PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Lindland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Metin Eroglu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lindland comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Eroglu has chosen No Worries as his entrance music. Luiz Lindland has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Lindland
vs
Eroglu

188 cm
24
188 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

169 cm
23
167 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luiz Lindland!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Metin Eroglu!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eroglu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lindland has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've been hearing reports that Lindland has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lindland attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Eroglu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lindland has time to react.
Eroglu throws a body kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Eroglu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lindland has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lindland and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Eroglu lands a leg kick that knocks Lindland off balance momentarily.
Eroglu misses with a looping left.
Lindland misses with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Eroglu.
Eroglu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Lindland clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eroglu.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Eroglu throws a punch but it's blocked by Lindland.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindland misses with the head strike.
Eroglu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lindland with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Metin Eroglu has been cut.
Lindland is looking to break free of the clinch but Eroglu has double underhooks.
Eroglu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lindland lands a right hand.
Eroglu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lindland throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eroglu blocks it with crossed arms.
Eroglu wants to stall.
Eroglu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Eroglu throws a punch but it's blocked by Lindland.
Eroglu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Lindland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eroglu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Eroglu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Eroglu throws a front kick that sends Lindland stumbling back into the cage.

Lindland moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lindland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eroglu looking to slow down the pace here.
Eroglu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Eroglu can't find room to land a body shot as Lindland controls the action.
Eroglu lands a hook that snaps the head of Lindland backwards.
Lindland tries for a takedown. No joy.
Eroglu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lindland.
Eroglu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lindland stalling against the cage.
Eroglu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Eroglu.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hook to the body lands for Eroglu.

Eroglu breaks from the clinch.
Eroglu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good shot there by Eroglu.
Eroglu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lindland is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Eroglu lands with a right hand.
Lindland misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eroglu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lindland as he jumps to the side.
Eroglu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Eroglu misses with a body kick.
Eroglu takes a swing at Lindland's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eroglu misses with a straight right.
Eroglu lands a front kick.
Lindland takes one to the chin there.
Eroglu throws a looping overhand right but Lindland ducks down to avoid it.
Lindland fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Eroglu avoids it really well and circles away.
Eroglu dips to his left and cracks Lindland with an uppercut!
Lindland chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Eroglu can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eroglu misses with a straight left.
Metin Eroglu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Eroglu.
Eroglu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Eroglu misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Metin Eroglu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Metin Eroglu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Eroglu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Metin Eroglu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eroglu tries for a takedown but Lindland circles away easily
and Lindland counters with a three punch combo that has Eroglu backing up. Eroglu nods at Lindland to acknowledge the strikes.
Eroglu lands a lovely overhand right.
Lindland tries to clinch but Eroglu is having none of it.
Lindland takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Eroglu.

Lindland moves into range and clinches up with Eroglu.
Lindland stalling in the clinch but Eroglu improves position.
Metin Eroglu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lindland has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eroglu swings wildly with an uppercut but Lindland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lindland goes for a takedown attempt but Eroglu pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eroglu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Eroglu throws a head kick that misses.
Eroglu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lindland stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Eroglu.
Eroglu misses with a lunging right hand
and Lindland counters with a leg kick.
Eroglu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A left lands for Eroglu.
The fighters circle momentarily. Eroglu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Eroglu.
Eroglu lands with a straight right. Lindland didn't see that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Eroglu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Eroglu.
Eroglu shoots in looking for a takedown. Lindland tries to sprawl out of it but Eroglu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lindland manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick lands from Lindland.
A punch combination from Eroglu misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Eroglu, right into the meat.
Eroglu throws a leg kick
letting Lindland counter with a right hand.
Lindland misses with a hook.
Eroglu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lindland.
Eroglu throws a combination. Lindland tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Eroglu shoots in and gets a takedown into Lindland's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lindland is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Lindland throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Eroglu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Eroglu postures up in Lindland's guard and throws a big left but Lindland blocks it.
Lindland preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eroglu working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lindland's head.
Eroglu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lindland throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eroglu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Eroglu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Eroglu preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lindland wants to improve his position but instead Eroglu has moved into half guard.
Eroglu seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lindland wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eroglu content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Metin Eroglu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Metin Eroglu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lindland tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Eroglu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eroglu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lindland has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Eroglu lands with a nice body punch.
Eroglu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lindland. That did some damage!
Lindland chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Eroglu can pounce on him.
Eroglu throws a head kick that misses
and Lindland counters with a three punch combo that has Eroglu backing up. Eroglu nods at Lindland to acknowledge the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lindland.
Eroglu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A good leg kick by Eroglu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eroglu closes the distance and clinches up with Lindland, looking for a takedown. Eroglu pushes Lindland against the cage but Lindland circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lindland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Eroglu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eroglu delivers a nice body kick.
Eroglu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lindland.
A big left from Eroglu misses.
Lindland is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lindland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eroglu.
Eroglu is looking to slow Lindland down with leg kicks.
Lindland misses with a leg kick.
Lindland staying out of range there.
Eroglu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eroglu missing with a left hand there. Lindland was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Eroglu. That's going to slow Lindland down.
Eroglu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lindland walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindland tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eroglu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eroglu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eroglu connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eroglu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lindland is out of range and Eroglu settles back down.
Eroglu connects with a leg kick. Lindland looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Eroglu lands a leg kick that knocks Lindland off balance momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Eroglu, right into the meat.
Eroglu tries for a takedown but Lindland sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lindland slips a jab from Eroglu.
Eroglu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lindland. Lindland circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Eroglu lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eroglu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lindland. That did some damage!
Lindland tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick misses from Eroglu.
Eroglu connects with an inside leg kick.
Eroglu throws a hook but Lindland avoids it easily.
Lindland takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Eroglu tries to land a front kick but Lindland steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Eroglu is looking to score with low kicks.
Eroglu throws a big shot that misses.
Eroglu throws a hook but Lindland blocks it.
Lindland moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Eroglu feints and then cracks Lindland's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lindland down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Eroglu. That's going to slow Lindland down.
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!
Eroglu scores with a kick to the body.
Eroglu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lindland.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eroglu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lindland's calf.
Lindland tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eroglu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lindland tries to close the distance and clinch but Eroglu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lindland tries a low kick but Eroglu avoids it.
Eroglu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lindland is fending him off so far but Eroglu persists. Nope, Lindland circles away and we're back to standing.
Luiz Lindland has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Metin Eroglu.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindland misses with a leg kick.
Eroglu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lindland swats away the attempt to clinch by Eroglu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Metin Eroglu really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Metin Eroglu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lindland throws a head kick but Eroglu moves out of range.
Eroglu cracks Lindland with a good jab.
Eroglu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Eroglu.
Eroglu throws a leg kick
and Lindland makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Eroglu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eroglu lands a nice looking body kick.
Lindland on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Eroglu.
Eroglu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Eroglu tried to score with a low kick but Lindland checks it.
Eroglu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lindland.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eroglu misses with a head kick.
Lindland takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eroglu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Eroglu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Eroglu throws a right hand that misses
and Eroglu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lindland stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Eroglu.
Lindland on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lindland misses with a head kick.
Eroglu thumps Lindland with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Eroglu.
Eroglu scores with a leg kick.

Eroglu scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lindland is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Eroglu thows a huge punch but Lindland dodges it nicely.
Lindland wants to control but Eroglu is keeping busy.
Eroglu scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Eroglu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lindland wants to control but Eroglu is keeping busy.
Eroglu controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindland tries to get to full guard but Eroglu has control of the leg.
Eroglu seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Eroglu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Eroglu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lindland regains full guard. Nicely done.
Eroglu throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Eroglu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Eroglu postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Eroglu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Eroglu preventing the sweep.
Lindland has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Eroglu has passed into side control.
Lindland tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Eroglu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Eroglu creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lindland sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
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!
Lindland takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An elbow from Eroglu crashes against the mat.
Eroglu scoring with punches and elbows.
Lindland parries the strikes from Eroglu easily there. Eroglu is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lindland to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Metin Eroglu dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Metin Eroglu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Eroglu connects with a leg kick. Lindland looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Eroglu, right into the meat.
Jab from Lindland.
Eroglu stuns Lindland with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Eroglu looks for the body kick but Lindland saw that one coming.
Eroglu misses with a straight right.
Lindland will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Donk. Eroglu catches Lindland right on the button with a cross.
Eroglu shoots in but no luck this time.
Lindland attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Eroglu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A chopping leg kick lands by Eroglu.
Lindland misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eroglu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Eroglu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Eroglu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lindland has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Eroglu throws an overhand right that lands on Lindland's shoulder, as Lindland tries to avoid the shot.
Eroglu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Eroglu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lindland paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eroglu misses with a low kick.
Eroglu scores with a nice right hand.
Eroglu clobbers Lindland with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Eroglu looks to land a body kick but Lindland moved away.
Eroglu is looking to slow Lindland down with leg kicks.
Luiz Lindland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Eroglu.
Eroglu tries to clinch up.
Eroglu throws a lazy head kick
and Lindland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Eroglu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eroglu dives in for a single leg takedown but Lindland sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Eroglu is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Eroglu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eroglu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Eroglu to work.
Eroglu receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

Lindland gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindland trying to control the position from guard on top but Eroglu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lindland throws a big elbow that misses.
Lindland trying to control but Eroglu is working from the bottom.
Eroglu manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Eroglu landing strikes from the mount.
Eroglu landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eroglu raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lindland is looking to get to half guard.
Lindland is working hard here to advance position.
Lindland regains half guard.
Metin Eroglu has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lindland trying to hold on to Eroglu's head to control him but Eroglu postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eroglu frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lindland can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Metin Eroglu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Eroglu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 45:50
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Metin Eroglu!
Metin Eroglu is the new welterweight champion!
Metin Eroglu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.