PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sacha Petrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrovich comes to the cage accompanied by Shunsei. Robbie Lawler has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Petrovich
vs
Lawler

186 cm
28
203 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

181 cm
28
202 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Russian Top Team Nutrition

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sacha Petrovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robbie Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Lawler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petrovich manages to avoid it.
Petrovich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Petrovich misses.
Lawler fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Petrovich looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body kick there by Petrovich.
Petrovich dodges the punch combination from Lawler.
Petrovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrovich, right into the meat.
Lawler misses with a two punch combination.

Lawler clinches with his opponent.
Lawler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Petrovich as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lawler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lawler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Petrovich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Lawler has managed to clinch.
Petrovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lawler is trying to force a seperation but Petrovich has the dominant position.
Lawler wants to get back to striking at distance but Petrovich won't allow it.
Petrovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lawler's face.
Petrovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lawler.
Lawler tries to break free but Petrovich pushes him back against the cage.
Lawler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Petrovich has Lawler pressed against the cage, preventing Lawler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lawler avoiding damage as Petrovich throws knees to the body.
Lawler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petrovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lawler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petrovich prevents Lawler from breaking the clinch.
Lawler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lawler is trying to break the clinch but Petrovich is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Petrovich has him pressed against the cage.
Petrovich has Lawler pressed against the cage, preventing Lawler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Lawler breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petrovich throws a leg kick which misses Lawler's front leg but catches the back leg as Lawler tries to avoid it.

Lawler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lawler is trying to break the clinch but Petrovich is controlling him.
Lawler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Petrovich has him pressed against the cage.
Lawler has had enough of the clinch but Petrovich keeps him there for the moment.
Lawler avoiding damage as Petrovich throws knees to the body.
Lawler is trying to force a seperation but Petrovich has the dominant position.
Petrovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Petrovich.
Lawler managing to block the knees to the body from Petrovich.
Petrovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lawler's efforts to push away.
Petrovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lawler blocks it with crossed arms.
Lawler wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lawler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Petrovich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lawler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Petrovich.
Lawler throws a lazy uppercut
and Petrovich counters with a leg kick.
Petrovich keeps Lawler at a distance using the push kick.
Lawler looks gassed!
Petrovich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrovich plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Petrovich lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawler's sensitive parts.
Lawler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Petrovich bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Petrovich dodges the punch combination from Lawler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petrovich throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Petrovich cracks Lawler with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Petrovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good shot there by Petrovich.
Lawler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Petrovich counters with a thumping low kick.
Petrovich throws a head kick that Lawler semi-blocks.
Petrovich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lawler. That did some damage!
Robbie Lawler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lawler clinches with his opponent.
Petrovich working Lawler over with knees to the body.
Lawler wants to break free but Petrovich has control.
Petrovich lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler tries to break free but Petrovich pushes him back against the cage.
Lawler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Petrovich lands a nice shot to the body.
Petrovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Petrovich lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Petrovich lands with a hook. Lawler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Petrovich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lawler misses with a two punch combination.
Lawler steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Petrovich. That one must have hurt.
Petrovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Petrovich slips a jab and a cross from Lawler.

Petrovich closes the distance and pushes Lawler back into the cage.
Lawler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lawler avoiding damage as Petrovich throws knees to the body.
Lawler wants to break free but Petrovich has control.
Petrovich connects with a knee to the head.
Petrovich scores with a knee to the head.
Petrovich tries a body shot but Lawler blocks it.
Lawler working hard to break the clinch.
Lawler has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Petrovich.
Lawler is breathing heavily.
Petrovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lawler tries to circle away but Petrovich has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lawler tries to break free but Petrovich pushes him back against the cage.
Petrovich is pushing Lawler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lawler tries to circle away but Petrovich has him pinned against the cage.

Lawler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Petrovich chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Lawler. Those never looked like landing.
Lawler on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Petrovich. Petrovich obviously looking to wear him down.
Lawler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Petrovich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Petrovich throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lawler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrovich, right into the meat.
Lawler closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrovich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lawler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Petrovich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrovich, right into the meat.
That kick from Petrovich tenderised Lawler's leg. Lawler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Petrovich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lawler misses with a shot to the body
and Petrovich counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lawler is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lawler throws a nice looking combination but Petrovich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lawler takes a kick to the side of the head.
Petrovich slips a jab and a cross from Lawler.
The fighters circling - Lawler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petrovich throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Petrovich thumps Lawler with a low kick.
Petrovich is looking to slow Lawler down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A head kick from Petrovich lands but Lawler takes it in his stride.
Robbie Lawler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A solid leg kick lands there for Petrovich.
Lawler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Petrovich rather than just go for the knockout.
Petrovich is looking to slow Lawler down with leg kicks.
Sacha Petrovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Lawler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lawler gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Petrovich.

Lawler clinches up against the cage.
Petrovich stalling against the cage.
Petrovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lawler.
Petrovich scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrovich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
Knees to the body from Petrovich.
Petrovich stalls.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrovich has Lawler pressed against the cage, preventing Lawler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich connects with a knee to the head.
Lawler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petrovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Petrovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lawler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrovich lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sacha Petrovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lawler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Petrovich stalls.
Petrovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrovich scores a nice knee to the body.
Lawler avoiding damage as Petrovich throws knees to the body.
Petrovich lands a good knee to the midsection. Lawler won't want to take too many of those.
Petrovich crunches a lovely knee into Lawler's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sacha Petrovich dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Petrovich rushes Lawler and presses him up against the cage.
Petrovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lawler can do to turn this around?

Lawler breaks from the clinch.
Petrovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lawler looks to land a combination but Petrovich avoids it well.
Lawler swings for the body but Petrovich moves out of range.
Petrovich throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lawler's head.
Lawler misses with a few strikes there.
Petrovich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lawler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Lawler gets a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrovich obliges.
Petrovich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrovich taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lawler has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lawler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich lands a body punch.
Petrovich stalling.
Petrovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Petrovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lawler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrovich works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lawler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Petrovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrovich is leaning against Lawler and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Petrovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lawler's elbow.
Petrovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lawler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lawler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Lawler's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petrovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Petrovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Petrovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Petrovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lawler is trying to push Petrovich away but Petrovich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Petrovich lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Petrovich crunches a lovely knee into Lawler's ribcage.
Petrovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
Petrovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawler controls his hands.
Petrovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrovich stalling the fight.
Petrovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lawler is defending well for now.
Petrovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lawler.
Lawler looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Lawler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Petrovich. That's going to slow Lawler down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lawlers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petrovich chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lawler scores with a jab to the head.
Petrovich's corner calls for a 1-2. Petrovich obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Petrovich connects with a solid leg kick.

Petrovich clinches up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Petrovich lands a knee to the body.
Petrovich scores with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Petrovich - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Petrovich lands a knee to the head.

Lawler is rocked!
Petrovich has Lawler pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Lawler is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Petrovich - that's hurt Lawler badly! Oh, another knee lands and Lawler is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Lawler doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Sacha Petrovich!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Sacha Petrovich waved his t-shirt featuring Russian Top Team Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.