PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Bienvenueve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Lindh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bienvenueve comes to the cage accompanied by Bahama Mama. Boney M. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bienvenueve
vs
Lindh

182 cm
31
178 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

193 cm
26
180 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pierre Bienvenueve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Lindh!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindh throws a sloppy head kick and Bienvenueve moves out of range easily.
Bienvenueve pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bienvenueve misses with a straight right.
Lindh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lindh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lindh throws a series of punches but Bienvenueve moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Bienvenueve lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lindh doesn't seem phased though.

Bienvenueve closes the distance and clinches.
Lindh lands a shoulder strike.
Lindh misses with a punch to the body.
Lindh missing with knees to the body.
Bienvenueve is trying to push Lindh away but Lindh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lindh has Bienvenueve pressed against the cage, preventing Bienvenueve from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bienvenueve on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lindh misses with the head strike.
Bienvenueve is trying to break free.
Bienvenueve wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bienvenueve escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lindh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lindh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bienvenueve cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lindh looks to land a combination but Bienvenueve avoids it well.
Lindh misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindh throws a right hand that Bienvenueve ducks under and follows up with a left that Bienvenueve also avoids with ease.

Bienvenueve gets a clinch.

Bienvenueve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lindh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lindh is looking to clinch.
Bienvenueve avoids the body shot from Lindh.

Bienvenueve moves into range and clinches up with Lindh.
Bienvenueve is trying to push Lindh away but Lindh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lindh misses with a hook from the clinch.

Bienvenueve breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lindh lands a right hook to the body.
Lindh is looking to slow Bienvenueve down with leg kicks.
A big right from Bienvenueve misses.
Bienvenueve throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Bienvenueve instigates a clinch.
Lindh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bienvenueve tries to circle away but Lindh has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from Lindh.

It looks like Pierre Bienvenueve has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bienvenueve breaks the clinch.
Lindh throws a solid leg kick but Bienvenueve takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lindh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bienvenueve 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.
Bienvenueve slips a straight right by Lindh.
Lindh lands a body shot.
Lindh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bienvenueve.
Lindh lands a leg kick that knocks Bienvenueve off balance momentarily.
Bienvenueve misses the shot to the body.
Bienvenueve keeps the fight on the outside.
Good leg kick by Lindh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Bienvenueve rushes Lindh and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Bienvenueve breaks the clinch.
Lindh lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lindh avoids the head kick by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lindh moves away.
Lindh throws a solid leg kick but Bienvenueve takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lindh.

Bienvenueve moves into the clinch successfully.
Lindh lands with a left to the head.
Bienvenueve is breathing heavily.
Lindh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bienvenueve.
Lindh misses with some punches.
Lindh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lindh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bienvenueve's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Bienvenueve's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bienvenueve blocks an elbow strike.
Bienvenueve wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Lindh.
Bienvenueve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lindh scores with a hook to the body.
Lindh scores with a shot to the side of Bienvenueve's head.
Bienvenueve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bienvenueve wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lindh has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Lindh.
Lindh tries to land knees in the clinch but Bienvenueve avoids the damage to the body.
Lindh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lindh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bienvenueve backwards.
Lindh lands an uppercut.
Lindh misses with a knee to the head.
Lindh pushes off an throws an elbow but Bienvenueve leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bienvenueve wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lindh has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lindh.
Bienvenueve has had enough of the clinch but Lindh keeps him there for the moment.
Lindh lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bienvenueve or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bienvenueve blocking some punches.
A short right from Lindh on the inside.
Lindh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bienvenueve wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bienvenueve is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lindh to keep the fight standing.
Lindh pushes off an throws an elbow but Bienvenueve leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bienvenueve managing to block the knees to the body from Lindh.
Still in the clinch, Lindh scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lindh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindh throws a punch but it's blocked by Bienvenueve.

Bienvenueve breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bienvenueve bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lindh tries to clinch but Bienvenueve is having none of it.
Lindh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lindh throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Bienvenueve colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Lindh as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Bienvenueve is left battered and dazed whilst Lindh and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Lindh!