PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titus Fury (ranked 2161 p4p, 2621 weight class) and Dolph Lindgren (ranked 266 p4p, 333 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Fury might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kid CuDi - "Pursuit of Happiness (Stevé Aoki Remix)". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fury
vs
Lindgren

180 cm
22
205
11 - 3 - 0

192 cm
21
212
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Titus Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dolph Lindgren!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lindgren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Lindgren.
Fury takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice takedown defense from Lindgren. No joy for Fury on that attempt.
Fury on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fury tries to clinch there but Lindgren circles away.

Fury rushes Lindgren and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Lindgren has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lindgren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lindgren lands a hook that snaps the head of Fury backwards.
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lindgren misses with a punch on the inside.
Lindgren gets through Fury's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lindgren is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lindgren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Lindgren.
Lindgren taking a breather.
Lindgren is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fury has a couple of punches blocked by Lindgren.
Lindgren works on Fury's body with a couple of short punches.
Fury misses with the head strike.
Fury swings wildly with an uppercut but Lindgren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lindgren trying to stall but Fury improves his position.
Lindgren is trying to stall.
Lindgren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fury backwards.
Lindgren is trying to maintain a safe position but Fury gets an underhook and turns Lindgren into the cage.
Lindgren lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fury as Lindgren tries to tie him up.
Lindgren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fury blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lindgren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lindgren lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren lands a right hand.
Lindgren stalling against the cage.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lindgren scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lindgren stalls.
Lindgren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lindgren blocking some punches.
Lindgren content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lindgren pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Lindgren throws a head punch that misses.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
Lindgren is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lindgren taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dolph Lindgren.
Fury misses with a hook
and Lindgren counters with a nice uppercut.
Lindgren lands a glancing blow to the side of Fury's head.
Fury takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fury tries to move into range but Lindgren moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lindgren lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Lindgren, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lindgren blocks a jab.
Fury fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lindgren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lindgren moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Fury misses the target.
Fury takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lindgren lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury closes the distance but Lindgren moves to the side
and Lindgren counters with a right hand to the body.
Fury needs to keep his hands up - Lindgren had a free shot at his head there.
Lindgren scores with a nice head shot.
Titus Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lindgren gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Lindgren is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lindgren wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Lindgren is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fury defends well.

Fury is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Fury drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Fury jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Lindgren has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fury can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've been hearing good reports from Fury's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Fury thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dolph Lindgren dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fury misses with a straight left.
Lindgren is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lindgren connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fury. Fury circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fury shoots in but Lindgren avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lindgren lunges at Fury with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fury's hand.
Fury throws a poor cross that misses
and Fury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Fury is rocked!
Horrible takedown attempt by Fury or perhaps it was just good defense by Lindgren, which made it look bad.
Lindgren lunges at Fury with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fury's hand.
Oh Fury is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Lindgren! Fury is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dolph Lindgren!
Dolph Lindgren bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.