PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Senger Line (ranked 22906 p4p, 5220 weight class) and Rapido Nadadora (ranked 484 p4p, 460 weight class). Line comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Line
vs
Nadadora

173 cm
27
158
0 - 1 - 1

177 cm
33
161
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Heavy Metal Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Senger Line!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rapido Nadadora!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadadora misses with a series of wild punches.
Line smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nadadora throws a nice looking combination but Line bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nadadora throws a right hand that Line ducks under and follows up with a left that Line also avoids with ease.
Nadadora dodges the punch combination from Line.
Nadadora falls off balance throwing a combination
and Line counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Nadadora. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Nadadora. Those never looked like landing.
Nadadora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Line connects with the punch.
Line scores with a jab to the jaw.
Line looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Line throws a head kick that half lands.
Some wild striking there from Nadadora.
Line tries to counter with a takedown but Nadadora is quick to defend against it.
Nadadora tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line lands a body shot.
Nadadora closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Senger Line has been cut.
Nice jab there from Line.

Nadadora tries to keep at a distance but Line has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Line on the inside.
Line keeps control of Nadadora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Line breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rapido Nadadora is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nadadora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Line lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Line is looking to clinch but Nadadora is avoiding it.
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!
Nadadora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nadadora fails to land with a series of punches.
Nadadora lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Line circles away quickly and effectively.
Nadadora rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Line moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Line fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Line throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Line backs off Nadadora throws a huge counter combo but Line manages to avoid it all.
Nadadora takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Line clinches up against the cage.

Line gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Nadadora regains guard.
Line throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nadadora works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nadadora being controlled here, momentarily.
Line working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Line trying to control but Nadadora is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Line is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nadadora is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Line wants to pass the guard but Nadadora is keeping the position.
Nadadora avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Line missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Line in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Line trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nadadora keeping moving, preventing Line from controlling successfully.
Line with a flurry of punches that miss.
Line pushing down on Nadadora's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Line thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Line working over Nadadora with some ground and pound. Nadadora looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Line lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nadadora really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Line. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nice strikes from Line there.
Line missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Line is trying to work for a kimura but Nadadora is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Line lands with a punch from half guard.

Line is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nadadora defends it well.

Line looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nice strikes from Line there.
Line throwing shots but Nadadora is blocking nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Senger Line dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Senger Line's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Line lands a slapping body shot.

Line closes the distance and pushes Nadadora back into the cage.
Nadadora wants to get back to striking at distance but Line won't allow it.
Line throws a head punch that misses.
Nadadora misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Nadadora's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Nadadora breaks from the clinch.
Line is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nadadora can do to turn this around?
Nadadora takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nadadora walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nadadora takes one on the button.
Line connects with a nice looking jab.
Line connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nadadora misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nadadora blocks a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Nadadora.
Nadadora gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Line.
Line throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Nadadora.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nadadora on the side of the head.
Nadadora throws a right and a left that Line avoids nicely.

Line looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Line is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Line 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.
Line slips nicely into half guard.
Line is trying to control the action in half guard but Nadadora is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Line is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nadadora defends it well.
Nadadora keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Line throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line thows a huge punch but Nadadora dodges it nicely.
Line is trying to control the action in half guard but Nadadora is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Line thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nadadora's head.
Line working the head and body with strikes.
Well, if Line is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nadadora avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Line.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Line tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nadadora knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Line not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Line keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Line takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Line drops an elbow to the side of Nadadora's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line working Nadadora over with strikes.

Nadadora is rocked!
Line working Nadadora over with strikes.
Nadadora is still in real trouble! Can Line finish him?
Nadadora is breathing heavily.
Line lands a big elbow - Nadadora is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Line!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Senger Line!
A victorious Senger Line thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.