PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Judah Christ (ranked 3455 p4p, 2022 weight class) and Senger Line (ranked 375 p4p, 259 weight class). Line comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Christ
vs
Line

185 cm
26
164
8 - 6 - 0

173 cm
28
158
2 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Judah Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Senger Line!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Line gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Christ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Christ as he checks the leg kick.
Christ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christ looks to score with a jab to the body but Line is just out of range.

Christ closes the distance and clinches.

Line manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christ passes Line's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Line actively working from the bottom here.
Line is doing well to control the position and prevent Christ from advancing to side control.
Line blocking the ground and pound attempt from Christ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Line gets full guard.

Christ avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Christ won't allow Line to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line is trying to control the position but Christ postures up.
Line is adopting a defensive guard.
Christ is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Line avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Line 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.
Christ wants to stand but Line has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Christ preventing the sweep.
Christ slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Christ controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Line is looking for a sweep.
Christ will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Christ trying to control the action but Line is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Line is looking for a sweep.
Christ is looking to take a break and control but Line is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Christ wants to control for a moment but Line uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Line manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ wants to control from the top but Line keeps moving.
Christ stopping the sweep attempt from Line.
Christ wants to control from the top but Line keeps moving.
Christ is stalling in the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Line is on top in guard.

Line landing some decent shots from guard.
Christ working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ is really struggling to control Line but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Line is in close to Christ's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Line working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Christ's head.
Line postures up and lands a big shot to Christ's brow.
Line working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Christ's head.
Line throwing strikes from guard but Christ blocks nicely.
Line working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Line postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Line preventing the sweep.
Christ trying to control the position.
Line working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Christ's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Christ throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Christ throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Line is working Christ over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Senger Line dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Line with the inside leg kick.

Christ darts in and clinches Line up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Line's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Christ tries a body shot but Line blocks it.
Line tries to score a body lock takedown but Christ shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Christ tries to throw a body punch but Line avoids it by throwing Christ back against the cage.
A short right from Christ.
Christ taking a breather.
Line misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Line.
Line lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Line.
Christ lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Line misses with a punch to the body.

Line pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Line has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Christ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christ scores with a hook.
Christ throws a jab but it's blocked by Line.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Line drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Christ clinches up with Line and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line throws a punch but it's blocked by Christ.
Line takes a shot to the head.
Line misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Line.
Line working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Line is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Christ gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short uppercut from Christ.
Judah Christ has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Line fails to land.
Christ scores with a shot to the side of Line's head.
Christ misses with a hook to the ribs.

Line manages to break the clinch.
Line ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
That kick from Line tenderised Christ's leg. Christ is trying to keep his angry face on.
Christ stuns Line with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Line throws a leg kick but Christ sees it coming and moves out of range.
Line walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Christ checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Line wants to slow Christ down by chopping away at his legs.
Line staying out of range there.
Christ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Line was well out of range. Poor timing from Christ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christ connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Christ misses with a few strikes there.
Christ ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Line moves away.
Christ thows a left - swing and a miss!
Line slips under a jab.
Christ moves in looking to clinch but Line pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Line.
Line throws a shot from downtown. Christ moves away and avoids it.
Christ bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Line's head.
Christ scores with a decent looking hook.
Christ just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Christ misses.
Christ scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Christ takes a swing at Line's ribcage but misses.
Christ is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Line throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christ wants to clinch up but Line keeps it at a distance.
Christ pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Line with a jab.
Christ getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Line.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christ has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Line on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Line takes one to the side of the head.
Christ takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Line looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Christ is fending him off so far but Line persists. Nope, Christ circles away and we're back to standing.
Judah Christ has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Senger Line.
Sloppy strikes from Line. Those never looked like landing.
Line slips a straight right by Christ.
Christ misses with a double jab.
Christ moves into range and connects with a jab.
Christ is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Line counters with a good, hard body kick but Christ shrugs it off.
Christ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Line circles away quickly and effectively.
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christ takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christ scores with a sloppy right hand. Line should have avoided that one.
Line misses with a head kick.
Christ ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Line moves away.
Judah Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Line does it's job there.
Line shoots in for a takedown but Christ shows good takedown defense.
Line closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Christ forces Line back against the cage and clinches.
Christ prevents a body shot from Line.
Line tries a body shot but Christ blocks it.

Line breaks the clinch.
Line fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Christ scores with a jab.
Line uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.
Line uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.
A head kick misses from Line.
Line throws a looping overhand right but Christ ducks down to avoid it.
Christ lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Christ throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Line on the side of the head.
Judah Christ is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Line lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Christ takes one to the chin there.
Christ misses the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Line 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Judah Christ dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Line keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christ.
Christ sizes up Line with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Line lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Christ dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christ tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Line counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Line throws a nice outside leg kick.
Christ looks to score with a jab to the body but Line is just out of range.
Christ takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Christ lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Christ tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Line manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Line.
Line bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Line changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Christ tries to avoid it but Line manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Christ to the ground. Christ escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Line looks to land a combination but Christ avoids it well.
Christ fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Line responds with a good body kick, but Christ manages to step out the way in time.
Christ misses with an uppercut. Line saw that one coming.
Christ thuds a left hand into Line's body.
Christ throws a big shot that misses.
Line with the counter takedown but Christ avoids it easily.
Christ looks to throw the jab but Line is out of range.
Line drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Christ defends it well.
Christ connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ lands a right hook to the body.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Line.
Line tries to score with a low kick but Christ moves his leg out of the way.
Line throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Line throws a low kick, looking for Christ's leg but Christ calmly moves out of range.
Christ tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Line manages to circle out of the way.
Judah Christ is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Line lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Christ at a distance.
Line getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Christ connects with a good right hand that stumbles Line. Line circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Line will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Line takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
An inside leg kick lands from Line.
Line throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Line scores with a sloppy right hand. Christ should have avoided that one.
Christ misses with a lunging right hand

and Line decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Christ's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christ keeping full guard, as Line tries to pass.
Christ trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Line throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Christ working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Line.
Line has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Line prevents Christ from getting back to his feet.
Christ working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Line's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Line trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Christ preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Line forces his way into half guard.
Line working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Christ trying to control here.
Line working over Christ with some ground and pound. Christ looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Senger Line has got the better of the ground game so far.
Line not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Line is looking to advance position but Christ won't allow it.
Line winds up and cracks Christ with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Line sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Christ defending well though.
Line throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Christ to regain full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Line accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Line is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Christ working a defensive guard here.
Christ tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Christ preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Line is looking to work some ground and pound but Christ has wrist control.
Line scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Line accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Line scoring with some ground and pound.
Line loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Line postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Line postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Line lands a couple of digs.
Line landing with the ground and pound.

Christ is rocked!
Line postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Christ is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Line arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Christ's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Senger Line!
Our winner, Senger Line, 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.