PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Lundgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estefan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Foo Fighters- My Hero as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lundgren
vs
Sanchez

187 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
28
218 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Mohito Fightwear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Lundgren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Estefan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lundgren clinches with his opponent.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lundgren throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanchez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lundgren is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sanchez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lundgren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lundgren scores with a nice strike.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lundgren lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lundgren moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Lundgren feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lundgren controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lundgren wanted to stand there but Sanchez had control of the position.
Lundgren controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lundgren pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundgren controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Lundgren gets to his feet - Sanchez follows without any prompting.
Estefan Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lundgren looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
No joy there for Lundgren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lundgren misses with a head kick.
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Lundgren counters with a left and a right that stings Sanchez.
Lundgren wants to clinch.
Lundgren tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanchez scores with a four punch combination!

Lundgren throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Sanchez tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lundgren is in Sanchez's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lundgren stands up from Sanchez's guard - Lundgren perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lundgren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Lundgren was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Lundgren ducks under and follows up with a left that Lundgren also avoids with ease.
Sanchez scores with a push kick.
The fighters circling - Lundgren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lundgren throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lundgren feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Lundgren avoids them all with ease.
Lundgren shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez jabs Lundgren to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Lundgren moved away.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lundgren throws out the jab.
Lundgren throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
A punch combination from Lundgren misses.
Sanchez is looking for the big counter here.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Sanchez gets tackled into the cage by Lundgren. Lundgren maintains the clinch.
Lundgren looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sanchez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lundgren prevents it.
Sanchez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lundgren after a bit of a struggle.
Lundgren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Lundgren is controlling him.
Lundgren is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sanchez to keep the fight standing.
Lundgren is working for takedown but Sanchez is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Lundgren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lundgren backwards.
Sanchez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lundgren smiles and moves away.
Lundgren scores with a one two! Sanchez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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!
Lundgren wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lundgren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lundgren tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lundgren will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Lundgren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Lundgren dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lundgren throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Lundgren misses with a combination
and Sanchez counters with an inside leg kick.

Lundgren lands a left and a right that send Sanchez crashing to the mat, dazed. Lundgren thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Lundgren is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lundgren misses with a hook to the body
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lundgren on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanchez. Sanchez obviously looking to wear him down.
Lundgren dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Lundgren pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lundgren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundgren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez scores with a three punch combo!
Lundgren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Lundgren misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lundgren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Lundgren.

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

Lundgren breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lundgren ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Sanchez scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundgren swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Lundgren throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lundgren darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lundgren catches Sanchez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Charles Lundgren is winning the standup battle so far.
Lundgren throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lundgren misses with a wild body shot.
Lundgren misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez is looking for the big counter here.
Sanchez throws out a leg kick but Lundgren moves out of range and Sanchez only half commits.
Lundgren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
As Lundgren backs off Sanchez throws a huge counter combo but Lundgren manages to avoid it all.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Lundgren drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the cage.
Lundgren stalling against the cage.
Lundgren drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Lundgren lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lundgren prevents Sanchez from improving his position.
Sanchez pushes Lundgren off looking to stand but Lundgren dives back in and keeps control.
Lundgren looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Lundgren stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Sanchez to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lundgren back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Lundgren avoids them all with ease.
As Sanchez looks to move away, Lundgren throws a big counter combo bu Sanchez just gets out of the way.
Lundgren takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as Lundgren blocks the leg kick.
Lundgren scores with a shot to the body.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Lundgren tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sanchez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lundgren somewhat.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Lundgren moves out of range.

Lundgren clinches up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lundgren tightens his grip and picks Sanchez up, before dumping him to the ground. Sanchez manages to land in guard.
Sanchez looking to control.
Lundgren stands and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Charles Lundgren will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Lundgren avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Lundgren was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Lundgren closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Lundgren is controlling him.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Lundgren misses the shot to the body.
Lundgren shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sanchez sprawls well. Sanchez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lundgren gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Lundgren avoids them all with ease.

Lundgren drops Sanchez with a beautiful combination! Sanchez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lundgren is looking for the KO!

Sanchez is rocked!

It looks like Estefan Sanchez has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lundgren throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.

Lundgren shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sanchez is still in real trouble! Can Lundgren finish him?
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Lundgren is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lundgren throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundgren slips nicely into half guard.
Sanchez seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez wants to control but Lundgren is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Lundgren postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Sanchez to stand up.
A big left from Lundgren misses.
A swing and a miss from Lundgren.
Lundgren looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Lundgren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lundgren scores with a jab to the head.
Sanchez sizes up Lundgren with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Charles Lundgren is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Lundgren.

Lundgren tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lundgren keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez gets underhooks to prevent Lundgren's takedown attempt.
Lundgren dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lundgren closes the distance and clinches.

Lundgren pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanchez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Sanchez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lundgren utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lundgren working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lundgren is proving hard to escape from.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Lundgren blocks nicely.
Sanchez stopping the sweep attempt from Lundgren.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Lundgren gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lundgren keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Lundgren lands with a good body shot.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Lundgren ducks under and follows up with a left that Lundgren also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundgren throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Lundgren both land. Nice combination.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Lundgren avoids it well.
Sanchez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lundgren backs up against the cage.
Lundgren throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lundgren connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanchez connects with a jab.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.

Lundgren clinches up against the cage.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lundgren tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanchez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Estefan Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charles Lundgren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Lundgren. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Lundgren showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lundgren 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Lundgren!
Charles Lundgren decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.