PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Coppola (ranked 4285 p4p, 23734 weight class) and Ray Lawris (ranked 522 p4p, 692 weight class). Coppola comes to the cage accompanied by Duality. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Coppola
vs
Lawris

201 cm
23
210
4 - 16 - 0

167 cm
30
205
4 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvatore Coppola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Lawris!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coppola lands a jab-cross combination.

Coppola changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lawris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lawris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coppola. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Coppola has hold of Lawris's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Lawris tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Coppola cranks the arm and Lawris screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Lawris, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Salvatore Coppola!
Salvatore Coppola opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.