PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill McBrody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Lindell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McBrody
vs
Lindell

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
182 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill McBrody!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Lindell!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBrody tries to clinch up but Lindell circles away and keeps his distance.
Lindell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lindell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McBrody shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lindell as he jumps to the side.
Lindell tries to close the distance and clinch but McBrody swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lindell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McBrody is trying to break free.

Lindell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McBrody takes one to the side of the head.
McBrody showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lindell.
McBrody connects with a looping right hand.
McBrody cracks Lindell with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Lindell drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindell tries to stand but McBrody is controlling from the bottom.
Lindell wants to control from the top but McBrody keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBrody trying to control the position.

McBrody looking for a guillotine here but Lindell defends easily.

Lindell avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lindell throws and elbow that misses. McBrody uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lindell's guard. Nice move by McBrody!
McBrody stops Lindell from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lindell pushes McBrody off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lindell looks gassed!
Lindell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lindell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lindell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McBrody doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Lindell counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McBrody is on top in guard.

McBrody drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says McBrody as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Lindell screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with McBrody! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Bill McBrody!