PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yegor Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Lunde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lunde has chosen Time to say goodbye as his entrance music. Yegor Klitschko has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Klitschko
vs
Lunde

200 cm
19
248 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
24
286 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yegor Klitschko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hank Lunde!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klitschko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lunde.
Klitschko throws a right and a left that Lunde avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Klitschko.
Klitschko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lunde ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klitschko lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A combination from Klitschko does no damage.
Lunde shoots in looking for a takedown. Klitschko tries to sprawl out of it but Lunde keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Klitschko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lunde throws a hook but Klitschko avoids it easily.
Klitschko ducks under a wild hook from Lunde.

Klitschko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Klitschko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lunde has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko is trying to break free.

Lunde pulls guard successfully.
Lunde looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lunde has control of Klitschko's left arm, preventing Klitschko from doing any damage.
Klitschko is looking to stand up but Lunde won't let him.
Lunde keeping moving, preventing Klitschko from controlling successfully.
Lunde is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lunde looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lunde controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lunde working over Klitschko with some ground and pound. Klitschko looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Klitschko trying to hold on to Lunde's head to control him but Lunde postures up.
Lunde looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Klitschko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lunde is working for a submission of some sort.
Lunde works his way into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lunde is landing with some decent strikes but Klitschko is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Klitschko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lunde is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Klitschko can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lunde landing shots from mount.
Klitschko is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lunde takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lunde with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klitschko is bucking up trying to escape but Lunde cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lunde landing strikes, looking to finish!
Klitschko on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Klitschko tries to get out of the position.
Klitschko is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lunde controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Lunde dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lunde slips a jab and a cross from Klitschko.
Lunde throws out a powerful jab.
Klitschko fails to land with a series of punches.
Klitschko slaps away a takedown attempt from Lunde, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Klitschko gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lunde stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Klitschko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lunde throwing strikes but missing.
Lunde seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lunde stops Klitschko from standing up.
Lunde with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Klitschko wants to get back to his feet but Lunde is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lunde throws a big elbow that misses.
Klitschko can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lunde controls the pace.
Lunde working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klitschko's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lunde in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lunde is stalling in the full guard.
Lunde missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lunde slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hank Lunde has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Lunde gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Klitschko to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lunde is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lunde has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Klitschko postures up in Lunde's guard and throws a big left but Lunde blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko is looking to stand up but Lunde won't let him.
Klitschko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lunde on the ground.
Lunde controlling Klitschko's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hank Lunde.
Lunde slips under a jab from Klitschko.
Klitschko throws a jab but it's blocked by Lunde.
Lunde throws a sloppy body shot
and Klitschko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Klitschko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lunde.
No joy there for Klitschko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yegor Klitschko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lunde checks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lunde fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Klitschko to the ground. Lunde is now in Klitschko's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lunde is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Lunde thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Lunde showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Klitschko tries to land a front kick but Lunde steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lunde fails to land the takedown.
Yegor Klitschko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Klitschko misses.
No joy there for Klitschko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Klitschko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lunde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klitschko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Klitschko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lunde misses with a straight left.
Some wild striking there from Klitschko.
Lunde dodges the punch combination from Klitschko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Klitschko.

Klitschko shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lunde napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Klitschko tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lunde manages to work his way to half guard, despite Klitschko's best efforts.
Lunde is trying to maintain the position but Klitschko is very close to passing his half guard.
Lunde is pressing down on Klitschko's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Klitschko tries to stand but Lunde is controlling from the bottom.
Klitschko trying to control but Lunde is working from the bottom.
Lunde pulls Klitschko in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Klitschko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Klitschko misses with a series of wild punches.
Klitschko falls off balance throwing a combination

and Lunde decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Klitschko's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lunde with a flurry of punches that miss.
Klitschko trying to keep a closed guard but Lunde is proving a slippery customer.

Lunde drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Klitschko dives on top into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lunde seems keen to control Klitschko's posture.
Lunde lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Klitschko!
Lunde controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lunde landing strikes from the mount and Klitschko is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lunde is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lunde cracks Klitschko with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lunde quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Lunde but it's paid off an Klitschko is forced to tap! Nice work by Lunde.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hank Lunde!
Hank Lunde seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.