PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Riquelme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Riquelme
vs
Lin

175 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Riquelme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Lin!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Riquelme sprawls well initially but Lin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Riquelme slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Riquelme is trying to keep Lin in close.
Riquelme keeping moving, preventing Lin from controlling successfully.
Lin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lin with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lin landing with the ground and pound.
Riquelme controls Lin momentarily but Lin frees himself.
Lin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Riquelme's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riquelme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Riquelme is trying to keep Lin in close.
Riquelme looking for a sweep. Not yet Riquelme, not yet.
Lin postures up and lands a big shot to Riquelme's brow.
Riquelme is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lin postures up and lands a big shot to Riquelme's brow.
Riquelme looking to control.
Lin distracts Riquelme with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Riquelme is breathing heavily.
Lin lands a couple of digs.
Lin scoring with some ground and pound.
Lin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Riquelme is keeping the position for now.
Lin wants to control from the top but Riquelme keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lin scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lin stands up over Riquelme, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lin works over Riquelme with some ground and pound from guard.
Lin chips away with some ground and pound.
Riquelme is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lin connects with a couple of short punches.
Lin lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lin scoring with some ground and pound.
Lin postures up and lands a big shot to Riquelme's brow.
Lin landing with the ground and pound.
Lin postures up and lands a big shot to Riquelme's brow.
Lin cracks Riquelme with a solid left hand.
Lin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Riquelme's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lin with a nice head shot there.
Lin connects with a couple of short punches.
Lin landing with the ground and pound.
Lin passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lin scoring with punches from side control.
Lin wants to control but Riquelme is keeping him busy.
Lin working the head and body with strikes.
Lin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Riquelme down.
Lin cracks Riquelme with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lin advances to mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lin dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Lin.
Lin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Lin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Riquelme is rocked!
Lin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riquelme takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Lin's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Lin!