PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dolph Lundgrenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lundgrenson
vs
Hagen

190 cm
29
205 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
217 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Dark Side

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dolph Lundgrenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lars Hagen!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lundgrenson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hagen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lundgrenson misses with a hook. Hagen ducked under it nicely.
Hagen moves away from the strike by Lundgrenson.
Hagen throws an overhand right that lands on Lundgrenson's shoulder, as Lundgrenson tries to avoid the shot.
Lundgrenson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lundgrenson misses with an uppercut
and Hagen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hagen walks into a left hand.
Lundgrenson misses with a hook. Hagen ducked under it nicely.

Hagen rushes Lundgrenson and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from Hagen.
The referee calls for Hagen to work.
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!
Lundgrenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hagen tries to throw a body punch but Lundgrenson avoids it by throwing Hagen back against the cage.
Lundgrenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hagen.
Hagen misses with a punch to the body.
Hagen gets through Lundgrenson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lundgrenson.
Hagen blocks a body shot from Lundgrenson.
Lundgrenson misses with the head strike.
Hagen blocks an uppercut.
Hagen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lundgrenson taking a breather.
Hagen digs a right hand underneath Lundgrenson's ribcage. Lundgrenson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lundgrenson is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bit of stalling here from Hagen.
Hagen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lundgrenson backwards.
Hagen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lundgrenson backwards.
Lundgrenson is trying to break the clinch but Hagen has him pressed against the cage.
Hagen digs a right hand into Lundgrenson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lundgrenson's gas tank.
Hagen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hagen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hagen lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen cracks Lundgrenson with a nice body shot.
A short body shot lands from Hagen as the two fighters clinch.
Hagen blocks an uppercut.
Hagen lands a shoulder strike.
Hagen lands an uppercut.
Hagen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lundgrenson can't break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hagen digs a right hand into Lundgrenson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lundgrenson's gas tank.
Hagen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lundgrenson backwards.
I was talking to Lundgrenson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lundgrenson trying to stall but Hagen improves his position.
Hagen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lundgrenson taking a breather.
Hagen blocks an uppercut.
Hagen lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hagen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hagen.
Lundgrenson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Dolph Lundgrenson has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Hagen scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Hagen.
Hagen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hagen pushes Lundgrenson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hagen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hagen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hagen has Lundgrenson pushed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Hagen.
Lundgrenson takes a shot to the head.
Hagen is stalling here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hagen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hagen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hagen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lundgrenson backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Hagen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hagen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lundgrenson taking a breather.
Hagen lands a hook that snaps the head of Lundgrenson backwards.
Hagen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lundgrensons head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hagen.
Hagen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hagen lands a hook to the side of the head.

Lundgrenson is rocked!
Hagen scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Lundgrenson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hagen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lundgrenson.
A right handed body shot lands from Hagen.
Hagen is leaning against Lundgrenson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hagen lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hagen works on Lundgrenson's body with a couple of short punches.
Lundgrenson seems to have got his legs back now.
Hagen lands with a left to the head.
Hagen cracks Lundgrenson with a nice body shot.
Hagen is leaning against Lundgrenson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hagen works on Lundgrenson's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Hagen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dolph Lundgrenson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hagen drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Lundgrenson right on the button. Lundgrenson goes down! Hagen follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Hagen gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Hagen!
An out of breath Lars Hagen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.