PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Quazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronnie Quazar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jack Christian's chin.

Quazar
vs
Christian

194 cm
22
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
23
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronnie Quazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Christian!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quazar tries a head kick but it misses.
Christian shoots in for a takedown but Quazar shows good takedown defense.

Quazar closes the distance and clinches.
Quazar misses with an elbow over the top.
Quazar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Christian avoids the elbow strike from Quazar, against the cage.
Quazar throws an elbow that misses.
Christian takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Jack Christian has been cut.
Quazar tries a knee to the head but Christian blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quazar.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quazar scores a nice knee to the body.
Christian looks gassed!
Quazar leaning against his opponent.
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!
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quazar.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Christian 's eye.
Quazar lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quazar landing knees to the head.
Quazar working Christian over with knees to the body.
Quazar stalls.
Christian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Christian 's eye.
Quazar lands a knee to the head.
Christian wants a takedown.
Quazar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Christian goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quazar prevents it.
Ronnie Quazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Christian.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Christian's defenses.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Christian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Quazar.
Quazar scores with a knee to the head.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Quazar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quazar scores a nice knee to the body.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Quazar landing knees to the body.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar connects with a knee to the head.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Christian in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Quazar.
Quazar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Christian 's eye.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quazar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Christian blocks it with crossed arms.
Christian has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Quazar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar lands a nice knee to the body.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Christian shrugs off.
Quazar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quazar just leaning against Christian, taking a breather.
Quazar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quazar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Christian has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quazar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Quazar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Christian's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Quazar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Christian connects with a body shot.
Quazar wants to clinch up but Christian keeps it at a distance.
Quazar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quazar checks the leg kick.
Christian shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Quazar pinned against the cage. Quazar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Christian tries for a takedown but Quazar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Christian throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Quazar's waist but Quazar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Christian off to one side.
Ronnie Quazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Christian.

Quazar gets a clinch.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar stalling in the clinch.
Christian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ronnie Quazar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Quazar with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Christian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quazar lands a good knee to the midsection. Christian won't want to take too many of those.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Christian 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Quazar misses with a knee to the head.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Christian avoids a wild elbow strike from Quazar.
Quazar misses with an elbow over the top.
Quazar gets underhooks to prevent Christian's takedown attempt.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Christian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Quazar is pushing Christian up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quazar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Christian managing to block the knees to the body from Quazar.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Christian blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quazar throws an elbow but misses.
Christian blocks an elbow strike from Quazar.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Quazar crunches a lovely knee into Christian's ribcage.
Quazar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Christian jumps guard but Quazar stands there with Christian around his waist. Christian gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Quazar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Quazar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christian can do to turn this around?
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Christian in his tracks for a moment.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quazar connects with a knee to the head.
Quazar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Christian blocks an elbow strike from Quazar.
Quazar prevents a takedown attempt there.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar with a knee to the head.
Quazar effectively controlling the action here.
Christian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quazar tries a knee to the head but Christian blocks it.
Quazar misses with an elbow over the top.
Quazar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Christian.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quazar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christian's brow.
Quazar misses with an elbow over the top.
Quazar is trying to maintain a safe position but Christian gets an underhook and turns Quazar into the cage.
Christian blocks an elbow strike.
Christian tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Quazar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Quazar looking to stall.
Quazar misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quazar looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Quazar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Christian's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Horrible takedown by Christian or perhaps it was just good defense by Quazar which made him look bad.
Quazar dodges the punch combination from Christian.
Nice takedown defense from Quazar. No joy for Christian on that attempt.
Christian shoots in looking for a takedown. Quazar tries to sprawl out of it but Christian keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Quazar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ronnie Quazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Christian.
Quazar throws a head kick that misses.
Christian dives in and grabs Quazar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Quazar pushes down on Christian's head and hops out.
Quazar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quazar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quazar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christian shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice takedown defense from Quazar. No joy for Christian on that attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Christian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quazar stuffs the takedown.

Quazar moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Quazar.
Quazar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quazar prevents a takedown attempt there.
Quazar landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Quazar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christian's brow.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Christian shrugs off.
Christian tries to score a body lock takedown but Quazar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar pressing his opponent against the cage.
Quazar working Christian over with knees to the body.
Ronnie Quazar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Christian goes for a takedown attempt but Quazar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jack Christian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Quazar moves into the clinch.
Christian is trying to drag Quazar to the mat but Quazar just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Quazar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian is working for takedown but Quazar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jack Christian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Quazar tries to land a knee to the head but Christian blocks with his arms.
Christian looking for a takedown.
Christian tries for a takedown. No joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Christian fails to pull guard.
Christian misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronnie Quazar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Quazar 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronnie Quazar!