PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edson Da Silva (ranked 5343 p4p, 4604 weight class) and Johnny Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edson Da Silva looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Da Silva
vs
Lawrence

182 cm
25
185
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
192
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Edson Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lawrence scores with a head kick.
Lawrence throws the left hand but Da Silva avoids the punch easily.
A head kick from Lawrence lands but Da Silva takes it in his stride.

Da Silva is rocked!
Lawrence throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Oh Da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lawrence lands a leg kick that knocks Da Silva off balance momentarily.
Da Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Da Silva misses with a takedown
and Lawrence counters with a nice body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lawrence checks a leg kick.
Lawrence steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Da Silva.
A solid body kick from Lawrence.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lawrence throws a front kick that sends Da Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Lawrence dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Da Silva. That did some damage!
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lawrence lands with a kick to the temple. Da Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Da Silva loads up on a big right hand but Lawrence slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Da Silva.
Lawrence ducks under a wild hook from Da Silva.
Da Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lawrence can pounce on him.
Lawrence throws a leg kick which misses Da Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Da Silva tries to avoid it.
Lawrence connects with a high kick.
Da Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lawrence can pounce on him.
Da Silva fails with the takedown.
Da Silva darts in looking for a takedown but Lawrence gets double underhooks and turns Da Silva into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edson Da Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Silva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lawrence to keep the fight standing.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.

Lawrence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lawrence lands a big head kick that sends Da Silva tumbling to the mat! Lawrence takes a step backwards and waves Da Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johnny Lawrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lawrence moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lawrence scores with a head kick. Da Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice body kick there by Lawrence.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Lawrence! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Johnny Lawrence!
Johnny Lawrence decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.