PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Pauwels (ranked 2626 p4p, 361 weight class) and The Mighty Quinn (ranked 1911 p4p, 273 weight class). Pauwels comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Company. Quinn has chosen Mighty Quinn as his entrance music. Alexander Pauwels had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Pauwels
vs
Mighty Quinn

182 cm
28
212 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

185 cm
38
206 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Woodshins' Ship

Riner Clothing and Laundry (85%)

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 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Pauwels !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Mighty Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pauwels misses with a body shot.
Quinn scores with a nice head shot.
Quinn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pauwels with a jab.
Quinn has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Quinn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Quinn misses with a body punch
and Pauwels counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pauwels lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pauwels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quinn.
Pauwels lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Pauwels lands an impressive looking overhand right. Quinn doesn't seem phased though.
Pauwels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pauwels just misses with a punch to the body.
Pauwels has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pauwels lands a nice hook to Quinn's body. Quinn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pauwels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quinn.
The fighters circling - Pauwels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quinn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quinn throws a good cross that connects.
Quinn defending well as Pauwels loads up on a big left hand.
Pauwels ducks under a wild hook from Quinn.
Pauwels misses with a looping left.
Pauwels tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pauwels takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Pauwels uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quinn has time to react.
Quinn throws a leg kick that misses.
Quinn misses with a right hand
letting Pauwels counter with a right hand.
Quinn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pauwels .
Quinn misses with a left hand
enabling Pauwels to counter with a crisp jab.
Quinn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Quinn misses with an uppercut.
Quinn misses with a left hand
and Pauwels counters with a stiff right hand.
Quinn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pauwels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quinn.
Pauwels defending well as Quinn loads up on a big left hand.
Quinn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Mighty Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinn throws a front kick aimed at Pauwels 's knee but Pauwels avoids it well.
Quinn throws out a loose jab but Pauwels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pauwels punishes Quinn's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a hook. Pauwels ducked under it nicely.
Pauwels on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Quinn cracks Pauwels with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pauwels misses with an uppercut.
A left lands for Pauwels .
Quinn throws a shot from downtown. Pauwels moves away and avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Pauwels tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pauwels lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Pauwels misses its intended target.
Quinn lands a right hook to the body.
Pauwels misses with an uppercut
and Quinn counters with a nice uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Quinn misses.
Pauwels is looking to counter punch.
Pauwels misses with a hook
and Quinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quinn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Pauwels is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pauwels throws out a loose jab but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn throws out a counter right but Pauwels avoids it with no problem.
Quinn misses with a straight left.
Pauwels slips under a jab.
Quinn throws a lazy uppercut
and Pauwels counters with a left to the body.
Pauwels is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pauwels just misses with a punch to the body.
Pauwels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quinn doesn't seem bothered though.
Quinn throws a hook but Pauwels avoids it easily.
A big right from Pauwels misses.
Quinn tests Pauwels 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Quinn misses with a body kick.
Quinn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Oh Pauwels is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn connects with a leg kick. Pauwels looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Pauwels will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice uppercut lands for Quinn. That snapped Pauwels 's head back.
Pauwels seems to have got his legs back now.
Quinn throws an overhand right that lands on Pauwels 's shoulder, as Pauwels tries to avoid the shot.
Quinn throws a lazy head kick
enabling Pauwels to counter with a crisp jab.
Pauwels misses with an uppercut.
Quinn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pauwels checks a low kick from Quinn.
Pauwels appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Pauwels .
Pauwels swings for the body but Quinn moves out of range.
Quinn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pauwels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pauwels connects with a looping right hand.
Quinn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pauwels in his tracks.
Pauwels misses with an uppercut. Quinn saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quinn sends Pauwels crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Quinn is motioning to the referee to let Pauwels up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Pauwels swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quinn lands a nice shot to the body.
Quinn with a hook.
Quinn misses with an uppercut
enabling Pauwels to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pauwels checks a leg kick.
Quinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pauwels .
Pauwels cracks Quinn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Quinn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Quinn misses with a right hand
and Quinn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quinn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pauwels on the side of the head.
Quinn lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Pauwels falls backwards - clearly groggy! Quinn dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Mighty Quinn!
A victorious The Mighty Quinn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Alexander Pauwels was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn. I tried to keep this on the feet but this guy is a very good grappler. I'm sorry to my fans and coaches, I promise I'll come back stronger than ever'.