PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Travor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Lindgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Travor has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Travor
vs
Lindgren

184 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Travor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Lindgren!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Travor feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Travor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lindgren really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Travor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Travor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Travor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lindgren swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Travor landing some decent shots from guard.
Travor postures up.
Travor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lindgren can't keep his opponent in guard - Travor advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Travor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Travor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Travor works his foot free and advances to mount.
The referee warns Lindgren that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Travor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lindgren's face.
Lindgren is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lindgren slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Lindgren trying to control but Travor postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Travor wants to pass to mount but Lindgren is defending the position.
Travor moves nicely into side control.
Travor moves into full mount!
Lindgren is looking to get to half guard.
Lindgren looks gassed!
Lindgren is trying to stand.
Travor lands a big shot there that rocks Lindgren but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Travor 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.
Travor lands a nice shot to the head.
Lindgren tries to hold on but Travor pushes him away.
Travor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Travor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lindgren is squirming around, avoiding Travor's attempts to control the action.
Travor controlling the position easily from mount.
Travor punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Travor controlling the pace for now.
Travor landing punches.
Lindgren is in a horrible position here. Travor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Travor putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lindgren is looking to improve his position but Travor isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Travor.
Lindgren is trying to escape the mount.
Travor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lindgren is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lindgren wants to hold on but Travor pushes him away.
Travor landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren taking shots to the head.
Travor landing strikes from the mount.
Travor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lindgren has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Travor's lack of action.
Travor trying to control from half guard but Lindgren is working away.
Lindgren pushes Travor off looking to stand but Travor dives back in and keeps control.
Travor thows a huge punch but Lindgren dodges it nicely.
Lindgren trying to control but Travor postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lindgren doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Travor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Travor.
Travor looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lindgren keeping moving, preventing Travor from controlling successfully.
Travor stands up over Lindgren, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travor scoring with some ground and pound.
Lindgren wants to sweep but no luck.
Travor postures up.
Travor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Travor looking to pass the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Travor shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Travor was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Travor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lindgren's face.
Travor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lindgren is looking to escape.
Travor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lindgren's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travor trying to control but Lindgren is having none of it.
Travor with a couple of short strikes.
Travor lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Travor dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lindgren lands a head kick!

Travor is rocked!
Travor shoots in but Lindgren avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Travor shoots in looking for a takedown. Lindgren tries to sprawl out of it but Travor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lindgren manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tim Lindgren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Lindgren. No joy for Travor on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Travor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lindgren gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lindgren keeping moving, preventing Travor from controlling successfully.
Lindgren looking to control.
Travor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lindgren is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Travor lands a couple of elbows.
Lindgren trying to control the position.
Travor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Travor fails with the takedown
and Lindgren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lindgren shoots and misses

so Travor counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Travor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lindgren tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Travor trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindgren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Travor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Travor working some strikes from top position.
Travor stands up over Lindgren, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Travor postures up and lands a big shot to Lindgren's brow.
Travor advances to half guard.
Travor lands with a punch from half guard.
Travor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lindgren with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lindgren tries to get to full guard but Travor has control of the leg.
Lindgren trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren is not content to let Travor control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Travor connects with a nice short shot to Lindgren's temple.
Lindgren looks like he's trying to stand up.
Travor content to control rather than advance.
Travor trying to control from half guard but Lindgren is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Travor looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Travor frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Travor landing strikes from the mount.
Lindgren is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Travor looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren is wriggling around trying to escape.
Travor is landing with some decent strikes but Lindgren is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lindgren in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Travor lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lindgren hang on?
Travor lands a nice shot to the head.
Travor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Travor lands a big shot there that rocks Lindgren but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Travor with a couple of short strikes.
Travor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lindgren?
Lindgren really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Travor landing shots from mount.
Lindgren working to try and regain half guard.
Travor lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travor avoids the attempt from Lindgren to control.
Lindgren slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Travor is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lindgren defends it well.
Travor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lindgren defending well though.
Lindgren makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lindgren.
Travor scoring with some ground and pound.
Travor trying to control but Lindgren is working from the bottom.
Travor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Travor trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindgren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travor chips away with some ground and pound.
Travor is in close to Lindgren's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Travor distracts Lindgren with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Travor scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Travor dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Travor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lindgren's guard.
Travor landing some decent shots from guard.
Travor controlling from the top position.
Travor wants to pass the guard but Lindgren is keeping the position.
Travor looking to sit in guard and control but Lindgren gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lindgren won't allow Travor to sweep him here.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Travor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Travor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lindgren is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Travor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lindgren's head.
Travor wants to pass the guard but Lindgren is defending well.
Lindgren moves into full guard.
Travor trying to control but Lindgren is working from the bottom.
Lindgren controls Travor momentarily but Travor frees himself.
Lindgren is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Travor shoots and misses
and Travor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lindgren fails with the takedown

and Travor counters with a shoot takedown. Lindgren fights it but they end up in guard.
Travor tries to free his leg and advance position but Lindgren is retaining full guard.
Lindgren keeping moving, preventing Travor from controlling successfully.
Travor seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travor advances position into side control!
Travor controls the position from side control.
Travor is looking to take a break and control but Lindgren is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Travor working away.
Travor working the body and head with strikes.
Travor happy to just control the position for now.
Lindgren tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Travor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Luke Travor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lindgren struggling a bit here.
Travor scores with punches from side control.
Lindgren takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Travor is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lindgren has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lindgren is pushing Travor's head away, looking to escape. Travor manages to hold on to the position though.
Lindgren gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Travor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Travor wants to free his trapped foot but Lindgren is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Travor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lindgren is staying active underneath Travor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Travor scores a takedown into full mount!
Travor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lindgren is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Travor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lindgren takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Travor with shots to the head and body - Lindgren looks very uncomfortable down there.
Travor controlling from the full mount.
Travor lands a big shot there that rocks Lindgren but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Travor with a couple of short strikes.
Travor punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lindgren squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Lindgren is looking to improve his position but Travor isn't that keen on the idea.

Lindgren defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Travor.
Travor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Travor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lindgren's face.
Travor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lindgren?
Tim Lindgren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Travor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Travor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Travor, 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Travor!