Christie trying to control but Quin is working from the bottom.
Christie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Christie keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Quin's head.
Christie trying to control the position from guard on top but Quin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Christie sitting in guard here, content to control.
Christie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Quin looking for a guillotine here but Christie defends easily.
Christie wants to control from the top but Quin keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christie stopping the sweep attempt from Quin.

Christie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Quin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Quin looking for subs off his back but Christie has passed one foot through into half guard.
Quin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Christie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Quin swings widly with a right hand
and Quin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quin is looking to slow Christie down with leg kicks.
Quin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Christie in his tracks.
Christie throws an off balance right hand
and Quin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Christie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Christie throws a right hand that misses
and Quin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christie.
Christie getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Christie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quin in his tracks.
Christie misses with a right hand
and Quin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christie cracks Quin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Quin throws a big shot that misses.
Quin throws the left hand but Christie avoids the punch easily.
Christie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quin.
Steven Christie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christie throws a body punch but Quin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
Christie thuds a left hand into Quin's body.
Quin swings widly with a right hand
and Christie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christie.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Quin throws a lazy right hand but Christie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christie tries for a takedown but Quin circles away easily
letting Quin counter with a right hand.
Christie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quin misses the shot to the body.
Christie was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Christie throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Quin to counter with a crisp jab.
Quin looks to land a left hand but Christie moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin lands a really nice looking cross but Christie seems unphased.
Christie misses with a right hand
letting Quin counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quin throws a hook but Christie blocks it.
Quin stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Christie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quin throws out the jab.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
Christie dips to his left and cracks Quin with an uppercut!
Quin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christie.
Christie throws a lazy right hand but Quin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christie throws a body punch but Quin moves out of range.
Christie misses the jab.
Quin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christie.
James Quin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Christie jabs at Quin's body.
Quin misses with a hook. Christie ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christie throws an off balance right hand
and Quin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christie misses with a body shot.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quin tries to move into range but Christie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Quin misses with an uppercut
and Christie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christie misses the body punch
and Quin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quin misses with a hook. Christie ducked under it nicely.
Christie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Christie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quin moves away.
Christie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quin ducks right into an uppercut from Christie.
Christie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Quin scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Christie coming out on top.
James Quin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Christie throws a body punch but Quin moves out of range.
Quin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
Christie throws a lazy right hand but Quin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quin misses with a hook.
Quin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Quin.
Quin throws a hook but Christie avoids it easily.
Christie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christie looks to land a left hand but Quin moved out of range nicely.
Quin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circling - Christie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Quin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Christie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Christie throws out a loose jab but Quin uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quin! But no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Steven Christie will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Quin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Christie moves away from the strike by Quin.
Christie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Quin sprawls well. Quin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Christie gets slowly back to his feet.
Quin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Christie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Christie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quin.
Christie throws a right hand that misses
and Christie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quin 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Christie throws a jab but it's blocked by Quin.
Christie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Quin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christie moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie thuds a left hand into Quin's body.
Christie lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Quin.
Nice cross by Quin.
Christie throws a hook to the side of Quin's head but Quin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quin.
Christie lands a jab to the nose.
Christie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quin swivels and escapes.
Quin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Christie is able to avoid easily.
Christie throws a poor cross that misses
and Christie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christie throws the left hand but Quin avoids the punch easily.
A nice side step and Quin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Christie misses with an uppercut. Quin saw that one coming.
Christie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
James Quin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Christie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quin moves into full guard.
Christie trying to control the position from guard on top but Quin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Christie throws a strike but Quin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Christie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quin is one step ahead there.
Christie is working hard here to advance position.
Steven Christie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quin throws a big right hand that misses.
Quin throws a big elbow that misses.
Quin throws a big elbow that misses.
Quin throws a big elbow that misses.
Christie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Quin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Christie wants to sweep here but Quin controlling him for the moment.
Christie pulls Quin in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Quin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Quin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A shot to the liver by Quin. Beautiful body shot.
Quin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christie shoots for a takedown but Quin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Christie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quin throws a lazy uppercut
and Christie counters with a straight right hand.
Christie takes a swing at Quin's ribcage but misses.
Christie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Christie scores with a body shot.
Christie throws a jab but it's blocked by Quin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Christie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Christie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Christie!
A very excited looking Steven Christie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.