PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heath Bace (ranked 24640 p4p, 285 weight class) and Rampai Lawang (ranked 4456 p4p, 82 weight class). Bace comes to the cage accompanied by All the single ladies. Heath Bace could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rampai Lawang's chin.

Bace
vs
Lawang

180 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

178 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heath Bace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rampai Lawang!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bace takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bace pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Lawang moves into the clinch.
Bace is looking to take this one to the mat.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lawang.

Lawang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Lawang.
Lawang is looking to clinch.
Lawang throws a leg kick which misses Bace's front leg but catches the back leg as Bace tries to avoid it.
Bace takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lawang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lawang explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rampai Lawang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bace throws an overhand right that lands on Lawang's shoulder, as Lawang tries to avoid the shot.
Bace misses with a lunging right hand
and Lawang counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lawang explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bace has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bace has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lawang works over Bace's head and body with a nice combination.
Bace on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bace on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lawang. Lawang obviously looking to wear him down.
Lawang moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lawang stalks Bace and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bace's face. Bace staggers backwards, shaken.
Bace misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lawang!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawang scores with a push kick.
Rampai Lawang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid body kick from Lawang.
Lawang cracks the inside of Bace's front leg.

Lawang closes the distance and pushes Bace back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bace misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bace is looking for a takedown.
Lawang landing knees to the head.
Lawang wants to get back to striking at distance but Bace won't allow it.
Bace has a couple of punches blocked by Lawang.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bace.
Lawang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lawang blocks an elbow strike from Bace.
Bace throws a punch but it's blocked by Lawang.
Lawang lands a good knee to the midsection. Bace won't want to take too many of those.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lawang as Bace tries to tie him up.
Bace misses with a body punch.
Lawang is looking to break free of the clinch but Bace has double underhooks.
Lawang with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bace can't break the clinch.
Bace's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lawang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lawang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bace swings wildly with an uppercut but Lawang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lawang lands a knee to the head.
Lawang landing knees to the body.
Lawang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lawang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lawang dodges an elbow strike from Bace.
Bace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bace misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Bace pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawang connects with an inside leg kick.
Lawang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Lawang has closed the distance and engaged Bace in a clinch.
Lawang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bace lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bace drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lawang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heath Bace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bace is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lawang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bace lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lawang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lawang has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawang obliges.
Bace is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lawang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lawang gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bace.
Bace keeps control of Lawang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rampai Lawang 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.

Bace with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lawang counters with a left and a right that stings Bace.

Lawang clinches.
Bace throws a punch but it's blocked by Lawang.

Lawang breaks from the clinch.
Lawang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lawang has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bace has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lawang.
Bace misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lawang counters with a left and a right that stings Bace.
Nice body kick from Lawang.
A right-left combo lands from Lawang.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lawang's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lawang duly obliges.
Rampai Lawang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bace misses with a takedown attempt
and Lawang counters with a left and a right that stings Bace.

Lawang takes the fight into the clinch.
Lawang lands a good knee to the midsection. Bace won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bace working aggressively here.
Bace throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lawang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bace throws a right hand that misses
and Lawang counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lawang throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lawang thuds a left hand into Bace's body.
Bace misses with a low kick.
Lawang tries to clinch but Bace moves out of range.
Bace fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heath Bace. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lawang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lawang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bace has him pressed against the cage.
Bace tries to score a body lock takedown but Lawang shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bace takes a knee right on the jaw!

Bace pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bace will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Lawang drives through and clinches with Bace against the cage.
Lawang tries to break free but Bace pushes him back against the cage.
Lawang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rampai Lawang seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bace misses with some punches.
Knees to the body from Lawang.
Bace takes a shot to the head.
Lawang with a knee to the head.
Lawang is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lawang blocks an elbow strike.
Lawang working hard to break the clinch.

Lawang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lawang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bace. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Lawang there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lawang clinches.
Lawang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lawang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bace's face.
Bace is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lawang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lawang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Lawang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bace misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lawang counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bace shoots in looking for a takedown. Lawang tries to sprawl out of it but Bace keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lawang manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawang is looking to clinch but Bace is avoiding it.
Lawang checks a low kick from Bace.
Bace takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Lawang moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lawang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bace throws an elbow but it misses.
Bace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bace is trying to maintain a safe position but Lawang gets an underhook and turns Bace into the cage.
Lawang lands a nice knee to the body.
Lawang landing knees to the head.
Bace tries a body shot but Lawang blocks it.
Lawang wants to break free but Bace has control.
Bace is looking for a takedown.
Bace throws an elbow but it misses.
Bace can't find room to land a body shot as Lawang controls the action.
Lawang working Bace over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lawang pushes Bace back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lawang tries to break free but Bace pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Lawang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rampai Lawang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice combination there by Lawang.
Bace is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lawang.
Lawang wants to clinch.
Bace misses with a body shot.

Lawang drives through and clinches with Bace against the cage.

Lawang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lawang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bace's sensitive parts.
Lawang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawang scores with a push kick.
Lawang is working the combinations to good effect here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lawang.
Lawang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bace throws out the jab.
Lawang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawang throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lawang.
Nice body kick there by Lawang.
Lawang pushes Bace away with a front kick.
Lawang tries to clinch up.
Bace tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Lawang has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bace taking a breather.
Lawang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bace working aggressively here.
Lawang blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawang.
Bace is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lawang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bace wants a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawang working Bace over with knees to the body.
Lawang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bace's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Lawang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lawang. That's going to slow Bace down.

Bace moves into the clinch.
Lawang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lawang is trying to break free.
Lawang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bace has a couple of punches blocked by Lawang.
Bace working aggressively here.
Lawang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Bace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lawang scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lawang pushes Bace up against the cage in a clinch.

Lawang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lawang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lawang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lawang lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lawang.
Lawang keeps Bace at a distance using the push kick.
Lawang scores with a leg kick.

Lawang moves into the clinch successfully.
Bace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bace will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lawang up against the cage.

Lawang breaks the clinch.
Bace with a poor takedown
and Lawang counters with a series of strikes. Bace will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lawang scores with a head kick.
Lawang feints and then cracks Bace's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bace down.

Bace gets tackled into the cage by Lawang. Lawang maintains the clinch.

Lawang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bace takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lawang chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lawang!
A solid body kick from Lawang.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lawang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heath Bace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rampai Lawang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bace 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 Heath Bace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bace lands with a left to the head.
Lawang blocks an elbow strike from Bace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rampai Lawang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lawang has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rampai Lawang!
A very excited looking Rampai Lawang made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Heath Bace spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck Trump, Bernie Sanders is the true president and he was cheated like i was here tonight black lives matter'.