PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Cormier (ranked 4689 p4p, 458 weight class) and Kedson Linhares (ranked 5735 p4p, 502 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cormier
vs
Linhares

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Cormier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kedson Linhares!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linhares with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cormier to score with a decent uppercut.
Linhares is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cormier stuffs the takedown attempt from Linhares. Linhares gets slowly back to his feet.

Linhares has Cormier up against the cage in a clinch.
Cormier misses with a punch to the body.
Linhares tries to work over Cormier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cormier slows down the pace here.
Cormier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Linhares wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier pressing his opponent against the cage.

Linhares breaks from the clinch.
Jon Cormier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cormier scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linhares doesn't seem bothered though.
Cormier connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Linhares's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cormier fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cormier throws a leg kick which misses Linhares's front leg but catches the back leg as Linhares tries to avoid it.
Cormier leaves Linhares with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cormier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cormier.

Linhares closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cormier lands an elbow that stopped Linhares in his tracks for a moment.
Linhares wants to break free but Cormier has control.
Cormier throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cormier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cormier.

Cormier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cormier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cormier lands a nice hook to Linhares's body. Linhares takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cormier lands with a nice body punch.
Linhares shoots in but Cormier avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jon Cormier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kedson Linhares.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cormier avoids the head kick by Linhares.
Linhares walks into a left hand.
Cormier misses with a few strikes there.

Cormier gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cormier avoiding damage.
Linhares is looking to break free of the clinch but Cormier has double underhooks.

Cormier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Linhares throws a nice looking combination but Cormier bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cormier rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Linhares moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Linhares closes the distance and clinches.

Cormier breaks from the clinch.
Cormier misses with a body punch

and Linhares counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Linhares avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Cormier is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Linhares defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier looking to control.

Cormier is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cormier wants to control but Linhares passes easily into half guard.
Linhares prevents Cormier from standing back up.

Cormier makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Linhares closes the distance and clinches.
Linhares has Cormier pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cormier manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Cormier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jon Cormier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Cormier clinches up against the cage.
Cormier misses with a body punch.

Cormier breaks from the clinch.

Linhares pushes Cormier up against the cage in a clinch.
Cormier is trying to break the clinch but Linhares has him pressed against the cage.

Linhares manages to break the clinch.
Cormier lands a jab.
Cormier slaps away a takedown attempt from Linhares, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linhares shoots for a double leg takedown but Cormier sprawls well. He's pushed Linhares's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Linhares or perhaps it was just good defense by Cormier, which made it look bad.

Linhares shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Linhares was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cormier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jon Cormier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Cormier clinches up with Linhares and pushes him back against the cage.
Cormier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Linhares backwards.
Cormier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cormier throws an elbow that misses.
Linhares fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cormier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cormier working aggressively here.
Cormier misses with a body punch.
Cormier lands a body shot in the clinch.
Come on Cormier - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cormier gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cormier stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cormier is pushing Linhares up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Cormier.
Linhares wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cormier is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cormier taking a breather.
Cormier is pushing Linhares up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jon Cormier.
Linhares avoids the body shot from Cormier.
Cormier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Linhares.
Cormier just misses with a punch to the body.
Linhares is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cormier sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Cormier clinches.

Cormier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Linhares.
Jon Cormier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kedson Linhares.
Linhares needs to keep his hands up - Cormier had a free shot at his head there.
Linhares avoids the body shot from Cormier.
Linhares wants to counter with a clinch but Cormier pushes him away.
Cormier thumps Linhares with a low kick.
Cormier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cormier stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cormier wants it to stay on the feet.
Cormier just misses with a punch to the body.
Linhares wants to counter with a clinch but Cormier pushes him away.
A good leg kick by Cormier.
Cormier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Linhares throws out a counter right but Cormier avoids it with no problem.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Cormier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier avoids the head kick by Linhares.
A jab from Cormier does it's job there.
Cormier misses with a hook to the body

and Linhares counters by moving into the clinch.
Linhares wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Cormier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cormier misses with a wild body shot.
Cormier throws a low kick, looking for Linhares's leg but Linhares calmly moves out of range.
Cormier lands with an overhand left.
Linhares shoots in looking for a takedown but Cormier manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Linhares's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jon Cormier is winning the standup battle so far.
Cormier misses with a two punch combination.
Cormier is looking to clinch.
Linhares tries to counter with a clinch but Cormier shakes him off and moves away.
Linhares fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cormier throws a body shot but no joy.
Cormier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Linhares.
Cormier misses with a body shot.
Linhares has a takedown stuffed.
Linhares is breathing heavily.
Linhares keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linhares on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linhares ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Cormier. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cormier.
Cormier lands a two punch combo.

Linhares is rocked!

Cormier clinches up against the cage.
Linhares is still on wobbly legs! Can Cormier finish him?
A short right from Cormier.

Cormier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Linhares doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cormier is looking to wear down Linhares with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Linhares gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Cormier gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Cormier!