PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malachi Lawrence (ranked 1956 p4p, 249 weight class) and Ivar Lothbrok (ranked 3140 p4p, 355 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Lawrence
vs
Lothbrok

180 cm
20
174 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight 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, Malachi Lawrence!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivar Lothbrok!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Lawrence misses

and Lothbrok counters by moving into the clinch.
Lawrence misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lawrence softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lawrence manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lawrence prevents a body shot from Lothbrok.
Lawrence is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Lawrence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lawrence throws a sloppy head kick and Lothbrok moves out of range easily.
Lothbrok tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lawrence throws a series of punches but Lothbrok moves out of range.
Lawrence thuds a left hand into Lothbrok's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbrok tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Lawrence misses.
Lothbrok wants to counter with a clinch but Lawrence pushes him away.
Lothbrok fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lawrence.
Lothbrok fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lawrence seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lothbrok tries to clinch but Lawrence is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lawrence goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lawrence misses with a combination

and Lothbrok counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lawrence is looking to improve his position.
Lawrence's coaches at The Forge have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Lothbrok throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Lawrence to regain full guard.
Lawrence keeping moving, preventing Lothbrok from controlling successfully.
Lawrence lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Lawrence stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lawrence throws a jab but it's blocked by Lothbrok.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lothbrok looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lawrence holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lothbrok is trying to stall.
Lawrence prevents a body shot from Lothbrok.

Lawrence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lawrence falls off balance throwing a combination

and Lothbrok counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lawrence won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lothbrok throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lawrence prevents Lothbrok from improving position.
Lothbrok is looking to take a break and control but Lawrence is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is trying to improve his position.
Lothbrok wants to control but Lawrence is keeping him busy.
Lawrence tries to buck Lothbrok off but Lothbrok is having none of it.
Lawrence is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Lothbrok asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lothbrok trying to control the position but Lawrence is working away.
Lawrence is looking to reverse the position.
Lothbrok is trying to move to mount but Lawrence reverses beautifully and ends up in Lothbrok's guard.
Lawrence wants to stand but Lothbrok is controlling his posture from full guard.

Lothbrok is looking for a triangle here but Lawrence uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Lawrence has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malachi Lawrence dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lawrence scores with a body shot.
Lawrence moves away from the strike by Lothbrok.
As Lothbrok looks to move away, Lawrence throws a big counter combo but Lothbrok just gets out of the way.

Lothbrok gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lothbrok is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lawrence to keep the fight standing.
Lothbrok misses with a hook to the ribs.

Lawrence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lawrence lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lothbrok's sensitive parts.
Malachi Lawrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawrence throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Lawrence as he connects with a hook.
Lothbrok is looking to clinch.
Malachi Lawrence is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Lawrence - just one landing.

Lawrence forces Lothbrok back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Lawrence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lawrence tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lawrence is looking to wear down Lothbrok with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lawrence feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lothbroks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Lawrence fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lothbrok, pushing him back against the cage.

Lawrence breaks from the clinch.
Lothbrok tries to clinch up.
Lawrence shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lothbrok eats them both and turns towards Lawrence to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lawrence misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok avoids the head kick by Lawrence.
Lawrence throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lothbrok tries to clinch but Lawrence moves out of range.
Lawrence throws a big counter combination but Lothbrok scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lothbrok has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lothbrok there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lawrence throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lawrence throws a right hand that Lothbrok ducks under and follows up with a left that Lothbrok also avoids with ease.
Lothbrok is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lawrence pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lothbrok takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lothbrok doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.

Lawrence gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lothbrok fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Lothbrok gets control of Lawrence's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lothbrok will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Lawrence wants to stand but Lothbrok is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lawrence is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lothbrok can do to turn this around?

Lothbrok isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lawrence stacks Lothbrok on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lawrence!

Lawrence decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lawrence.
Lothbrok doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.

Lawrence has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lothbrok struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawrence controls his hands.
Lawrence lands with a right to the head.
Lothbrok letting Lawrence take a breather here.

Lawrence breaks the clinch.
Lawrence throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lawrence keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Lawrence wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lothbrok fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lawrence looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lothbrok tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawrence paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lawrence has closed the distance and engaged Lothbrok in a clinch.
Lothbrok unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lothbrok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lawrence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lothbrok tries to stall but Lawrence uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lawrence blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lothbrok fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Malachi Lawrence has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivar Lothbrok.
Lawrence lands with a right to the head.
Lawrence content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lawrence lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lothbrok backwards.
Lothbrok fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A bit of stalling here from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short right from Lawrence on the inside.
Lawrence makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malachi Lawrence dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lawrence goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lothbrok is looking to clinch.
Lawrence's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lawrence duly obliges.
Lothbrok takes one to the side of the head.
Lawrence scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Lothbrok is rocked!
Lothbrok darts in trying to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Lothbrok falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Malachi Lawrence!
Malachi Lawrence retains his welterweight title!