PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Lindell (ranked 6431 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralphy Lock (ranked 25551 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Lindell
vs
Lock

182 cm
23
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chuck Lindell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ralphy Lock!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lock tries a head kick but it misses.
Lock has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Lindell slips under a jab.
Lindell tries to land a body kick
letting Lock counter with a right hand.
Lindell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice combination there by Lindell.
Lock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lindell.
Lock throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lindell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lock.
Lock looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindell is looking to regain half guard here but Lock keeps moving and retains side control.
Lindell is working hard here to advance position.
Lindell holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Lindell is looking to regain half guard here but Lock keeps moving and retains side control.
Lock trying to control the action but Lindell is working from the bottom.
Lock in side control, throwing shots but Lindell defends.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lindell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lock wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lock taking a breather here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lindell throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lock.
Lindell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lindell tries to bum rush Lock with a series of wild strikes but Lock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on Lock's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lindell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lindell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lock throws a right hand that Lindell ducks under and follows up with a left that Lindell also avoids with ease.
Lindell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lindell looks to land a combination but Lock avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lindell.
Lindell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Lock counter with a right hand.
Lock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lock is looking to land body kicks.

Lock dives in and scores a takedown into Lindell's guard.
Lock trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lindell is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Lindell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lindell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lock backs up against the cage.
Lindell throws a nice looking combination but Lock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lock falls off balance throwing a combination

and Lindell counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lindell.
Lindell slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lock is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lindell decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lock, up you get!
Lindell tries to bum rush Lock with a series of wild strikes but Lock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lindell misses with a combination
and Lock counters with a straight right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Lindell scores with a four punch combination!
Lindell throws a right hand that Lock ducks under and follows up with a left that Lock also avoids with ease.
A leg kick checked by Lock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Lindell does no damage.
Chuck Lindell is winning the standup battle so far.

Lindell tries to sprawl but Lock drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Lindell makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lock throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lindell tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lock is in Lindell's guard.
Lock is fighting to break Lindell's control of his arms but Lindell is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lindell is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lock is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindell managing to control the position.
Lindell wants to sweep here but Lock controlling him for the moment.
Lindell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lock can do to turn this around?
Lindell has Lock pulled in close to control his posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Chuck Lindell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lock wants to stand but Lindell is controlling his posture from full guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Lindell avoids the head kick by Lock.
It looked like Lindell was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lindell closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Lindell dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lindell feints a jab promting Lock to slip. Lindell then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lock slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lindell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lindell seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lindell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Despite the aggression on Lock's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lindell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lock.
Lock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lindell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lindell avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Lock looks to move away, Lindell throws a big counter combo but Lock just gets out of the way.
Lock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lock throws a head kick that misses.
Lindell went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lindell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lindell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lock seems a little lost for a moment, as Lindell dominates the positioning.
Lindell has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Lindell.

Lindell stands up and beckons Lock to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lindell shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lindell showed some decent athleticism there.
Lock is looking to escape.

Lindell decides to stand and escape the position.

Lindell closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindell can't get the takedown.
Lock has had enough of the clinch but Lindell keeps him there for the moment.
Lock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lindell is keeping busy.

Lindell manages to pull guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lindell holds on and takes a little breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lock won't allow Lindell to sweep him here.
Lock trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lindell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lindell has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Lindell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lindell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Lindell!
Our winner, Chuck Lindell, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.