PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Mattsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lynch comes to the cage accompanied by Passenger by Deftones. Leo Mattsson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Lynch
vs
Mattsson

169 cm
18
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Lynch!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leo Mattsson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mattsson tries to clinch but Lynch moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Mattsson.
Mattsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mattsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Mattsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mattsson throws a lazy head kick

and Lynch counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lynch.
Lynch tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mattsson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lynch has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mattsson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Lynch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lynch is looking to break free of the clinch but Mattsson has double underhooks.
Mattsson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mattsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Mattsson does no damage.

Mattsson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lynch makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lynch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lynch pushes a forearm under Mattsson's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Mattsson is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brian Lynch!
Brian Lynch retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Brian Lynch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.