PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Stelling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Lawlor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stelling comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. Lawlor has chosen I Have A Dream as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Stelling
vs
Lawlor

178 cm
23
175 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

175 cm
19
187 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Stelling !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny Lawlor!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Lawlor. No joy for Stelling on that attempt.
Lawlor connects with a jab.
Lawlor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stelling moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stelling fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lawlor stalks Stelling and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stelling 's face. Stelling staggers backwards, shaken.
Lawlor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut lands for Lawlor. That snapped Stelling 's head back.
Lawlor lands a really nice looking cross but Stelling seems unphased.
A head kick misses from Stelling .
Lawlor cracks Stelling with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawlor scores with a shot to the body.
Stelling walks into a jab.
Lawlor scores with a nice right hand.
Lawlor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stelling on the side of the head.
Stelling takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Stelling is rocked!
Stelling gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Stelling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawlor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lawlor jabs Stelling to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lawlor sizes up Stelling with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Stelling takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stelling is breathing heavily.
Stelling takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
BOOM! Lawlor lands a beautiful left hook that drops Stelling . Stelling tries to recover but Lawlor is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Stelling lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benny Lawlor!
Benny Lawlor decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Jack Stelling was interviewed post fight and said 'Don't Worries Fans, I Will Come Back And Win For My UK Fans'.