PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Mighty Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Gravano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinn's entrance music is Mighty Quinn. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mighty Quinn
vs
Gravano

185 cm
33
206 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

190 cm
29
212 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Mighty Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sammy Gravano!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn slips under a jab.
Quinn lands a leg kick that knocks Gravano off balance momentarily.
Quinn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gravano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quinn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gravano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Quinn. That snapped Gravano's head back.
Quinn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Quinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravano.
Quinn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Quinn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Quinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Gravano.
Quinn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Quinn staying out of range there.

Gravano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quinn, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn gets underhooks to prevent Gravano's takedown attempt.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gravano 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.
Gravano throws a head punch that misses.
Gravano wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn lands a hook that snaps the head of Gravano backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gravano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Quinn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gravano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quinn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gravano blocks it with crossed arms.

Quinn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Gravano misses
and Quinn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Quinn misses with a wild body shot.
The Mighty Quinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Gravano is just out of range.
Quinn throws a body punch but Gravano moves out of range.
Gravano is looking to clinch.
Quinn swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gravano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quinn.
Gravano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quinn cracks the inside of Gravano's front leg.
Quinn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gravano.
Quinn punishes Gravano's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Quinn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gravano misses with a hook.
Quinn scores with a three punch combo!
Quinn throws a shot from downtown. Gravano moves away and avoids it.
Gravano wants to counter with a clinch but Quinn pushes him away.
Quinn scores with a sloppy right hand. Gravano should have avoided that one.
Gravano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quinn avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Gravano misses.
Gravano takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Gravano slips a jab from Quinn.
Gravano is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice shot by Quinn.
A big left from Quinn misses.
Gravano missing with a left hand there. Quinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Quinn lands a jab to the nose.
Quinn connects with an inside leg kick.
Gravano lands a jab.
Quinn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gravano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quinn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Quinn scoring well with a low kick there.
Quinn lands a nice looking body shot.
Gravano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Quinn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gravano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Quinn.
Quinn dips to his left and cracks Gravano with an uppercut!
Quinn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gravano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A swing and a miss from Gravano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravano throws a looping overhand right but Quinn ducks down to avoid it.
Gravano is looking to clinch but Quinn is avoiding it.
Quinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gravano.
Gravano misses with a body shot.
Quinn is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Quinn looks to land a right hand but Gravano moved out of range.
Quinn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Quinn is looking to score with low kicks.
Gravano throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Quinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gravano throws out the jab.
Quinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quinn digs a good hook to Gravano's body.
Gravano misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn slaps away a takedown attempt from Gravano, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The Mighty Quinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sammy Gravano.
Quinn cracks the inside of Gravano's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mighty Quinn dominated that round.
That's time! Quinn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gravano misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice body punch from Quinn.
The Mighty Quinn is winning the standup battle so far.
Good exchange - Quinn coming out on top.
Gravano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Quinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quinn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gravano shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Quinn defends it nicely.
Sammy Gravano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinn throws a body shot but no joy.
Quinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gravano.
Gravano takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Quinn misses the target.
Quinn connects with a crisp jab.
Gravano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gravano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Quinn does it's job there.
Quinn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gravano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quinn swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The fighters circling - Quinn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gravano throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Gravano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Quinn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gravano fails with the takedown.
The Mighty Quinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sammy Gravano.
Quinn throws a hook but Gravano avoids it easily.
Gravano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravano loads up on a big right hand but Quinn slips the punch.
Gravano swinging wildly here.
Gravano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like The Mighty Quinn has been cut.
Gravano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Quinn misses with a lunging right hand
and Gravano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quinn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice inside leg kick there by Quinn. That's going to slow Gravano down.
Quinn works Gravano's body with a nice hook.
Gravano misses the jab.
Gravano looks to score with a jab to the body but Quinn is just out of range.
Gravano moves out of range as Quinn strikes.
Gravano tries to clinch but Quinn moves out of range.
Gravano shoots in for a takedown but Quinn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gravano is trying hard to land a takedown here. Quinn sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gravano is breathing heavily.
Gravano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quinn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gravano tries to close the distance and clinch but Quinn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quinn with a jab.
Quinn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Quinn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gravano missing with a left hand there. Quinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quinn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quinn dips to his left and cracks Gravano with an uppercut!
Gravano drops his hands momentarily and Quinn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Gravano is rocked!
Quinn flashes Gravano a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Gravano's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Gravano crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Quinn punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). The Mighty Quinn!
During a confident post fight interview, The Mighty Quinn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Sammy Gravano stepped up to the mic, saying 'It is what it is. Well done to my opponent. I'll go home, make some adjustments and come back better.'.