PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Miguel Machin (ranked 16752 p4p, 6377 weight class) and Brendan Quiniou (ranked 469 p4p, 443 weight class). Machin comes to the ring accompanied by Pandora's Music Box. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Machin
vs
Quiniou

170 cm
42
150
14 - 24 - 0

178 cm
29
152
6 - 7 - 0

Decent elbows
Good chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Miguel Machin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brendan Quiniou!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machin misses with a double jab.
Machin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Quiniou moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Machin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brendan Quiniou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quiniou works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Quiniou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quiniou throws a quick inside leg kick.
Machin misses with a body shot.
Machin tries to close the distance and clinch but Quiniou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quiniou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machin.
A little jabbing left from Quiniou on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quiniou connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Machin misses with a leg kick
and Quiniou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Machin takes a swing at Quiniou's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the body from Machin misses
and Quiniou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quiniou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Quiniou scores with a body shot.
Quiniou lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Quiniou scores with a hook.
Machin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Quiniou tests Machin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machin lands with a nice combination. Quiniou backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quiniou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Machin misses the shot to the body.
Quiniou connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Machin is looking to clinch but Quiniou is avoiding it.
Quiniou lands a jab to the nose.
Machin tries to move into range but Quiniou moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Crunch! Quiniou slams his shin into Machin's torso.
Quiniou lands a really nice looking cross but Machin seems unphased.
Machin looks to land a right hand but Quiniou moved out of range.
Machin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Quiniou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quiniou feints a counter leg kick.
Machin swinging wildly here.
Machin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Quiniou finds it's way round the side to connect with Machin's head.
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 slapping body kick lands there for Quiniou.
Machin is looking to wear down Quiniou with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Quiniou tests Machin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machin moves in looking to clinch but Quiniou pushes him off.
Machin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Machin there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quiniou scores with a three punch combo!
Machin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Quiniou.
Quiniou bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Machin's head backwards.
Quiniou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Machin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Machin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Quiniou lunges at Machin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Machin's hand.
Machin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Machin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Machin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quiniou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quiniou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Machin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Quiniou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Machin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Machin looks for the body kick but Quiniou saw that one coming.
Quiniou is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Machin with a body shot.
Machin ducks right into an uppercut from Quiniou.
Machin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Quiniou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quiniou fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Machin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machin tries a low kick but Quiniou avoids it.
Quiniou lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Quiniou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quiniou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machin.
Quiniou throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A nice combination there by Quiniou.
Quiniou connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Machin wants to clinch up but Quiniou keeps it at a distance.
Quiniou lands with a slapping head kick.
Machin wants to clinch.
Quiniou plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brendan Quiniou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Machin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick misses from Machin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quiniou darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quiniou connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Machin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Quiniou throws a right and a left that Machin avoids nicely.
Quiniou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Quiniou counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Machin misses with the combination.
Machin is looking to clinch.
A jab lands there for Quiniou.
Machin throws a leg kick but Quiniou checks it.
Machin moves to clinch but Quiniou breaks away
and Quiniou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Machin misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quiniou fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Machin.
Quiniou throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Quiniou scores with a spinning back kick!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Quiniou dominated that round.
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.

Quiniou throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Machin on the side of the head.
A jab from Quiniou finds it's way through Machin's defenses.
Machin tries to clinch but Quiniou is having none of it.
Good exchange - Quiniou coming out on top.

Machin is rocked!
Quiniou avoids the head kick by Machin.
A nice leg kick lands there from Quiniou.
Quiniou lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Quiniou lands a jab to Machin's midsection.
Nice shot lands for Quiniou.
Brendan Quiniou seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Machin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Quiniou throws out a powerful jab.
Machin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quiniou was well out of range. Poor timing from Machin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Machin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Machin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Machin misses with the combination.
Machin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quiniou scores with a jab. Machin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Machin needs to keep his hands up - Quiniou had a free shot at his head there.
Oh Machin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Machin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Machin looks to clinch
and Quiniou counters with a big uppercut that drops Machin face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Brendan Quiniou!