PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesper Svenington (ranked 24635 p4p, 627 weight class) and John Lawrence (ranked 4991 p4p, 468 weight class). Lawrence has chosen No Surrender as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Svenington
vs
Lawrence

185 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesper Svenington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Svenington shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Svenington showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lawrence actively working from the bottom here.
Svenington wants to take a breather but Lawrence is having none of it.
Lawrence blocking the ground and pound attempt from Svenington.

Lawrence looking for submissions off his back.
Lawrence tries to get to full guard but Svenington has control of the leg.

Lawrence looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Lawrence looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Svenington is thwarting Lawrence's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lawrence looking for submissions off his back.

Lawrence actively working from the bottom here.

Lawrence looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Lawrence looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lawrence is pressing down on Svenington's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lawrence is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Lawrence looking for a triangle here. Svenington is fighting it but it looks tight! Lawrence pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Svenington is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). John Lawrence!
Post fight, John Lawrence stared into the camera and said 'Put him in a body bag!'.