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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Macey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Lawrence will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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215 lbs
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Macey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Lawrence !
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macey moves out of range as Lawrence strikes.
Lawrence swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Macey.
Lawrence darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Macey takes one to the chin there.
Macey dives in and grabs Lawrence 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lawrence pushes down on Macey's head and hops out.
Macey shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lawrence sprawls well. Lawrence wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Macey gets slowly back to his feet.
Lawrence uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Macey.
Lawrence misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Macey.
Macey dives in and scores a takedown into Lawrence 's guard.
Macey pushes down on Lawrence 's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lawrence looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence wants to control but Macey is keeping busy.
Macey tries to pass to full mount but Lawrence defends it.
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. Macey connects with a nice short shot to Lawrence 's temple.
Macey winds up and cracks Lawrence with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Macey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Macey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lawrence defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence pushes Macey off and gets back to his feet.
Lawrence thows a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by Lawrence .
Macey misses with a low kick.
Lawrence swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lawrence misses the jab.
Lawrence scores with a jab. Macey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lawrence fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lawrence throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Macey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lawrence .
Lawrence throws a looping overhand right but Macey ducks down to avoid it.
Macey walks into a jab.
Johnny Lawrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macey looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lawrence pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Macey moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Macey.
Macey missing with a left hand there. Lawrence was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lawrence misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Macey.
Lawrence will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawrence .
Macey looks to throw the jab but Lawrence is out of range.
Lawrence throws an overhand right that lands on Macey's shoulder, as Macey tries to avoid the shot.
Macey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Macey moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Macey slips a straight right by Lawrence .
Lawrence throws out a loose jab but Macey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawrence misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lawrence throws a hook to the side of Macey's head but Macey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence misses with a straight right.
Macey scores with a nice head shot.
Lawrence 's corner calls for a 1-2. Lawrence obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lawrence jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawrence misses with a straight left.
Macey closes the distance and clinches up with Lawrence , looking for a takedown. Macey pushes Lawrence against the cage but Lawrence circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Macey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macey takes a swing at Lawrence 's ribcage but misses.
Macey takes one on the button.
Macey changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lawrence looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lawrence struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawrence is not content to let Macey control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Johnny Lawrence will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Macey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Macey with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lawrence to score with a decent uppercut.
Macey on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lawrence waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Macey.
Lawrence thows a body shot but no joy.
Lawrence digs a good hook to Macey's body.
Macey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lawrence .
Lawrence scores with a body shot.
Lawrence throws a left and a right that both miss
and Macey counters with a nice body kick.
A combination from Lawrence does no damage.
Lawrence lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lawrence dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lawrence misses with a hook. Macey ducked under it nicely.
Lawrence throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macey attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Macey lands a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Lawrence misses the target.
Lawrence throws a right and a left that Macey avoids nicely.
Lawrence misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lawrence stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lawrence wants it to stay on the feet.
Macey looks to throw the jab but Lawrence is out of range.
Lawrence staying out of range there.
Lawrence fails to land with a series of punches.
Lawrence misses with an uppercut
and Macey decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lawrence 's guard.
Lawrence seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Macey trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawrence is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macey won't allow Lawrence to sweep him here.
Lawrence managing to control the position.
Macey might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Johnny Lawrence has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lawrence will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lawrence .
Lawrence just misses with a punch to the body.
Macey misses with a head kick.
Macey shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnny Lawrence seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macey staying out of range there.
Lawrence looks to land a left hand but Macey moved out of range nicely.
Lawrence throws a looping overhand right but Macey ducks down to avoid it.
Macey looks to land a left hand but Lawrence moved out of range nicely.
Lawrence is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lawrence avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lawrence looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Macey feints and as Lawrence raises his hands in defense, Macey changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lawrence wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Macey manages to pass to side control.
Macey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lawrence defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is trying to stand up here but Macey is controlling him well.
Lawrence blocking the ground and pound attempt from Macey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macey thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lawrence 's head.
Frank Macey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Macey throwing shots but Lawrence is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Frank Macey will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jab, jab by Macey - just one landing.
Lawrence misses with a wild body shot.
Lawrence connects with a body shot that sends Macey's belly button to the back.
Lawrence misses with a hook.
Lawrence throws a combination. Macey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Macey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lawrence throws the left hand but Macey avoids the punch easily.
No joy there for Lawrence , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Macey looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lawrence is fending him off so far but Macey persists. Nope, Lawrence circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawrence swinging wildly here.
Lawrence misses with a few strikes there.
Lawrence connects with a body shot.
Macey ducks under a wild hook from Lawrence .
Macey has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Macey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawrence misses with a hook. Macey ducked under it nicely.
Macey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Macey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lawrence .
Lawrence throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macey.
Lawrence takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Macey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lawrence .
Macey avoids the body shot from Lawrence .
Macey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawrence .
Macey scores with a head kick.
Macey shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lawrence is trying to defend but Macey finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Lawrence is not content to let Macey control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lawrence trying to hold on to Macey's head to control him but Macey postures up.
Lawrence keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macey wants to pass to mount but Lawrence is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is refusing to be controlled, as Macey sits in half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lawrence throws a combination that misses
and Macey counters with an outside leg kick.
Lawrence throws a nice looking combination but Macey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lawrence misses with a straight right.
Macey tries for a takedown but Lawrence sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Macey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawrence .
Lawrence looks to land a right hand but Macey moved out of range.
Macey throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lawrence jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lawrence looks to score with a jab to the body but Macey is just out of range.
Lawrence misses the jab.
Macey throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lawrence 's waist but Lawrence gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Macey off to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macey throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lawrence throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnny Lawrence is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Macey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Macey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lawrence .
Lawrence jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lawrence throws a series of punches but Macey moves out of range.
Macey slips a jab from Lawrence .
Lawrence misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Macey.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macey lands a lovely overhand right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lawrence misses with a double jab.
Lawrence throws an overhand right that lands on Macey's shoulder, as Macey tries to avoid the shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frank Macey.
I think Macey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Frank Macey!
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