PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Bradstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Another Victory. Drake Bradstone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lawson
vs
Bradstone

190 cm
20
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
190 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Lawson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drake Bradstone!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradstone wants to clinch.
Bradstone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawson counters with a straight right hand.

Bradstone closes the distance and clinches.
Lawson pushes Bradstone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lawson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lawson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bradstone wants to take the fight to the mat but Lawson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Bradstone wants the takedown. Lawson is fighting it off but Bradstone persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Lawson's guard against the cage.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bradstone thows a big elbow that misses.
Bradstone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradstone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bradstone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bradstone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lawson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bradstone thows a big elbow that misses.
Bradstone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradstone trying to control but Lawson is working from the bottom.
Bradstone tries to free his leg and advance position but Lawson is retaining full guard.
Bradstone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lawson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bradstone must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bradstone is in close to Lawson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bradstone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bradstone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bradstone works over Lawson with some ground and pound from guard.
Bradstone throws and elbow that misses. Lawson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bradstone's guard. Nice move by Lawson!
Lawson wants to stand but Bradstone has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bradstone wants to sweep here but Lawson controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lawson tries to free his leg and advance position but Bradstone is retaining full guard.
Lawson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bradstone's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Eric Lawson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bradstone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bradstone tries to clinch but Lawson is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Lawson. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Bradstone closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bradstone trying to control the action but Lawson is working from the bottom.
Bradstone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bradstone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lawson wants to control but Bradstone is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bradstone seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bradstone throwing shots but Lawson is blocking nicely.
Bradstone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawson trying to control but Bradstone postures up.
Bradstone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lawson keeps working.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lawson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bradstone.
Lawson throws out a loose jab but Bradstone uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bradstone takes the fight into the clinch.
Bradstone tries to throw a body punch but Lawson avoids it by throwing Bradstone back against the cage.
Bradstone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bradstone tries to throw a body punch but Lawson avoids it by throwing Bradstone back against the cage.
Bradstone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Bradstone dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lawson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lawson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lawson wants it to stay on the feet.
Lawson swinging wildly here.
Bradstone is looking to clinch but Lawson is avoiding it.
Lawson stuffs the takedown attempt from Bradstone. Bradstone gets slowly back to his feet.
Bradstone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lawson as he jumps to the side.
Eric Lawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drake Bradstone.
Lawson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bradstone.
Bradstone fails with the takedown.
Lawson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lawson!

It looks like Drake Bradstone has been cut.
Lawson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lawson wants it to stay on the feet.
Bradstone closes the distance and clinches up with Lawson, looking for a takedown. Bradstone pushes Lawson against the cage but Lawson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Eric Lawson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bradstone is breathing heavily.
Lawson clobbers Bradstone with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lawson scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bradstone misses with a looping right.
Bradstone throws a head kick that misses
and Lawson counters with a straight right hand.
Lawson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bradstone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lawson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lawson.

Bradstone is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Lawson has cracked Bradstone with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Lawson lands another huge swinging hook and Bradstone tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Bradstone, before Lawson can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Eric Lawson!
Eric Lawson retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Eric Lawson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.