PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Goran Lovric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lovric might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Guy Sebastian - Like A Drum. Lynn has chosen Pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lovric
vs
Lynn

170 cm
22
157 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

172 cm
22
155 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Grand Royal Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Goran Lovric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carl Lynn!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovric scoring well with a low kick there.

Lovric has Lynn up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lovric creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lynn tries to stall but Lovric uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lovric lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lynn is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lynn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lynn effectively controlling the action here.

Lovric's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lynn shoots in but no luck this time.
Goran Lovric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Lynn.
Lovric stuffs the takedown.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lynn is defended easily by Lovric.
Lynn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lovric.
Lynn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carl Lynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lynn fails with the takedown
and Lovric counters with a leg kick.
Lovric sizes up Lynn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovric feints and then cracks Lynn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lynn down.
Lovric misses the shot to the body.
Lynn misses with a series of wild punches.
Lovric scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lovric lands a glancing blow to the side of Lynn's head.
Lynn fails with the takedown
and Lovric counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lynn darts in looking for a takedown but Lovric gets double underhooks and turns Lynn into the cage.
Lovric lands a hook that snaps the head of Lynn backwards.

Lovric breaks from the clinch.
Lynn doesn't succeed with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lovric fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab from Lovric.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lynn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lovric throws a looping overhand right but Lynn ducks down to avoid it.
Lovric walks into a straight right hand from Lynn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovric moves away from the strike by Lynn.
Lynn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lovric defends it nicely.
Lovric connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lynn. Lynn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice uppercut there from Lovric.
Lovric is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lynn.
Lovric keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lovric slaps away a takedown attempt from Lynn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lynn has a takedown stuffed.
Lynn misses with a wild body shot.
Lovric lands a slapping body shot.
Lynn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lovric thuds his right hand into Lynn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lynn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynn tries to move into range but Lovric moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Lynn is rocked!
Lovric scores with a leg kick.
Lynn is still on wobbly legs! Can Lovric finish him?
Lynn walks into a straight right hand from Lovric.
Lovric defending well as Lynn loads up on a big left hand.
Lynn closes the distance and clinches up with Lovric, looking for a takedown. Lynn pushes Lovric against the cage but Lovric circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lovric is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lynn looks winded!
Lynn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lovric lands with a nice body punch.

Lovric gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lovric content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are battling for position here. Lynn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lynn can't keep his opponent in guard - Lovric advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lynn seems to have recovered his senses.
Lovric wants to control but Lynn is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovric trying to control the pace.
Lynn trying to control from the bottom.
Lovric wants to pass to mount but Lynn is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lovric wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lynn keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Goran Lovric.
Lovric displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lynn.
Lynn fails with a takedown attempt.
Lynn dives in for a single leg takedown but Lovric sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lynn is trying desperately to land a takedown but Lovric is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Lynn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lynn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lynn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Lovric.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goran Lovric dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab from Lovric finds it's way through Lynn's defenses.
Nice takedown defense from Lovric. No joy for Lynn on that attempt.
Lynn misses with a leg kick
and Lovric cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lynn misses with a takedown attempt - Lovric sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lynn throws out a loose jab but Lovric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lynn misses with an uppercut.
Lovric lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lovric connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lovric connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lynn. Lynn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Lovric looking to score a takedown here. Lynn is defending well but Lovric drives through and ends up in Lynn's guard.
Lovric's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lovric advances position into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lovric is looking to take a break and control but Lynn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovric scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lynn to see if he's OK.
Lynn tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Lovric stands up and beckons Lynn to his feet.
Lynn swats away the attempt to clinch by Lovric.
Lovric throws a jab when Lynn was well out of range.
Lynn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Goran Lovric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Lynn.
Lynn slips under a jab.
Lovric bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lynn's head backwards.
Lynn misses with a takedown attempt
and Lovric counters with a straight right hand.
Lovric chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lynn dives in and grabs Lovric's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lovric pushes down on Lynn's head and hops out.
Lynn is breathing heavily.

Lovric clinches up with Lynn and pushes him back against the cage.
Lovric has Lynn pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lovric breaks from the clinch.
Lynn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lovric can pounce on him.
Goran Lovric is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovric fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lynn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lynn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lovric sprawls well. Lovric wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lynn gets slowly back to his feet.
Lynn with a poor takedown
letting Lovric counter with a right hand.

Lovric rushes Lynn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lovric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lynn can do to turn this around?
Lovric pushes Lynn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lynn tries to work over Lovric's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Lovric breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lynn fails with the takedown
letting Lovric counter with a right hand.
Lynn shoots in but no luck this time.
Lynn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lovric lands an overhand right.
Lovric scores with a nice right hand.

Lovric gets a double leg takedown into Lynn's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovric is working Lynn over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lovric trying to control the position from guard on top but Lynn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lovric landing some decent shots from guard.
Our spies down at at The Exiled BJJ and Wrestling inform us that Lynn has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Lovric sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lynn's guard.
Lynn is trying to maintain the position but Lovric is very close to passing his half guard.
Lovric seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lovric is trying to control. Lynn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lovric passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lynn!
Lovric trying to control but Lynn is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovric is landing with some decent strikes but Lynn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Goran Lovric overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
BOOM! Lovric connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lynn tries to hold on but Lovric pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovric sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lynn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lynn is still trying to improve position.
Lovric fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lynn tries to lock up and control but Lovric gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lovric sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lovric tries to control but Lynn wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goran Lovric dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lovric connects with a crisp jab.
Lynn has a takedown stuffed.
Lynn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lynn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lovric connects with a body shot.
Lynn looks to land a left hand but Lovric moved out of range nicely.
Lovric tests Lynn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lynn fails to land the takedown.
Goran Lovric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Lynn.
Lynn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lovric fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lynn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lynn tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lovric defends well and Lynn ends up having to push Lovric into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lynn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lovric softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovric is pushing Lynn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lovric unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Lynn! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lovric is unloading with more strikes now! Lynn drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Goran Lovric!
During a confident post fight interview, Goran Lovric thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Carl Lynn had this to say: 'I tried.'.