PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Quick (ranked 3555 p4p, 452 weight class) and Juha Niska (ranked 1665 p4p, 259 weight class). Mike Quick has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Quick
vs
Niska

191 cm
28
219 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

193 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juha Niska!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick misses with a two punch combination.
Niska takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Niska works Quick's body with a nice hook.
Quick throws an overhand right that lands on Niska's shoulder, as Niska tries to avoid the shot.
Quick fails to land with a series of punches.
Niska slips a straight right by Quick.
Niska lands with a right hand.
Quick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Niska.
Niska slips a jab and a cross from Quick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Niska.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick takes one on the button.
Niska bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot by Niska.
Quick's corner calls for a 1-2. Quick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Quick lands the left hand.
Niska lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Quick swinging wildly here.
Niska looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quick throws a shot from downtown. Niska moves away and avoids it.
Niska scores with a jab.
Quick takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Niska.
Quick thuds his right hand into Niska's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Niska.
A decent looking cross lands there for Niska.
Quick missing with a left hand there. Niska was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quick gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Niska scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quick in his tracks.
Quick is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Niska lands with a nice body punch.
Decent striking displayed by Niska there.
Niska avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Niska lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niska circles away quickly and effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quick misses with a wild combination.
Quick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Quick swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Niska.
Quick throws the left hand but Niska avoids the punch easily.
Quick throws a hook to the side of Niska's head but Niska sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Niska lands an impressive looking overhand right. Quick doesn't seem phased though.
Mike Quick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quick on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quick takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Mike Quick has been cut.
Quick moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Niska lands with an uppercut that bounces Quick off the cage and back into range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niska connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Quick misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Niska, as that shot connected.

Quick is rocked!
A decent looking cross lands there for Quick.
Niska connects with a looping right hand.
Oh Quick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Niska throws a monster overhand right that drops Quick! Niska follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juha Niska!
During a confident post fight interview, Juha Niska thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.