PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Lindgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Love
vs
Lindgren

193 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

189 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Leo Lindgren!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lindgren avoids it really well and circles away.
Love shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lindgren sprawls well. Lindgren wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Love shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lindgren paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lindgren swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Lindgren circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Lindgren as Love shoots in.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lindgren but Lindgren pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Love is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lindgren pinned against the cage. Lindgren gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lindgren lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Lindgren.

It looks like Brandon Love has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindgren misses the shot to the body.
Lindgren looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Love shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Lindgren gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Lindgren turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lindgren manages to end up in side control.
Love on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Love tries to get out of the position.
Lindgren lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Lindgren stands up and beckons Love to his feet.

Lindgren closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lindgren lands in his opponent's guard.
Lindgren wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Lindgren distracts Love with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Love throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lindgren escapes and throws Love's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Lindgren lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Love down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lindgren landing a few strikes.

Lindgren decides to stand back up.
Love shoots and misses

and Lindgren moves into the clinch.

Lindgren lands a takedown into guard.
Love keeping moving, preventing Lindgren from controlling successfully.
Lindgren postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Love is striking off his back. Lindgren thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Lindgren stands up from half guard.
Love could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Lindgren looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Love!

Lindgren working for a submission but Love is keeping him at bay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lindgren lands a nice shot to the head.
Lindgren raining down shots from the mount!
Love throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lindgren. What's that going to do exactly?
Love flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Love is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Lindgren.
Lindgren lands a big elbow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lindgren landing strikes from the mount.
Lindgren has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Love hang on?
Lindgren landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love working to try and regain half guard.
Lindgren working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Love in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Love can't escape the position.
Lindgren landing strikes from the mount.
Lindgren lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindgren lands a big elbow.
Lindgren with a couple of short strikes.
Lindgren lands a big shot there that rocks Love but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Love swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Lindgren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Love's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Love with a poor takedown

and Lindgren counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lindgren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Lindgren gets to his feet. Love looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Brandon Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Lindgren counters with a shoot takedown. Love fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lindgren cracks Love with a solid left hand.

Love working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lindgren doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lindgren manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lindgren scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lindgren is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Love looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lindgren is one step ahead there.
Leo Lindgren has got the better of the ground game so far.

Love working for a triangle but Lindgren defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lindgren makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren lands a couple of elbows.
Lindgren lands a couple of elbows.
Lindgren stands up over Love, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Love is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Lindgren decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Love tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lindgren counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lindgren.
Lindgren cracks Love with a solid left hand.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lindgren gets to his feet. Love looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Lindgren closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love lands with a few short shots to the body.
Lindgren prevents Love from improving his position.
Lindgren lands with a punch from half guard.

Lindgren decides to stand and escape the position.
Love doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Lindgren counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lindgren is one step ahead there.

Love is working an open guard so Lindgren takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Brandon Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Lindgren does no damage.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lindgren counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love landing strikes from the bottom.
Lindgren slips a nice elbow through Love's hands, connecting with Love's forehead.
It looks like Lindgren is going to stand back up.
Love lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Lindgren working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Love tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Lindgren stands up out of the half guard.
Love has his takedown stuffed

and Lindgren counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Love's guard now.

Love has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Lindgren is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Love.
Love is looking for a sweep.
Love knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lindgren on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren wants to control but Love is keeping him busy.
Love striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Lindgren cracks Love with a big right hand but Love just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lindgren landing a few strikes.
Love is trying to strike from the bottom but Lindgren has passed into full mount.
Lindgren trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lindgren landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Lindgren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brandon Love's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Love shoots and misses

and Lindgren counters with a nice double leg into side control. Love won't be happy with that.

Lindgren tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lindgren has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Love is not content to let Lindgren control the position.
Love is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lindgren connects with a decent elbow.
Love tries to buck Lindgren off but Lindgren is having none of it.

Lindgren has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Lindgren moves into the clinch.
Love can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Lindgren has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Love regains guard immediately.
Love striking off his back but it's not causing Lindgren any problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Love throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Love is looking for a triangle but Lindgren pushes his legs off easily.
Lindgren scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Love trying to strike off his back.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lindgren is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love with a poor takedown

and Lindgren decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Love's guard.
Love is striking from the bottom but Lindgren uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lindgren scores with a couple of nice shots.
Love is looking for a sweep. Lindgren is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lindgren drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.

Love looking for submissions off his back.
Lindgren is nestled in close to Love, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lindgren lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Love tries to get to full guard but Lindgren has control of the leg.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Love crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lindgren - the referee stops the clock and Love gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lindgren. Love manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lindgren scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Love is looking to improve his position.
Love taking some punishment here, with Lindgren in his half guard.
Love tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lindgren tries to stand but can't do so whilst Love controls his leg.
Love flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Love lands with a few short shots to the body.
Love missing with punches from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Love tries for a takedown but Lindgren circles away easily

and Lindgren counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Love's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lindgren drops back looking for a leg! Love is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Love manages to kick Lindgren off! Lindgren jumps back into Love's guard.

Love working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lindgren doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lindgren manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Love throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Love is striking but Lindgren is not phased and passes to half guard.

Love looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Love looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo Lindgren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lindgren has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 24:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 24:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leo Lindgren!