PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yasin Lin (ranked 3366 p4p, 1379 weight class) and Patrick Deringer (ranked 182 p4p, 86 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lin
vs
Deringer

170 cm
26
142
3 - 5 - 0

175 cm
26
140
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yasin Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick Deringer!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deringer misses the shot to the body.
Lin scores with a shot to the body.
Lin misses with a hook.
Patrick Deringer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deringer throws a body shot but no joy.
Deringer tries to clinch there but Lin circles away.
Lin misses with a right hand
and Deringer counters with a stiff right hand.
Deringer stuns Lin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Deringer throws a big shot that misses.
Deringer takes a swing at Lin's ribcage but misses.
Lin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Deringer misses with a hook. Lin ducked under it nicely.
Deringer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Lin takes the fight into the clinch.
Lin trying to stall but Deringer improves his position.
Lin prevents a body shot from Deringer.
Lin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lin tries to land knees in the clinch but Deringer avoids the damage to the body.
Lin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Deringer blocks it with crossed arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deringer tries to land knees in the clinch but Lin avoids the damage to the body.
Deringer connects with a knee to the head.
Lin takes a shot to the head.
Deringer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lin is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Deringer tries to work over Lin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Lin manages to break the clinch.
Lin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Lin rushes Deringer and presses him up against the ropes.
Lin tries to stall but Deringer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Deringer misses with a punch to the body.
Deringer lands a hook to the side of the head.

Deringer breaks from the clinch.
Deringer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A big right from Lin misses.
Deringer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lin with a body shot.
Deringer misses the jab.
Lin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Deringer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Lin.
Lin walks into a jab.
Deringer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lin staying out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lin just misses with a punch to the body.
Lin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Deringer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deringer walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deringer throws out a loose jab but Lin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lin doesn't manage to clinch there - Deringer circles away.
A big left from Deringer misses.
Lin throwing a counter right hand but Deringer manages to avoid it.
Deringer scores with a hook.
Deringer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lin tests Deringer's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Deringer is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Lin. Deringer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deringer is still on wobbly legs! Can Lin finish him?

Lin rushes Deringer and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lin missing with knees to the body.
Lin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Deringer misses with a punch to the body.
Lin works on Deringer's body with a couple of short punches.
Lin lands a hook that snaps the head of Deringer backwards.
Still in the clinch, Lin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lin lands with a right to the head.
Lin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lin misses with the head strike.
Lin dips a shoulder and cracks Deringer with a mighty uppercut! Deringer falls back against the ropes and Lin unloads with a barrage of strikes! Deringer is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the ropes! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Lin screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yasin Lin!