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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Lawler has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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175 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Lawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bob Barker!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawler throws a head kick but Barker moves out of range.
Barker misses with a takedown attempt
and Lawler decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Barker's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lawler is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Barker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lawler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lawler working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barker's head.
Barker being controlled here, momentarily.
Lawler advances position into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawler working away.
Lawler is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler decides to stand back up. Lawler steps back and let's Barker get back to his feet.
Lawler misses with a two punch combination.
Barker wants to clinch
and Lawler counters with a head kick that drops Barker to the mat! Barker scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Barker is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawler throws a right and a left that Barker avoids nicely.
Barker is still on wobbly legs! Can Lawler finish him?
Barker tries to clinch up.
Barker seems to have recovered his senses.
Barker fails with the takedown
and Lawler counters with a thumping low kick.
Barker gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawler won't allow Barker to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker is trying to hold Lawler in close to prevent damage but Lawler has managed to pass into half guard.
Lawler slips a nice elbow through Barker's hands, connecting with Barker's forehead.
Lawler perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lawler decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Lawler gets a takedown into half guard.
Lawler decides to stand up.
Lawler throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lawler counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ricky Lawler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Barker.
Lawler content to stall in guard here.
Barker working for submissions but it's allowed Lawler to get to half guard.
Lawler slows the pace down in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lawler lands a nice short elbow.
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 couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lawler stands up out of the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Lawler dominated that round.
That's time! Lawler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barker throws a sloppy head kick
and Lawler decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Barker's guard.
Lawler landing with the ground and pound.
Lawler content to stall in guard here.
Lawler seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Barker for as long as he can get away with.
Lawler postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Barker looking to control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler content to stall in guard here.
We're going to have a standup here because Ricky Lawler wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Barker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lawler closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Barker's guard.
Lawler controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lawler stops Barker from standing up.
Lawler gets to his feet. Barker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Barker has his takedown stuffed
and Lawler counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lawler avoids it.
Lawler throws an elbow that misses.
Lawler turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawler advances to full mount.
Lawler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lawler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lawler controlling his opponent.
Lawler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ricky Lawler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lawler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lawler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Lawler.
Lawler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barker can do to turn this around?
Barker is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lawler cracks Barker with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawler controlling the position easily from mount.
Lawler postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Barker in real trouble here! The ref calls for Barker to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Lawler!
Ricky Lawler got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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