PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emile Lindsey (ranked 24304 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Fiore (ranked 6064 p4p, 0 weight class). Fiore comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drowing pool kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Emile Lindsey had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lindsey
vs
Fiore

174 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emile Lindsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lorenzo Fiore!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fiore closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lindsey to the mat! Lindsey manages to get full guard.
Fiore trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindsey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fiore stays in close to Lindsey's body and controls the position.
Fiore postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lindsey keeping full guard, as Fiore tries to pass.
Fiore with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fiore lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fiore looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiore's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Fiore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fiore is working Lindsey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lindsey might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fiore engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fiore wants to control from the top but Lindsey keeps moving.
Lindsey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Fiore postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lindsey wants to sweep here but Fiore controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fiore postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Lindsey covers up, he's hurt! Fiore keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Fiore and the ref steps in to end the fight! Fiore can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lorenzo Fiore!
Lorenzo Fiore spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.