PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Falcao (ranked 3113 p4p, 375 weight class) and John Lawrence (ranked 2078 p4p, 268 weight class). Lawrence is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by No Surrender. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Falcao
vs
Lawrence

175 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Falcao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence is looking to clinch but Falcao is avoiding it.
Lawrence wants to clinch up but Falcao keeps it at a distance.
Falcao tries to score with a low kick but Lawrence moves his leg out of the way.
Falcao scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lawrence tries to clinch up.
Falcao misses with a looping right.
Lawrence shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Falcao defends it nicely.

Lawrence shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Falcao is trying to defend but Lawrence finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Lawrence is working for a submission of some sort.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence prevents Falcao from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lawrence.

Lawrence is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Falcao defends it well.

Lawrence is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Lawrence is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Falcao is just riding it out for now. Lawrence eventually gives up the hold.

Lawrence is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Falcao sees it coming and defends easily.

Lawrence seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lawrence looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Lawrence is working for a kimura but Falcao is defending it quite comfortably.
Lawrence is looking to advance position but Falcao won't allow it.
Falcao tries to kick Lawrence off but Lawrence keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lawrence throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Lawrence is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Falcao defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lawrence is working for a kimura but Falcao is defending it quite comfortably.

Lawrence is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lawrence not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lawrence with the ground and pound but Falcao uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Lawrence connects with a couple of short punches.
Lawrence trying to control but Falcao is working from the bottom.
Lawrence controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence trying to control the position from guard on top but Falcao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Lawrence drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Falcao dives on top into guard.

Falcao slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Lawrence.

Lawrence is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Falcao pulls his head out easily.

Lawrence looking for submissions off his back.

Lawrence looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence moves into full guard.
Falcao wants to stand but Lawrence has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Lawrence is looking to cinch up a triangle. Falcao throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Lawrence's body to avoid the submission. Lawrence has instead reached around Falcao's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Lawrence arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Lawrence!
Post fight, John Lawrence stared into the camera and said 'Put him in a body bag!'.