PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Magnunsen (ranked 493 p4p, 17 weight class) and Gene Lawler (ranked 1326 p4p, 41 weight class). Magnunsen comes to the cage accompanied by Dangerous. Lawler has chosen The Man as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Magnunsen
vs
Lawler

200 cm
19
290 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

198 cm
26
297 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thor Magnunsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gene Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magnunsen scores with a nice head shot.

Magnunsen clinches with his opponent.
Lawler blocks a body shot from Magnunsen.
Magnunsen lands a right hand.
Magnunsen scores with a shot to the side of Lawler's head.
Magnunsen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lawler.
Magnunsen digs a right hand into Lawler's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lawler's gas tank.
A body shot lands from Magnunsen.
Lawler looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magnunsen lands a shot to the body.
Magnunsen scores with a shot to the side of Lawler's head.
I was talking to Magnunsen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Magnunsen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Magnunsen.
Magnunsen scores with a shot to the side of Lawler's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Magnunsen.
A short left from Magnunsen.
Magnunsen is leaning against Lawler and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Magnunsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Magnunsen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Come on Magnunsen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lawler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Magnunsen prevents it.
Lawler fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thor Magnunsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gene Lawler.
A right handed body shot lands from Magnunsen.
Magnunsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magnunsen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magnunsen.
Magnunsen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Magnunsen lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Magnunsen scores with a nice short uppercut.

Lawler is rocked!
Magnunsen creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Lawler with a big uppercut! Lawler tries to clinch up but Magnunsen pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Lawler to the mat! Lawler covers up and Magnunsen unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Thor Magnunsen!
Thor Magnunsen retains his super heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Thor Magnunsen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Gene Lawler stepped up to the mic, saying 'I got robbed!'.