PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luisao Linhaeres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Wuzz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linhaeres comes to the cage accompanied by BJJ Gangnam Style. Wuzz has chosen Lützenkirchen - German Kiss as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Linhaeres
vs
Wuzz

188 cm
29
262 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

187 cm
34
210 lbs
36 - 30 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luisao Linhaeres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andy Wuzz!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Linhaeres shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Wuzz wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linhaeres moves nicely into side control.

Linhaeres is trying to get an arm triangle but Wuzz is defending well.
Wuzz tries to buck Linhaeres off but Linhaeres is having none of it.
Linhaeres is putting a hurting on Wuzz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Linhaeres scores with punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wuzz manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wuzz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Linhaeres actively working from the bottom here.

Wuzz is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Linhaeres still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Linhaeres has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wuzz tries to improve position but can't.

Linhaeres tries for a kimura but Wuzz is defending well.
Linhaeres throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Linhaeres scoring with punches and elbows.

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

Linhaeres is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wuzz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wuzz defending against the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhaeres throws an elbow but Wuzz slips to the side and avoids it well.

Linhaeres tries for a kimura but Wuzz is defending well.
Wuzz gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wuzz actively working from the bottom here.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Linhaeres trying to control the action but Wuzz is working from the bottom.

Linhaeres seems to be looking for submissions.

Wuzz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Linhaeres is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wuzz is just riding it out for now. Linhaeres eventually gives up the hold.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Wuzz actively working from the bottom here.

Linhaeres is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wuzz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Linhaeres stopping the sweep attempt from Wuzz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhaeres trying to control but Wuzz is working from the bottom.

Wuzz working for a triangle but Linhaeres defends it easily.

Wuzz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Linhaeres doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Linhaeres manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Wuzz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Linhaeres defends well.
Linhaeres trying to control but Wuzz is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luisao Linhaeres dominated that round.
That's time! Linhaeres's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Linhaeres tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wuzz swivels and escapes.
Wuzz has a takedown stuffed.
Wuzz shoots in but no luck this time.
Wuzz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Luisao Linhaeres has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Wuzz.
Linhaeres keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Linhaeres changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wuzz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wuzz is looking to regain half guard here but Linhaeres keeps moving and retains side control.

Linhaeres is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wuzz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Linhaeres creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Linhaeres thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wuzz is looking for a sweep.
Linhaeres has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Linhaeres tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Linhaeres has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wuzz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Linhaeres wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wuzz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wuzz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Linhaeres is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Wuzz looking for submissions off his back.
Luisao Linhaeres overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Linhaeres wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wuzz keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhaeres prevents Wuzz from improving his position.
Linhaeres scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Linhaeres seems to be working for a kimura but Wuzz defends the submission attempt.
Wuzz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wuzz wants to improve his position but Linhaeres is controlling well.
Linhaeres is keen to just control but Wuzz is a slippery customer.

Linhaeres is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Linhaeres wants to work for an arm triangle but Wuzz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wuzz misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wuzz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Linhaeres is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wuzz defends it well.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Linhaeres is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Linhaeres looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wuzz missing with punches from the bottom.
Wuzz is looking for a sweep. Linhaeres is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wuzz looking for submissions off his back.
Linhaeres wants to pass the guard but Wuzz is defending well.

Linhaeres is working for a submission of some sort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wuzz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luisao Linhaeres dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Wuzz shoots in for a double leg but Linhaeres sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wuzz fails to land the takedown.
Linhaeres defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wuzz.
Luisao Linhaeres has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Wuzz.
Wuzz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Linhaeres counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Wuzz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Linhaeres is aware though and is defending well.
Linhaeres looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Linhaeres wants to control from the top but Wuzz keeps moving.
Wuzz is striking but Linhaeres is not phased and passes to half guard.
Wuzz is not content to let Linhaeres control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Linhaeres is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wuzz is just riding it out for now. Linhaeres eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wuzz gets back to full guard.
Linhaeres sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wuzz's guard.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wuzz tries to get to full guard but Linhaeres has control of the leg.

Wuzz is defending against the submission attempts here by Linhaeres.

Linhaeres is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wuzz is just riding it out for now. Linhaeres eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Linhaeres seems to be looking for submissions.
Wuzz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Linhaeres seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wuzz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Linhaeres looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Linhaeres tries to pass to full mount but Wuzz defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wuzz gets back to full guard.
Linhaeres wants to pass the guard but Wuzz is keeping the position.

Wuzz is looking for a triangle here but Linhaeres uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Wuzz is trying to get back to half guard.
Wuzz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Wuzz is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Linhaeres's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Linhaeres! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Wuzz has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Luisao Linhaeres!
Luisao Linhaeres took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.