PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Renly Baratheon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Quinn's choice of entrance music: Crisis by Twista Feat. Tech N9ne. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baratheon
vs
Quinn

174 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Dissolution Fight Wear

Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Renly Baratheon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcus Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinn slips a jab from Baratheon.
Quinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baratheon.
Quinn moves away from the strike by Baratheon.
Baratheon tests Quinn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Quinn has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Quinn shoots in looking for a takedown but Baratheon manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Quinn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Quinn slips under a jab from Baratheon.
Baratheon tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Quinn counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Baratheon wants to get back to full guard.
Quinn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Well, if Quinn is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Baratheon is staying active underneath Quinn, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baratheon tries to get to full guard but Quinn has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Quinn there.
Quinn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Baratheon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quinn on the ground.
Quinn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baratheon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Quinn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Quinn content to control rather than advance.
Quinn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Baratheon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Quinn scores with a couple of nice shots.
Quinn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Baratheon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baratheon tries to get out of the position.
Quinn trying to control the action but Baratheon is working from the bottom.
Quinn is nestled in close to Baratheon, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Quinn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Quinn stops Baratheon from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn is thwarting Baratheon's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baratheon wants to get back to his feet.
Baratheon keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Baratheon is looking to escape.
Quinn trying to control the action but Baratheon is working from the bottom.
Quinn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baratheon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Baratheon desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Quinn is nestled in close to Baratheon, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Quinn working the head and body with strikes.
Baratheon keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Quinn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Quinn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Quinn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Baratheon is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quinn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Baratheon is looking to escape.
Baratheon tries to get to full guard but Quinn has control of the leg.
Baratheon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Quinn perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Baratheon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Quinn scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Quinn working over Baratheon with some ground and pound. Baratheon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Baratheon is rocked!
Quinn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baratheon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Baratheon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quinn lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Baratheon! More strikes land and this one is all over! Quinn jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Quinn!
A very excited looking Marcus Quinn 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.