PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between dale brennan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenerd Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

brennan
vs
Lawrence

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, dale brennan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lenerd Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
brennan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lawrence is fending him off so far but brennan persists. Nope, Lawrence circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawrence stuffs the takedown attempt from brennan. brennan gets slowly back to his feet.

Lawrence closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming brennan to the mat! brennan manages to get full guard.
Lawrence postures up.
brennan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawrence is one step ahead there.
Lawrence passes brennan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
brennan has a hand on Lawrence's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Lawrence takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Lawrence wants to control the pace but brennan is squirming around nicely.

Lawrence working for a submission but brennan is keeping him at bay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brennan is trying desperately to improve position.
brennan has given up his back here.

Lawrence is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. brennan defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Lawrence trying to control momentarily.
brennan turns into Lawrence and is now in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
brennan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lawrence trying to control but brennan is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lawrence takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
brennan tries to control Lawrence's body but Lawrence pushes him off. brennan squirms to his side and now Lawrence has his back!
Lawrence just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is trying to stick to brennan's back but brennan is turning into Lawrence. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Lawrence's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by brennan.
brennan trying to control but Lawrence is working from the bottom.
Lawrence manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
brennan tries to improve his position but instead Lawrence has taken his back!
brennan is breathing heavily.
A lull in the action here.
Lawrence has good solid back control here.

Lawrence is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. brennan is defending well though. Lawrence let's go of the attempt for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
brennan is trying to break free.
Lawrence throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Lawrence controlling well, preventing brennan from escaping the position.
Lawrence wants to control but brennan is keeping busy.
brennan is taking damage to the body and head.
Lawrence somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Will Lawrence go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Lawrence misses with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lenerd Lawrence 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.

brennan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lawrence counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
brennan tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Lawrence has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lawrence is landing with some decent strikes but brennan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lawrence looking to control but brennan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
brennan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lawrence on the ground.
Lawrence is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Lawrence stands up from mount. Strange move.
Lawrence wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brennan with a poor takedown

and Lawrence moves into the clinch.
Lawrence missing with knees to the body.

Lawrence has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics brennan uses from the top position.
Lawrence is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lawrence is on top in guard.

Lawrence stands up from brennan's guard - Lawrence perhaps looking for a knockout.
brennan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Lawrence counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in brennan's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for dale brennan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawrence throws a big right hand that misses.
brennan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lawrence showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence passes into half guard.
brennan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lawrence with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lawrence looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lawrence moves into full mount! brennan won't be happy about that!
brennan tries to improve his position but instead Lawrence has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence wants to control but brennan is keeping busy.
Lawrence misses with an elbow to the head.
Lawrence has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of brennan's body.
brennan can't escape the position.

Lawrence is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! brennan is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lenerd Lawrence!