PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Fala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Fala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lin
vs
Fala

207 cm
25
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
287 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kelvin Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tim Fala!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lin lunges at Fala with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fala's hand.

Fala clinches up against the cage.
Fala tries to land knees in the clinch but Lin avoids the damage to the body.
Lin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fala blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fala utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lin is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fala gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Kelvin Lin has been cut.
Fala using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fala lands an elbow inside that Lin shrugs off.
Lin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fala lands a knee to the body.
Fala tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lin avoids it.
Fala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fala lands an elbow that stopped Lin in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fala.
Lin avoiding damage as Fala throws knees to the body.
Lin takes an elbow to the temple.
Fala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Kelvin Lin's cut is getting worse.
Fala looking to throw knees to the head but Lin is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fala tries to land knees in the clinch but Lin avoids the damage to the body.
Lin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fala.
Fala lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lin takes an elbow to the temple.
Fala gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fala tries to land knees in the clinch but Lin avoids the damage to the body.
Clinched against the cage, Fala lands a big elbow that drops Lin! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Lin is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Fala!
The defeated Kelvin Lin had this to say: 'I'm sorry boss. I will build my way up here back.'.