PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Linus Sebastian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linus Sebastian acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Love
vs
Sebastian

210 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

183 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 Las Vegas, Orlando Love!
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, Linus Sebastian!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sebastian has his takedown stuffed

and Love counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sebastian wants to control but Love postures up.
Sebastian is trying to improve his position.
Love working the body and head with strikes.
Love misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Love really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Love moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Sebastian is looking to regain half guard here but Love keeps moving and retains side control.
Love wants to control but Sebastian is keeping him busy.
Love 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.
Love tries to advance to mount but Sebastian denies him.
Love controls the position.
Love wants to stand but Sebastian is controlling his arm.
Sebastian is trying to control Love's posture but Love avoids it.
Love takes a little break here. Sebastian wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Sebastian wants to control but Love postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebastian manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Sebastian is looking to improve his position.

Sebastian looking for submissions off his back.
Love is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Love is thwarting Sebastian's attempts to control the position.
Love looks to land a strike but Sebastian avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sebastian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sebastian looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Love passes into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sebastian is trying to get back to half guard.

Love decides to stand back up. Love steps back and let's Sebastian get back to his feet.

Love drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sebastian being controlled here, momentarily.
Love's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Love has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Love trying to control but Sebastian is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sebastian is trying to keep Love in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Orlando Love wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Love darts in and clinches Sebastian up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Love dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Love moves into range and clinches up with Sebastian.

Sebastian drags the fight down to the ground.
Sebastian is trying to keep Love in close.

Sebastian working for a triangle but Love defends it easily.

Sebastian looking for a guillotine here but Love defends easily.
Love stays in close to Sebastian's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wants to pass the guard but Sebastian is keeping the position.
Love stays in close to Sebastian's body and controls the position.
Love trying to control but Sebastian is working from the bottom.
Sebastian working a defensive guard here.
Orlando Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Orlando Love just wasn't active enough.

Love closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebastian manages to get to full guard.
Sebastian lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Love!
Love on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Love tries to get out of the position.
Sebastian misses with a head shot.
Love reaches up and holds on to Sebastian to control the position.

Sebastian is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Love has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Love!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sebastian looking for a triangle here. Love is fighting it but it looks tight! Sebastian pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Love is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Linus Sebastian!