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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quintin Quad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Mathews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glenn Mathews struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 cm
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157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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173 cm
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166 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Quintin Quad! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Glenn Mathews! The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Quad avoids the body shot from Mathews.
Mathews looks to land a combination but Quad avoids it well. Quad will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mathews misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Quad. That snapped Mathews's head back.
Quad looks to score with a jab to the body but Mathews is just out of range. Mathews fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Mathews moves in looking to clinch but Quad pushes him off. Quad shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Quad showed some decent athleticism there. Quad trying to mount his opponent but Mathews defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Quad thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mathews's head. Quad is trying to control the action in half guard but Mathews is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Quad is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Quad 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. Quad is working for a submission of some sort.
Quad with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two 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. Mathews tries to kick Quad off but Quad keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Quad is keen to just control but Mathews is a slippery customer. Mathews kicks off Quad and gets to his feet. Quad shoots in for a double leg but Mathews sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Glenn Mathews is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Quad fails to land the takedown. Mathews closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. A hook to the body from Mathews.
Quad prevents Mathews from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quad keeps control of Mathews as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Quad tries for a takedown but Mathews manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quintin Quad. That's going to take a lot out of him. Mathews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Quad shoots in but Mathews avoids the takedown attempt easily. Quad shoots in and drives through. Mathews sprawls well. Mathews swinging wildly here.
Mathews walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Mathews swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quad connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Quad ducks under a wild hook from Mathews. Quad shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mathews pinned against the cage. Mathews gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Mathews leaves Quad with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Mathews throws a left and a right that both miss
and Quad counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Mathews looks gassed! Quad shoots for a takedown but Mathews saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Quad shoots in for a double leg but Mathews sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Horrible takedown by Quad or perhaps it was just good defense by Mathews which made him look bad. Mathews misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quintin Quad dominated that round. That's time! Quad's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mathews misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mathews keeps the fight on the outside. Mathews throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Quad makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Quintin Quad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Quad has a takedown stuffed. Quad slips a jab and a cross from Mathews.
Mathews steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quad. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Quad will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Mathews swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mathews is breathing heavily. Quad misses with a combination
and Mathews counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Quad is defended easily by Mathews. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quintin Quad. That's going to take a lot out of him. Mathews misses with a few strikes there.
Quad throws a body punch but Mathews moves out of range. Mathews slaps away a takedown attempt from Quad, before circling back to the center of the mat. Quad fails to land the takedown. Quad fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mathews sprawls well initially but Quad persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Quad trying to pass the guard but Mathews defending well. Quad works his foot free and advances to mount. Quad in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Quad can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mathews is looking to escape. Quad raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quad punishing his opponent with strikes. The referee warns Mathews that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Quad trying to control but he's not successful this time. Quad is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mathews is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Quad lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Quad takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Quad jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mathews manages to avoid the submission attempt. Quad tries for a kimura but Mathews is defending well. Quad advances to full mount. This has been an exciting period of action! Quad jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mathews manages to avoid the submission attempt. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Quad in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Mathews is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Quintin Quad!
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