PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Quessy (ranked 2357 p4p, 1397 weight class) and Jeremy Arnason (ranked 329 p4p, 198 weight class). Quessy comes to the ring accompanied by NTM - Ma Benz. Arnason comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Quessy
vs
Arnason

180 cm
35
176
14 - 12 - 0

178 cm
29
172
15 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Wrestler Wayfare
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Quessy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Arnason!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quessy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Arnason defends it nicely.
Arnason swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Quessy closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Quessy lands in his opponent's guard.
Arnason avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quessy is fighting to break Arnason's control of his arms but Arnason is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Quessy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Arnason's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnason working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Quessy.
Arnason working a defensive guard here.
Quessy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Arnason works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quessy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Quessy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Arnason managing to control the position.
Quessy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Arnason swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Quessy is working hard here to advance position.
Arnason tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quessy trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Arnason manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Arnason sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Quessy wants to sweep but no luck.

Quessy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Arnason can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Arnason stopping the sweep attempt from Quessy.

Quessy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Arnason gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Arnason won't allow Quessy to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quessy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Arnason trying to control the position from guard on top but Quessy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arnason preventing the sweep.
Arnason is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Arnason wants to control from the top but Quessy keeps moving.
Arnason controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Quessy shoots for a takedown but Arnason saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck for Quessy with that takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Arnason on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Quessy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Quessy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arnason as he avoids it easily.

Quessy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Arnason is trying to defend but Quessy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Quessy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Arnason's head.
Arnason blocking the ground and pound attempt from Quessy.
Quessy throws a strike but Arnason avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quessy passes Arnason's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Quessy stalling away here and it's allowed Arnason to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Arnason working a defensive guard here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Quessy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Quessy shoots for a double leg takedown but Arnason sprawls well. He's pushed Quessy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Arnason throws out a counter right but Quessy avoids it with no problem.
Quessy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Quessy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Arnason counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Thomas Quessy has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Quessy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quessy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A little jabbing left from Arnason on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quessy fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quessy dives in for a single leg takedown but Arnason sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Arnason swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Arnason lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quessy backwards.
Arnason makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quessy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Arnason as Quessy tries to tie him up.
Arnason swings wildly with an uppercut but Quessy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quessy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arnason's elbow.
Arnason is trying to stall.
Arnason softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Arnason lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Arnason throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quessys head.
Quessy blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Arnason fails to land.
Quessy tries a body shot but Arnason blocks it.
Quessy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arnason prevents a takedown attempt there.
Quessy misses with a body punch.
Quessy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arnason walks away with a smile on his face. Quessy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Quessy looks for a takedown but Arnason sprawls well.
Arnason swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quessy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quessy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Arnason defends well and Quessy ends up having to push Arnason into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Arnason is trying to maintain a safe position but Quessy gets an underhook and turns Arnason into the ropes.
Arnason makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arnason is trying to stall.
Quessy wants a takedown but no success here.
Arnason lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arnason fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arnason.
Arnason content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Arnason misses with some punches.
Quessy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Arnason fails to land.
Arnason lands a left hand.
Quessy misses with a punch to the body.
Arnason lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quessy backwards.
Quessy tries a body shot but Arnason blocks it.
Nice body punch from Arnason - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnason tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quessy's elbow.
Arnason gets through Quessy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Arnason trying to control the position but instead, Quessy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Arnason into the ropes.
Nice body punch from Quessy.
Arnason looking to slow down the pace here.
Arnason lands a right hand.
Jeremy Arnason seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Arnason lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Arnason throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Arnason fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arnason tries to land a knee to the head but Quessy blocks with his arms.
Quessy lands a body shot.
A short right from Arnason on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Arnason.
Quessy misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quessy.
A nice left hand lands by Arnason.
Quessy blocks a body shot from Arnason.

Quessy jumps into guard, dragging Arnason to the mat.
Arnason has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arnason wants to control from the top but Quessy keeps moving.
Arnason won't allow Quessy to sweep him here.
Quessy 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.
Quessy keeping moving, preventing Arnason from controlling successfully.
Arnason controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Arnason preventing the sweep.

Quessy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Quessy wants to sweep here but Arnason controlling him for the moment.
Thomas Quessy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arnason trying to control but Quessy is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Arnason showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thomas Quessy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Quessy darts in looking for a takedown but Arnason gets double underhooks and turns Quessy into the ropes.
Nice body punch from Arnason.
Arnason looking to stall.
Quessy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arnason walks away with a smile on his face. Quessy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Quessy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A little jabbing left from Arnason on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Quessy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quessy fails to land the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Quessy.
Thomas Quessy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quessy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Arnason to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quessy shoots in looking for a takedown. Arnason tries to sprawl out of it but Quessy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Arnason manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
It seemed like Arnason was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
No luck for Quessy with that takedown attempt.
Arnason stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arnason wants it to stay on the feet.
Arnason swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quessy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Arnason counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quessy shoots and misses
and Arnason counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quessy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arnason but Arnason pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Arnason swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quessy darts in looking for a takedown but Arnason gets double underhooks and turns Quessy into the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Arnason creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Arnason lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Arnason - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Well,Quessy is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Quessy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arnason walks away with a smile on his face. Quessy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Quessy fails with the takedown.
Quessy has his takedown stuffed
and Arnason cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quessy fails with the takedown

and Arnason counters with a crisp right hand that drops Quessy! Arnason lets Quessy back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Quessy is rocked!

Thomas Quessy's cut is getting worse.
Quessy darts in looking for a takedown but Arnason gets double underhooks and turns Quessy into the ropes.
Arnason lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Quessy backwards.
Oh Quessy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quessy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Arnason lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Arnason scores with a shot to the side of Quessy's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quessy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quessy.
Quessy seems to have got his legs back now.
Quessy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Arnason lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Arnason tries a knee to the head but Quessy blocks it.
Arnason lands with a short shot to the head.
Arnason lands with a light punch inside.

Thomas Quessy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quessy misses with some punches.
Arnason wants to stall.
Arnason stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Arnason lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Arnason with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Arnason avoiding damage.
Arnason lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quessy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Quessy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quessy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arnason scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arnason lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Quessy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Arnason lands a left hand.
Quessy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arnason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arnason lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thomas Quessy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arnason with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Arnason comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Arnason has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Jeremy Arnason!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Jeremy Arnason!
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight for Jeremy Arnason!

Jeremy Arnason wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Jeremy Arnason 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.