PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Lindgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Madrigal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madrigal is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil Jon-Throw it Up. Mikael Lindgren could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Julio Madrigal's chin.

Lindgren
vs
Madrigal

186 cm
28
177 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

178 cm
31
178 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Union Fight Gear
Conviction

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikael Lindgren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Julio Madrigal!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindgren buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Madrigal takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lindgren - that will leave a mark!
Julio Madrigal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lindgren ducks under a wild hook from Madrigal.
Madrigal swings for the body but Lindgren moves out of range.
Madrigal throws a jab when Lindgren was well out of range.
Lindgren scores with a leg kick.
Lindgren tests Madrigal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Madrigal throws a hook to the side of Lindgren's head but Lindgren sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Madrigal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lindgren connects with the punch.
Madrigal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Madrigal moves out of range of the body kick from Lindgren.
Lindgren scores with a shot to the body.
Lindgren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Madrigal misses.
Madrigal on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Madrigal checks a low kick from Lindgren.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren thows a body shot but no joy.
Lindgren throws a head kick but Madrigal moves out of range.
Lindgren has been working on his boxing with his coaches at New York MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Nice sprawl there from Lindgren as Madrigal shoots in.
Madrigal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Mikael Lindgren has been cut.
Lindgren cracks a nice hook into Madrigal's ribs.
Madrigal checks a leg kick.
Lindgren takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lindgren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindgren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Madrigal.
Lindgren misses the shot to the body.
Lindgren throws a leg kick but Madrigal sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lindgren - that will leave a mark!
Madrigal throws a lazy right hand but Lindgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Madrigal throws an off balance right hand

and Lindgren counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal is trying to maintain the position but Lindgren is very close to passing his half guard.
Madrigal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lindgren.

Lindgren is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Madrigal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Madrigal is trying to get back to full guard.

Madrigal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lindgren pulls his head out easily.
Madrigal tries to roll over but Lindgren keeps him under control.
Lindgren thows a huge punch but Madrigal dodges it nicely.
Lindgren thows a huge punch but Madrigal dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Madrigal actively working from the bottom here.
Lindgren 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.
Lindgren is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lindgren seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Madrigal is refusing to be controlled, as Lindgren sits in half guard.

Madrigal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Madrigal blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lindgren.
Lindgren missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Madrigal is looking to improve his position.
Lindgren drops an elbow to the side of Madrigal's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Madrigal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal won't allow Lindgren to pass to mount.
Madrigal is looking to control Lindgren's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Madrigal avoid being mounted?
Lindgren wants to control but Madrigal is keeping him busy.
Madrigal is pressing down on Lindgren's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lindgren with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madrigal wants to stand up but Lindgren is controlling him.
Madrigal trying to strike off his back.

Madrigal working for a triangle but Lindgren defends it easily.
Madrigal keeping moving, preventing Lindgren from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lindgren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Lindgren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Lindgren's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lindgren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Madrigal misses with a two punch combination.
Lindgren swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Madrigal misses with a hook.
Lindgren misses with a body kick.
Madrigal takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lindgren avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lindgren misses with a head kick.
Lindgren throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lindgren is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lindgren cracks Madrigal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lindgren misses with a wild body shot.
Madrigal moves out of range of the body kick.
Madrigal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lindgren is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, jab by Madrigal - just one landing.
Madrigal misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Lindgren. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lindgren.
Lindgren walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Madrigal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Madrigal tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Madrigal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lindgren. Lindgren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lindgren thows a body kick. Madrigal tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Madrigal connects with a looping right hand.
Madrigal cracks a nice hook into Lindgren's ribs.
Lindgren lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lindgren misses with a low kick.
Lindgren wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lindgren motions for Madrigal to come forward. Lindgren throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Madrigal misses with an uppercut.
Madrigal scores with a shot to the body.
Lindgren smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lindgren. Madrigal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madrigal jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren blocks a jab.
Madrigal misses with a body shot.
Lindgren slips a jab from Madrigal.
Lindgren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Madrigal throws a lazy right hand but Lindgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lindgren misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Madrigal crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lindgren - the referee stops the clock and Madrigal gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lindgren. Madrigal manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Madrigal misses.
Madrigal lands with a shot to the body.
Crunch! Lindgren slams his shin into Madrigal's torso.
Lindgren throws the kick towards the body but Madrigal avoids it.
Madrigal misses with the combination.
Lindgren pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Madrigal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Madrigal connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal ducks right into an uppercut from Lindgren.
Lindgren is looking to land body kicks.
Mikael Lindgren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Madrigal fails to land with a series of punches.
Lindgren lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lindgren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lindgren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindgren misses with a body shot.
Madrigal slips under a jab.
Lindgren lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Madrigal fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lindgren sprawls well initially but Madrigal persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lindgren regains full guard. Nicely done.
Madrigal scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lindgren had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Madrigal defends it easily.
Madrigal working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal scoring with some ground and pound.
Madrigal lands a couple of elbows.
Madrigal throws a strike but Lindgren rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Madrigal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Madrigal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lindgren!
Lindgren is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindgren tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Julio Madrigal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mikael Lindgren's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Madrigal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindgren.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madrigal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big right from Lindgren misses.
Madrigal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Madrigal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindgren slips under a jab.
Lindgren misses with a hook.
Madrigal swings for the body but Lindgren moves out of range.
Lindgren ducks under a wild hook from Madrigal.
Lindgren lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lindgren attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Madrigal cracks Lindgren with an open hand slap.
Lindgren walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Madrigal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Madrigal blocks a head kick by Lindgren.
Madrigal throws out a loose jab but Lindgren uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren moves out of range of the strikes.
Lindgren throws a quick inside leg kick.
Madrigal misses with a straight left.
Lindgren ducks right into an uppercut from Madrigal.
Lindgren lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Madrigal moves out of range as Lindgren throws a body kick.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madrigal scores with a jab.
Madrigal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lindgren connects with a nice looking jab.
Lindgren throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lindgren throws a low kick but Madrigal moves out of range easily.
Madrigal moves out of range as Lindgren throws a body kick.
A lazy left from Madrigal finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal misses with a hook.
Madrigal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lindgren connects with a leg kick. Madrigal looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madrigal throws a series of punches but Lindgren avoids them all with ease.
Madrigal cracks Lindgren with a good jab.
Mikael Lindgren is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Madrigal misses.
Nice defenses there by Lindgren.
Lindgren scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Madrigal doesn't seem bothered though.
Madrigal misses with a looping left.
Lindgren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lindgren takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lindgren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Madrigal misses the target.
Lindgren throws a head kick but Madrigal moves out of range.
Lindgren sizes up Madrigal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lindgren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lindgren circles away.
Lindgren defending well as Madrigal loads up on a big left hand.
Lindgren takes a jab right on the kisser.
Madrigal avoids a kick to the body.
Lindgren connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lindgren gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Madrigal.
Madrigal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lindgren.
Lindgren is looking to land body kicks.
Madrigal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lindgren fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lindgren slips a jab from Madrigal.
Lindgren scores with a push kick.
Madrigal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Madrigal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lindgren throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lindgren slaps away a takedown attempt from Madrigal, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mikael Lindgren has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Madrigal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Madrigal blocks the low kick.
Lindgren tries to work over Madrigal's front leg with a kick but Madrigal checks it.
Nice cross by Madrigal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindgren dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Madrigal. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Madrigal misses its intended target.
Lindgren misses with a head kick.
Madrigal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Madrigal.
Decent striking displayed by Madrigal there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lindgren fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Madrigal checks it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Lindgren.
Lindgren connects with a looping right hand.
Lindgren connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Mikael Lindgren did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Mikael Lindgren's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lindgren misses with a low kick.
Lindgren swings for the body but Madrigal moves out of range.
Madrigal has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lindgren.
Madrigal tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lindgren swivels and escapes.
Lindgren throws a jab but it's blocked by Madrigal.
Madrigal lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Lindgren finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Madrigal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lindgren throws a low kick but Madrigal moves out of range easily.

Madrigal drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lindgren looking to control.
Madrigal is working Lindgren over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Madrigal is in close to Lindgren's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Madrigal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Madrigal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lindgren is keeping the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madrigal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madrigal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Madrigal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lindgren works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Madrigal tries to free his leg and advance position but Lindgren is retaining full guard.

Lindgren looking for a guillotine here but Madrigal defends easily.
Madrigal throwing strikes but missing.
Madrigal is in close to Lindgren's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren trying to keep a closed guard but Madrigal is proving a slippery customer.
Lindgren 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.
Madrigal working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Lindgren is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Madrigal defends well.
Madrigal stands up over Lindgren, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Madrigal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Madrigal lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal scoring with some ground and pound.

Lindgren has his feet on Madrigal's thighs here. He's pushed Madrigal off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Madrigal screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mikael Lindgren!
Mikael Lindgren retains his welterweight title!
Mikael Lindgren made sure to mention his sponsor, Conviction in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Julio Madrigal stepped up to the mic, saying 'Props to him, he beat me fair and square this time. I will go back to the gym and get better, I'm going to win my belt back.'.