PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Lawless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Le Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawless comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of TheTiger. Le Pain comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Mountain Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pierre Le Pain is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lawless
vs
Le Pain

192 cm
20
204 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

225 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Lawless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pierre Le Pain!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Pain shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lawless as he avoids it easily.
Lawless keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Le Pain fails with the takedown.
Johnny Lawless has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pierre Le Pain.
Le Pain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lawless is fending him off so far but Le Pain persists. Nope, Lawless circles away and we're back to standing.
Le Pain is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Le Pain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lawless as he jumps to the side.
Le Pain closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lawless circles away.

Lawless looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Le Pain looks gassed!
Lawless wants to lay and pray for a moment but Le Pain keeps working.
Le Pain wants to get back to full guard.
Le Pain is not content to let Lawless control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawless is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Le Pain is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Le Pain wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Le Pain misses with a takedown attempt

and Lawless holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Le Pain takes an elbow to the temple.

Lawless jumps into guard, dragging Le Pain to the mat.
Le Pain trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Le Pain lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Le Pain decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lawless, up you get!
Lawless changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Pain gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lawless counters with a takedown into side control.
Le Pain is looking to regain half guard here but Lawless keeps moving and retains side control.
Le Pain misses with a strike from the bottom.
Le Pain tries to buck Lawless off but Lawless is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Pain manages to get back to half guard.
Le Pain trying to control but Lawless postures up.
Le Pain regains full guard. Nicely done.
Le Pain wants to sweep here but Lawless controlling him for the moment.
Le Pain looking to control.
Le Pain will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Le Pain throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Le Pain looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawless is one step ahead there.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lawless stuffs the takedown.
Le Pain dodges the punch combination from Lawless.

Lawless shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lawless showed some decent athleticism there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Pain wants to get back to full guard but Lawless has mounted him!
Lawless trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Le Pain is trying desperately to improve position.
Le Pain tries to lock up and control but Lawless gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lawless wants to control the pace but Le Pain is squirming around nicely.
Le Pain is trying desperately to improve position.
Le Pain wants to control but Lawless is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lawless trying to control but Le Pain is having none of it.
Le Pain is looking to get to half guard.
Le Pain is squirming around, avoiding Lawless's attempts to control the action.
Le Pain manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Le Pain is looking to control Lawless's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Le Pain avoid being mounted?
Le Pain wants to get back to full guard.
Le Pain is refusing to be controlled, as Lawless sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Le Pain with a poor takedown
and Lawless counters with a slapping leg kick.
Le Pain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lawless.
Lawless swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lawless throws a nice inside leg kick.

Lawless instigates a clinch.

Le Pain gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Le Pain passes Lawless's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Le Pain is nestled in close to Lawless, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Le Pain trying to mount his opponent but Lawless defends it.
Le Pain slips a nice elbow through Lawless's hands, connecting with Lawless's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Le Pain connects with a nice short shot to Lawless's temple.
Lawless might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lawless wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lawless won't allow Le Pain to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawless is refusing to be controlled, as Le Pain sits in half guard.
Lawless works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Pain throws and elbow that misses. Lawless uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Le Pain's guard. Nice move by Lawless!
Lawless trying to control the position from guard on top but Le Pain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Le Pain manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Le Pain working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Johnny Lawless has been cut.
Le Pain connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Johnny Lawless's cut is getting worse.
Le Pain with the ground and pound from mount.

Johnny Lawless's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le Pain with good strikes from the mount here!

Lawless is rocked!

Jeez, Johnny Lawless's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Lawless's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pierre Le Pain!