PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hector Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanamichi Sakuragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lombard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 2 Chainz feat. Wiz Khalifa - We Own It . Hector Lombard had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Hector Lombard looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Lombard
vs
Sakuragi

176 cm
28
195 lbs
14 - 15 - 1

190 cm
35
194 lbs
14 - 21 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 14 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Hector Lombard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hanamichi Sakuragi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Sakuragi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sakuragi.

It looks like Hector Lombard has been cut.
Lombard looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sakuragi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lombard stuffs the takedown attempt from Sakuragi. Sakuragi gets slowly back to his feet.

Sakuragi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sakuragi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sakuragi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lombard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sakuragi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sakuragi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lombard defending well though.
Sakuragi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakuragi thows a huge punch but Lombard dodges it nicely.
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.
Lombard wants to get back to full guard.
Sakuragi throwing shots but Lombard is blocking nicely.
Lombard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sakuragi scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard won't allow Sakuragi to pass to mount.
Lombard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sakuragi.
Sakuragi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lombard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sakuragi stops Lombard from getting back to his feet.
Sakuragi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lombard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sakuragi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sakuragi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lombard trying to hold on to Sakuragi's head to control him but Sakuragi postures up.
Sakuragi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lombard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sakuragi is nestled in close to Lombard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lombard avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sakuragi.
Sakuragi thows a huge punch but Lombard dodges it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuragi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard is looking to escape.
Sakuragi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sakuragi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sakuragi is nestled in close to Lombard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sakuragi throwing shots but Lombard is blocking nicely.
Sakuragi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sakuragi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lombard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sakuragi.
Sakuragi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sakuragi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sakuragi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lombard's head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sakuragi lands with a punch from half guard.
Sakuragi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sakuragi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sakuragi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lombard's head.
Lombard tries to kick Sakuragi off but Sakuragi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sakuragi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lombard defending well though.
Sakuragi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuragi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lombard tries to get to full guard but Sakuragi has control of the leg.
Lombard pushes Sakuragi off looking to stand but Sakuragi dives back in and keeps control.
Sakuragi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lombard defending well though.
Sakuragi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sakuragi throwing shots but Lombard is blocking nicely.
Sakuragi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lombard is trying to stand back up but Sakuragi is controlling him
Sakuragi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lombard won't allow Sakuragi to pass to mount.
Lombard avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sakuragi.
Lombard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sakuragi.
Sakuragi lands with a punch from half guard.
Sakuragi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sakuragi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lombard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lombard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sakuragi.
Sakuragi is nestled in close to Lombard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Lombard is rocked!
Sakuragi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oh Lombard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sakuragi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sakuragi is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Lombard is hurt! He's hurt bad - Sakuragi fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Lombard from any more punishment! Congratulations to Sakuragi! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hanamichi Sakuragi!