PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo Lindeman (ranked 3611 p4p, 3722 weight class) and Andre Balschmieter (ranked 0 p4p, 430 weight class). Geronimo Lindeman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Andre Balschmieter's chin.

Lindeman
vs
Balschmieter

179 cm
29
179
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Geronimo Lindeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Balschmieter!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindeman works Balschmieter's body with a nice hook.
Lindeman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Balschmieter misses with a lunging right hand
and Lindeman counters with a thumping low kick.
Balschmieter looks winded!
Lindeman throws a front kick that sends Balschmieter stumbling back into the cage.
Lindeman punishes Balschmieter's body with a nice straight punch.
Balschmieter 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.
Andre Balschmieter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lindeman moves into the clinch.
Lindeman lands a hook that snaps the head of Balschmieter backwards.
Nice body punch from Lindeman - that landed with a thud.
Lindeman is working Balschmieter over against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lindeman lands with a right to the head.
Balschmieter takes a shot to the head.
Lindeman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balschmieter or not.
Lindeman pushes Balschmieter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lindeman lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Lindeman.
Balschmieter takes a shot to the head.

Balschmieter is rocked!
Lindeman misses with the head strike.
Balschmieter is still on wobbly legs! Can Lindeman finish him?
Lindeman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Lindeman's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lindeman misses with some punches.
Lindeman working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lindeman.
Lindeman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lindeman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lindeman misses with some punches.
Lindeman swings wildly with an uppercut but Balschmieter uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindeman working aggressively here.
Lindeman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lindeman throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balschmieter.
Lindeman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lindeman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lindeman working aggressively here.
Lindeman working aggressively here.
Lindeman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lindeman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lindeman misses with a punch on the inside.
Lindeman has a couple of punches blocked by Balschmieter.
Lindeman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lindeman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lindeman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lindeman fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balschmieter.
A short body shot lands from Lindeman as the two fighters clinch.
Lindeman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lindeman throws a head punch that misses.
Lindeman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lindeman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lindeman throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lindeman.
Balschmieter seems to have recovered his senses.
Lindeman lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lindeman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lindeman throws a big uppercut that drops Balschmieter! More strikes from Lindeman and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Balschmieter lies dazed against the cage as Lindeman celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geronimo Lindeman!
After winning the bout, Geronimo Lindeman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.