PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Lundberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Hand Grernade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Lundberg
vs
Hand Grernade

175 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 5 - 1

179 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Lundberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Hand Grernade!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lundberg scores a takedown into full mount!
Hand Grernade looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Lundberg trying to control but Hand Grernade is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Greg Lundberg just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lundberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Hand Grernade circles away.
Lundberg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hand Grernade.
Lundberg tries to clinch but Hand Grernade moves out of range.
Lundberg looks to land a combination but Hand Grernade avoids it well.
A right-left combo lands from Lundberg.

Lundberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Hand Grernade has had enough of the clinch but Lundberg keeps him there for the moment.
Lundberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lundberg has a couple of punches blocked by Hand Grernade.

Lundberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lundberg throws a series of punches but Hand Grernade avoids them all with ease.
Lundberg fails to land with a series of punches.

Lundberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hand Grernade wants to break free but Lundberg has control.
Hand Grernade is looking to control Lundberg's arms but Lundberg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hand Grernade has his back to the cage.

Lundberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lundberg plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Greg Lundberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lundberg is looking to clinch but Hand Grernade is avoiding it.

Lundberg has Hand Grernade up against the cage in a clinch.
Lundberg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lundberg has Hand Grernade pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hand Grernade manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg keeps control of Hand Grernade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lundberg breaks the clinch.
Lundberg lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lundberg tries to clinch there but Hand Grernade circles away.
Lundberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lundberg throws a series of punches but Hand Grernade avoids them all with ease.

Lundberg shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Lundberg decides to return to a standing position.

Lundberg shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hand Grernade's guard.

Hand Grernade scrambles and gets back to his feet.
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!
Lundberg misses with a double jab.

Hand Grernade drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hand Grernade pushes down on Lundberg's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lundberg wants to control but Hand Grernade is keeping busy.
Hand Grernade stops Lundberg from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lundberg has one foot on Hand Grernade's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Lundberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lundberg.
Hand Grernade shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lundberg pinned against the cage. Lundberg gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lundberg will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hand Grernade shoots in but no luck this time.
Lundberg closes the distance and clinches up with Hand Grernade, looking for a takedown. Lundberg pushes Hand Grernade against the cage but Hand Grernade circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Lundberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Lundberg misses.
Lundberg moves in looking to clinch but Hand Grernade pushes him off.
Lundberg misses with a two punch combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lundberg.
Hand Grernade is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lundberg stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Lundberg throws a series of punches but Hand Grernade moves out of range.
Lundberg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hand Grernade scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lundberg gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Lundberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lundberg fails to land with a series of punches.
Lundberg avoids the body shot from Hand Grernade.
Hand Grernade avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lundberg shoots in but Hand Grernade avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lundberg scores with a one two! Hand Grernade had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A combination from Lundberg does no damage.
Lundberg throws a series of punches but Hand Grernade moves out of range.
Lundberg tries to clinch there but Hand Grernade circles away.
Hand Grernade stuffs the takedown attempt from Lundberg. Lundberg gets slowly back to his feet.
Hand Grernade avoids a punch combination nicely.

Lundberg scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hand Grernade wants to control but Lundberg postures up.

Lundberg decides to stand back up. Lundberg steps back and let's Hand Grernade get back to his feet.
Lundberg shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lundberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lundberg misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Lundberg dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lundberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lundberg scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lundberg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hand Grernade.
Lundberg blocks a head kick by Hand Grernade.

Lundberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Lundberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lundberg lands a body punch.
Lundberg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lundberg missing with knees to the body.

Lundberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lundberg throws a one two combo.
Lundberg closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hand Grernade slips a jab and a cross from Lundberg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lundberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Lundberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hand Grernade is breathing heavily.
Lundberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hand Grernade fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lundberg is out of range.
Hand Grernade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lundberg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lundberg looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hand Grernade has a closed guard, preventing Lundberg from standing up.

Hand Grernade pushes Lundberg off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lundberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lundberg lands with a slapping head kick.
Hand Grernade misses with a takedown attempt
and Lundberg counters with a head kick. That will keep Hand Grernade thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Lundberg drives through and clinches with Hand Grernade against the cage.

Hand Grernade has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Lundberg is trying to keep an underhook but Hand Grernade manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Lundberg is trying to stand up here but Hand Grernade is controlling him well.
Hand Grernade wants to pass to mount but Lundberg is defending the position.
Lundberg is looking to escape.

Lundberg pushes Hand Grernade off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hand Grernade decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
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!

Lundberg has one foot on Hand Grernade's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Lundberg tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Lundberg misses.

Lundberg moves into the clinch.

Lundberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hand Grernade fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lundberg misses with a double jab.
Hand Grernade has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Lundberg has closed the distance and engaged Hand Grernade in a clinch.

Lundberg breaks the clinch.

Lundberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lundberg breaks the clinch.
Lundberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hand Grernade slips a jab and a cross from Lundberg.
Lundberg scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Lundberg scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Greg Lundberg overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lundberg tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lundberg has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Lundberg has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lundberg looks to land a combination but Hand Grernade avoids it well.
Lundberg throws a series of punches but Hand Grernade avoids them all with ease.
Lundberg fails to land with a series of punches.
Lundberg throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
No joy there for Lundberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hand Grernade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lundberg.
Hand Grernade misses with a head kick.
Lundberg tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Lundberg.
Lundberg is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lundberg misses with a two punch combination.
Hand Grernade fails to land the takedown.
Greg Lundberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Hand Grernade.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lundberg!
Hand Grernade tries to clinch but Lundberg is having none of it.

Lundberg darts in and clinches Hand Grernade up against the cage.

That's four 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.
Hand Grernade wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lundberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hand Grernade shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lundberg as he avoids it easily.
Hand Grernade throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lundberg's waist but Lundberg gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hand Grernade off to one side.
Lundberg lands a jab-cross combination.

Lundberg shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lundberg was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lundberg trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hand Grernade really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lundberg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hand Grernade is looking to escape.
Lundberg is really struggling to control Hand Grernade but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lundberg is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hand Grernade is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Lundberg 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!

Lundberg misses with the combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lundberg.
Hand Grernade fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hand Grernade takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lundberg throws a sloppy head kick

and Hand Grernade counters with a single leg into guard. Lundberg didn't expect that.
Lundberg wants to get back to his feet but Hand Grernade is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lundberg manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lundberg tries to control but Hand Grernade wriggling away.
Hand Grernade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundberg tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Greg Lundberg just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lundberg doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Hand Grernade counters with a takedown into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Lundberg throws Hand Grernade to one side and escapes!

Hand Grernade closes the distance and clinches.
Lundberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Hand Grernade won't allow it.

Hand Grernade manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Lundberg trying to control the position from guard on top but Hand Grernade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lundberg stands up and waves to Hand Grernade to follow him.
Some wild striking there from Lundberg.
Lundberg throws a right and a left that Hand Grernade avoids nicely.
Hand Grernade avoids the head kick by Lundberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hand Grernade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lundberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lundberg misses with a wild combination.
Lundberg moves in looking to clinch but Hand Grernade pushes him off.
Lundberg moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lundberg with a poor takedown
and Hand Grernade counters with an outside leg kick.
Lundberg wants to clinch

and Hand Grernade counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hand Grernade.

Lundberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lundberg misses with a two punch combination.
Lundberg closes the distance and clinches up with Hand Grernade, looking for a takedown. Lundberg pushes Hand Grernade against the cage but Hand Grernade circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Lundberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lundberg checks a leg kick.
Lundberg throws a nice looking combination but Hand Grernade bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lundberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lundberg closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Hand Grernade looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lundberg!
Lundberg is trying to stand up.

Lundberg bucks Hand Grernade off and manages to get back to his feet!
Hand Grernade slips a jab and a cross from Lundberg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lundberg shoots in and bounces Hand Grernade off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lundberg trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hand Grernade's guard.

Lundberg gets to his feet. Hand Grernade looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Lundberg throws a combination. Hand Grernade tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hand Grernade has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lundberg throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lundberg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hand Grernade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lundberg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lundberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Greg Lundberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lundberg.

Lundberg has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Lundberg darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lundberg decides to return to a standing position.

Lundberg closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hand Grernade to the mat! Hand Grernade manages to get full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hand Grernade has control of Lundberg's left arm, preventing Lundberg from doing any damage.
Lundberg scoring with punches to the head and body.

Lundberg decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hand Grernade, up you get!

Lundberg closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hand Grernade holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Lundberg escapes and gets back to his feet.

Hand Grernade tries to keep at a distance but Lundberg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hand Grernade prevents a body shot from Lundberg.
Nice body punch from Lundberg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lundberg breaks from the clinch.
Lundberg is looking to clinch but Hand Grernade is avoiding it.
Lundberg moves in looking to clinch but Hand Grernade pushes him off.

Lundberg rushes Hand Grernade and presses him up against the cage.
Josh Hand Grernade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hand Grernade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lundberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hand Grernade is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Lundberg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lundberg has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greg Lundberg!