PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Martello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anders Lundin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Martello
vs
Lundin

200 cm
21
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Martello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anders Lundin!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lundin clinches up with Martello and pushes him back against the cage.
Martello jumps guard but Lundin stands there with Martello around his waist. Martello gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lundin fails to pull guard.

Lundin breaks from the clinch.
Lundin tries to clinch up.
Martello throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lundin's waist but Lundin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martello off to one side.
Martello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martello scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Martello pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Lundin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Martello is trying to maintain the position but Lundin is very close to passing his half guard.

Martello looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Martello is trying to control but can't.
Martello keeping hold of Lundin's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundin not doing much here.
Martello is not content to let Lundin control the position.
Martello on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Lundin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Martello wants to control but Lundin passes into side.

Lundin decides to stand up, so the ref orders Martello to his feet.
Lundin misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Lundin gets a takedown into half guard.
Martello really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lundin is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Lundin looks gassed!
Lundin trying to control the action but Martello is working from the bottom.
Martello wants to improve his position but Lundin is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Lundin there.
Martello has a hand on Lundin's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Lundin takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Martello taking shots to the head.
Lundin with good strikes from the mount here!
Martello tries to lock up and control but Lundin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Martello tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Martello is working hard here to advance position.
Martello wants to control but Lundin is having none of it.
Martello is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Lundin.
Lundin controlling the position easily from mount.
Lundin cracks Martello with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martello working to try and regain half guard.
Lundin content just to control the position here.
Lundin prevents Martello from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lundin with good strikes from the mount here!
Martello is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lundin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lundin prevents Martello from getting the reversal.
Martello tries to lock up and control but Lundin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Martello is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lundin prevents Martello from getting the reversal.
Martello tries to hold on but Lundin pushes him away.
Martello manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Martello makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Martello.
Lundin lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anders Lundin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lundin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Martello as he jumps to the side.
Lundin fails to land the takedown.

Lundin instigates a clinch.
Lundin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Martello gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Max Martello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anders Lundin.

Martello jumps into guard, dragging Lundin to the mat.

Martello working for a triangle but Lundin defends it easily.
Martello is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Martello trying to keep a closed guard but Lundin is proving a slippery customer.
Martello is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lundin is controlling him.
Lundin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lundin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martello looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lundin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martello seems keen to control Lundin's posture.
Martello trying to keep a closed guard but Lundin is proving a slippery customer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Martello scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lundin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lundin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martello.
Nice takedown defense from Martello. No joy for Lundin on that attempt.
Max Martello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lundin misses with a two punch combination.
Martello tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lundin shoots and misses
and Martello counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lundin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martello moves away.
Lundin tries for a takedown but Martello sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lundin tries to clinch up but Martello circles away and keeps his distance.

Martello darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lundin is trying to control but can't.
Martello prevents Lundin from improving his position.
Martello prevents Lundin from standing back up.
Martello is pressing down on Lundin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lundin is holding on for now.
Lundin gets back to full guard.
Lundin wants to stand and escape but Martello is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lundin keeping full guard, as Martello tries to pass.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lundin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Martello controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martello tries to free his leg and advance position but Lundin is retaining full guard.
Martello working some strikes from top position.
Martello wants to pass the guard but Lundin is keeping the position.
Martello throws a big right hand that misses.
Martello works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Martello is tying to control. Lundin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Martello throwing shots but Lundin is blocking nicely.
Lundin has hold of Martello's hands but Martello slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Martello is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Martello decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Martello looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lundin!
Martello has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lundin's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martello lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Martello landing strikes from the mount and Lundin is in trouble!

Lundin is rocked!
Martello controlling his opponent.
Martello looking to control but Lundin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martello working Lundin over with strikes here.
Lundin is still in real trouble! Can Martello finish him?
Lundin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lundin seems to have recovered his senses.
Martello will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Martello wants to free his trapped foot but Lundin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Martello is just content to waste time from the top position. Lundin takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Martello working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lundin's head.
Lundin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Martello dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Lundin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lundin working Martello over with strikes.
Anders Lundin has got the better of the ground game so far.
It looks like Lundin is going to stand back up.
Martello is refusing to be controlled, as Lundin sits in half guard.

Lundin stands up and beckons Martello to join him on the feet.
Martello moves in looking to clinch but Lundin pushes him off.
Lundin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body punch from Lundin.
Lundin throws a series of punches but Martello moves out of range.

Lundin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Martello looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundin controlling from side mount.
You can see the frustration on Martello's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Martello is trying to get back to half guard.
Martello strikes from the bottom.
Lundin lands a nice forearm strike.
Martello is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lundin off and has taken his back!
Lundin prevents Martello from getting a body triangle.
Lundin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Martello's guard. Nice work there by Lundin.

Martello working for a triangle but Lundin defends it easily.
Martello tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martello throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lundin trying to control the position from guard on top but Martello is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lundin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Martello pulls Lundin in to control the position.
Martello wants to stand and escape but Lundin is having none of it.
Lundin is looking to stand up but Martello won't let him.
Martello seems keen to control Lundin's posture.
Martello trying to strike off his back.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Lundin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lundin prevents Martello from standing back up.

Lundin is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Martello has managed to free his arm - good work.
Martello punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martello is trying to control but can't.
Martello wants to get back to full guard.
Martello slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Martello seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Martello working a defensive guard here.
Lundin slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Lundin decides to stand back up. Lundin steps back and let's Martello get back to his feet.
Lundin tries to clinch

and Martello counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lundin won't be happy with that.
Lundin tries to buck Martello off but Martello is having none of it.
Martello working the head and body with strikes.
Martello in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Martello creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lundin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Lundin is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundin struggling a bit here.
Martello 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.
Martello tries to move into full mount but can't pass Lundin's legs.
Lundin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Martello taking some punishment here, with Lundin in his half guard.

Martello looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lundin working Martello over with strikes.

Lundin stands up and beckons Martello to join him on the feet.
Martello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martello fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lundin doesn't manage to clinch there - Martello circles away.
Lundin moves into range and connects with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anders Lundin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lundin 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anders Lundin!