PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timo Leyton (ranked 2590 p4p, 2784 weight class) and Thomas Quessy (ranked 334 p4p, 353 weight class). Quessy has chosen NTM - Ma Benz as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Leyton
vs
Quessy

180 cm
31
178
21 - 10 - 1

180 cm
29
176
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ajax Cloth
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timo Leyton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Quessy!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leyton misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Quessy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Leyton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quessy lands a shot to the body.
Quessy throws a head punch that misses.
Quessy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Leyton has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Quessy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leyton.
Quessy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Leyton backwards.
Quessy lands with a left to the head.
Leyton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quessy misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quessy scores with a shoulder strike.
Quessy slowing the pace effectively.
Quessy has a couple of punches blocked by Leyton.
Quessy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leyton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quessy working aggressively here.
Quessy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quessy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quessy swings wildly with an uppercut but Leyton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quessy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Leyton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Quessy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quessy scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Quessy.
Quessy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Quessy just leaning against Leyton, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quessy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Quessy tries to work over Leyton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quessy stalls.
Quessy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Leyton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quessy misses with some punches.
Quessy lands a right hand.
Leyton has Quessy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Quessy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Quessy.
Leyton prevents a body shot from Quessy.
Quessy tries to work over Leyton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quessy scores with a shoulder strike.
Quessy lands a right hand.
Quessy lands a left hand.
Quessy has a couple of punches blocked by Leyton.
Leyton tries to score a body lock takedown but Quessy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timo Leyton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Still in the clinch, Quessy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Quessy.
Leyton wants a takedown but no success here.
A short uppercut from Quessy.
Quessy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Leyton backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quessy throws a head punch that misses.
Quessy has a couple of punches blocked by Leyton.
Quessy working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Quessy fails to land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Quessy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leyton blocking some punches.
Quessy tries a body shot but Leyton blocks it.
Quessy pushes Leyton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Quessy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quessy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quessy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leyton.
Quessy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Quessy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leyton fails with a takedown attempt.
Quessy lands with an overhand left.
Leyton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Quessy counters with a nice uppercut.
Leyton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Quessy circles away.
Leyton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Quessy's waist but Quessy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leyton off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timo Leyton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quessy lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leyton shoots for a double leg takedown but Quessy sprawls well. He's pushed Leyton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Leyton fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leyton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Quessy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leyton fails with the takedown
and Quessy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leyton tries for a takedown but Quessy circles away easily

and Quessy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Quessy.
Quessy misses with a hook from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Quessy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quessy lands a hook that snaps the head of Leyton backwards.
Leyton is looking for a takedown.
Leyton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas Quessy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Quessy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Quessy.
Quessy has a couple of punches blocked by Leyton.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Quessy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quessy lands a nice uppercut.
Leyton blocks an uppercut.
Quessy throws a head punch that misses.
Quessy lands with a right to the head.
Quessy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quessy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Leyton.

Leyton turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Leyton manages to end up in side control.
Quessy felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Quessy gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quessy is looking for a sweep. Leyton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Quessy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leyton is working away from the top position though.

Quessy actively working from the bottom here.
Leyton throwing shots but Quessy is blocking nicely.
Quessy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Leyton cracks Quessy with a solid left hand.
Quessy wants to sweep here but Leyton controlling him for the moment.

Leyton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Quessy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

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

Leyton controlling Quessy's posture.
Quessy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Quessy postures up.
Leyton is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Quessy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Leyton pulls Quessy in close to prevent any damage.
Quessy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quessy forces his way into half guard.
Quessy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Quessy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Leyton with a poor takedown
and Quessy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Leyton misses with a takedown attempt
and Quessy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Leyton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timo Leyton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leyton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Quessy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quessy stuffs the takedown attempt from Leyton. Leyton gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quessy stuffs the takedown attempt from Leyton. Leyton gets slowly back to his feet.
Quessy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leyton moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quessy lands with a right hand.

Quessy gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Leyton to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Quessy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Leyton won't allow Quessy to sweep him here.

Quessy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Quessy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leyton is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leyton postures up.
Leyton throwing strikes from guard but Quessy blocks nicely.
Quessy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leyton landing with the ground and pound.
Leyton throws a big elbow that misses.

Quessy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Quessy has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Leyton doesn't defend quickly enough and Quessy has managed to lock this one up! Can Leyton escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Quessy on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Thomas Quessy!
A very excited looking Thomas Quessy 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.