PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Lambton (ranked 572 p4p, 89 weight class) and Peter Woodcock (ranked 1660 p4p, 246 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lambton
vs
Woodcock

187 cm
22
218 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

210 cm
20
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Lambton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Woodcock!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Woodcock struggles to land a body shot inside as Lambton controls his hands.
Woodcock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Woodcock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lambton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lambton throws an elbow that misses.
Woodcock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Woodcock.
A head punch on the inside from Woodcock fails to land.
Lambton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lambton blocks a body shot from Woodcock.
Woodcock misses with the head strike.
Woodcock misses with a punch on the inside.
Woodcock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Woodcock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lambton has him pressed against the cage.
Woodcock tries to work over Lambton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lambton lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lambton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Woodcock fails to land.
Woodcock misses with a punch to the body.
Lambton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Woodcock is trying to force a seperation but Lambton has the dominant position.
Lambton lands an uppercut.

It looks like Peter Woodcock has been cut.
Lambton digs a right hand underneath Woodcock's ribcage. Woodcock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lambton tries to work over Woodcock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Woodcock.
Woodcock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Woodcock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Lambton scores with a nice short uppercut.
I was talking to Lambton's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Woodcock misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lambton.
Woodcock has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lambton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Woodcock can turn it around.
Woodcock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Woodcock digs a right hand into Lambton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lambton's gas tank.
Good body shot from Lambton.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lambton.
Woodcock misses with a body punch.
Woodcock working aggressively here.
Lambton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Woodcock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lambton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Lambton.
Woodcock looks winded!
Woodcock is trying to break the clinch but Lambton has him pressed against the cage.
Woodcock struggles to land a body shot inside as Lambton controls his hands.
Woodcock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lambton lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lambton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Woodcock's brow.
Lambton lands a shoulder strike.
Woodcock misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Woodcock backwards.

Woodcock is rocked!
Lambton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Woodcock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lambton tries a body shot but Woodcock blocks it.
Woodcock blocks an elbow strike.
Woodcock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Woodcock lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Woodcock on the inside.
Woodcock tries to throw a body punch but Lambton avoids it by throwing Woodcock back against the cage.

Woodcock breaks from the clinch.

Lambton has closed the distance and engaged Woodcock in a clinch.
A short left from Lambton.
Woodcock is still on wobbly legs! Can Lambton finish him?
Woodcock is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lambton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Woodcock's brow.
Lambton blocks a body shot from Woodcock.
Woodcock seems to have recovered his senses.
Woodcock tries a body shot but Lambton blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lambton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Woodcock's brow.
Lambton tries to work over Woodcock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Woodcock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Woodcock misses with the head strike.
Woodcock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Lambton.
Woodcock tries to throw a body punch but Lambton avoids it by throwing Woodcock back against the cage.
Woodcock tries to throw a body punch but Lambton avoids it by throwing Woodcock back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambton can't find room to land a body shot as Woodcock controls the action.
Lambton lands an uppercut.
Woodcock throws a head punch that misses.

Lambton drops Woodcock onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Woodcock is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Woodcock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lambton's elbow.
Lambton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Woodcock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lambton backwards.
Lambton dips a shoulder and cracks Woodcock with a mighty uppercut! Woodcock falls back against the cage and Lambton unloads with a barrage of strikes! Woodcock is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Lambton screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Lambton!
George Lambton bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.