PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Caceres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Caceres
vs
Lawrence

187 cm
24
173 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

177 cm
24
182 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Caceres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caceres shoots in but Lawrence avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Caceres looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lawrence is fending him off so far but Caceres persists. Nope, Lawrence circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawrence fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Caceres shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lawrence as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Caceres. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lawrence cracks Caceres with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Caceres looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Lawrence finish him?

Caceres is rocked!

It looks like Pablo Caceres has been cut.

Caceres looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lawrence!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawrence bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lawrence postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lawrence trying to control but Caceres is working from the bottom.
Caceres wants to stand and escape but Lawrence is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caceres is trying to control the position but Lawrence postures up.
Lawrence throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawrence pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caceres is keeping the position for now.

Caceres looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lawrence scoring with some ground and pound.
Lawrence showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lawrence pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caceres is keeping the position for now.
Lawrence postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caceres keeping moving, preventing Lawrence from controlling successfully.
Caceres controls Lawrence momentarily but Lawrence frees himself.
Caceres can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lawrence controls the pace.
Caceres keeping full guard, as Lawrence tries to pass.
Lawrence is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lawrence is looking to work some ground and pound but Caceres has wrist control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Caceres moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Caceres doesn't seem bothered though.
Caceres is breathing heavily.
Lawrence works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Caceres has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Caceres there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oh Caceres is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Lawrence feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Caceres sprawling to the canvas! Caceres rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Lawrence finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawrence flashes Caceres a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Caceres's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Caceres crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Lawrence punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcus Lawrence!