PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kye Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jayson lianza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lawson
vs
lianza

179 cm
24
172 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kye Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, jayson lianza!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawson shoots in but lianza avoids the takedown attempt easily.

lianza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
lianza trying to control the action but Lawson is working from the bottom.
lianza wants to pass to mount but Lawson is defending the position.
lianza controlling the action here.
lianza wants to pass to mount but Lawson is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lianza controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
lianza is thwarting Lawson's attempts to control the position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. jayson lianza wasn't active enough on the ground.
Lawson misses with a series of wild punches.
lianza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lawson counters with a nice body shot.

Lawson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lawson is trying to control. lianza wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
lianza is trying to stand up here but Lawson is controlling him well.
lianza is trying to maintain the position but Lawson is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lianza is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Lawson is staying active.

The ref stands the fighters back up. jayson lianza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
lianza throws a head kick that misses.
Lawson cracks lianza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
lianza tries for a takedown but Lawson circles away easily

and Lawson counters with a shoot takedown. lianza fights it but they end up in guard.
Lawson is breathing heavily.
lianza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawson is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lianza wants to get back to his feet but Lawson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

lianza looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lawson passes into half guard.
lianza is refusing to be controlled, as Lawson sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
lianza is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

lianza is defending against the submission attempts here by Lawson.
lianza wants to get back to full guard.
lianza is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kye Lawson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lawson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lawson showed some decent athleticism there.
Lawson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under lianza.
lianza regains full guard. Nicely done.
lianza wants to sweep here but Lawson controlling him for the moment.

lianza uses the cage to get back to his feet.

lianza closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - lianza lands in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lianza works over Lawson with some ground and pound from guard.
lianza works a leg free and moves into half guard.

lianza is looking for a kimura but Lawson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for lianza to get the leverage.
lianza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lawson keeps working.
lianza prevents Lawson from improving his position.

lianza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lawson defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
lianza is pressing down on Lawson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lawson is holding on for now.
Lawson tries to get to full guard but lianza has control of the leg.
lianza is trying to control. Lawson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lawson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

lianza postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Lawson to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

lianza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

lianza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
lianza throws a combination that misses

and Lawson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in lianza's guard now.
lianza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lawson!
Lawson is looking to improve his position but lianza isn't that keen on the idea.
lianza cracks Lawson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lianza takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
lianza wants to control the pace but Lawson is squirming around nicely.
lianza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lawson is squirming around, avoiding lianza's attempts to control the action.
Lawson is wriggling around trying to escape.
lianza looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jayson lianza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lawson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

lianza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than lianza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
lianza wants to control the pace but Lawson is squirming around nicely.
lianza lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
lianza pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
lianza looking to finish Lawson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lawson!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, lianza cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's one minute gone in the round.
lianza cracks Lawson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
lianza looking to control and managing it successfully.
lianza can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lawson is looking to escape.
lianza scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lawson?
Lawson is squirming around, avoiding lianza's attempts to control the action.
lianza controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lawson is squirming around, avoiding lianza's attempts to control the action.
Lawson tries to reverse the position but lianza maintains control.
lianza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
jayson lianza has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

jayson lianza has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Lawson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows lianza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lawson keeping moving, preventing lianza from controlling successfully.
Lawson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as lianza controls the pace.
lianza stops Lawson from standing up.
Lawson working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
lianza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lawson's guard.

lianza seems to be working for a kimura but Lawson defends the submission attempt.
lianza passes to side control.
Lawson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
lianza wants to control but Lawson is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
jayson lianza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think lianza 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jayson lianza!