PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donald Trump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Trump
vs
Lawler

189 cm
24
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donald Trump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robbie Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trump shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lawler defends it nicely.
Lawler tries to bum rush Trump with a series of wild strikes but Trump uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lawler scores with a shot to the body.

Trump has Lawler up against the cage in a clinch.
Trump is pushing Lawler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trump is trying to push Lawler away but Lawler has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Lawler.
Trump tries for a takedown but Lawler manages to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler just leaning against Trump, taking a breather.
Lawler tries a knee to the head but Trump blocks it.
Trump tries to land a knee to the head but Lawler blocks with his arms.
Trump is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lawler's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lawler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trump wants to get back to striking at distance but Lawler won't allow it.
Lawler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trump lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lawler.
Trump tries to circle away but Lawler has him pinned against the cage.
Lawler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lawler digs a right hand into Trump's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trump's gas tank.
Trump is breathing heavily.
Lawler is working Trump over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler tries to work over Trump's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lawler slows down the pace here.
Trump fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Trump. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A bit of stalling here from Lawler.
Trump fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lawler has Trump pressed against the cage, preventing Trump from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lawler pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lawler holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Lawler's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Lawler taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler lands a good knee to the midsection. Trump won't want to take too many of those.
Lawler leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robbie Lawler.

Trump clinches up against the cage.
Lawler misses with a body punch.
Lawler pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lawler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lawler pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lawler looking to throw knees to the head but Trump is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump is looking for a takedown.
Trump is looking for a takedown.
Trump takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lawler can't find room to land a body shot as Trump controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lawler.
A frustrated look appears on Trump's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lawler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trump drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lawler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lawler landing knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lawler keeps control of Trump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie Lawler 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.

Lawler swinging wildly here.
Lawler lands with an overhand left.
Donald Trump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trump shoots in looking for a takedown. Lawler tries to sprawl out of it but Trump keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lawler manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawler lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Lawler moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lawler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Lawler moves into the clinch.
Lawler is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Robbie Lawler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler slows down the pace here.
Trump is trying to force a seperation but Lawler has the dominant position.
Trump effectively controlling the action here.
Lawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lawler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trump changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lawler fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Trump clinches up against the cage.
Lawler pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lawler takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lawler misses with the head strike.
Lawler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trump.
Lawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Trump has Lawler pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lawler manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Trump. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trump being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Trump jumps guard.
Trump wants to stand and escape but Lawler is having none of it.
Trump trying to control the position.
Lawler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lawler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lawler lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lawler is looking to work some ground and pound but Trump has wrist control.
Lawler stands up over Trump, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lawler wants to control from the top but Trump keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lawler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lawler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trump. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler being controlled here momentarily.
Lawler throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Lawler slaps away a takedown attempt from Trump, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lawler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Trump seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Trump slips a straight right by Lawler.
Trump fails with the takedown
and Lawler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Trump blocks a jab.
Lawler throws a one two combo.

Trump is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie Lawler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Trump shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A combination from Lawler does no damage.
Robbie Lawler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lawler stuffs the takedown.

Lawler moves into the clinch.
Trump tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Trump. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawler stalling.
Lawler holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lawler.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawler is stalling here.
A hook to the body from Lawler.
Lawler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lawler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawler prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lawler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lawler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trump jumps guard but Lawler stands there with Trump around his waist. Trump gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lawler is struggling to control the position.
Lawler receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler stalling the fight.
A hook to the body from Lawler.
Come on Lawler - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lawler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lawler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lawler lands a shot to the body.
Lawler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trump's elbow.
Lawler misses with a punch to the body.
Lawler lands a hook that snaps the head of Trump backwards.
Trump's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lawler taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Trump will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lawler up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler missing with knees to the body.
Lawler can't find room to land a body shot as Trump controls the action.
Lawler stalling in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lawler.
Trump looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trump is trying to force a seperation but Lawler has the dominant position.
Lawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lawler is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lawler lands a hook that snaps the head of Trump backwards.
Robbie Lawler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robbie Lawler.
Lawler misses with a few strikes there.
Lawler looks to land a combination but Trump avoids it well.
Trump tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trump steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Sloppy strikes from Lawler. Those never looked like landing.
Trump changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lawler lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lawler.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lawler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trump shoots in but Lawler avoids the takedown attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robbie 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robbie Lawler!
A victorious Robbie Lawler thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.