PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mabahong Tae (ranked 3404 p4p, 23862 weight class) and Jack Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mabahong Tae had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Tae
vs
Lawson

187 cm
26
195
4 - 6 - 0

180 cm
32
185
6 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mabahong Tae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Lawson!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Watson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tae gets a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Tae.
Lawson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tae after a bit of a struggle.
Tae lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lawson backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lawson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tae lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tae utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lawson looks winded!
Tae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lawson's face.

It looks like Jack Lawson has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Tae.
Tae is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tae seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tae scores with a knee to the head.
Tae with a knee to the head.

Lawson is rocked!
Tae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lawson is still on wobbly legs! Can Tae finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Tae.
Tae has Lawson tight in a Thai clinch... and there's a huge knee which drops Lawson to the floor. He's out cold!! I hope he's still got all his teeth!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Mabahong Tae!
A very excited looking Mabahong Tae rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.