PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shau Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pasha TexHuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pasha TexHuk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lin
vs
TexHuk

160 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shau Lin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pasha TexHuk!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

TexHuk moves into the clinch.
TexHuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
TexHuk gets underhooks to prevent Lin's takedown attempt.
TexHuk scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. TexHuk obliges.
Lin is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
TexHuk landing knees to the head.
TexHuk displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lin up against the cage.
TexHuk prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees to the body from TexHuk.
TexHuk stalling.
TexHuk misses with an elbow over the top.
TexHuk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from TexHuk.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Still in the clinch, TexHuk scores with a nice short uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from TexHuk.
TexHuk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TexHuk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lin takes a knee right on the jaw!
TexHuk landing knees to the head.

It looks like Shau Lin has been cut.
TexHuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lin blocks the elbow strike.
Lin takes a knee right on the jaw!
TexHuk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A knee to the head by TexHuk.
TexHuk presses Lin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
TexHuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
TexHuk is pushing Lin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
TexHuk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
TexHuk with a knee to the head.
TexHuk landing knees to the head.
Lin takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
TexHuk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. TexHuk just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shau Lin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
TexHuk stalling.
Lin takes a knee right on the jaw!
TexHuk gets underhooks to prevent Lin's takedown attempt.
Lin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but TexHuk pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
TexHuk with a knee to the head.
Lin takes a knee to the side of the body.
TexHuk stalling.
TexHuk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lin backwards.
Lin is working for takedown but TexHuk is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lin drops down looking for an ankle pick but TexHuk pulls his leg out and moves away.
TexHuk lands with a kick to the temple. Lin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lin misses with a double jab.
TexHuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Lin circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lin.
Lin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before TexHuk can pounce on him.
TexHuk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? TexHuk is fending him off so far but Lin persists. Nope, TexHuk circles away and we're back to standing.

TexHuk clinches with his opponent.
Lin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TexHuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lin goes for a takedown attempt but TexHuk pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by TexHuk.
TexHuk throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

TexHuk gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lin to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Lin stands up from TexHuk's guard - Lin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lin closes the distance and clinches up with TexHuk, looking for a takedown. Lin pushes TexHuk against the cage but TexHuk circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lin swats away the attempt to clinch by TexHuk.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for TexHuk.
Lin shoots for a takedown but TexHuk saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lin needs to keep his hands up - TexHuk had a free shot at his head there.
Lin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasha TexHuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shau Lin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lin avoids the head kick by TexHuk.
TexHuk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

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!

Lin has control of TexHuk's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and TexHuk regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lin with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as TexHuk is looking to escape.

Lin looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Lin is going oldschool here, as he tries to force TexHuk to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so TexHuk shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
TexHuk tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Lin is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Lin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Shau Lin!