PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between petri lindfors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pantero Athrox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). petri lindfors has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

lindfors
vs
Athrox

183 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, petri lindfors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pantero Athrox!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Athrox looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? lindfors is fending him off so far but Athrox persists. Nope, lindfors circles away and we're back to standing.
Athrox will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

lindfors closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Athrox looks like he's trying to stand up.
lindfors frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! lindfors connects with a massive shot to the dome!
lindfors working Athrox over with strikes here.
lindfors controlling the position easily from mount.

lindfors is working for a guillotine from mount but Athrox frees his head quite easily.

lindfors working for a guillotine from mount but Athrox is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lindfors controlling from mount.
Athrox wants to hold on but lindfors pushes him away.

lindfors is working for a guillotine from mount but Athrox frees his head quite easily.
lindfors controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

lindfors gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Athrox with a lazy takedown attempt

and lindfors counters with a nice double leg into guard.
petri lindfors has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pantero Athrox.
lindfors is breathing heavily.
Athrox wants to sweep here but lindfors controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lindfors showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Athrox trying to keep a closed guard but lindfors is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
lindfors advances position into side control!
lindfors has knee on belly and moves into mount.

lindfors stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

lindfors shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Athrox defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from lindfors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lindfors prevents Athrox from getting the reversal.
lindfors fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

lindfors looking to secure an arm triangle but Athrox defends it well.
Athrox tries to lock up and control but lindfors gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

lindfors goes for an armbar but Athrox turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Athrox.
Athrox won't allow lindfors to sweep him here.
Athrox passes lindfors's left leg - he's now in half guard.
lindfors is not content to let Athrox control the position.
Athrox missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lindfors keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Athrox is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
lindfors works his way to full guard. Good work.
Athrox trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
lindfors preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
lindfors thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
lindfors working a defensive guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Athrox is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! lindfors is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! lindfors has escaped and now he's on top!
Athrox not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

petri lindfors dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

lindfors shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
lindfors passes the guard and advances to mount!
lindfors is landing with some decent strikes but Athrox is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
lindfors looking to control and managing it successfully.
Athrox taking shots to the head.
lindfors dominating with strikes here.
lindfors can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Athrox is looking to escape.

lindfors swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Athrox is now in lindfors's guard. A big mistake from lindfors there, giving up the dominant position!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Athrox stopping the sweep attempt from lindfors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lindfors trying to keep a closed guard but Athrox is proving a slippery customer.
lindfors punching to the body, from the bottom.
Athrox advances to half guard.
lindfors blocking the ground and pound attempt from Athrox.
lindfors wants to sweep but Athrox has passed to side control!
Athrox working away.
lindfors is not content to let Athrox control the position.
lindfors gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
lindfors keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lindfors slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
lindfors pulls Athrox in close to his closed guard and prevents Athrox from doing any damage or advancing position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now lindfors is on top in guard.

lindfors decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Athrox, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lindfors clobbers Athrox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

lindfors shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Athrox throwing hammer fists to the chest of lindfors. What's that going to do exactly?
lindfors controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. petri lindfors just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

lindfors shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. lindfors showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from lindfors there.
lindfors perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
lindfors lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Athrox wants to get back to full guard.
lindfors trying to control the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
lindfors seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Athrox for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

petri lindfors dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

lindfors clinches with his opponent.
Athrox wants a takedown.

lindfors manages to break the clinch.

lindfors feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Athrox is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Athrox wants to improve his position but instead lindfors has moved into half guard.
lindfors keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Athrox tries to get to full guard but lindfors has control of the leg.

Athrox looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Athrox looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
lindfors blocks the strikes from Athrox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Athrox is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of lindfors's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take lindfors's back!

Athrox is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. lindfors defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
lindfors trying to control the position but Athrox manages to sink in the hooks.
petri lindfors overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
lindfors wants to escape the position.
Athrox missing with strikes from the back.
Athrox is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Athrox doesn't have the hooks in and lindfors manages to turn into his guard.
Athrox avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
lindfors throwing strikes but missing.
lindfors stopping the sweep attempt from Athrox.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

lindfors scores with a takedown into Athrox's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lindfors postures up.
Athrox keeping moving, preventing lindfors from controlling successfully.

lindfors decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Athrox, up you get!
Athrox gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and lindfors counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
lindfors takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
lindfors keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
lindfors looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Athrox tries to roll over but lindfors keeps him under control.
Athrox has hold of lindfors's hands but lindfors slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lindfors prevents Athrox from improving his position.
Athrox gets back to full guard.
Athrox not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Athrox wants to sweep here but lindfors controlling him for the moment.
lindfors is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Athrox can do to turn this around?
lindfors wants to control from the top but Athrox keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Athrox stuffs the takedown.
petri lindfors is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Athrox misses with a takedown attempt

and lindfors counters with a single leg into guard. Athrox didn't expect that.
petri lindfors has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pantero Athrox.
lindfors passes Athrox's left leg - he's now in half guard.
lindfors looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Athrox with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Still in half guard, lindfors seems content to control.
Athrox on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
lindfors lands with a punch from half guard.

Athrox is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lindfors is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Athrox is still in real trouble! Can lindfors finish him?
lindfors drops an elbow to the side of Athrox's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

lindfors stands up from half guard.

lindfors dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Athrox has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). petri lindfors!