PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evandro Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandao comes into the arena with Tool - Forty Six & 2 blaring out of the sound system. Lynch has chosen Dezarie / Most High as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brandao
vs
Lynch

192 cm
22
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
23
254 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evandro Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua Lynch!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao scores with a three punch combo!
Lynch darts in trying to clinch
and Brandao counters with a leg kick.
Lynch is looking to clinch.
Lynch moves in looking to clinch but Brandao pushes him off.
Brandao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lynch.

Lynch takes the fight into the clinch.
Brandao wants to get back to striking at distance but Lynch won't allow it.
Lynch leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lynch tries to throw a body punch but Brandao avoids it by throwing Lynch back against the cage.
Lynch taking a breather.
Lynch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lynch misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao lands a hook that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lynch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Brandao fails to land.
Brandao misses with some punches.
Brandao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lynch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
I was talking to Brandao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brandao blocks a body shot from Lynch.
Brandao looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lynch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lynch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lynch stalling.
Brandao taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lynch keeps control of Brandao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lynch stalling in the clinch but Brandao improves position.
A short right from Lynch on the inside.
Lynch throws a punch but it's blocked by Brandao.
Brandao misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lynch.
Lynch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brandao's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Lynch as the two fighters clinch.
Brandao stalling.
Lynch struggles to land a body shot inside as Brandao controls his hands.
Brandao has a couple of punches blocked by Lynch.
Lynch lands a body punch.
Lynch has Brandao pushed against the cage.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lynch misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynch throws a head punch that misses.
Lynch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lynch tries to score a body lock takedown but Brandao shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lynch tries to work over Brandao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brandao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brandao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lynch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brandao or not.
Lynch avoiding damage.
Brandao misses with some punches.
Brandao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brandao stops a takedown attempt from Lynch.
Lynch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brandao's efforts to push away.
Brandao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Lynch gets underhooks to prevent Brandao's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lynch.
Lynch has Brandao pressed against the cage.
Brandao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A bit of stalling here from Lynch.
Lynch managing to block the knees to the body from Brandao.
Lynch misses with a punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lynch tries to throw a body punch but Brandao avoids it by throwing Lynch back against the cage.
Lynch trying to control the position but instead, Brandao has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lynch into the cage.
Lynch misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lynch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brandao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brandao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brandao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joshua Lynch will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Brandao throws a hook but Lynch blocks it.
Lynch darts in trying to clinch
and Brandao makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lynch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lynch wants to clinch up but Brandao keeps it at a distance.
Brandao lands a lovely overhand right.
Brandao swats away the attempt to clinch by Lynch.
Lynch throws a jab when Brandao was well out of range.
Brandao scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left lands for Brandao.
Brandao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lynch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lynch closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brandao counters with a nice body shot.

Brandao cracks Lynch with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Brandao has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Lynch to stand back up!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lynch takes the fight into the clinch.
Brandao is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lynch is trying to stall.
Brandao misses with some punches.

Lynch pulls guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Brandao trying to control but Lynch is working from the bottom.
Lynch is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brandao trying to control the position from guard on top but Lynch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brandao throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynch is pulling down on Brandao's head. It's preventing any offense from Brandao, at least for the moment.
Brandao wants to control from the top but Lynch keeps moving.
Lynch wants to sweep but no luck.
Lynch keeping moving, preventing Brandao from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Evandro Brandao just wasn't active enough.
Brandao lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lynch takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Brandao scores with a four punch combination!
Lynch walks into a left hand.
Brandao tries to close the distance and clinch but Lynch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynch tries to clinch there but Brandao circles away.
Lynch wants to clinch up but Brandao keeps it at a distance.
Brandao throws a big shot that misses.
Lynch tries to clinch up.
Lynch wants to clinch.
Brandao throws a jab when Lynch was well out of range.
Lynch checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brandao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lynch.

Brandao rushes Lynch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brandao taking a breather.
Brandao lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brandao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lynch's elbow.
Brandao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brandao working hard to break the clinch.
Lynch misses with a body punch.
Brandao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brandao trying to control the position but instead, Lynch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brandao into the cage.
Brandao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lynch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brandao blocks an elbow strike from Lynch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lynch looking to stall.
Brandao being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evandro Brandao dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Lynch closes the distance and clinches.
Brandao is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Brandao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lynch tries to close the distance and clinch but Brandao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brandao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lynch counters with a stiff right hand.
Brandao tries to bum rush Lynch with a series of wild strikes but Lynch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brandao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brandao on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lynch. Lynch obviously looking to wear him down.
Lynch lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brandao lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lynch looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
An inside leg kick lands from Brandao.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lynch clinches up against the cage.
Lynch scores a nice knee to the body.
Lynch stalling against the cage.
Brandao tries to break free but Lynch pushes him back against the cage.
Lynch missing with knees to the body.
Brandao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brandao prevents the takedown attempt.
Brandao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brandao working aggressively here.
Lynch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lynch stalling against the cage.
Brandao trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lynch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Lynch fails to land.
Brandao prevents a body shot from Lynch.
Lynch avoiding damage as Brandao throws knees to the body.
Joshua Lynch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brandao just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lynch's brow.
Lynch throws a head punch that misses.
Lynch struggles to land a body shot inside as Brandao controls his hands.
Brandao is looking to control Lynch's arms but Lynch gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brandao has his back to the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brandao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brandao blocks an uppercut.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lynch trying to control the position but instead, Brandao has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lynch into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brandao is defending well for now.

Lynch is trying to trip Brandao. He has hold of a leg but Brandao is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lynch persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lynch working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Brandao is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lynch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brandao works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Brandao looking for a guillotine here but Lynch defends easily.
Lynch looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lynch tries to free his leg and advance position but Brandao is retaining full guard.
Lynch trying to control but Brandao is working from the bottom.
Lynch postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lynch wants to control from the top but Brandao keeps moving.
Lynch forces his way into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Lynch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lynch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua Lynch!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Joshua Lynch waved his t-shirt featuring Perkele!'s logo in front of the cameras.