PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Groper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lineker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Groper
vs
Lineker

170 cm
27
145 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

163 cm
20
139 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Groper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Lineker!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lineker jabs Groper right on the nose. Groper blinks but takes it well.
Lineker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lineker stuns Groper with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lineker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lineker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lineker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lineker stuns Groper with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Groper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lineker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lineker lands a nice hook to Groper's body. Groper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lineker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Groper shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lineker defends it nicely.
Lineker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lineker tests Groper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lineker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lineker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lineker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lineker.
Lineker misses with a wild combination.
Lineker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lineker stuffs the takedown attempt from Groper. Groper gets slowly back to his feet.
Lineker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lineker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Groper rather than just go for the knockout.
Lineker throws a body punch but Groper moves out of range.
Groper throws a quick counter head kick but Lineker was just out of range.
Lineker lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lineker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
John Lineker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Groper takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lineker lands with a right hand.
Lineker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Groper is rocked!
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!
Groper doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lineker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Groper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Groper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lineker lands a jab-cross combination.
Lineker throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Groper crashing down! Groper tries to stagger back to his feet but Lineker just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Groper asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Lineker!