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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frederich Lawson (ranked 1369 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tchalla Heritageaka (ranked 1142 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Frederich Lawson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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205 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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188 cm
26
209 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frederich Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tchalla Heritageaka!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heritageaka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heritageaka shoots and misses
and Lawson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A shot to the liver by Lawson. Beautiful body shot.
Heritageaka scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Heritageaka is looking to take a break and control but Lawson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Heritageaka.
Lawson is pushing Heritageaka's head away, looking to escape. Heritageaka manages to hold on to the position though.
You can see the frustration on Lawson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lawson pushes Heritageaka away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Heritageaka gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lawson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lawson tries to get out of the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Heritageaka.
Heritageaka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Heritageaka trying to control the position but Lawson is working away.
Heritageaka is working Lawson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Heritageaka connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lawson some visible discomfort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Heritageaka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heritageaka throws an elbow but Lawson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Heritageaka working the ground and pound.
Heritageaka cracks Lawson with a big elbow.
Lawson is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big shot lands for Heritageaka! That's hurt Lawson! Will he recover? Heritageaka fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tchalla Heritageaka!
Tchalla Heritageaka 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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