PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Columbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Lawler
vs
Columbar

180 cm
26
197 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

175 cm
27
199 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Lawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Columbar!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Columbar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Columbar misses with a kick to the body
and Lawler counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the liver by Lawler. Beautiful body shot.
A jab lands there for Lawler.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawler lands with a shot to the body.
Lawler takes a swing at Columbar's ribcage but misses.
Columbar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Columbar shoots for a takedown but Lawler saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Columbar tries to land a body kick
and Lawler counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Columbar looks gassed!
Columbar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lawler sprawls well. Lawler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Columbar gets slowly back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Columbar does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler connects with a leg kick. Columbar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lawler scores with a leg kick.
Columbar misses with a head kick.
Lawler misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Lawler.
Lawler is looking to wear down Columbar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Columbar gets tackled into the cage by Lawler. Lawler maintains the clinch.
Lawler tries to throw a body punch but Columbar avoids it by throwing Lawler back against the cage.
Columbar blocks a body shot from Lawler.
Lawler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Columbar blocks a body shot from Lawler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Lawler.
Lawler throws a head punch that misses.
Lawler misses with a body punch.
Lawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lawler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Lawler.
Columbar is looking to control Lawler's arms but Lawler gets an underhook and turns him. Now Columbar has his back to the cage.

Columbar works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Columbar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Columbar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lawler wants to get back to his feet but Columbar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Columbar is looking to advance position but Lawler has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Lawler get's back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lawler throws the left hand but Columbar avoids the punch easily.
Columbar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Columbar misses with a jab to the body
and Lawler counters with a three punch combo that has Columbar backing up. Columbar nods at Lawler to acknowledge the strikes.
A shot to the liver by Lawler. Beautiful body shot.
Lawler bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice shot by Lawler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lawler lands with a nice body punch.
Lawler lands with a kick to the temple. Columbar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Columbar throws a body kick that misses.
Nice body punch from Lawler.
Lawler misses with a low kick as Columbar jumps back.
An inside leg kick from Columbar misses.
Lawler cracks Columbar with a good jab.
Columbar throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler connects with a body shot that sends Columbar's belly button to the back.
Columbar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Lawler dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lawler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Columbar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lawler misses with a wild body shot.
Eric Lawler is winning the standup battle so far.
Good exchange - Lawler coming out on top.
Lawler doesn't manage to clinch there - Columbar circles away.
Columbar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Lawler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Columbar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lawler. Lawler obviously looking to wear him down.
Columbar misses the body punch
and Lawler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lawler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Columbar can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawler getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Columbar is breathing heavily.
Lawler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Columbar drops his hands momentarily and Lawler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Columbar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lawler scores with the left hand. Columbar knows he should have avoided that one.
Lawler digs a good hook to Columbar's body.
Lawler moves to clinch but Columbar breaks away
and Columbar counters with an outside leg kick.
Columbar misses with a takedown attempt

and Lawler holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lawler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Columbars head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lawler.
Columbar blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lawler scores with a shot to the side of Columbar's head.
Lawler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lawler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lawler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lawler has a couple of punches blocked by Columbar.
Lawler blocks the elbow strike.
Lawler presses Columbar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lawler working aggressively here.
Lawler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Columbar backwards.
Lawler can't find room to land a body shot as Columbar controls the action.
Lawler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Columbar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler tries to throw a body punch but Columbar avoids it by throwing Lawler back against the cage.
Lawler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lawler tries a body shot but Columbar blocks it.
Lawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lawler tries to work over Columbar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lawler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Columbar backwards.
Lawler misses with a punch to the body.
Columbar blocks an uppercut.
Lawler lands a right hand.
Lawler tries to work over Columbar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Columbar prevents a body shot from Lawler.
Lawler lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws a head punch that misses.
Lawler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Columbar's elbow.
Columbar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Columbar.
Lawler pushes Columbar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lawler.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawler tries to work over Columbar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Columbar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lawler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eric Lawler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler connects with a body shot.
Lawler throws a body kick the misses
and Columbar counters with a nice body kick.
Lawler lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Lawler dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lawler lands a left and a right that send Columbar crashing to the mat, dazed. Lawler thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Jan Columbar has been cut.
Lawler looks to score with a jab to the body but Columbar is just out of range.
Lawler lands with a good body shot.
Lawler connects with a body shot that sends Columbar's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lawler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Columbar, pushing him back against the cage.
Lawler swings wildly with an uppercut but Columbar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawler tries a body shot but Columbar blocks it.
Lawler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lawler scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Columbar.
Columbar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lawler is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lawler tries to work over Columbar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Columbar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lawler tries a body shot but Columbar blocks it.
Lawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lawler lands with a light punch inside.
Columbar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lawler tries to throw a body punch but Columbar avoids it by throwing Lawler back against the cage.
Lawler struggles to land a body shot inside as Columbar controls his hands.
Lawler misses with a body punch.
Lawler swings wildly with an uppercut but Columbar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawler is trying to break the clinch but Columbar is controlling him.
Lawler scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lawler is pushing Columbar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler tries to work over Columbar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Columbar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lawler just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawler throws a shot to the body.
Columbar avoids the body shot from Lawler.
Lawler scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lawler lands a slapping body shot.
Columbar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lawler tries to land a front kick but Columbar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lawler lands a jab.
Lawler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Columbar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jan Columbar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Columbar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lawler digs a good body shot into Columbar's ribs.
Lawler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Columbar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Lawler.
Lawler lands with a shot to the body.
Lawler scores with a jab. Columbar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lawler.
A shot to the liver by Lawler. Beautiful body shot.
Lawler lands a nice shot that snaps Columbar's head back.
Lawler scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler works the jab nicely.

Columbar is rocked!
Lawler connects with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Lawler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lawler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight for Eric Lawler!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Eric Lawler!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Eric Lawler!

Eric Lawler wins by unanimous decision!