PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malik Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Atkins
vs
Lin

173 cm
24
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

168 cm
24
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Malik Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Lin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lin closes the distance and clinches.

Lin jumps guard and drags Atkins to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lin wants to control but Atkins passes easily into half guard.
Lin tries to roll over but Atkins keeps him under control.
Lin controlling the position for now.
Lin is looking for a sweep. Atkins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Atkins is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Lin trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Lin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Atkins wants to take a breather but Lin is having none of it.

Atkins is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Atkins.
Atkins performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Atkins scores with a couple of nice shots.
Atkins prevents Lin from improving his position.
Lin keeps trying to improve his position.
Lin is still trying to improve position.
Atkins misses with a head shot. Lin uses the momentum to regain guard.
Atkins postures up in Lin's guard and throws a big left but Lin blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins trying to control but Lin is working from the bottom.
Lin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Atkins throws a big right hand that misses.
Lin is trying to keep Atkins in close.
Atkins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Atkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Lin is retaining full guard.
Lin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Victor Lin wasn't active enough on the ground.
Lin shoots in but Atkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lin clinches up against the cage.
Lin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Atkins walks away with a smile on his face. Lin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Atkins closes the distance and clinches.
Atkins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lin walks away with a smile on his face. Atkins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Lin moves into the clinch successfully.
Lin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atkins prevents a takedown attempt there.
Malik Atkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Lin.

Atkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Victor Lin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lin looks for a takedown but Atkins sprawls well.
Lin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Atkins counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lin's guard now.
Malik Atkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lin working a defensive guard but Atkins passes into half guard.
Lin tries to get to full guard but Atkins has control of the leg.

Atkins is working for a kimura but Lin is defending it quite comfortably.

Atkins is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Atkins is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Atkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin is looking to control Atkins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lin avoid being mounted?

Atkins is looking for a kimura but Lin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Atkins to get the leverage.
Lin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lin controlling the position for now.

Atkins is working for a kimura but Lin is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lin wants to get back to full guard but Atkins has mounted him!
Atkins with good strikes from the mount here!

Atkins has hold of Lin's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lin manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Lin throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.

Atkins is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Lin is defending well though. Atkins let's go of the attempt for now.

Atkins working for a choke but Lin is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lin defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Atkins is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Lin taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Atkins.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Malik Atkins!