PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luisao Linhaeres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Man Choi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Semmy Man Choi told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Linhaeres
vs
Man Choi

188 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

215 cm
20
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luisao Linhaeres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Semmy Man Choi!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man Choi stuffs the takedown.

Linhaeres dives in and scores a takedown into Man Choi's guard.

Linhaeres drops back looking for a leg! Man Choi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Man Choi manages to kick Linhaeres off! Linhaeres jumps back into Man Choi's guard.
Linhaeres scoring with some ground and pound.
Linhaeres trying to control the position from guard on top but Man Choi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Linhaeres in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Linhaeres working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Linhaeres trying to control but Man Choi is working from the bottom.
Linhaeres loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhaeres throws a big right hand that misses.
Linhaeres wants to control from the top but Man Choi keeps moving.
Linhaeres has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Linhaeres passes into half guard.
Linhaeres tries to pass the half guard into mount. Man Choi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Linhaeres uses his free foot to push down on Man Choi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Man Choi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhaeres is landing with some decent strikes but Man Choi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Semmy Man Choi has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linhaeres wants to take Man Choi's back but he can't do it this time.
Linhaeres tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Linhaeres lands a big elbow - Man Choi is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Man Choi is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Luisao Linhaeres!