PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Yarbourgh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawson comes into the arena with Another Victory blaring out of the sound system. Willy Yarbourgh acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Lawson
vs
Yarbourgh

190 cm
23
190 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

190 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Willy Yarbourgh!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yarbourgh closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Yarbourgh is trying to control the action in half guard but Lawson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yarbourgh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yarbourgh is keen to just control but Lawson is a slippery customer.
Yarbourgh with the ground and pound but Lawson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Lawson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yarbourgh throws an elbow that misses. Lawson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yarbourgh's guard. Nice move by Lawson!
Lawson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yarbourgh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lawson trying to control the position from guard on top but Yarbourgh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson looking to pass the guard.
Yarbourgh wants to sweep but no luck.
Lawson wants to pass the guard but Yarbourgh is keeping the position.
Lawson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lawson wants to pass the guard but Yarbourgh is keeping the position.
Lawson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lawson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yarbourgh is keeping the position for now.
Yarbourgh keeping moving, preventing Lawson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yarbourgh kicks Lawson off and gets to his feet.
Yarbourgh throws a nice looking combination but Lawson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yarbourgh misses with a double jab
and Lawson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yarbourgh is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Yarbourgh tries to clinch but Lawson moves out of range.
Yarbourgh misses with a takedown
and Lawson counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawson lunges at Yarbourgh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yarbourgh's hand.
Yarbourgh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lawson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yarbourgh manages to avoid it.
Yarbourgh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Lawson misses its intended target.
Lawson misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Yarbourgh does no damage.
Lawson misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Yarbourgh. Those never looked like landing.
Good exchange - Lawson coming out on top.
Yarbourgh tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lawson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eric Lawson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yarbourgh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawson.
Lawson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yarbourgh at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Yarbourgh!
Yarbourgh looks to land a combination but Lawson avoids it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Lawson. That snapped Yarbourgh's head back.
Lawson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yarbourgh misses with a wild combination.
Lawson throws a shot to the body.
Yarbourgh looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lawson ducks under a wild hook from Yarbourgh.
Lawson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lawson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Lawson as he connects with a hook.
Lawson is looking to wear down Yarbourgh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lawson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lawson lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Lawson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lawson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lawson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Yarbourgh is rocked!
Lawson cracks Yarbourgh with a left hook right on the temple and Yarbourgh goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Lawson lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Yarbourgh is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eric Lawson!
After winning the bout, Eric Lawson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.