PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ilya Murometz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julius Lawson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murometz
vs
Lawson

195 cm
30
280 lbs
23 - 14 - 0

181 cm
37
274 lbs
28 - 16 - 1

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilya Murometz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Julius Lawson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murometz is looking to clinch.
Lawson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murometz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murometz is looking to clinch.
Murometz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Lawson to counter with a crisp jab.
Lawson throws a poor cross that misses
and Murometz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Julius Lawson has been cut.
Lawson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lawson throws a poor cross that misses
and Murometz counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawson slips a jab from Murometz.
Murometz is looking to clinch but Lawson is avoiding it.
Murometz scores with a body shot.
Lawson lands with a good body shot.

Murometz drives through and clinches with Lawson against the ropes.

Murometz breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murometz wants to clinch up but Lawson keeps it at a distance.
Murometz throws out a powerful jab.
Murometz digs a good body shot into Lawson's ribs.

Murometz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lawson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Lawson presses Murometz against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murometz can't find room to land a body shot as Lawson controls the action.
Lawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Murometz.
Lawson lands a hook that snaps the head of Murometz backwards.
Lawson is trying to push Murometz away but Murometz has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Murometz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lawson slows down the pace here.
Lawson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murometz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
I was talking to Murometz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Lawson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Murometz has managed to clinch.

Murometz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lawson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murometz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murometz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lawson's head.
Murometz tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lawson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lawson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murometz manages to avoid it.

Murometz closes the distance and clinches.

Murometz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lawson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murometz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lawson thinking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawson throws a big shot that misses.
Murometz moves away from the strike by Lawson.
Murometz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A jab from Lawson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilya Murometz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julius Lawson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murometz takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Lawson gets tackled into the ropes by Murometz. Murometz maintains the clinch.

Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Lawson loads up on a big right hand but Murometz slips the punch.
Lawson cracks a nice hook into Murometz's ribs.
Lawson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lawson lands with a shot to the body.
A big left from Lawson misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lawson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murometz moves away.
Lawson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murometz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murometz wants to clinch up but Lawson keeps it at a distance.

Murometz has Lawson up against the ropes in a clinch.

Murometz breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murometz tries to clinch but Lawson is having none of it.
Lawson looks to land a left hand but Murometz moved out of range nicely.
Murometz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murometz misses with the combination.
Lawson swats away the attempt to clinch by Murometz.
Lawson misses with a body punch
enabling Murometz to counter with a crisp jab.
Murometz scores with a hook.

Murometz drives through and clinches with Lawson against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Murometz.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murometz.

That has opened up Julius Lawson's cut even more.
Lawson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lawson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murometz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lawson can turn it around.
Murometz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Murometz prevents Lawson from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson is trying to break free.

Lawson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murometz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murometz lands with a right hand.
Lawson misses with a left hand
letting Murometz counter with a right hand.
Murometz is looking to clinch.
Murometz tries to bum rush Lawson with a series of wild strikes but Lawson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murometz wants to clinch.
Lawson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murometz clobbers Lawson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

The cut above Julius Lawson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Murometz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lawson.
Lawson misses with a hook. Murometz ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilya Murometz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julius Lawson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murometz pushes Lawson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Murometz lands with a right to the head.
Ilya Murometz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lawson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Lawson breaks from the clinch.
Lawson thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Lawson finds it's way through Murometz's defenses.
Lawson swings for the body but Murometz moves out of range.
Lawson stuns Murometz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lawson scores with a jab 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!
A jab from Lawson does it's job there.
Murometz is looking to clinch.

Murometz closes the distance and clinches.
Lawson misses with a punch to the body.
Lawson misses with a punch on the inside.

Murometz manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murometz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murometz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lawson.
Ilya Murometz is winning the standup battle so far.
Lawson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lawson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lawson digs a good body shot into Murometz's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawson misses with a straight right.
Lawson moves away from the strike by Murometz.
Lawson thuds a left hand into Murometz's body.
Lawson dips to his left and cracks Murometz with an uppercut!
Lawson throws a hook but Murometz avoids it easily.
Lawson misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murometz.
Lawson keeps the fight on the outside.
Murometz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lawson throws out the jab.
Murometz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Lawson. Those never looked like landing.
Murometz moves in looking to clinch but Lawson pushes him off.
Murometz tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lawson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Julius Lawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murometz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murometz wants to clinch
and Lawson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murometz was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawson.
Murometz lands a jab to Lawson's midsection.
Lawson misses the jab.
Lawson circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Lawson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julius Lawson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murometz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Murometz clinches with his opponent.
Lawson lands a left hand.
Murometz scores with a shot to the side of Lawson's head.
A head punch on the inside from Lawson fails to land.
Lawson has had enough of the clinch but Murometz keeps him there for the moment.
Murometz prevents a body shot from Lawson.
A right hook to the body lands for Lawson.

Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murometz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lawson misses the shot to the body.
Lawson takes a swing at Murometz's ribcage but misses.
Murometz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Murometz.
Murometz is looking to clinch but Lawson is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson swings widly with a right hand
and Murometz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lawson swings for the body but Murometz moves out of range.
Lawson throws a right hand that misses
and Murometz counters with a left and a right that stings Lawson.
Murometz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murometz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lawson cracks a nice hook into Murometz's ribs.
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!
Murometz tries to clinch but Lawson is having none of it.
Lawson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murometz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lawson momentarily.

Lawson is rocked!
Lawson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lawson is still on wobbly legs! Can Murometz finish him?
Murometz connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Lawson's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Lawson - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ilya Murometz!
After the fight, Ilya Murometz was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.