PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lawler
vs
Jensen

182 cm
26
175 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
182 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Lawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jensen tries to clinch up but Lawler circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen tries to clinch but Lawler is having none of it.
Jensen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jensen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lawler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jensen.
A jab from Jensen misses.
Jensen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lawler throws a right hand that Jensen ducks under and follows up with a left that Jensen also avoids with ease.
Jensen tries to clinch but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler missing with a left hand there. Jensen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jensen throws a leg kick
and Lawler counters with an inside leg kick.
Jensen slips a jab and a cross from Lawler.
Lawler cracks Jensen with an open hand slap.
Lawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Jensen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jensen tries to clinch up but Lawler circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler tried to score with a low kick but Jensen checks it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lawler avoids a wild elbow strike from Jensen.
We've been hearing reports that Lawler has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lawler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lawler avoids the elbow strike from Jensen, against the cage.
Jensen throws an elbow that misses.
Lawler blocks the elbow strike.
Lawler has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jensen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lawler's defenses.

It looks like Ricky Lawler has been cut.
Lawler trying to land knees to the body.
Lawler wants to get back to striking at distance but Jensen won't allow it.
Lawler can't break the clinch.
Lawler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jensen avoids it.
Lawler blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler dodges an elbow strike from Jensen.
Jensen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jensen misses with an elbow strike.

Lawler breaks the clinch.
Jensen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lawler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jensen doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawler circles away.
Lawler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jensen darts in trying to clinch
and Lawler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawler paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Lawler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jensen, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jensen lands an elbow inside that Lawler shrugs off.
Lawler struggles to land a body shot inside as Jensen controls his hands.
Lawler lands a nice knee to the body.
Jensen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen throws an elbow that misses.
Jensen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jensen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jensen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lawler throws a punch but it's blocked by Jensen.

Jensen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jensen trying to control from Lawler's half guard. Lawler has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lawler has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jensen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lawler looking for a sweep. Not yet Lawler, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawler not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ricky Lawler wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lawler throws a leg kick which misses Jensen's front leg but catches the back leg as Jensen tries to avoid it.
Lawler moves in looking to clinch but Jensen pushes him off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lawler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Lawler darts in and clinches Jensen up against the cage.
Jensen misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jensen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jensen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lawler blocks an elbow strike from Jensen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Lawler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Lawler's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jensen misses with a low kick.
Lawler throws a right hand that Jensen ducks under and follows up with a left that Jensen also avoids with ease.
Jensen wants to clinch.
Lawler pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jensen is out of range and Lawler settles back down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lawler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ricky Lawler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lawler throws a shot from downtown. Jensen moves away and avoids it.
Jensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lawler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lawler lands a jab.
Jensen wants to clinch
and Lawler counters with a left to the body.
Jensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jensen darts in trying to clinch
and Lawler counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen checks a low kick from Lawler.
Jensen tries to clinch but Lawler moves out of range.
We've been informed that Jensen has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lawler circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lawler counters with a left and a right that stings Jensen.

Jensen is rocked!
Lawler lands with a right and another and another! Jensen is in big trouble! Lawler lands again and this time it's lights out for Jensen! A quality knockout there for Lawler.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ricky Lawler!
Ricky Lawler thanked the fans post fight for their support.