PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Burduada No Cranio (ranked 1603 p4p, 201 weight class) and Shock Linewood (ranked 2834 p4p, 345 weight class). Shock Linewood has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Burduada No Cranio
vs
Linewood

188 cm
29
196 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

185 cm
31
201 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Burduada No Cranio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Shock Linewood!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burduada No Cranio tries a head kick but it misses.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right hand that Linewood ducks under and follows up with a left that Linewood also avoids with ease.
Linewood takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ricardo Burduada No Cranio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burduada No Cranio connects with a leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio ducks under a wild hook from Linewood.
Linewood misses with a low kick.
Linewood blocks a low kick nicely.
Burduada No Cranio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Linewood misses with a hook.
Linewood just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBurduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick that misses.
Linewood appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Burduada No Cranio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Linewood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burduada No Cranio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linewood's coach down at Jed's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Linewood's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burduada No Cranio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Linewood.
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!
Linewood wants to land a leg kick but Burduada No Cranio is out of range.
Linewood looks to land a right hand but Burduada No Cranio moved out of range.
Linewood lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linewood takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick but Linewood moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Linewood's hands.
Burduada No Cranio lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed right hand from Burduada No Cranio misses the target.
Linewood feints a counter leg kick.
Linewood avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio misses with an uppercut.
Linewood tries a quick counter leg kick but Burduada No Cranio is wise to it.
Burduada No Cranio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Linewood will feel that in the morning.
Burduada No Cranio throws a sloppy head kick and Linewood moves out of range easily.
Burduada No Cranio tries a head kick but it misses.
Linewood takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Linewood slips a straight right by Burduada No Cranio.
Linewood appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burduada No Cranio lands with a straight right. Linewood didn't see that one coming.
Burduada No Cranio tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Linewood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Burduada No Cranio misses the target.
Linewood tries to land a leg kick but Burduada No Cranio saw it coming and moves away.

Burduada No Cranio clinches up against the cage.
Linewood taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio tries to pull guard but Linewood holds him up against the cage and eventually Burduada No Cranio drops back down to his feet.
Linewood leaning against his opponent.
Linewood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Linewood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burduada No Cranio backwards.
Linewood lands with a short shot to the head.

Linewood breaks the clinch.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right hand that misses
and Linewood counters with a low kick, right behind Burduada No Cranio 's knee.
Burduada No Cranio throws a jab but it's blocked by Linewood.
Burduada No Cranio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Linewood connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Linewood connects with a jab.
Linewood scores with a jab. Burduada No Cranio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Burduada No Cranio is rocked!

Linewood takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh Burduada No Cranio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot in the inside from Linewood.
Our sources have told us that Burduada No Cranio has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Burduada No Cranio trying to land knees to the body.
Linewood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Burduada No Cranios head.

Linewood pulls Burduada No Cranio into guard.
Linewood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burduada No Cranio wants to improve his position but Linewood is controlling well.
Linewood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Linewood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burduada No Cranio's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linewood stalling.
Burduada No Cranio seems to have got his legs back now.
Burduada No Cranio is looking to escape.

Linewood is trying to work for a kimura but Burduada No Cranio is defending well.
Burduada No Cranio wants to improve his position but Linewood is controlling well.
Linewood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio wants to get back to his feet.
Burduada No Cranio wants to control but Linewood is keeping busy.
Burduada No Cranio wants to get back to his feet.
Linewood thows a huge punch but Burduada No Cranio dodges it nicely.
Burduada No Cranio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Linewood.
Linewood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Linewood prevents Burduada No Cranio from improving his position.
Linewood wants to pass to mount but Burduada No Cranio is defending the position.
Burduada No Cranio is trying to get back to full guard.
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 Ricardo Burduada No Cranio will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Burduada No Cranio tries a head kick but it misses.
Burduada No Cranio stalks Linewood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Linewood's face. Linewood staggers backwards, shaken.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burduada No Cranio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Linewood momentarily.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a head kick.
Linewood is looking for the big counter here.
Burduada No Cranio has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Burduada No Cranio there as he acknowledges the shot.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a hook.
A left and a right from Burduada No Cranio both land. Nice combination.
Linewood closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Burduada No Cranio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Linewood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burduada No Cranio throws a sloppy head kick and Linewood moves out of range easily.
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!
Burduada No Cranio moves out of range of the strikes.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a looping left.
Burduada No Cranio lands a jab to the head.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a hook. Linewood ducked under it nicely.
Burduada No Cranio backing away here, and Linewood unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Linewood cracks Burduada No Cranio with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Linewood.
Burduada No Cranio looks to land a combination. Linewood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick that misses.
Burduada No Cranio scores with a punch to the head.
Linewood throws a body kick that misses.
Burduada No Cranio throws a quick counter head kick but Linewood was just out of range.
Linewood walks into a straight right hand from Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burduada No Cranio missing with a left hand there. Linewood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burduada No Cranio moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLinewood.
Burduada No Cranio moves in looking to clinch but Linewood pushes him off.
Linewood avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Linewood can do to turn this around?
Linewood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio with a hook.
Linewood avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burduada No Cranio misses the jab.
Burduada No Cranio lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick that half lands.
Burduada No Cranio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Burduada No Cranio throws a poor cross that misses
and Linewood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Burduada No Cranio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Linewood moves out of range of the body kick from Burduada No Cranio.
Linewood clobbers Burduada No Cranio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Ricardo Burduada No Cranio has been cut.

Linewood has Burduada No Cranio up against the cage in a clinch.
Linewood stalling the fight.
Burduada No Cranio swings wildly with an uppercut but Linewood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Linewood throws a head punch that misses.
Linewood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Linewood digs a right hand underneath Burduada No Cranio's ribcage. Burduada No Cranio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Linewood lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burduada No Cranio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Linewood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
and Linewood counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Burduada No Cranio! He's just covering up as Linewood starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shock Linewood!
Our winner, Shock Linewood, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.