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SyFi 110 PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Truth throws a series of strikes that have Laws backpedaling.
Truth fails to land with a series of punches.
Truth jabs at Laws's body.
Truth pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Laws back to the cage. Truth follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Laws closes the distance and clinches.
Laws throws a head punch that misses.
Truth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laws tries to clinch but Truth moves away
and Truth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laws clinches up against the cage.
Laws jumps guard but Truth stands there with Laws around his waist. Laws gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Truth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laws has him pressed against the cage.
Truth manages to break the clinch.
Truth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Truth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Truth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laws manages to avoid it.
Laws is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Laws tries to clinch there but Truth circles away.
Truth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laws! But no joy.
Laws has taken the fight to the clinch.
Truth tries to throw a body punch but Laws avoids it by throwing Truth back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Laws.
Truth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laws backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Truth gets through Laws's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Truth lands an uppercut.
Laws working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Truth lands with a light punch inside.
Truth scores with a shot to the side of Laws's head.
Truth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Truth is trying to push Laws away but Laws has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laws misses with a punch on the inside.
Truth working hard to break the clinch.
Laws effectively controlling the action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Truth.
Truth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Truth tries to break free but Laws pushes him back against the cage.
Truth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laws takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laws tries to clinch up but Truth circles away and keeps his distance.
Truth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laws is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Truth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Truth looks to land a right hand but Laws moved out of range.
Laws tries to close the distance and clinch but Truth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laws.
Laws tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Truth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laws is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Truth was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Laws.
Truth looks to land a combination but Laws avoids it well.
Laws fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Laws wants to clinch.
Truth lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Laws backs up against the cage.
Truth misses with an uppercut. Laws saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laws looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Truth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laws gets a clinch.
Truth working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laws displaying some good clinch control by pressing Truth up against the cage.
Truth tries to work over Laws's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Truth tries to break free but Laws pushes him back against the cage.
Truth has had enough of the clinch but Laws keeps him there for the moment.
Truth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnny Truth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Truth lands a head shot.
Mark Laws seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Truth lunges at Laws with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laws's hand.
Truth misses with a body shot.
Laws is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laws wants to clinch.
Truth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laws takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Truth lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Truth takes a swing at Laws's ribcage but misses.
Truth lunges at Laws with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Laws's hand.
Truth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laws moves in looking to clinch but Truth pushes him off.
Truth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Truth darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Truth scores with a jab to the head.
Truth lands with a right hand.
Laws on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laws tries to close the distance and clinch but Truth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Truth finds it's way through Laws's defenses.
Truth jabs Laws right on the nose. Laws blinks but takes it well.
Laws closes the distance but Truth moves to the side
and Truth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laws tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Truth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Truth throws a body shot but no joy.
Truth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laws was well out of range. Poor timing from Truth.
Truth throws a right and a left that Laws avoids nicely.
Laws swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Truth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laws circles away quickly and effectively.
Truth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Laws at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Truth dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice straight punches there by Truth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Truth.
Truth fails to land with a series of punches.
Truth misses the shot to the body.
Johnny Truth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Truth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnny Truth is winning the standup battle so far.
Truth misses with the combination.
Laws is looking to clinch.
Laws fails in his attempt to clinch.
Truth swats away the attempt to clinch by Laws.
Laws takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Truth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laws looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laws tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Laws tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Truth misses with a wild body shot.
Laws has Truth up against the cage in a clinch.
Truth wants to break free but Laws has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Truth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laws fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Truth blocks the elbow strike.
Truth struggles to land a body shot inside as Laws controls his hands.
Laws blocks a body shot from Truth.
Laws misses with a body punch.
Mark Laws seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Truth.
Truth wants to break free but Laws has control.
Truth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laws has him pressed against the cage.
Truth lands with a light punch inside.
Truth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Truth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Truth is trying to break the clinch but Laws has him pressed against the cage.
Truth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laws can do to turn this around?
Laws breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Truth misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Laws was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Laws moves to clinch but Truth breaks away
and Truth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Truth lands with a shot to the body.
Truth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Truth is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laws closes the distance and pushes Truth back into the cage.
Truth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Truth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Truth digs a right hand into Laws's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laws's gas tank.
Laws misses with an elbow over the top.
Laws jumps guard but Truth stands there with Laws around his waist. Laws gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Truth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laws's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Truth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laws working aggressively here.
Truth misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Laws fails to land.
Truth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Truth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Truth lands with a right to the head.
Truth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Truth fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Laws tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Truth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Truth takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Truth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Laws uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Truth.
Laws takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Laws takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Laws wants to clinch.
Truth works over Laws's head and body with a nice combination.
Truth cracks Laws with a right hand to the side of the head.
Truth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laws.
Laws gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Truth.
Truth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laws.
Truth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laws.
Laws closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laws tries to clinch but Truth is having none of it.
Laws wants to clinch up but Truth keeps it at a distance.
Truth misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Truth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
No luck for Laws with that takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Truth. Those never looked like landing.
Truth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Laws looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Truth scores with a hook to the body. Laws takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Laws keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Truth.
Truth takes a swing at Laws's ribcage but misses.
Laws on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Laws staying out of range there.
Truth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Truth cracks a nice hook into Laws's ribs.
Laws tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laws bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laws has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Truth finds it's way round the side to connect with Laws's head.
Laws missing with a left hand there. Truth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laws is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laws is looking to clinch but Truth is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Truth dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Truth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laws was well out of range. Poor timing from Truth.
Truth scores with the left hand. Laws knows he should have avoided that one.
Laws tries to clinch but Truth is having none of it.
Truth keeps the fight on the outside.
Truth throws an overhand right that lands on Laws's shoulder, as Laws tries to avoid the shot.
Laws takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Truth with a nice cross.
Laws darts in and clinches Truth up against the cage.
Laws throws a head punch that misses.
Truth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laws throws a punch but it's blocked by Truth.
Laws throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Laws swings wildly with an uppercut but Truth uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laws working aggressively here.
Truth is working Laws over against the cage.
Truth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Truth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Truth.
Laws takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Truth breaks the clinch.
Laws with a poor takedown
and Truth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Truth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Truth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laws takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Truth lands a nice hook to Laws's body. Laws takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Truth throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Laws stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Laws takes one to the side of the head.
Laws is rocked!
Laws tries to clinch up.
It looked like Truth wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Truth feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Laws sprawling to the canvas! Laws rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Truth finish him?!
Laws is still on wobbly legs! Can Truth finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Truth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laws takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laws has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Truth rushes Laws with punches - Laws moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Laws goes down! Truth follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Truth!
A victorious Johnny Truth thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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