PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Henry Viii (ranked 4127 p4p, 3232 weight class) and Talmadge Lineburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for King Henry Viii has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Henry Viii
vs
Lineburger

188 cm
18
300
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
290
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, King Henry Viii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Talmadge Lineburger!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry Viii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry Viii takes a swing at Lineburger's ribcage but misses.
Henry Viii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lineburger moves away.

Lineburger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lineburger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Henry Viii could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Lineburger is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Henry Viii is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Henry Viii gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The referee warns Henry Viii that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lineburger has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lineburger lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry Viii tries to hold on but Lineburger postures up.
The referee warns Henry Viii that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lineburger controlling his opponent.
Lineburger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lineburger lands a big shot there that rocks Henry Viii but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Lineburger working for a submission but Henry Viii is keeping him at bay.
Lineburger raining down shots from the mount!
Lineburger cracks Henry Viii with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like King Henry Viii has been cut.
Lineburger lands with some strikes.
Henry Viii tries to hold on but Lineburger pushes him away.
Lineburger looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lineburger sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Henry Viii has left one of his arms exposed and Lineburger doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Henry Viii screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Talmadge Lineburger!
Our winner, Talmadge Lineburger, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.