PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Woodrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Lake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woodrow comes to the cage accompanied by The Lumberjack Song. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lake's choice of entrance music: Saliva - Super Star. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Woodrow
vs
Lake

168 cm
23
153 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
147 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Woodrow!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Lake!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodrow throws a looping overhand right but Lake ducks down to avoid it.

Woodrow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Woodrow lands a left hand.
Woodrow lands with a light punch inside.

Woodrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lake misses with a looping right.
Lake tries to bum rush Woodrow with a series of wild strikes but Woodrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lake misses with a looping right.
Woodrow lands with a nice combination. Lake backs away looking to recover.
Lake scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lake scores with a hook to the body. Woodrow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A swing and a miss from Woodrow.
Woodrow thuds his shin into the meat of Lake's side.
Lake scores with the left hand. Woodrow knows he should have avoided that one.
Lake is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Woodrow on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Woodrow is looking to clinch.
Woodrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lake.
Lake ducks under a wild hook from Woodrow.
Woodrow needs to keep his hands up - Lake had a free shot at his head there.

Woodrow closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lake to the mat! Lake manages to get full guard.

Woodrow decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lake, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodrow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lake.
Andrew Lake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Woodrow keeps control of Lake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Woodrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Woodrow leaning his opponent against the cage.

Woodrow tightens his grip and picks Lake up, before dumping him to the ground. Lake manages to land in guard.
Woodrow trying to control but Lake is working from the bottom.
Woodrow sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lake keeping moving, preventing Woodrow from controlling successfully.
Lake can't keep his opponent in guard - Woodrow advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Woodrow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Woodrow is trying to control the action in half guard but Lake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lake is trying to control but can't.
Woodrow perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodrow wants to free his trapped foot but Lake is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Woodrow throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Woodrow throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Woodrow takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Woodrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lake is in trouble now - Woodrow has advanced to mount!
Lake is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Woodrow unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Woodrow can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lake is looking to escape.
Lake tries to hold on but Woodrow pushes him away.
Woodrow landing strikes from the mount.
Woodrow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Woodrow postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lake looks a forlorn figure.
Lake wants to hold on but Woodrow pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Woodrow dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Woodrow moves into the clinch.
Woodrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lake backwards.
Woodrow lands with a right to the head.
Lake wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Woodrow has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Woodrow.
Woodrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Woodrow changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lake fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Woodrow fails with the takedown.
Woodrow defending well as Lake loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woodrow misses with a double jab.
Woodrow slips a jab from Lake.
Woodrow tries to close the distance and clinch but Lake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lake throws the left hand but Woodrow avoids the punch easily.
Woodrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodrow slips a jab from Lake.
Lake misses with a looping right.
Woodrow is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Woodrow ducks under a wild hook from Lake.
Lake might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Woodrow bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lake can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodrow cracks Lake with a big elbow.
Lake is trying to get back to half guard.
Lake sneaks back into half guard.
Woodrow is taking a breather. Lake says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodrow stops Lake from getting back to his feet.
Woodrow looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Woodrow wants to stand up but Lake has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Woodrow is controlling the pace.
Woodrow is thwarting Lake's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodrow trying to control the action but Lake is working from the bottom.
Lake taking some punishment here, with Woodrow in his half guard.
Woodrow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Woodrow throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Woodrow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Woodrow stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
A jab from Woodrow finds it's way through Lake's defenses.
Alexander Woodrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Woodrow changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lake looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Woodrow decides to stand back up. Woodrow steps back and let's Lake get back to his feet.
Woodrow scores with a body shot.
Woodrow moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Horrible takedown by Woodrow or perhaps it was just good defense by Lake which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Woodrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Lake misses its intended target.
Woodrow fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Woodrow clinches up with Lake and pushes him back against the cage.
Woodrow drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lake pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lake jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Woodrow dominated that second 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.

A big left from Lake misses.
Woodrow throws a lazy right hand but Lake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lake throws an overhand right that lands on Woodrow's shoulder, as Woodrow tries to avoid the shot.
Lake misses with a looping right.
Woodrow moves out of range of the strikes.
Woodrow ducks under a wild hook from Lake.
Woodrow slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Woodrow lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Woodrow misses with a body punch
and Lake counters with an outside leg kick.
Lake scores with a jab to the jaw.
Woodrow misses with a double jab
and Woodrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lake throws a lazy right hand but Woodrow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Woodrow blocks a jab.
A combination from Woodrow does no damage.
Woodrow closes the distance and clinches up with Lake, looking for a takedown. Woodrow pushes Lake against the cage but Lake circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Woodrow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lake throws a hook but Woodrow blocks it.
Lake misses the shot to the body.

Woodrow forces Lake back against the cage and clinches.

Woodrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lake connects with the punch.
Lake throws a hook but Woodrow avoids it easily.
Lake is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lake throws a hook but Woodrow blocks it.
Woodrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Woodrow looks to land a right hand but Lake moved out of range.
Lake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Woodrow.
Lake slips under a jab from Woodrow.
Andrew Lake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Woodrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lake misses with an uppercut.
Woodrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Woodrow.
Woodrow ducks under a wild hook from Lake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Woodrow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lake throws out the jab.
Woodrow missing with a left hand there. Lake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Lake misses.
Woodrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Woodrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lake paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Lake misses its intended target.
Lake with a nice cross.
Woodrow cracks Lake with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Woodrow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Woodrow walks into a stiff left hand from Lake.

Woodrow shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lake's guard.
Lake avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lake keeping full guard, as Woodrow tries to pass.
Woodrow wants to control from the top but Lake keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodrow stays in close to Lake's body and controls the position.
Woodrow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lake is looking to sweep but instead, Woodrow has passed into half guard.
Woodrow lands strikes from half guard.
Woodrow throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Woodrow throwing shots but Lake is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Woodrow winds up and cracks Lake with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Woodrow trying to mount his opponent but Lake defends it.
Woodrow is thwarting Lake's attempts to control the position.
Woodrow sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Woodrow lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Woodrow clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Woodrow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lake swats away the attempt to clinch by Woodrow.
A head kick misses from Woodrow.
Nice defenses there by Lake.
Woodrow shoots in but Lake avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A swing and a miss from Lake.
Lake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Woodrow lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Woodrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lake with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Woodrow to score with a decent uppercut.
Lake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Woodrow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Woodrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Woodrow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Woodrow throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Woodrow drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Woodrow is looking to take a break and control but Lake is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Woodrow working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Woodrow is looking to take a break and control but Lake is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Woodrow looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lake is looking to regain half guard here but Woodrow keeps moving and retains side control.
Woodrow trying to control the position but Lake is working away.
Lake tries to escape but Woodrow is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Woodrow misses with a double jab
and Lake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Woodrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lake swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Woodrow.
Woodrow tries to close the distance and clinch but Lake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lake cracks a nice hook into Woodrow's ribs.
Lake misses with a hook. Woodrow ducked under it nicely.
Woodrow defending well as Lake loads up on a big left hand.
Woodrow slips a straight right by Lake.
Lake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lake works the jab nicely.
Woodrow throws a head kick that misses.
Lake lands a with a good body shot.
Jab from Woodrow.
Woodrow loads up on a big right hand but Lake slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodrow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Woodrow.

Woodrow shoots in and bounces Lake off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Woodrow wanted to stand there but Lake had control of the position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Lake can't keep his opponent in guard - Woodrow advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lake is trying to maintain the position but Woodrow is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Woodrow had his way with Andrew Lake in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Woodrow clinches.
Woodrow effectively controlling the action here.
Woodrow works on Lake's body with a couple of short punches.
Lake lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Woodrow.
Lake can't break the clinch.
Lake can't break the clinch.
Woodrow tries for a takedown but Lake manages to get underhooks.
Woodrow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lake gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short left from Woodrow.
Woodrow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lake or not.
Woodrow is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Woodrow is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Woodrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lake gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Woodrow.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Woodrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Woodrow goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lake prevents it.
Lake wants to get back to striking at distance but Woodrow won't allow it.
Lake tries a body shot but Woodrow blocks it.
Woodrow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lake gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Woodrow.
Lake wants to break the clinch but can't.
Woodrow is working for takedown but Lake is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lake tries to break the clinch but Woodrow is controlling the position.
Woodrow working aggressively here.

Woodrow lands a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lake seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lake's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Alexander Woodrow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Woodrow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lake throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Woodrow decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lake, up you get!
Woodrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lake can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodrow throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Woodrow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lake, pushing him back against the cage.
Lake has had enough of the clinch but Woodrow keeps him there for the moment.
Lake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Woodrow gets through Lake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A hook to the body from Woodrow.
Woodrow lands a body shot.
Woodrow is working for takedown but Lake is calmly controlling the position for now.
Andrew Lake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Woodrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Woodrow gets through Lake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lake tries to break the clinch but Woodrow is controlling the position.
Lake wants to get back to striking at distance but Woodrow won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Woodrow takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lake wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Woodrow on the inside.
Woodrow is working Lake over against the cage.
Woodrow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Woodrow lands a nice shot to the body.
Woodrow digs a right hand underneath Lake's ribcage. Lake let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Woodrow breaks from the clinch.
Woodrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lake.
Lake throws a hook but Woodrow blocks it.
Lake throws a sloppy body shot
and Woodrow counters with a stiff right hand.
Lake throws the left hand but Woodrow avoids the punch easily.
Lake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lake tries to bum rush Woodrow with a series of wild strikes but Woodrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Woodrow tries to close the distance and clinch but Lake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Woodrow doesn't manage to clinch there - Lake circles away.
Woodrow tries to clinch but Lake is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Woodrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Woodrow has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 50:45
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 50:45
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Woodrow!
Alexander Woodrow retains his featherweight title!