PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mareth Line (ranked 843 p4p, 2052 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 116 p4p, 259 weight class). Line's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, For Heavy Metal we will die!. Laranja has chosen Sepultura - The Hunt as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Line
vs
Laranja

180 cm
32
175
11 - 5 - 0

178 cm
34
177
8 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Heavy Metal Drugs

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mareth Line!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laranja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Line moves away.
Line throws an overhand right that lands on Laranja's shoulder, as Laranja tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Laranja - just one landing.
Laranja takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Laranja scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Line uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laranja.
Line misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laranja misses with a hook.
Line misses with an uppercut
and Line takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Line scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A cross from Line lands.
Line throws a right and a left that Laranja avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Line scores with a leg kick.
Jab by Laranja.
A head kick by Line misses
and Laranja counters with a nice body shot.
Laranja fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Line has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laranja lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laranja.
Line misses with a lunging right hand
and Laranja counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line loads up on a big right hand but Laranja slips the punch.
Laranja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laranja throws a hook to the side of Line's head but Line sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laranja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laranja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Line.
Laranja loads up on a big right hand but Line slips the punch.
Line connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sloppy strikes from Line. Those never looked like landing.
Line looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Line dips to his left and cracks Laranja with an uppercut!
Line lands with a straight right. Laranja didn't see that one coming.
Line throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laranja throws a body punch but Line moves out of range.
Laranja misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laranja.
A telegraphed right hand from Line misses the target.
Laranja scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Line does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line scores with a nice head shot.
Line scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Laranja misses.
Laranja lands a jab to Line's midsection.
Line blocks a head kick by Laranja.
Line tries to land a leg kick but Laranja saw it coming and moves away.
Mareth Line seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laranja throws a hook to the side of Line's head but Line sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Line smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Laranja connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Line throws a head kick that misses.
Line throws a shot from downtown. Laranja moves away and avoids it.
Line throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Line scoring well with a low kick there.
Line looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Line ducks under a wild hook from Laranja.
Line throws a shot from downtown. Laranja moves away and avoids it.
Line throws a nice inside leg kick.
Line slips a jab from Laranja.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Line.
Line misses the shot to the body.
Laranja misses with a looping right.
Laranja looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Laranja.
Laranja tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Line is able to avoid easily.
Laranja's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Line connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laranja scrambles back to his feet.
Laranja takes a swing at Line's ribcage but misses.
Line avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Line checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Line misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Line.
Line cracks Laranja with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fighters circling - Laranja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laranja misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Line misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Line.
Line pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Line tries to bum rush Laranja with a series of wild strikes but Laranja uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laranja throws a lazy head kick
and Line counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Line with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Line looks to score with a jab to the body but Laranja is just out of range.
Laranja takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laranja misses with an attempted mid kick.
Line is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Laranja moves away from the strike by Line.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laranja! But no joy.
Line throws a low kick but Laranja avoids it.
Laranja throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body kick from Laranja.
Laranja misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Line moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Laranja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Line was well out of range. Poor timing from Laranja.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A leg kick checked by Line.
Laranja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laranja chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Line can pounce on him.
Laranja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mareth Line will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Line swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Line throws a right hand that misses
and Laranja counters with a good low kick that Line was not able to check.
Laranja misses with a body shot.
Laranja scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good shot there by Laranja.
Laranja cracks a nice hook into Line's ribs.
Line looks to score with a jab to the body but Laranja is just out of range.
Laranja now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Line ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Line ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Line slips under a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Line checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Line seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laranja.
Line defending well as Laranja loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Laranja misses.
Laranja misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laranja misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Line.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Line misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line misses with a wild body shot.
Laranja throws a body punch but Line moves out of range.
Laranja ducks under a wild hook from Line.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laranja! But no joy.
Laranja misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laranja throws a sloppy head kick and Line moves out of range easily.
Line tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laranja! But no joy.
Laranja throws an overhand right that lands on Line's shoulder, as Line tries to avoid the shot.
Line avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Laranja misses with a hook. Line ducked under it nicely.
Line moves out of range as Laranja throws a body kick.
Laranja bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Line's head.
Laranja dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Line. That did some damage!
Good shot there by Laranja.
Line uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laranja.
Laranja checks a leg kick nicely.
Line lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Line uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laranja.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Line scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Line throws a jab when Laranja was well out of range.
Line lands a leg kick that knocks Laranja off balance momentarily.
Laranja throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Line misses.
Good work by Line as he checks the leg kick.
Laranja has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Line lands a leg kick that knocks Laranja off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Line.
Line staying out of range there.
Laranja takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A big left from Line misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laranja! But no joy.
Line takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laranja checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Laranja fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laranja swings for the body but Line moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line throws a looping overhand right but Laranja ducks down to avoid it.
Line throws a looping overhand right but Laranja ducks down to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Laranja as he connects with a hook.
Laranja staying out of range there.
Laranja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Line.
Line lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Laranja at a distance.
Line swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laranja moves into range and connects with a jab.
Laranja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Line.
Line looks to land a right hand but Laranja moved out of range.
Line is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Line tests Laranja's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Line. That's going to slow Laranja down.
Laranja looks to throw the jab but Line is out of range.
Line is looking for a counter combo.
Laranja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Line feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Line dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laranja. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Laranja.
And Laranja responds with a good body kick, but Line manages to step out the way in time.
Laranja slips a straight right by Line.
Line works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Laranja takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Laranja's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laranja throws a head kick that misses.
Laranja scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Laranja.
Jab from Line.
Laranja tests Line's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laranja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Line sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Line throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Laranja misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laranja ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laranja moves away from the strike by Line.
Laranja blocks a jab.
Laranja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Renato Laranja will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Laranja ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Line on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Line lands a right hook to the body.
Line tests Laranja's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laranja pushes Line away with a front kick.
Line misses with a straight left.
Line throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laranja on the side of the head.
Line misses with a left hand
and Laranja counters with a stiff right hand.
Line swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Laranja counter with a right hand.
Laranja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Line.
Laranja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Line throws out the jab.
Line lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laranja circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Line connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fighters circling - Laranja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Line scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Laranja pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laranja cracks a nice hook into Line's ribs.
Line is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Line throws a low kick, looking for Laranja's leg but Laranja calmly moves out of range.
Laranja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Line was well out of range. Poor timing from Laranja.
Laranja throws a leg kick but Line moved away.
Laranja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Line misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laranja.
Line swings for the body but Laranja moves out of range.
Line throws the left hand but Laranja avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Laranja was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Laranja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Line with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laranja loads up on a big right hand but Line slips the punch.
Laranja throws a lazy right hand but Line sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laranja ducks under a wild hook from Line.
Laranja has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Line misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Laranja was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line slips a straight right by Laranja.
Line bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Laranja's head backwards.
Line takes a swing at Laranja's ribcage but misses.
Laranja throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Line misses with a left hand
and Laranja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot lands for Line.
Laranja throws a good cross that connects.
Laranja checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laranja lands a right hook to the body.
Line misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laranja throws a body shot but no joy.
Laranja misses with a straight right.
Laranja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Laranja lands an impressive looking overhand right. Line doesn't seem phased though.
Nice defenses there by Line.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line lands a jab to Laranja's midsection.
Laranja throws a jab but it's blocked by Line.
Good shot there by Line.
Laranja lands a nice looking body shot.
Laranja on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice defenses there by Laranja.
Laranja let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Laranja throws a head kick that misses.
Line uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laranja.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Laranja.
An attempted straight right counter from Line misses the target.
Laranja moves away from the strike by Line.
Laranja takes a swing at Line's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Line blocks the low kick.
No joy there for Laranja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Line blocks a head kick by Laranja.
Mareth Line is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Laranja misses.
Line throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja slips a jab and a cross from Line.
It seemed like Laranja was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Line lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Line scores with a leg kick.
Laranja takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Line lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Line, as that shot connected.
Line shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Laranja looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Line.
Good exchange - Line coming out on top.
Laranja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Line.
Laranja uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Line.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Line lands a head shot.
Line missing with a left hand there. Laranja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Line lands a nice looking body shot.
Line connects with a solid leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mareth Line showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Line has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mareth Line!
A relieved looking Mareth Line thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.