PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roger Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luta Livre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Roger Lin has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Roger Lin seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Lin
vs
Livre

175 cm
29
185 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

180 cm
29
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Red Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 11 - 8 - 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 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luta Livre!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Livre misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Livre. Lin does a little dance to reset his feet.

Livre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lin did well to prevent Livre getting side control.
Livre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Livre tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Livre is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Livre passes to side control.

Livre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Livre thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Livre fails to land a wild elbow strike.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Livre tries to move to mount but Lin blocks the move with his legs.
Lin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Livre tries for a kimura but Lin is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Livre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Livre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livre has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Lin!
Livre wants to control the pace but Lin is squirming around nicely.
Livre thowing shots but they're missing.

Livre working for a submission but Lin is keeping him at bay.

Livre is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lin has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lin!

Lin is posturing up here but Livre has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Lin tries to roll out but it's too tight and Lin has to tap! Slick submission there by Livre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luta Livre!
Luta Livre very nearly forgot to thank Down Under - Supplements.160Q Video Proof amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.