PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Lincoln (ranked 220 p4p, 196 weight class) and Anabolic Asteroid (ranked 31 p4p, 28 weight class). Lincoln 's entrance music is Sgt MacKenzie. A fine choice. Asteroid has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lincoln
vs
Asteroid

180 cm
30
160
14 - 4 - 0

171 cm
32
156
26 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Lincoln !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anabolic Asteroid!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asteroid throws a low kick but Lincoln moves out of range easily.
Asteroid moves in looking to clinch but Lincoln pushes him off.
A head kick by Lincoln misses

and Asteroid moves into the clinch.
Asteroid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Asteroid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lincoln avoids it.
Asteroid told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Asteroid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Asteroid - that landed with a thud.
Lincoln wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lincoln misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lincoln working hard to break the clinch.
Asteroid misses with a punch on the inside.
Lincoln swings wildly with an uppercut but Asteroid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lincoln lands a hook that snaps the head of Asteroid backwards.
Asteroid has a couple of punches blocked by Lincoln .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lincoln .
Lincoln misses with some punches.
Lincoln misses with some punches.
Asteroid pushes off an throws an elbow but Lincoln leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Asteroid throws an elbow but misses.
Lincoln has a couple of punches blocked by Asteroid.
Asteroid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lincoln avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lincoln manages to break the clinch.

Asteroid gets a clinch.
Asteroid tries to work over Lincoln 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Asteroid misses with a body punch.
Lincoln misses with a body punch.
Asteroid crunches a lovely knee into Lincoln 's ribcage.
Still in the clinch, Asteroid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Asteroid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Asteroid lands an uppercut.
Asteroid looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lincoln has a couple of punches blocked by Asteroid.
Lincoln lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Asteroid.
Asteroid blocks an uppercut.
Lincoln throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lincoln .
Lincoln has a couple of punches blocked by Asteroid.
Lincoln lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Asteroid or not.

Lincoln breaks the clinch.
Asteroid takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lincoln lands a nice hook to Asteroid's body. Asteroid takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid connects with a body shot that sends Lincoln 's belly button to the back.
Lincoln connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Asteroid momentarily.
Lincoln walks into a jab.
Lincoln lands the left hand.
Lincoln sizes up Asteroid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Asteroid takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Asteroid misses with an uppercut. Lincoln saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Lincoln .
Lincoln keeps the fight on the outside.
Asteroid takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Asteroid is looking to clinch.
Asteroid takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Asteroid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lincoln misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Asteroid on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've been told by Lincoln 's head coaches at SYDNEY ELITE GYM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A lazy left from Asteroid finds it's target.
Lincoln throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lincoln misses with a looping left.
Lincoln misses with an uppercut.
Lincoln misses with a right hand
and Asteroid counters with a leg kick.
Asteroid is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln lands a nice shot to the body.
Asteroid fails to land with a series of punches.
Lincoln throws a jab when Asteroid was well out of range.
Asteroid looks to land a right hand but Lincoln moved out of range.
Asteroid takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lincoln throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asteroid.
Lincoln scores with a sloppy right hand. Asteroid should have avoided that one.
Asteroid takes one to the side of the head.
Asteroid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lincoln has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Asteroid.
Nice jab there from Lincoln .
Lincoln lands a really nice looking cross but Asteroid seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asteroid tries to close the distance and clinch but Lincoln swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lincoln is looking to slow Asteroid down with leg kicks.
Lincoln missing with a left hand there. Asteroid was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asteroid moves away.
Asteroid misses with a leg kick.
Asteroid lands with a hook. Lincoln tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lincoln moves out of range of the body kick from Asteroid.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid feints and then cracks Lincoln 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lincoln down.
Lincoln moves out of range of the leg kick from Asteroid.
Lincoln throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Asteroid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lincoln . That did some damage!
Asteroid looks to throw the jab but Lincoln is out of range.
Asteroid scores with a sloppy right hand. Lincoln should have avoided that one.

Lincoln tries to keep at a distance but Asteroid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Asteroid misses with a knee to the head.
Asteroid fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lincoln scores with a shoulder strike.
Lincoln scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lincoln .
A head punch on the inside from Asteroid fails to land.
Lincoln tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asteroid's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lincoln working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Asteroid blocking some punches.
Asteroid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lincoln fails to land.
Asteroid digs a right hand into Lincoln 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lincoln 's gas tank.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Lincoln will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lincoln uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Asteroid avoids the body shot from Lincoln .
Lincoln ducks under a wild hook from Asteroid.
Asteroid finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jab from Asteroid.
Lincoln misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asteroid.
Lincoln sets himself, and Asteroid steps forward looking for the clinch! Lincoln avoids it this time.
Asteroid moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lincoln throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Asteroid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lincoln throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lincoln attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lincoln checks a leg kick.
Lincoln throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lincoln fails to land with a series of punches.
Asteroid tries to work over Lincoln 's front leg with a kick but Lincoln checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asteroid misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice jab there from Asteroid.
Asteroid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asteroid ducks under a wild hook from Lincoln .
Asteroid is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asteroid swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lincoln .
Lincoln is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lincoln showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Asteroid.
Lincoln tries to score with a low kick but Asteroid moves his leg out of the way.
Asteroid is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Asteroid lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lincoln swings for the body but Asteroid moves out of range.
Asteroid turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lincoln scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Asteroid with a hook.
Lincoln fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Asteroid on the side of the head.
A big right from Asteroid misses.
Asteroid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asteroid doesn't manage to clinch there - Lincoln circles away.
Lincoln wants to slow Asteroid down by chopping away at his legs.
It seemed like Asteroid was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lincoln slips a jab from Asteroid.
Asteroid takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asteroid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asteroid misses with a combination
and Lincoln counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lincoln . That's going to slow Asteroid down.
Lincoln swats away the attempt to clinch by Asteroid.
Lincoln lands a body shot.
Asteroid tries to clinch but Lincoln moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Asteroid.
Lincoln checks a leg kick.
Lincoln uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asteroid.
Asteroid throws a right and a left that Lincoln avoids nicely.
It looked like Lincoln was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Asteroid.
Lincoln defending well as Asteroid loads up on a big left hand.
Asteroid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lincoln lands a jab to the nose.
Asteroid moves away from the strike by Lincoln .
Asteroid lands with a right hand.
Asteroid takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid misses with a wild combination.
Lincoln is looking to counter punch.
Lincoln fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Asteroid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lincoln throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asteroid.
Lincoln throws out a loose jab but Asteroid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good work by Lincoln as he checks the leg kick.
Lincoln throws a nice inside leg kick.
Asteroid chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lincoln can pounce on him.
Asteroid misses with a hook.
Lincoln tries to score with a low kick but Asteroid moves his leg out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Asteroid.
Lincoln swings for the body but Asteroid moves out of range.
Lincoln has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Asteroid looks to land a left hand but Lincoln moved out of range nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Asteroid. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Asteroid.
Lincoln misses with a hook.
Asteroid tries to counter with a clinch but Lincoln shakes him off and moves away.
Asteroid scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid moves out of range of the leg kick from Lincoln .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lincoln misses the jab.

Lincoln tries to keep at a distance but Asteroid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lincoln blocks the elbow strike.
Asteroid lands a good knee to the midsection. Lincoln won't want to take too many of those.
Lincoln throws a punch but it's blocked by Asteroid.
A nice left hand lands by Lincoln .
Lincoln 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asteroid.
A right hand to the body from Asteroid.
A short left from Asteroid.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lincoln .
A frustrated look appears on Lincoln 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lincoln wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lincoln breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asteroid connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lincoln scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Asteroid moves away from the strike by Lincoln .
Lincoln lands an overhand right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Lincoln will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Asteroid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anabolic Asteroid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Asteroid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lincoln throws a jab but it's blocked by Asteroid.
Asteroid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Asteroid tries a head kick but it misses.
Asteroid changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lincoln misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asteroid.
Lincoln misses with a wild body shot.
Asteroid misses with a right hand
and Lincoln counters with a nice uppercut.
Lincoln keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asteroid.
Lincoln cracks a nice hook into Asteroid's ribs.
Lincoln showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Asteroid.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asteroid throws a chopping leg kick but Lincoln manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice uppercut there from Asteroid.
Lincoln tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asteroid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
A low kick lands for Asteroid.
Lincoln uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asteroid.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lincoln connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Asteroid on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lincoln .
Lincoln connects with a jab.
Lincoln jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asteroid lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lincoln 's sensitive parts.
Asteroid fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lincoln checks it well.
Lincoln throws a body shot but no joy.
Asteroid takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Alexander Lincoln is winning the standup battle so far.

Lincoln tries to keep at a distance but Asteroid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lincoln has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Asteroid trying to land knees to the body.
Lincoln takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lincoln escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Asteroid lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters circling - Lincoln throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lincoln walks into a straight right hand from Asteroid.
Alexander Lincoln is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Lincoln misses.
Lincoln throws a jab when Asteroid was well out of range.
A slow jab from Asteroid misses its intended target.
Asteroid misses with a straight left.
Lincoln pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Asteroid back to the cage. Lincoln follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Asteroid throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick from Asteroid misses.
Asteroid's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A lazy left from Lincoln finds it's target.
Asteroid loads up on a big right hand but Lincoln slips the punch.
Asteroid misses with a looping right.
Lincoln throwing a counter right hand but Asteroid manages to avoid it.
Lincoln lands a leg kick that knocks Asteroid off balance momentarily.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asteroid moves away.
Asteroid throws a body punch but Lincoln moves out of range.
Asteroid's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lincoln connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Asteroid scrambles back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Asteroid.
Asteroid avoids the body shot from Lincoln .
Asteroid throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lincoln .
Asteroid tries to clinch but Lincoln is having none of it.
It looked like Lincoln wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid looks to land a left hand but Lincoln moved out of range nicely.
Lincoln is looking to counter punch.
Lincoln keeps the fight on the outside.
That kick from Lincoln tenderised Asteroid's leg. Asteroid is trying to keep his angry face on.
Asteroid darts in trying to clinch
and Lincoln counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Asteroid thinking.
Asteroid throws out a leg kick but Lincoln moves out of range and Asteroid only half commits.
Asteroid walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lincoln dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Asteroid. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick from Asteroid misses.
Asteroid misses with a hook.
Asteroid misses with a low kick.
A left lands for Lincoln .
Lincoln scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Asteroid walks into a stiff left hand from Lincoln .
Asteroid tries to clinch up.
Lincoln connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lincoln paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Asteroid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lincoln .
Asteroid missing with a left hand there. Lincoln was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asteroid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lincoln throwing a counter right hand but Asteroid manages to avoid it.
Lincoln scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Asteroid scores with a sloppy right hand. Lincoln should have avoided that one.
Lincoln scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Asteroid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lincoln .
Asteroid will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice shot lands for Lincoln .
Lincoln lunges at Asteroid with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Asteroid's hand.
Lincoln checks a low kick from Asteroid.
Lincoln misses with a hook. Asteroid ducked under it nicely.
Lincoln slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asteroid on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lincoln connects with a body shot that sends Asteroid's belly button to the back.
A big left from Asteroid misses.
Jab by Lincoln .

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Lincoln showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lincoln , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Lincoln !
A very excited looking Alexander Lincoln made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.