PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malachi Lawrence (ranked 1025 p4p, 450 weight class) and Jayden Sven (ranked 140 p4p, 59 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lawrence might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The All Mighty. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jayden Sven enters the cage!

Lawrence
vs
Sven

180 cm
39
174
31 - 26 - 0

180 cm
26
178
14 - 11 - 0

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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 31 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malachi Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jayden Sven!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sven pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lawrence has a takedown stuffed.
Sven scores with a hook.

It looks like Malachi Lawrence has been cut.
Lawrence tries a head kick but it misses.
Sven turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence lands a high kick!
Lawrence misses with a combination
and Sven counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Malachi Lawrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lawrence or perhaps it was just good defense by Sven, which made it look bad.
Lawrence throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And Sven responds with a good body kick, but Lawrence manages to step out the way in time.
Sven looks to land a left hand but Lawrence moved out of range nicely.
Lawrence drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sven sprawls and moves away.
Sven connects with a body shot.
Lawrence ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sven moves away.
Lawrence shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lawrence looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malachi Lawrence. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sven defends well and Lawrence ends up having to push Sven into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sven is struggling to control the position.
Sven stalling against the cage.
Sven is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lawrence stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lawrence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lawrence misses with an uppercut. Sven saw that one coming.
Lawrence throws a series of punches but Sven avoids them all with ease.
Lawrence lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sven circles away quickly and effectively.
Sven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lawrence tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sven swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sven throws a hook but Lawrence blocks it.
Lawrence looks to land a right hand but Sven moved out of range.
Sven throws out a counter right but Lawrence avoids it with no problem.
Lawrence throws a hook but Sven blocks it.
Sven looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sven slips under a jab from Lawrence.
A little jabbing left from Sven on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Lawrence gets a double leg takedown into Sven's guard.
Lawrence working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lawrence accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sven utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lawrence wants to pass the guard but Sven is keeping the position.
Lawrence works over Sven with some ground and pound from guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jayden Sven will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Malachi Lawrence's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sven falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lawrence counters with a left and a right that stings Sven.
A punch combination from Lawrence misses.
Sven swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lawrence shoots for a takedown but Sven saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Malachi Lawrence is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sven checks a leg kick.
Sven just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sven throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lawrence.
Sven has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lawrence pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sven is out of range and Lawrence settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sven, as that shot connected.
Sven throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jayden Sven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lawrence lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lawrence on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sven throws a right and a left that Lawrence avoids nicely.
Lawrence scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lawrence bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sven's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawrence shoots and misses
and Sven connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Sven. Beautiful body shot.
Sven takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lawrence misses with a hook
enabling Sven to counter with a crisp jab.

Malachi Lawrence's cut is getting worse.
Lawrence displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sven throws out the jab.
Lawrence uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sven.
Nice sprawl there from Sven as Lawrence shoots in.
Sven is looking for the big counter here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malachi Lawrence. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawrence takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sven with a jab.
Lawrence misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lawrence tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lawrence fails with a takedown attempt.
It seemed like Sven was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sven scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lawrence fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sven throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sven defends it nicely.
Sven looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lawrence shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Sven to counter with a crisp jab.
Sven misses with a lunging right hand
and Lawrence counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sven. Lawrence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawrence appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sven displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jayden Sven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Malachi Lawrence's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lawrence tries for a takedown but Sven circles away easily
and Sven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawrence misses with a head kick.

Lawrence drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sven is trying to control Lawrence's posture but Lawrence avoids it.
Sven is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sven defending well though.
Lawrence misses with a head shot. Sven uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lawrence slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lawrence 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.
Lawrence wants to take a breather but Sven is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sven manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lawrence is fighting to break Sven's control of his arms but Sven is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lawrence throws a big elbow that misses.
Lawrence with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lawrence trying to control the position from guard on top but Sven is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lawrence in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lawrence looking to pass the guard.
Sven being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lawrence throws the kick towards the body but Sven avoids it.
Sven let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lawrence works over Sven's head and body with a nice combination.
Sven defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lawrence.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lawrence looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sven is holding on to half guard well.
Lawrence thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sven's head.
Sven wants to improve his position but Lawrence is controlling well.
Sven is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lawrence wants to pass the guard but Sven is defending well.
Malachi Lawrence overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sven avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lawrence.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sven keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Lawrence is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lawrence sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sven defending well though.
Malachi Lawrence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sven keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lawrence slips a nice elbow through Sven's hands, connecting with Sven's forehead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lawrence is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sven sees it coming and defends easily.
Sven makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sven.

And that's the end of the fight!
Malachi Lawrence showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sven 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jayden Sven!
Malachi Lawrence spoke after the fight, saying 'The Hood Hit Harder Than You'.