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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nisse Lind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint has chosen Bad Company - Holy Water as his entrance music. Nisse Lind has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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215 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm
34
205 lbs
28 - 15 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nisse Lind! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jensen Saint! The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Saint dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lind. That did some damage! Saint pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lind is out of range and Saint settles back down. Saint connects with a leg kick. Lind looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Lind throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Lind clobbers Saint with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. A looping hook to the body misses from Lind. Saint does a little dance to reset his feet. Lind swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saint is looking to score with low kicks. A big left from Saint misses. Saint shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Saint throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Lind really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Lind is looking to improve his position.
Saint missing with the ground and pound from half guard. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lind makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lind. Lind will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round. Saint throwing strikes from guard but Lind blocks nicely. Lind seems keen to control Saint's posture. Saint throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Saint stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lind swivels though and keeps the full guard. Saint in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Saint won't allow Lind to sweep him here. Saint postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Saint has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Saint wants to pass the guard but Lind is keeping the position. Saint trying to control the position from guard on top but Lind is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saint accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lind keeping moving, preventing Saint from controlling successfully. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Saint with a flurry of punches that miss. Saint wants to control from the top but Lind keeps moving. Saint pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lind is keeping the position for now. Saint with a flurry of punches that miss. Saint in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Saint pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lind is keeping the position for now. Saint throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lind trying to strike off his back.
Lind working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saint. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Saint wants to pass the guard but Lind is keeping the position. Saint postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Saint works over Lind with some ground and pound from guard. Saint being controlled here momentarily. Lind pushes Saint off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. Lind tries to clinch there but Saint circles away.
Saint 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. Saint passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Lind avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saint. Saint works his foot free and advances to mount. Saint goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Lind is on top in guard.
Saint working a defensive guard but Lind manages to pass into side control anyway.
Saint is looking for a sweep. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Lind is looking to take a break and control but Saint is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. You can see the frustration on Saint's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jensen Saint dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Saint tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lind was well out of range. Poor timing from Saint. Lind 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. Lind blocks the body kick.
Saint displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lind throws out the jab. Jensen Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A shot to the body from Saint misses and Lind connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Lind fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lind lands a high kick!
Saint fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lind looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Lind misses with a hook. Saint ducked under it nicely. Lind moves into the clinch. Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lind has Saint pressed against the cage, preventing Saint from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Saint wants to break free but Lind has control.
Lind fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lind has Saint pressed against the cage, preventing Saint from circling away and getting back to striking at range. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Lind tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A head punch on the inside from Lind fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round. Saint breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lind throws a head kick that misses. Lind throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily. Saint fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lind on the side of the head. Saint gets the takedown into side control. Saint scoring with punches from side control. Saint tries to advance to mount but can't. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Saint cracks Lind with a big right hand but Lind just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Saint scores with a couple of short elbows. Saint working the ground and pound but Lind is defending the strikes. Saint cracks Lind with an elbow. That is naaassty. Lind taking punishment in the form of punches.
Saint lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lind down.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Saint looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lind is avoiding damage well.
Lind managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Saint.
Saint is working Lind over with some ground and pound from side control. Saint creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lind is rocked! Saint lands a strong strike to the head of Lind. That's dazed him! Saint looking to finish here. Lind is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Saint lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jensen Saint! Jensen Saint bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
72% |
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