PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lance Lawrence could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sven Hammer's chin.

Lawrence
vs
Hammer

150 cm
24
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

193 cm
27
300 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lance Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hammer is fending him off so far but Lawrence persists. Nope, Hammer circles away and we're back to standing.

Hammer closes the distance and pushes Lawrence back into the cage.
Lawrence takes a shot to the head.
Hammer has Lawrence pressed against the cage, preventing Lawrence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hammer lands with a left to the head.
Lawrence has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lawrence tries to clinch up but Hammer circles away and keeps his distance.
Hammer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hammer stuffs the takedown attempt from Lawrence. Lawrence gets slowly back to his feet.
Lawrence clinches but Hammer breaks the clinch

and Hammer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hammer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Lawrence manages to get underhooks.
Hammer scores with a shot to the side of Lawrence's head.
Hammer stalls.

Hammer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lance Lawrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawrence shoots in but Hammer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Lawrence. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hammer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammer lands a couple of elbows.

Hammer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hammer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammer chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Hammer stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lawrence looks to throw a body kick

and Hammer counters by moving into the clinch.
Hammer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lawrence gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lawrence wants to get back to striking at distance but Hammer won't allow it.
Lawrence misses with some punches.
Lawrence jumps guard but Hammer stands there with Lawrence around his waist. Lawrence gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hammer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lawrence is breathing heavily.
Hammer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lawrence's efforts to push away.
A short right from Hammer on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Hammer clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammer controlling the action here for a moment.
Lawrence tries to break free but Hammer pushes him back against the cage.
Lawrence tries to pull guard but Hammer won't allow it.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lawrence throws a head kick but Hammer moves out of range.
Hammer fails to land the takedown.
Lawrence misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hammer fails to land with a series of punches.
Lawrence tries to move into range but Hammer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hammer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lawrence is fending him off so far but Hammer persists. Nope, Lawrence circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab by Hammer.
No luck for Hammer with that takedown attempt.
Hammer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lawrence takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lawrence looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hammer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lawrence's efforts to push away.
Lawrence tries to circle away but Hammer has him pinned against the cage.
Lawrence wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lawrence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hammer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.

Hammer breaks from the clinch.
Lawrence swings for the body but Hammer moves out of range.

Hammer looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hammer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Hammer is working for a submission of some sort.
Lawrence avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hammer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hammer escapes and gets back to his feet.

Hammer darts in and clinches Lawrence up against the cage.
Hammer goes for a takedown attempt but Lawrence pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lawrence fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lawrence stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lawrence wants it to stay on the feet.
Lawrence throws a lazy right hand but Hammer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer shoots in but Lawrence avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lawrence is defended easily by Hammer.
Lawrence swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Hammer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hammer.

Hammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Hammer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lawrence tries to clinch up
enabling Hammer to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab from Lawrence.
Lawrence misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lawrence shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hammer pinned against the cage. Hammer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lawrence looks for a takedown but Hammer sprawls well.
Hammer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lawrence's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hammer darts in and clinches Lawrence up against the cage.
Hammer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lawrence is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Hammer gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ground and pound from Hammer.

Lawrence is defending against the submission attempts here by Hammer.

Hammer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lawrence does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lawrence blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hammer.
Hammer controlling the action here.
Lawrence avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hammer.
Lawrence wants to get back to full guard.
Hammer is pressing down on Lawrence's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lawrence is holding on for now.
Hammer lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hammer.
Hammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lawrence tries to get to full guard but Hammer has control of the leg.

Hammer is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lawrence knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hammer on the ground.
Hammer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lawrence might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hammer is looking to take a break and control but Lawrence is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hammer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hammer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hammer is thwarting Lawrence's attempts to control the position.
Hammer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Hammer is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hammer is looking to advance position but Lawrence won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Hammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hammer lands with a good body shot.
Hammer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lawrence in his tracks.
A head kick misses from Hammer.
Lawrence stuffs the takedown.
Hammer doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.
Hammer throws a head kick that misses.
Lawrence fails with a takedown attempt.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Lawrence. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lawrence gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hammer counters with a straight right hand.
Lawrence tries to move into range but Hammer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A combination from Lawrence does no damage.

Hammer has Lawrence up against the cage in a clinch.
Lawrence is trying to break the clinch but Hammer has him pressed against the cage.
Lawrence working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer wants a takedown.

Lawrence breaks from the clinch.
Hammer fails to land the takedown.
Lance Lawrence has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sven Hammer.

Hammer takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence has had enough of the clinch but Hammer keeps him there for the moment.
Hammer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lawrence working hard to break the clinch.
Hammer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lawrence's efforts to push away.
Lawrence is working for takedown but Hammer is calmly controlling the position for now.

Hammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lawrence throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lawrence just misses with a punch to the body.

Hammer shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hammer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hammer moves into full mount! Lawrence won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lawrence is in a horrible position here. Hammer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hammer lands with some strikes.
Hammer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer tries to control but Lawrence wriggling away.
Hammer controlling from mount.
Hammer unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Hammer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hammer scoring with strikes but Lawrence is staying in there.
Sven Hammer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammer controlling from mount.
Hammer with the ground and pound from mount.
Hammer controlling the pace for now.
Hammer cracks Lawrence with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lance Lawrence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Hammer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hammer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 25:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Hammer!