PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Alan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lin comes to the cage accompanied by Advance On v2. Alan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fucking Hostile by Pantera kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! James Alan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Lin
vs
Alan

163 cm
24
300 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

208 cm
26
294 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Alan!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lin is looking to clinch.
Alan tries a head kick but it misses.
Lin moves in looking to clinch but Alan pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alan. Lin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lin's head.
Alan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Lin closes the distance and pushes Alan back into the cage.

Lin gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Alan wants to sweep but Lin has passed to side control!
Lin working the body and head with strikes.
Lin lands some shots froms side control.
Alan is looking to regain half guard here but Lin keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin working the ground and pound.
Lin working the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Check out the look on Lin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alan on the ground.
Alan taking a bit of punishment here - Lin scoring with strikes.
Alan tries to bench press Lin off him but Lin keeps the position.
Lin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Alan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Lin tries to pass to full mount but Alan defends it.
Alan taking some punishment here, with Lin in his half guard.
Lin working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lin is keen to just control but Alan is a slippery customer.
Alan is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lin lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lin wants to pass the guard but Alan is defending well.
Lin is keen to just control but Alan is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Alan!
Lin working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Alan is rocked!

It looks like James Alan has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Lin! Alan is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Roger Lin!