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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lasse Kongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kongo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kongo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kongo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kongo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kongo duly obliges.
It looks like Ricky Lawler has been cut.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Good work by Kongo as he checks the leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lawler has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Kongo.
Lawler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kongo shoots for a double leg takedown but Lawler sprawls well. He's pushed Kongo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice straight punches there by Kongo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kongo.
Lawler thumps Kongo with a low kick.
Kongo lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kongo avoids the head kick by Lawler.
Kongo throws a lazy right hand but Lawler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lawler scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lawler tries to clinch but Kongo is having none of it.
Kongo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kongo cracks Lawler with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A left lands for Kongo.
Lawler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Kongo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kongo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kongo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lawler scores with a three punch combo!
Ricky Lawler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lawler tries to clinch but Kongo moves out of range.
Lawler thows a body shot but no joy.
Lawler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kongo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo connects with the punch.
Lawler looks to land a combination but Kongo avoids it well.
Kongo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Lawler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lawler lands a high kick!
Lawler plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lawler moves out of range of the strikes.
Kongo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lawler.
Kongo tries to clinch but Lawler moves out of range.
Kongo throws a series of punches but Lawler avoids them all with ease.
Kongo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lawler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lawler has managed to clinch.
Lawler keeps control of Kongo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Lawler as the two fighters clinch.
Lawler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kongo tries to break free but Lawler pushes him back against the cage.
Kongo is trying to break the clinch but Lawler is controlling him.
Kongo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lawler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kongo avoids it.
Kongo blocks the elbow strike.
Kongo lands an uppercut.
Lawler tries a body shot but Kongo blocks it.
Lawler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kongo's efforts to push away.
Kongo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lawler scores with a knee to the head.
Kongo tries to break the clinch but Lawler is controlling the position.
Kongo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lawler has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler scores with a knee to the head.
Lawler has Kongo pressed against the cage, preventing Kongo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lawler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kongo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kongo avoiding damage as Lawler throws knees to the body.
Kongo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lawler.
Lawler misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kongo is trying to break free.
Kongo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kongo lands a two punch combo.
Lawler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kongo wants to clinch.
Lawler tries to land a leg kick but Kongo saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricky Lawler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Lawler's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kongo lands a two punch combo.
Kongo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lawler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Lawler.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Kongo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lawler moves away from the strike by Kongo.
Kongo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lawler gets tackled into the cage by Kongo. Kongo maintains the clinch.
Kongo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kongo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lawler's brow.
Kongo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lawler missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawler obliges.
Kongo stalling in the clinch but Lawler improves position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kongo tries to break the clinch but Lawler is controlling the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lawler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kongo avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler lands an elbow inside that Kongo shrugs off.
Kongo is trying to break the clinch but Lawler is controlling him.
Lawler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kongo avoids it.
Kongo avoids the elbow strike from Lawler, against the cage.
Lawler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kongo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lawler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kongo.
Lawler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kongo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lawler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kongo avoids it.
Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kongo wants to break free but Lawler has control.
Lawler missing with knees to the body.
Kongo pulls Lawler into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lawler stands up from Kongo's guard - Lawler perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lawler lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kongo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Lawler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kongo swings for the body but Lawler moves out of range.
Ricky Lawler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some bone on bone action there as Kongo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That kick from Lawler tenderised Kongo's leg. Kongo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lawler blocks a jab.
Lawler stalks Kongo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kongo's face. Kongo staggers backwards, shaken.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lawler.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lawler can't find room to land a body shot as Kongo controls the action.
Lawler tries to land knees in the clinch but Kongo avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kongo working hard to break the clinch.
Kongo wants to break free but Lawler has control.
Kongo takes an elbow to the temple.
Kongo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lawler has him pressed against the cage.
Lawler gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kongo tries to break free but Lawler pushes him back against the cage.
Lawler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kongo's efforts to push away.
Kongo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kongo wants to break free but Lawler has control.
Kongo avoiding damage as Lawler throws knees to the body.
Kongo blocks an elbow strike from Lawler.
Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kongo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lawler has him pressed against the cage.
Kongo looking for a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler lands a nice elbow.
Lawler scores a nice knee to the body.
Kongo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kongo tries to circle away but Lawler has him pinned against the cage.
Kongo can't break the clinch.
Kongo tries to pull guard but Lawler holds him up against the cage and eventually Kongo drops back down to his feet.
Lawler throws an elbow but it misses.
Kongo working hard to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Lawler.
Lawler lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawler prevents Kongo from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kongo is trying to force a seperation but Lawler has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Lawler.
Lawler scores with a shoulder strike.
Lawler working Kongo over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Lawler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricky Lawler's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lawler thuds a left hand into Kongo's body.
Kongo throws a hook to the side of Lawler's head but Lawler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kongo misses with a wild combination.
Lawler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kongo rather than just go for the knockout.
Lawler lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lawler misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from Lawler lands.
Kongo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lawler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kongo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lawler, right into the meat.
Lawler misses with a wild body shot.
Kongo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lawler moves into range and clinches up with Kongo.
Lawler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kongo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kongo is trying to break free.
Lawler lands an elbow inside.
Kongo is trying to push Lawler away but Lawler has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kongo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lawler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kongo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lawler.
Lawler lands a knee to the body.
Lawler lands an elbow just above Kongo 's eye.
Lawler tries to land knees in the clinch but Kongo avoids the damage to the body.
Lawler gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lawler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kongo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lawler crunches a lovely knee into Kongo's ribcage.
Lawler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kongo.
Kongo blocks an elbow strike.
Kongo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kongo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lawler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lawler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lawler scores a nice knee to the body.
Lawler lands a good knee to the midsection. Kongo won't want to take too many of those.
Lawler works on Kongo's body with a couple of short punches.
Lawler struggles to land a body shot inside as Kongo controls his hands.
Kongo is looking to break free of the clinch but Lawler has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Lawler.
Lawler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lawler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawler obliges.
Kongo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kongo blocks an elbow strike.
Kongo takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lawler lands an elbow just above Kongo 's eye.
Lawler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lawler lands a good knee to the midsection. Kongo won't want to take too many of those.
Lawler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kongo's defenses.
Lawler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kongo's defenses.
Lawler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kongo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lasse Kongo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lawler scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kongo managing to block the knees to the body from Lawler.
Lawler misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo has had enough of the clinch but Lawler keeps him there for the moment.
Lawler landing knees to the body.
Lawler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kongo avoids the elbow strike from Lawler, against the cage.
Lawler lands a body punch.
Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lawler tries to land a knee to the head but Kongo blocks with his arms.
Lawler working Kongo over with knees to the body.
Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lawler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kongo is defending well for now.
Lawler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lawler misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kongo misses with some punches.
Lawler lands a nice elbow.
Lawler lands a nice elbow.
Lawler has a couple of punches blocked by Kongo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Lawler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lawler has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Lawler!
During a confident post fight interview, Ricky Lawler thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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