PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russ Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Lindh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russ Miller has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Miller
vs
Lindh

185 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
22
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Russ Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Lindh!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindh shoots in for a double leg but Miller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Miller tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Lindh counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Miller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lindh slips nicely into half guard.
Lindh prevents Miller from standing back up.
Miller has hold of Lindh's hands but Lindh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Miller is trying to stand up here but Lindh is controlling him well.
Lindh works his way into side control.
Miller seems a little lost for a moment, as Lindh dominates the positioning.
Lindh in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lindh thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindh cracks Miller with a big right hand but Miller just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Lindh has an Americana. Miller didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Lindh is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Lindh hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Thomas Lindh!