PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Basil Lundeby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lundeby comes to the cage accompanied by Casino Royal 007 Theme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lundeby
vs
Pacquiao

182 cm
26
182 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

170 cm
38
169 lbs
40 - 14 - 2

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Basil Lundeby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Herman Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pacquiao pushes Lundeby up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lundeby.
Lundeby tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacquiao avoids the damage to the body.

Lundeby works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lundeby wants to control from the top but Pacquiao keeps moving.
Pacquiao wants to sweep here but Lundeby controlling him for the moment.
Pacquiao is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lundeby throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pacquiao works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pacquiao seems keen to control Lundeby's posture.
Lundeby throws a strike but Pacquiao rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lundeby will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pacquiao is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundeby is pulling down on Pacquiao's head to control his posture.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Herman Pacquiao wasn't active enough on the ground.
Lundeby misses with a body shot.
Pacquiao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pacquiao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pacquiao thuds his right hand into Lundeby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pacquiao misses with a body shot.

Lundeby pushes Pacquiao up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lundeby drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pacquiao pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lundeby on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pacquiao tries to work over Lundeby's front leg with a kick but Lundeby checks it.
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!
Pacquiao swings for the body but Lundeby moves out of range.
Pacquiao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Lundeby ducks under and follows up with a left that Lundeby also avoids with ease.
Pacquiao staying out of range there.
Lundeby walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pacquiao checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Pacquiao does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lundeby takes one to the side of the head.
Pacquiao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lundeby swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pacquiao clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundeby keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pacquiao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pacquiao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pacquiao misses with the head strike.
Pacquiao struggles to land a body shot inside as Lundeby controls his hands.
Lundeby lands a body punch.
Lundeby working hard to break the clinch.
Pacquiao scores with a shot to the side of Lundeby's head.
Pacquiao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lundeby or not.
Lundeby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lundeby lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lundeby pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lundeby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lundeby misses with a punch to the body.

Lundeby wants the takedown. Pacquiao is fighting it off but Lundeby persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Pacquiao's guard against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lundeby working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lundeby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pacquiao manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lundeby manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to control from the top but Lundeby keeps moving.
Lundeby 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.
Lundeby controlling Pacquiao's posture.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pacquiao controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pacquiao trying to control but Lundeby is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Pacquiao dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lundeby misses the body punch
and Lundeby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pacquiao misses with a lunging right hand
and Lundeby counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pacquiao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao tries to close the distance and clinch but Lundeby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao moves out of range as Lundeby strikes.
Lundeby takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lundeby shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Pacquiao drives through and clinches with Lundeby against the cage.

Lundeby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pacquiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick nicely.
Pacquiao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lundeby is able to avoid easily.
Pacquiao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lundeby avoids a kick to the body.
Lundeby blocks a head kick by Pacquiao.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundeby cracks Pacquiao with a good jab.

Lundeby has managed to clinch.
Pacquiao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pacquiao lands a right hand.
Pacquiao tries to work over Lundeby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lundeby looking for a takedown.

Pacquiao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lundeby shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pacquiao sprawls well. Pacquiao wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lundeby gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Basil Lundeby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lundeby takes a step back to recover.
Pacquiao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lundeby scores with a nice body kick.
Herman Pacquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pacquiao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lundeby manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lundeby on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pacquiao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pacquiao swings for the body but Lundeby moves out of range.
Pacquiao throws a poor cross that misses
and Lundeby counters with a body kick that stops Pacquiao in his tracks momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Lundeby fails with a takedown attempt.
Pacquiao throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lundeby counters with a solid body kick.
Lundeby lands with a shot to the body.
Lundeby throws a right hand that Pacquiao ducks under and follows up with a left that Pacquiao also avoids with ease.
Good work by Lundeby as he checks the leg kick.

Pacquiao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pacquiao wants to break free but Lundeby has control.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pacquiao throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lundeby blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lundeby's elbow.
Lundeby tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
Herman Pacquiao seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pacquiao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pacquiao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lundeby backwards.
Pacquiao pushes Lundeby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Lundeby is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Pacquiao can't fight it off and eventually Lundeby manages to take the fight to the floor. Pacquiao looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pacquiao trying to control the position.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Lundeby from controlling successfully.
Lundeby stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pacquiao swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lundeby missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundeby cracks Pacquiao with a solid left hand.
Lundeby trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lundeby stopping the sweep attempt from Pacquiao.
Lundeby trying to control but Pacquiao is working from the bottom.
Lundeby cracks Pacquiao with a solid left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquiao has his hands on Lundeby's head, controlling the position.
Lundeby trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Pacquiao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lundeby moves away from the strike by Pacquiao.
Nice uppercut lands for Pacquiao. That snapped Lundeby's head back.
Pacquiao pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Lundeby moves into the clinch successfully.
Pacquiao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lundeby backwards.
Pacquiao creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Lundeby breaks the clinch.
Pacquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lundeby feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pacquiao's calf.
Pacquiao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Pacquiao misses.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
Lundeby lands a nice shot to the body.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses with a kick to the body
and Lundeby counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pacquiao throws a big shot that misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lundeby.
Lundeby tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lundeby working the strikes but Pacquiao uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Lundeby thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pacquiao's head.
Lundeby wants to take a breather but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Pacquiao trying to control but Lundeby postures up.
Pacquiao wants to improve his position but Lundeby is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lundeby is pressing down on Pacquiao's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pacquiao is holding on for now.
Herman Pacquiao is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundeby throws a strike but Pacquiao avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Lundeby wants to control from the top but Pacquiao keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pacquiao holds on and takes a little breather.
Lundeby trying to control but Pacquiao is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Pacquiao keeping full guard, as Lundeby tries to pass.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Basil Lundeby just wasn't active enough.
Pacquiao displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lundeby.
Lundeby misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pacquiao gets caught napping as Lundeby dives in and scores a takedown. Pacquiao manages to retain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lundeby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lundeby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pacquiao is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lundeby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Basil Lundeby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lundeby preventing the sweep.
Lundeby throwing strikes from guard but Pacquiao blocks nicely.
Lundeby keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pacquiao's head.
Lundeby working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundeby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lundeby postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lundeby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pacquiao is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pacquiao wants to free his trapped foot but Lundeby is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pacquiao trying to control the action but Lundeby is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lundeby is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Lundeby with the active half guard here but Pacquiao passes nicely into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Basil Lundeby showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pacquiao 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herman Pacquiao!
Herman Pacquiao decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.