PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huima Sisu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lynch has chosen Wild Thing as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sisu
vs
Lynch

185 cm
24
260 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
275 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Huima Sisu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric Lynch!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sisu fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lynch sprawls well initially but Sisu persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Sisu is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lynch is trying to get back to full guard.
Lynch slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sisu wants to control from the top but Lynch keeps moving.
Lynch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lynch bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sisu's guard.
Sisu keeping moving, preventing Lynch from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lynch stands and throws Sisu's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on Sisu's face as Lynch controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lynch tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lynch has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lynch trying to control the position but Sisu is working away.
You can see the frustration on Sisu's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Lynch wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sisu, who protects the arm well.
Sisu tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lynch wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lynch thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sisu tries to improve position but can't.
Lynch wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sisu keeps working.

Lynch tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Lynch looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sisu sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Lynch moves into full mount! Sisu won't be happy about that!

Lynch looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Lynch moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Sisu has worked his arm free - good work by Sisu!
Sisu is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Lynch is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lynch looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lynch prevents Sisu from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lynch looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lynch content just to control the position here.
Lynch wants to control the pace but Sisu is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Lynch dominated that 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.

Sisu gets caught flat footed, as Lynch shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Lynch thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Sisu has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Lynch doesn't defend quickly enough and Sisu has managed to lock this one up! Can Lynch escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Sisu on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Huima Sisu!