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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Quinn (ranked 1263 p4p, 159 weight class) and Marcin Cutlas (ranked 2471 p4p, 291 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Marcin Cutlas was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcin Cutlas!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Eliza Hachem and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cutlas.
Cutlas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutlas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quinn scores with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Cutlas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cutlas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Quinn sprawls well. Quinn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cutlas gets slowly back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quinn. Cutlas does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Cutlas misses.
Quinn is looking to clinch.
Cutlas avoids the body shot from Quinn.
Quinn misses with a straight left.
And Cutlas tries to counter it with a takedown but Quinn pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutlas misses with a straight right.
Cutlas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Quinn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cutlas just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutlas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Quinn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quinn closes the distance and pushes Cutlas back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn jumps guard but Cutlas stands there with Quinn around his waist. Quinn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cutlas blocks an elbow strike from Quinn.
Cutlas wants a takedown.
Billy Quinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Cutlas.
Nice body punch from Quinn.
Cutlas wants to take the fight to the mat but Quinn manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cutlas prevents Quinn from breaking the clinch.
Cutlas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cutlas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cutlas misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Quinn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cutlas avoids it.
Quinn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cutlas's face.
Cutlas throws a punch but it's blocked by Quinn.
Quinn missing with knees to the body.
Quinn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cutlas's defenses.
Quinn misses with a punch to the body.
Cutlas wants to stall.
Cutlas avoids a wild elbow strike from Quinn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Cutlas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Quinn crunches a lovely knee into Cutlas's ribcage.
Cutlas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cutlas stalling in the clinch but Quinn improves position.
Quinn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quinn letting Cutlas take a breather here.
Quinn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Quinn lands an elbow inside.
Quinn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cutlas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cutlas throws a punch but it's blocked by Quinn.
Cutlas scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Cutlas.
Quinn looking to throw knees to the head but Cutlas is blocking nicely.
Quinn wants to break free but Cutlas has control.
Quinn is looking to break free of the clinch but Cutlas has double underhooks.
Cutlas tries to work over Quinn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cutlas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quinn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Cutlas is just out of range.
Cutlas appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutlas tries to bum rush Quinn with a series of wild strikes but Quinn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cutlas 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.
Cutlas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Cutlas misses its intended target.
Cutlas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quinn throws a series of punches but Cutlas moves out of range.
Quinn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cutlas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cutlas fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Quinn sprawls well initially but Cutlas persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Quinn pushes Cutlas off and gets back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Quinn misses with a two punch combination.
Billy Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutlas throws a jab when Quinn was well out of range.
Cutlas swings for the body but Quinn moves out of range.
Cutlas looks to land a left hand but Quinn moved out of range nicely.
Quinn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circling - Cutlas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quinn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cutlas throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cutlas's hands.
Cutlas swings for the body but Quinn moves out of range.
Quinn gets caught flat footed, as Cutlas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Quinn controls Cutlas momentarily but Cutlas frees himself.
Cutlas is looking to work some ground and pound but Quinn has wrist control.
Cutlas must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Quinn pulls Cutlas in close to prevent any damage.
Quinn wants to hit a switch here but Cutlas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Quinn there!
My spies in Runts Academy inform me that Cutlas has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Quinn slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn moves into full guard.
Quinn has his hands on Cutlas's head, controlling the position.
Cutlas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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 Billy Quinn will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Quinn gets caught napping as Cutlas dives in and scores a takedown. Quinn manages to retain guard.
Cutlas is stalling in the full guard.
Cutlas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marcin Cutlas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Quinn is trying to keep Cutlas in close.
Quinn looking for a guillotine here but Cutlas defends easily.
Quinn is adopting a defensive guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutlas working some strikes from top position.
Quinn keeping moving, preventing Cutlas from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cutlas's guard.
Cutlas keeping moving, preventing Quinn from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cutlas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cutlas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Quinn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Quinn is trying to get back to full guard.
Quinn is trying to control but Cutlas passes into side control!
Quinn is looking to reverse the position.
Cutlas scores with a couple of short elbows.
Quinn is looking for a sweep.
Quinn gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn gets back to full guard.
Cutlas is in close to Quinn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Quinn is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Quinn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cutlas controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cutlas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Quinn pushes Cutlas off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cutlas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Quinn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quinn wants to clinch up but Cutlas keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Quinn tries to clinch up but Cutlas circles away and keeps his distance.
Cutlas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cutlas throws a shot from downtown. Quinn moves away and avoids it.
Quinn doesn't manage to clinch there - Cutlas circles away.
Cutlas lunges at Quinn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quinn's hand.
Quinn works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quinn feints and then cracks Cutlas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cutlas down.
Cutlas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quinn throws out the jab.
Quinn takes a swing at Cutlas's ribcage but misses.
Cutlas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cutlas looks to land a left hand but Quinn moved out of range nicely.
Quinn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cutlas checks the leg kick.
Cutlas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quinn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn looks to land a right hand but Cutlas moved out of range.
Billy Quinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cutlas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinn throws a leg kick
and Cutlas counters with a takedown into side control.
Quinn can't do much from the bottom here.
Quinn is trying to improve his position.
Quinn takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cutlas trying to control the position but Quinn is working away.
Quinn is trying to control Cutlas's posture but Cutlas avoids it.
Cutlas lands a nice forearm strike.
Cutlas wants to control but Quinn is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marcin Cutlas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Quinn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Quinn lands a head shot.
Cutlas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutlas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cutlas lands with an overhand left.
Quinn works the jab nicely.
Cutlas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quinn throws out the jab.
Cutlas just misses with a punch to the body.
Quinn avoids the body shot from Cutlas.
Quinn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cutlas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutlas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quinn.
Cutlas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutlas checks the leg kick.
Cutlas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quinn throws a series of punches but Cutlas moves out of range.
Cutlas takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutlas keeps the fight on the outside.
Quinn throws a leg kick but Cutlas checks it.
Cutlas checks a leg kick nicely.
Cutlas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quinn.
Cutlas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cutlas dodges the punch combination from Quinn.
Cutlas throws a lazy uppercut
and Quinn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cutlas misses with a body shot.
Cutlas misses with a body shot.
Quinn misses with a straight left.
Quinn swings for the body but Cutlas moves out of range.
Cutlas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cutlas throws a shot to the body.
That kick from Quinn tenderised Cutlas's leg. Cutlas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cutlas throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Quinn wants to clinch up but Cutlas keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutlas scores with a hook to the body. Quinn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Quinn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cutlas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quinn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cutlas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Quinn.
Cutlas gets the takedown into side control.
Quinn bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Quinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cutlas.
Quinn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cutlas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quinn.
Some wild striking there from Quinn.
Quinn throws a lazy right hand but Cutlas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cutlas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Quinn.
Quinn shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cutlas eats them both and turns towards Quinn to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Quinn slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn takes one to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Quinn. Those never looked like landing.
Quinn throws a leg kick but Cutlas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Quinn ducks under a wild hook from Cutlas.
Quinn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Quinn throws a chopping leg kick but Cutlas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quinn walks into a straight right hand from Cutlas.
Cutlas misses with a looping left.
Cutlas throws a shot to the body.
Billy Quinn is winning the standup battle so far.
Quinn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cutlas throws a series of punches but Quinn avoids them all with ease.
Quinn feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Quinn tests Cutlas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cutlas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quinn moves away.
Quinn feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Quinn throws a lazy right hand but Cutlas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutlas. Quinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quinn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cutlas is able to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutlas just misses with a punch to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cutlas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinn dips to his left and cracks Cutlas with an uppercut!
Cutlas keeps the fight on the outside.
Cutlas misses with an uppercut. Quinn saw that one coming.
Cutlas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quinn.
Quinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quinn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quinn slips a straight right by Cutlas.
Quinn tries to clinch up.
Cutlas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quinn.
Quinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cutlas manages to avoid it.
Cutlas lands an overhand right.
Cutlas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cutlas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Quinn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Quinn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Billy Quinn!
In his post fight interview, Billy Quinn started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Marcin Cutlas had this to say: '110 iq'.
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