PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Quill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Quill
vs
Frank

184 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kenneth Quill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Frank!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quill shoots for a takedown but Frank saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Quill tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Frank swivels and escapes.

Frank tries to keep at a distance but Quill has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quill wants to break free but Frank has control.
Frank connects with a nasty looking knee right to Quill's face.
Frank throws a knee to the head but misses.
Frank creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quill's defenses.
Quill can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Quill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quill stalling in the clinch.
Frank tries to break the clinch but Quill is controlling the position.
Frank looking to throw knees to the head but Quill is blocking nicely.
Quill content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Frank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Quill moves into range and clinches up with Frank.
Frank has had enough of the clinch but Quill keeps him there for the moment.
Frank throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Frank wants to get back to striking at distance but Quill won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank can't break the clinch.
Quill wants a takedown.
Frank should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Frank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frank tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quill swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frank scores with a head kick. Quill tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Quill tries to score a power double leg takedown but Frank sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quill somewhat.
Frank wants to clinch but Quill slips to the side

and Quill counters by moving into the clinch.
Quill prevents Frank from breaking the clinch.
Quill is trying to pull guard but Frank has him pressed against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frank wants to break the clinch but can't.

Frank breaks from the clinch.
Frank throws a head kick but Quill moves out of range.
Frank throws a nice head kick!
Frank looks winded!
Frank closes the distance but Quill moves to the side

and Quill counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Quill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank working hard to break the clinch.
Frank stops a takedown attempt from Quill.

Quill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Quill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Frank is looking to break free of the clinch but Quill has double underhooks.
Frank misses with a knee strike.
Frank tries to break free but Quill pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Frank obliges.
Come on Quill - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Frank is trying to force a seperation but Quill has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank gets underhooks to prevent Quill's takedown attempt.
Frank tries to land a knee to the head but Quill blocks with his arms.

Frank breaks the clinch.
Quill scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A head kick misses from Quill.
Frank misses with a series of wild punches.
Frank slaps away a takedown attempt from Quill, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jason Frank is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Frank drives through and clinches with Quill against the cage.
Frank tries to circle away but Quill has him pinned against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Quill.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Quill drags the fight down to the ground.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Frank wants to stand but Quill has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Quill throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Quill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Frank wants to stand but Quill is controlling his posture from full guard.
Quill wants to sweep here but Frank controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Frank dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Frank throws a head kick that misses.
Quill shoots in for a takedown but Frank shows good takedown defense.
Frank tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Quill pushes Frank up against the cage in a clinch.
Frank wants to break free but Quill has control.
Frank wants to get back to striking at distance but Quill won't allow it.
Frank is trying to force a seperation but Quill has the dominant position.
Frank wants to break free but Quill has control.
Quill is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Frank is defending well.
Frank tries to land a knee to the head but Quill blocks with his arms.
Frank prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Quill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frank is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Frank's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frank fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank slaps away a takedown attempt from Quill, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Quill has taken the fight to the clinch.
Frank looking to throw knees to the head but Quill is blocking nicely.
Frank has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quill has Frank pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Frank manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Frank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frank tries to clinch up
and Quill counters with a one-two to the body.
Frank tries to clinch but Quill moves out of range.
Quill keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Quill or perhaps it was just good defense by Frank which made him look bad.
Frank pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Quill drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Frank is letting Quill control him for a moment.
Quill misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quill misses with the ground and pound.
Quill is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Quill has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Quill looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Quill staying calm.
Quill works to advance to full mount. Frank defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Quill throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Quill looking to ground and pound but Frank is blocking nicely.
Quill thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
You get the feeling that Frank really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quill content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenneth Quill dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Quill fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Frank avoids it really well and circles away.
Quill fails with the takedown.
Quill keeps the fight on the outside.
Frank doesn't manage to clinch there - Quill circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Frank closes the distance and clinches.
Frank wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee is keeping an eye on Quill - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Frank tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank looking to throw knees to the head but Quill is blocking nicely.
Frank takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Frank takes a shot to the head.
Quill prevents Frank from breaking the clinch.
Quill tries to circle away but Frank has him pinned against the cage.
Quill wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quill looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Quill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frank has Quill pressed against the cage, preventing Quill from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quill tries for a takedown but Frank manages to get underhooks.
Quill has Frank pressed against the cage, preventing Frank from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Frank keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quill's efforts to push away.
Frank wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quill tries to stall but Frank uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Quill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Quill wants a takedown.
Frank tries a knee to the head but Quill blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank tries to break free but Quill pushes him back against the cage.
Quill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Frank lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Quill decides to pull guard.
Quill has Frank pulled in close to control his posture.
Frank stops Quill from standing up.
Frank is pushing down on Quill's leg trying to pass to half guard. Quill is fighting to maintain full guard but Frank has managed to sneak the leg through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frank working Quill over with strikes.
Quill trying to hold on to Frank's head to control him but Frank postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Frank prevents Quill from standing back up.
Frank wants to stand up but Quill has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Frank wants to take a breather but Quill is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jason Frank was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Quill fails with the takedown.

Quill drives through and clinches with Frank against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frank tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Quill is trying to push Frank away but Frank has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jason Frank seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A frustrated look appears on Frank's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Frank is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Quill is defending well for now.

Quill jumps into guard, dragging Frank to the mat.

Frank stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Frank throws a sloppy head kick and Quill moves out of range easily.
Frank throws a head kick that misses.
Frank defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Quill.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Frank moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Frank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frank stuffs the takedown attempt from Quill. Quill gets slowly back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Frank comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Frank 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Frank!