PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hansen (ranked 2190 p4p, 5302 weight class) and Zhandouji Quantou (ranked 275 p4p, 476 weight class). Hansen comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sabbath - Iron Man. Marcus Hansen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hansen
vs
Quantou

182 cm
30
183
15 - 14 - 0

180 cm
23
184
4 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zhandouji Quantou!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansen works Quantou's body with a nice hook.

Hansen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hansen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hansen won't allow Quantou to sweep him here.
Quantou really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hansen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hansen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Quantou controls Hansen momentarily but Hansen frees himself.
Hansen postures up in Quantou's guard and throws a big left but Quantou blocks it.
Hansen with a nice head shot there.
Hansen throws a big right hand that misses.
Hansen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hansen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hansen throwing strikes from guard but Quantou blocks nicely.
Hansen distracts Quantou with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hansen passes Quantou's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quantou is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hansen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hansen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Quantou tries to roll over but Hansen keeps him under control.
Hansen trying to control from half guard but Quantou is working away.

Hansen seems to be working for a kimura but Quantou defends the submission attempt.
Quantou is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quantou can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hansen stalling.
Quantou tries to roll over but Hansen keeps him under control.
Hansen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quantou tries to roll over but Hansen keeps him under control.
Hansen lands with a punch from half guard.
Quantou is not content to let Hansen control the position.
Hansen lands with a punch from half guard.

Quantou is rocked!
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Quantou is still in real trouble! Can Hansen finish him?
Hansen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hansen scores with a big shot! Quantou's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Quantou! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Hansen!
An out of breath Marcus Hansen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.