PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Horst Linkke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Caldas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis Caldas is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Linkke
vs
Caldas

192 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
202 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Horst Linkke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Caldas!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linkke throws a jab but it's blocked by Caldas.
Caldas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Linkke misses with a straight left.
Linkke swinging wilding here.
Linkke works over Caldas's head and body with a nice combination.

Caldas scores with a takedown into Linkke's guard.
Linkke wants to sweep here but Caldas controlling him for the moment.
Linkke has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Caldas wants to pass the guard but Linkke is keeping the position.
Linkke is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Caldas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caldas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Linkke wants to get back to his feet but Caldas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Linkke tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Linkke throws a big shot that misses.
Caldas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Linkke throws a shot from downtown. Caldas moves away and avoids it.
Linkke misses with a hook. Caldas ducked under it nicely.
Caldas shoots in for a double leg but Linkke sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Caldas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Linkke misses with the combination.
Caldas moves forwards but Linkke connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linkke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Linkke thows a body shot but no joy.
Caldas ducks under a wild hook from Linkke.
Linkke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Horst Linkke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Linkke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caldas drops his hands momentarily and Linkke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Caldas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Linkke throws out the jab.
Linkke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Caldas dodges the punch combination from Linkke.
Caldas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Horst Linkke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linkke misses with a straight right.
Linkke misses with the combination.
Linkke scores with a jab. Caldas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Linkke tries to bum rush Caldas with a series of wild strikes but Caldas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Linkke punishes Caldas's body with a nice straight punch.
Linkke moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Linkke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caldas slips under a jab.
Linkke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Linkke throws out a loose jab but Caldas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Linkke fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Linkke finds it's way round the side to connect with Caldas's head.
Caldas slips under a jab from Linkke.
Linkke thuds a left hand into Caldas's body.
Linkke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Linkke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab from Linkke misses.
Linkke digs a good body shot into Caldas's ribs.
Caldas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Caldas looks gassed!
Linkke lands a right hook to the body.
Linkke is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caldas slips under a jab from Linkke.
Linkke misses with a wild combination.
Linkke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Caldas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Linkke lands with a nice body punch.
Caldas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Linkke lands with a hook. Caldas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Horst Linkke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Linkke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Caldas slips under a jab.
Linkke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Linkke throws a hook to the side of Caldas's head but Caldas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab by Linkke.
A jab from Linkke does it's job there.

Caldas is rocked!
Linkke looks to land a right hand but Caldas moved out of range.
Caldas is breathing heavily.
Caldas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Caldas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linkke waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Caldas.
Linkke works the jab nicely.
Linkke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Linkke misses with a wild combination.
Linkke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Linkke misses with a straight right.
Linkke scores with a jab. Caldas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Linkke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Linkke does no damage.
Linkke misses with a hook.
Linkke misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Linkke missing with a left hand there. Caldas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Linkke lands a jab to Caldas's midsection.
Linkke misses with an uppercut. Caldas saw that one coming.
Caldas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Linkke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Caldas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Linkke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Linkke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Linkke.
Linkke throws a jab but it's blocked by Caldas.
Caldas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Caldas is still on wobbly legs! Can Linkke finish him?
Caldas moves away from the strike by Linkke.
Caldas seems to have recovered his senses.
Caldas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linkke works over Caldas's head and body with a nice combination.
Linkke tries to bum rush Caldas with a series of wild strikes but Caldas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Caldas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Linkke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Linkke misses with a looping left.
Linkke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caldas moves out of range as Linkke strikes.
Linkke keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Horst Linkke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Caldas.
Caldas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linkke tries to bum rush Caldas with a series of wild strikes but Caldas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Linkke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Linkke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Caldas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Caldas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Linkke is fending him off so far but Caldas persists. Nope, Linkke circles away and we're back to standing.
A big left from Linkke misses.

Caldas shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Caldas tries to pass to full mount but Linkke defends it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horst Linkke dominated that second round.
That's time! Linkke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Caldas shoots in looking for a takedown. Linkke tries to sprawl out of it but Caldas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Linkke manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Caldas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Linkke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Linkke throws out a loose jab but Caldas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horst Linkke is winning the standup battle so far.
Caldas slips under a jab from Linkke.
Caldas looks for a takedown but Linkke sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Linkke misses with a two punch combination.
Linkke misses with a series of wild punches.
Caldas slips a jab from Linkke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linkke looks to land a right hand but Caldas moved out of range.
Linkke misses with a looping right.
Linkke misses with a double jab.
Linkke misses with a two punch combination.

Caldas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Caldas with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Caldas pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Caldas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Linkke is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linkke wants to control but Caldas is having none of it.
Linkke is looking to get to half guard.
Caldas trying to control but Linkke is having none of it.
Linkke tries to hold on but Caldas postures up.
Linkke regains half guard.
Linkke is doing well to control the position and prevent Caldas from advancing to side control.
Linkke pushes Caldas off looking to stand but Caldas dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldas wants to take a breather but Linkke is having none of it.
Caldas works his way into side control.
Caldas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Linkke keeps working.
Linkke tries to buck Caldas off but Caldas is having none of it.
Linkke gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Linkke has one foot on Caldas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linkke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caldas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linkke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Linkke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caldas.
Luis Caldas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Linkke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caldas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Linkke swivels and escapes.
Horst Linkke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Caldas.
Linkke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Linkke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linkke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Linkke swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Caldas.

And that's the end of the fight!
Horst Linkke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Linkke, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horst Linkke!