PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clayton Laurence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alves
vs
Laurence

195 cm
27
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
240 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucas Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clayton Laurence!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laurence tests Alves's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Lucas Alves has been cut.

Laurence has managed to clinch.
Laurence trying to control the position but instead, Alves has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laurence into the cage.
Alves is looking to take this one to the mat.
Laurence has Alves pressed against the cage.
Alves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Laurence leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alves tries to pull guard but Laurence won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves drops down looking for an ankle pick but Laurence pulls his leg out and moves away.
Laurence walks into a jab.

It looks like Clayton Laurence has been cut.
Alves shoots in but Laurence avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laurence throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Laurence lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Laurence has closed the distance and engaged Alves in a clinch.
Laurence slows down the pace here.

Laurence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laurence goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Laurence is out of range.
Laurence lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laurence lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Laurence turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Laurence moves into the clinch successfully.

Laurence breaks from the clinch.
Laurence throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laurence thows a body kick. Alves tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Laurence fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alves.
Alves looks to land a combination but Laurence avoids it well.
Laurence dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alves. That did some damage!
Laurence cracks the inside of Alves's front leg.
Alves looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Laurence with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A right-left combo lands from Laurence.
A head kick misses from Laurence.
Laurence throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laurence with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laurence.
Laurence plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laurence lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Laurence cracks a nice hook into Alves's ribs.
Laurence throws a front kick that sends Alves stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laurence plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Laurence has taken the fight into the clinch.

Laurence breaks the clinch.
Alves is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Laurence lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laurence works the jab nicely.
Alves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Laurence rushes Alves and presses him up against the cage.
Laurence taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Laurence receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laurence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laurence.
Alves 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.
Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Laurence scores with a four punch combination!
Laurence lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laurence throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Alves's head.

Lucas Alves's cut is getting worse.
Laurence lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Laurence has Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee calls for Laurence to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Laurence dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Laurence connects with a solid leg kick.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laurence chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Laurence.
Alves 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.
Laurence scores with a leg kick.
Laurence throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laurence lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters circling a little - Laurence finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Laurence lands a jab-cross combination.

Laurence fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Alves sprawls well initially but Laurence persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laurence wants to get back to his feet.
Laurence moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laurence decides to stand back up. Laurence steps back and let's Alves get back to his feet.
Laurence circles away from the clinch attempt.
Laurence connects with a solid leg kick.
Alves takes a kick to the side of the head.
Laurence lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alves's sensitive parts.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laurence.
Laurence throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Laurence has taken the fight into the clinch.

Laurence turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Laurence manages to end up in side control.
Alves is trying to improve his position.
Laurence trying to control the position but Alves is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laurence in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Laurence is looking to take a break and control but Alves is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Laurence avoids the strikes from the bottom by Alves.
Laurence has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laurence lands a decent elbow from side control.
Laurence working the body and head with strikes.
Alves takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laurence tries to score with some ground and pound. Alves controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Laurence stands up and beckons Alves to his feet.
Laurence connects with a leg kick. Alves looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Alves gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Laurence won't allow Alves to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Laurence from controlling successfully.

Laurence stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laurence can pounce on him.
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!
Laurence pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alves back to the cage. Laurence follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Laurence buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laurence lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laurence connects with a leg kick. Alves looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Laurence's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Laurence duly obliges.
Alves doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Laurence closes the distance and clinches.

Laurence pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laurence throws a head kick that misses.
Laurence throws a leg kick which misses Alves's front leg but catches the back leg as Alves tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laurence throws a series of strikes that have Alves backpedaling.
Laurence dips to his left and cracks Alves with an uppercut!
Alves will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Laurence lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Laurence showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Laurence scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lucas Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laurence.
Alves moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Laurence lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laurence throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laurence misses with the combination.
Clayton Laurence seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laurence throws a combination. Alves tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
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!
Laurence scores with a leg kick.

Laurence has closed the distance and engaged Alves in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Laurence manages to break the clinch.
Laurence cracks the inside of Alves's front leg.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laurence.
Laurence misses with a double jab.
Laurence is looking to slow Alves down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laurence.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laurence lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Laurence - the referee stops the clock and Alves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Laurence. Alves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Laurence connects with a solid leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laurence.
Laurence thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Alves if he has to take too many more of those.
Laurence lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Laurence gets a clinch.

Laurence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laurence lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Laurence.
Laurence works over Alves's head and body with a nice combination.
Laurence lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laurence looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Laurence darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Laurence wants to take a breather but Alves is having none of it.
Laurence is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Laurence works his way into full mount!
Alves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves can't escape the position.
Laurence trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Laurence landing punches.
Alves taking shots to the head.
Alves is bucking up trying to escape but Laurence cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Laurence raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves is squirming around, avoiding Laurence's attempts to control the action.
Laurence lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Alves hang on?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laurence lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laurence looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Alves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Laurence landing strikes from the mount and Alves is in trouble!
Lucas Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laurence looking to control and managing it successfully.
Clayton Laurence is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Laurence is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Alves to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Alves shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves is desperately trying to improve his position but Laurence has a good base and remains in mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clayton Laurence comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laurence 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 24:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 24:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clayton Laurence!