PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Viking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Viking
vs
Lombard

225 cm
27
300 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

205 cm
27
300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Brock Viking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Lombard. Those never looked like landing.
Viking shoots in for a takedown but Lombard shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lombard misses with a few strikes there.
Viking avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lombard throws a head kick that misses.
Lombard throws a leg kick

and Viking counters with a shoot takedown. Lombard fights it but they end up in guard.
Viking throws a big right hand that misses.
Viking preventing the sweep.
Viking in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Viking working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lombard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Viking thows a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lombard is on top in guard.
Lombard trying to control the position from guard on top but Viking is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hector Lombard was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Viking gets a takedown into half guard.
Viking throwing shots but Lombard is blocking nicely.
Lombard misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Lombard controlling the position well.
Viking sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lombard defending well though.
Lombard wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard is looking to improve his position.

Lombard kicks off Viking and gets to his feet.
Lombard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Viking is breathing heavily.
Lombard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lombard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lombard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Viking dives in and grabs Lombard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lombard pushes down on Viking's head and hops out.
Lombard throws a series of punches but Viking avoids them all with ease.
Viking moves out of range of the body kick.
Lombard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Viking counters with a single leg into guard. Lombard didn't expect that.
Viking 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.
Lombard has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
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!
Lombard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lombard managing to control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Viking trying to control but Lombard is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Hector Lombard wasn't active enough on the ground.
Viking takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lombard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lombard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lombard connects with a looping right hand.
Hector Lombard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Viking walks into a straight right hand from Lombard.
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!
Nice shot by Lombard.
Lombard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Viking circles away quickly and effectively.

Lombard lands a left and a right that send Viking crashing to the mat, dazed. Lombard thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Brock Viking has been cut.
Lombard misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombard moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Lombard. No joy for Viking on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Viking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lombard fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Viking has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Viking has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lombard tries to bum rush Viking with a series of wild strikes but Viking uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some bone on bone action there as Viking checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lombard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Viking.
Viking avoids the body shot from Lombard.
Lombard lands with an overhand left.
Lombard misses with a low kick.
Lombard scores with a three punch combo!
Lombard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Viking tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lombard swivels and escapes.
Lombard throws a nice looking combination but Viking bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lombard misses with a wild body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lombard lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Viking backs up against the ropes.
Lombard misses with a hook.
Viking fails with a takedown attempt.
Lombard is working the combinations to good effect here.
Viking blocks a head kick by Lombard.
Lombard lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Viking ducks right into an uppercut from Lombard.
Viking has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lombard throws a head kick but Viking moves out of range.
Lombard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Viking moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Viking looks for a takedown but Lombard sprawls well.
Lombard just misses with a punch to the body.
Lombard scores with a three punch combo!
Jab, jab by Lombard - just one landing.
Lombard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lombard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Viking shoots in but Lombard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lombard with a nice cross.
Lombard swinging wildly here.
Lombard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Viking eats them both and turns towards Lombard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Viking shoots for a takedown but Lombard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lombard thows a body shot but no joy.
Viking blocks a head kick by Lombard.
Lombard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lombard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Viking looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lombard is fending him off so far but Viking persists. Nope, Lombard circles away and we're back to standing.
Viking moves out of range of the body kick from Lombard.
Lombard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lombard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lombard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Viking was well out of range. Poor timing from Lombard.
Lombard lands a two punch combo.
Lombard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lombard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lombard lands with a shot to the body.
Hector Lombard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Viking takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
An inside leg kick from Lombard misses.
Lombard throws a body kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Viking or perhaps it was just good defense by Lombard which made him look bad.
Lombard leaves Viking with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lombard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lombard looks to throw the jab but Viking is out of range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lombard throws a head kick but Viking moves out of range.
Viking shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lombard as he avoids it easily.
Viking dodges the punch combination from Lombard.

Lombard gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Viking wants to pass the guard but Lombard is keeping the position.
Viking throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lombard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lombard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Viking's guard.
Lombard trying to control the position from guard on top but Viking is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hector Lombard.
Viking takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lombard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Viking's sensitive parts.
Lombard pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Viking back to the ropes. Lombard follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lombard thuds his shin into the meat of Viking's side.
Viking on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lombard works the jab nicely.
Lombard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Viking.
Lombard is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Viking had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Viking shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Viking showed some decent athleticism there.
Viking lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Lombard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brock Viking's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A jab from Lombard misses.
Brock Viking is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lombard scores with a jab to the body.
Lombard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lombard misses with a head kick.
Viking looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lombard sizes up Viking with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lombard lands a body shot.
Lombard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lombard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Viking looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sloppy strikes from Lombard. Those never looked like landing.
Lombard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lombard digs a good body shot into Viking's ribs.
Hector Lombard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lombard throws a combination. Viking tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A telegraphed right hand from Lombard misses the target.
Lombard misses with a straight left.
Viking avoids the body shot from Lombard.
Lombard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lombard tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Viking manages to avoid it.
Lombard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Viking bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Viking misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lombard is looking for a sweep.
Lombard can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Viking seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Viking throws a strike aimed at the side of Lombard's head but Lombard avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Viking are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Viking postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Viking misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viking misses with the ground and pound.
Viking throws an elbow but Lombard slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lombard is trying to control Viking's posture but Viking avoids it.
Lombard gets back to half guard.
Viking thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Viking missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Viking trying to advance position but Lombard counters by regaining guard.
Brock Viking overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Viking postures up in Lombard's guard and throws a big left but Lombard blocks it.
Viking wants to control from the top but Lombard keeps moving.
Viking working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Viking will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lombard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lombard stands up from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombard lands with a cross.
Lombard misses with a series of wild punches.
Viking doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Viking takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Viking keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lombard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lombard throws the kick towards the body but Viking avoids it.
Lombard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Viking keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lombard is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Viking rather than just go for the knockout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lombard, right into the meat.
Lombard lands a nice hook to Viking's body. Viking takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lombard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Viking moves away from the strike by Lombard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Viking shoots in for a takedown but Lombard shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Viking avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lombard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Viking was well out of range. Poor timing from Lombard.
Viking shoots in looking for a takedown but Lombard manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Viking's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lombard tries to bum rush Viking with a series of wild strikes but Viking uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A clash of legs there as Viking blocks the low kick.
Lombard looks to score with a jab to the body but Viking is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Lombard. Those never looked like landing.
Viking shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lombard defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Viking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Viking shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Viking uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lombard.
Lombard shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lombard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Viking is out of range.
Lombard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Viking.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lombard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Viking shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lombard lands with a nice combination. Viking backs away looking to recover.
Lombard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lombard tries to bum rush Viking with a series of wild strikes but Viking uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lombard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lombard looks to land a body kick but Viking moved away.
Lombard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Viking fails with a takedown attempt.
Lombard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lombard scores with a body shot.
Lombard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Viking checks a low kick from Lombard.
Viking drops his hands momentarily and Lombard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Horrible takedown by Viking or perhaps it was just good defense by Lombard which made him look bad.
Viking shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lombard sprawls well. Lombard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Viking gets slowly back to his feet.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lombard misses with a low kick.
Lombard misses with a jab, cross combination.

Viking drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Viking connects with a couple of short punches.
Viking looking to sit in guard and control but Lombard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Viking is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lombard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Lombard stands up from Viking's guard - Lombard perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lombard thows a body shot but no joy.
Viking slips a jab and a cross from Lombard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lombard.
Lombard throws a combination. Viking tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lombard throws a head kick but Viking moves out of range.
Lombard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Viking moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lombard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lombard throws a combination that misses

and Viking counters with a shoot takedown. Lombard fights it but they end up in guard.
Brock Viking has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hector Lombard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viking with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Lombard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lombard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Hector Lombard!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Hector Lombard!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Hector Lombard!

Hector Lombard wins by unanimous decision!