PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Linne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linne comes to the cage accompanied by Arcturus - The Chaos Path. David is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by PRINCE RAMA - RAGHUPATI. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Linne
vs
David

170 cm
37
165 lbs
27 - 13 - 0

180 cm
28
160 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebastien Linne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry David!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linne throws a low kick but David moves out of range easily.
Linne checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Linne blocks the leg kick.
Linne throws a sloppy head kick and David moves out of range easily.
Linne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A head kick by Linne misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Linne slips under a jab.
David scores with a kick to the midsection.
David throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
David rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Linne counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David is trying to get back to full guard.
Linne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
David wants to control but Linne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
David regains full guard. Nicely done.
David not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
David is adopting a defensive guard.
Linne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David trying to keep a closed guard but Linne is proving a slippery customer.
Linne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as David works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
David wants to stand but Linne is controlling the position.

Larry David has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Linne shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
David moves into full guard.
David looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Linne is looking to work some ground and pound but David has wrist control.
Linne throws a big right hand that misses.
David is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
David lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Linne!
Linne is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linne is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David controlling from the full mount.
Linne tries to hold on but David postures up.
Linne bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Linne manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. David manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

David wants to clinch.

Linne closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. David quickly recovers to half guard.
Linne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. David defending well though.
Linne not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Linne tries to pass the half guard into mount. David knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Linne is trying to control the action in half guard but David is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
David really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Linne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
David trying to hold on to Linne's head to control him but Linne postures up.
Linne prevents David from improving his position.
Linne missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Linne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. David defending well though.
Linne 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.
David desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David trying to control from the bottom.
David manages to get to full guard.
David preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Linne manages to get himself to full guard.
Linne is trying to control the position but David postures up.
David won't allow Linne to sweep him here.
David pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Linne is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David preventing the sweep.
Linne looking to control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fighters circling - David throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Linne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Linne gets the takedown into side control.
Linne prevents David from escaping the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linne lands a decent elbow from side control.
David manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Linne stops David from getting back to his feet.
Linne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Linne is looking to advance position but David won't allow it.
Linne thows a huge punch but David dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne lands with a punch from half guard.
David wants to get back to full guard.
Linne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but David does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ground and pound from Linne.
David is staying active underneath Linne, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Linne working the head and body with strikes.
Linne looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
David has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Linne is working away from the top position though.
Linne lands with a punch from half guard.
David moves into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now David is on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linne manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Linne working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linne breaks from David's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Linne fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Linne loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have David scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Linne land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Linne stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastien Linne!
Sebastien Linne is the new lightweight champion!