PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garbis Topalian (ranked 3394 p4p, 4258 weight class) and Paul Lawrie (ranked 442 p4p, 518 weight class). Lawrie has chosen Eye of the tiger as his entrance music. Paul Lawrie will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Topalian
vs
Lawrie

175 cm
18
170
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
176
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Likes musicals

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Garbis Topalian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Lawrie!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lawrie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Topalian has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Topalian gets full guard.
Topalian seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lawrie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Topalian pulls Lawrie in to control the position.
Lawrie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Topalian pulls Lawrie in close to his closed guard and prevents Lawrie from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lawrie trying to control the position from guard on top but Topalian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Topalian pulls Lawrie in close to prevent any damage.
Lawrie trying to control the position from guard on top but Topalian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Topalian is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Topalian keeping moving, preventing Lawrie from controlling successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Lawrie closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Topalian's guard.
Lawrie looking to sit in guard and control but Topalian gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Topalian is looking to work some ground and pound but Lawrie has wrist control.
Topalian sitting in guard here, content to control.
Topalian scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrie trying to control the position.
Lawrie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Topalian 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.
Topalian won't allow Lawrie to get back to his feet.
Lawrie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lawrie keeping moving, preventing Topalian from controlling successfully.
Lawrie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Topalian with a nice head shot there.
Topalian won't allow Lawrie to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Topalian 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.
Topalian with a nice head shot there.
Topalian preventing the sweep.
Topalian is pushing down on Lawrie's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lawrie is fighting to maintain full guard but Topalian has managed to sneak the leg through.
Topalian looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've been informed that Lawrie has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Topalian scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lawrie is refusing to be controlled, as Topalian sits in half guard.
Topalian is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Topalian content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrie is looking to improve his position.
Topalian stops Lawrie from getting back to his feet.
Lawrie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Topalian scores with a couple of nice shots.
Topalian looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lawrie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Lawrie is rocked!
Topalian is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lawrie is still in real trouble! Can Topalian finish him?
Topalian scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lawrie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Topalian lands a big elbow - Lawrie is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Topalian!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Garbis Topalian!
An out of breath Garbis Topalian thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.