PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Plesniak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Carlos Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Plesniak
vs
Carlos Linhares

170 cm
22
152 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

171 cm
22
149 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Plesniak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Carlos Linhares!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plesniak misses with a series of wild punches.
Linhares misses with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Linhares. That's going to slow Plesniak down.
Linhares misses with the combination.
Plesniak tries to clinch up but Linhares circles away and keeps his distance.
Plesniak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Linhares.
Linhares throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Plesniak wants to clinch.
Linhares lands a right hook to the body.
Linhares stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Plesniak doesn't manage to clinch there - Linhares circles away.
Plesniak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Plesniak doesn't manage to clinch there - Linhares circles away.
Linhares punishes Plesniak's body with a nice straight punch.
Plesniak dodges the punch combination from Linhares.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plesniak tries to clinch there but Linhares circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares throws a leg kick which misses Plesniak's front leg but catches the back leg as Plesniak tries to avoid it.

Linhares closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Linhares doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Plesniak jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Linhares walks away with a smile on his face. Plesniak gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Plesniak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Plesniak moves out of range of the strikes.
Linhares misses with a leg kick.
Linhares lands a lovely overhand right.

Linhares gets tackled into the ropes by Plesniak. Plesniak maintains the clinch.
Plesniak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Linhares can't find room to land a body shot as Plesniak controls the action.
Linhares lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Plesniak backwards.

Plesniak is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Linhares fails to land.
Oh Plesniak is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Plesniak blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Linhares.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plesniak.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares misses with the head strike.
Linhares lands an elbow inside that Plesniak shrugs off.
Linhares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plesniak.
Linhares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plesniak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clinched against the ropes, Linhares lands a big elbow that drops Plesniak! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Plesniak is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Carlos Linhares!
After winning the bout, Luis Carlos Linhares thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.