PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malachi Lawrence (ranked 2323 p4p, 1642 weight class) and Julio Regueiro (ranked 302 p4p, 214 weight class). Lawrence comes to the cage accompanied by Many Men. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lawrence
vs
Regueiro

180 cm
37
174
26 - 23 - 0

174 cm
41
174
36 - 24 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malachi Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Julio Regueiro!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Regueiro throws a head kick that misses.
Regueiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawrence moves away.
Lawrence was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lawrence looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Julio Regueiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick from Lawrence lands but Regueiro takes it in his stride.
Lawrence takes a kick to the side of the head.
Regueiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Regueiro misses with a head kick.

Regueiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lawrence is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Regueiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Regueiro steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lawrence.
Regueiro throws a head kick that half lands.
Regueiro takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Regueiro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lawrence throws a sloppy head kick and Regueiro moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Lawrence, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Lawrence feints and as Regueiro raises his hands in defense, Lawrence changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lawrence trying to control the position from guard on top but Regueiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lawrence lands a couple of digs.
Regueiro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Regueiro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lawrence postures up in Regueiro's guard and throws a big left but Regueiro blocks it.
Lawrence throwing strikes from guard but Regueiro blocks nicely.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Regueiro holds on and takes a little breather.
Lawrence cracks Regueiro with a solid left hand.
Lawrence trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence trying to control but Regueiro is working from the bottom.
Lawrence scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawrence is looking to work some ground and pound but Regueiro has wrist control.
Lawrence working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Regueiro trying to control the position.
Lawrence controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Regueiro keeping moving, preventing Lawrence from controlling successfully.
Lawrence stopping the sweep attempt from Regueiro.
Lawrence stays in close to Regueiro's body and controls the position.
Lawrence tries to free his leg and advance position but Regueiro is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro wants to sweep but no luck.
Lawrence has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Regueiro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Regueiro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lawrence working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Regueiro's head.

Lawrence avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lawrence keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Regueiro's head.
Lawrence cracks Regueiro with a solid left hand.
Lawrence lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Regueiro being controlled here, momentarily.
Lawrence working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Regueiro's head.
Lawrence forces his way into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro has hold of Lawrence's hands but Lawrence slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Regueiro actively working from the bottom here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lawrence lands a nice short elbow.
Regueiro taking some punishment here, with Lawrence in his half guard.
Regueiro taking some punishment here, with Lawrence in his half guard.
Lawrence is nestled in close to Regueiro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Regueiro tries to roll over but Lawrence keeps him under control.
Lawrence sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Regueiro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Regueiro has hold of Lawrence's hands but Lawrence slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lawrence looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Regueiro is staying active underneath Lawrence, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malachi Lawrence dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lawrence throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice side step and Regueiro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Regueiro closes the distance and pushes Lawrence back into the cage.

Regueiro breaks the clinch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lawrence or perhaps it was just good defense by Regueiro, which made it look bad.
Regueiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawrence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Regueiro throws a lazy head kick
and Lawrence counters with a one-two to the body.
Lawrence throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Regueiro stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Regueiro wants it to stay on the feet.
Regueiro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combo that has Regueiro backing up. Regueiro nods at Lawrence to acknowledge the strikes.
Regueiro tries to clinch
and Regueiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Regueiro digs a good hook to Lawrence's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Regueiro wants to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a series of strikes. Regueiro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Regueiro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lawrence.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lawrence is defended easily by Regueiro.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malachi Lawrence. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawrence throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Regueiro's waist but Regueiro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lawrence off to one side.
Lawrence looks to land a right hand but Regueiro moved out of range.
Lawrence keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Lawrence was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Regueiro misses with a double jab
and Lawrence counters with a one-two to the body.
Lawrence is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Regueiro can do to turn this around?

Regueiro drives through and clinches with Lawrence against the cage.
Lawrence is looking for a takedown.
Lawrence goes for a takedown in the clinch but Regueiro prevents it.
Lawrence goes for a takedown in the clinch but Regueiro prevents it.
Regueiro misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Lawrence.
Regueiro gets underhooks to prevent Lawrence's takedown attempt.
Regueiro blocking some punches.

Regueiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Regueiro is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Regueiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Regueiro misses with a combination
and Regueiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Regueiro misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Lawrence.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawrence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lawrence keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Lawrence was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Regueiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence shoots in looking for a takedown but Regueiro manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lawrence's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Regueiro tries to clinch but Lawrence moves out of range.

Regueiro closes the distance and clinches.
Regueiro gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lawrence.
A right hook to the body lands for Regueiro.

Regueiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lawrence fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Regueiro throws a sloppy head kick and Lawrence moves out of range easily.
Lawrence dodges the punch combination from Regueiro.
Lawrence was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Regueiro connects with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence pivots, looking for a leg kick but Regueiro is out of range and Lawrence settles back down.
Malachi Lawrence is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Regueiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Regueiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Regueiro tries to clinch but Lawrence moves out of range.
Regueiro jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Regueiro throws a right and a left that Lawrence avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Regueiro misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawrence misses with a double jab.
Lawrence throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Regueiro.
Lawrence fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Julio Regueiro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Lawrence.
Regueiro misses with a series of wild punches.
Regueiro leaves Lawrence with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lawrence moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRegueiro.
Lawrence has a takedown stuffed.
Julio Regueiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lawrence throws a good cross that connects.
A head kick from Regueiro lands but Lawrence takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence ducks under a wild hook from Regueiro.
Regueiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawrence misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Regueiro throws a body punch but Lawrence moves out of range.
Lawrence half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Regueiro displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lawrence.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malachi Lawrence. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Regueiro closes the distance and clinches.
Regueiro misses with a hook to the ribs.

Regueiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Regueiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Lawrence swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Lawrence wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Regueiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.

Regueiro moves into the clinch.

Regueiro manages to break the clinch.

Lawrence decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lawrence trying to control the action but Regueiro is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Regueiro manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Regueiro working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Regueiro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lawrence cracks Regueiro with a solid left hand.

Regueiro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lawrence engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Regueiro keeping moving, preventing Lawrence from controlling successfully.
Lawrence in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lawrence is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawrence distracts Regueiro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Regueiro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lawrence scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lawrence distracts Regueiro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Regueiro has his foot on Lawrence's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lawrence works his way back into a safe position though.
Malachi Lawrence overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lawrence trying to control the position from guard on top but Regueiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lawrence scoring with punches to the head and body.
Regueiro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lawrence wants to control from the top but Regueiro keeps moving.
Lawrence lands a couple of digs.
Regueiro has momentary wrist control but Lawrence slips an elbow through the middle.
Lawrence engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lawrence with a nice head shot there.
Lawrence with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Regueiro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lawrence with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lawrence preventing the sweep.
Regueiro keeping moving, preventing Lawrence from controlling successfully.
Regueiro trying to keep a closed guard but Lawrence is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Regueiro is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Regueiro has momentary wrist control but Lawrence slips an elbow through the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Malachi Lawrence showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lawrence has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malachi Lawrence!
Malachi Lawrence decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.