PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trey Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marick Tyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lawson
vs
Tyne

182 cm
25
185 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Trey Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marick Tyne!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lawson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tyne's head backwards.
Lawson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tyne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tyne has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Lawson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tyne tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lawson defends well and Tyne ends up having to push Lawson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A good leg kick by Lawson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lawson.
Lawson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tyne takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawson gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Tyne counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lawson!
Lawson can't do much from the bottom here.
Tyne working the head with strikes.
Lawson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tyne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lawson can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyne is putting a hurting on Lawson here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyne postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lawson is trying to get back to half guard.
Lawson gets back to half guard.
Tyne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tyne is thwarting Lawson's attempts to control the position.

Tyne is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lawson tries to roll over but Tyne keeps him under control.
Lawson is not content to let Tyne control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson gets full guard.
Tyne postures up.
Tyne stopping the sweep attempt from Lawson.
Lawson is working hard here to advance position.
Lawson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lawson looking for a sweep. Not yet Lawson, not yet.
Lawson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lawson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tyne connects with a couple of short punches.
Lawson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lawson drops an elbow to the side of Tyne's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyne wants to get back to full guard.
Tyne slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tyne trying to keep a closed guard but Lawson is proving a slippery customer.
Tyne managing to control the position.
Lawson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lawson throws a big elbow that misses.
Lawson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tyne trying to keep a closed guard but Lawson is proving a slippery customer.
Lawson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lawson postures up in Tyne's guard and throws a big left but Tyne blocks it.
Lawson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tyne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawson slips nicely into half guard.
Lawson thows a huge punch but Tyne dodges it nicely.
Tyne trying to control from the bottom.
Lawson controlling the action here.
Tyne keeping control of the position.
Lawson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tyne slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lawson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lawson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lawson won't allow Tyne to sweep him here.
Lawson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trey Lawson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lawson scores with a leg kick.
Lawson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tyne's calf.
Lawson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A good leg kick by Lawson.

Lawson closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Lawson.
A short uppercut from Lawson.
Lawson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tyne prevents a body shot from Lawson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyne is looking for a takedown.
Lawson lands a nice uppercut.
Lawson misses with a body punch.
Lawson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lawson scores with a shot to the side of Tyne's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson digs a right hand underneath Tyne's ribcage. Tyne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tyne is breathing heavily.
Lawson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lawson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lawson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tyne backwards.

Tyne is rocked!
Lawson scores with a shot to the side of Tyne's head.
Tyne is still on wobbly legs! Can Lawson finish him?
Lawson creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Tyne's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Tyne drops to his knees and Lawson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trey Lawson!
Trey Lawson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.