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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dado Damba (ranked 23443 p4p, 3981 weight class) and Malachi Lawrence (ranked 751 p4p, 484 weight class). Malachi Lawrence is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dado Damba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malachi Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Chris Dean and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damba circles away quickly and effectively.
Damba throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dado Damba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damba throws a shot from downtown. Lawrence moves away and avoids it.
Damba thumps Lawrence with a low kick.
Damba missing with a left hand there. Lawrence was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Damba keeps the fight on the outside.
Damba pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lawrence is out of range and Damba settles back down.
Lawrence tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Damba will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lawrence moves out of range of the body kick.
Damba swings widly with a right hand
and Lawrence counters with a nice double leg into side control. Damba won't be happy with that.
Lawrence tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Damba is trying to get back to half guard.
Lawrence tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lawrence has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Damba parries the strikes from Lawrence easily there. Lawrence is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Damba to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence grinds an elbow into Damba's temple.
Lawrence working away.
Damba is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lawrence's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Damba's coaches at White Eagle have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Damba keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Damba is defending against the submission attempts here by Lawrence.
Damba actively working from the bottom here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lawrence working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Lawrence.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Lawrence.
Lawrence scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Damba actively working from the bottom here.
Lawrence throwing shots but Damba is blocking nicely.
Damba is trying to control but can't.
Lawrence is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Damba is not content to let Lawrence control the position.
Damba avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lawrence.
Damba is looking to control Lawrence's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Damba avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lawrence is working for a submission of some sort.
Lawrence trying to control from half guard but Damba is working away.
Damba trying to hold on to Lawrence's head to control him but Lawrence postures up.
Lawrence not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Damba looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lawrence is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Damba has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lawrence is nestled in close to Damba, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Damba is trying to control but can't.
Damba tries to get to full guard but Lawrence has control of the leg.
Lawrence is looking to take a break and control but Damba is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lawrence seems to be looking for submissions.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Malachi Lawrence dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Damba cracks Lawrence with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dado Damba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slapping leg kick lands for Damba.
Lawrence gets a takedown into half guard.
Lawrence is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Damba sees it coming and defends easily.
Lawrence throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Damba to regain full guard.
Damba keeping full guard, as Lawrence tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damba working for a triangle but Lawrence defends it easily.
Lawrence throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence trying to control but Damba is working from the bottom.
Damba throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Damba keeping full guard, as Lawrence tries to pass.
Lawrence throwing strikes but missing.
Lawrence wants to pass the guard but Damba is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lawrence accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lawrence works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Damba is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are battling for position here. Damba manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Damba keeping moving, preventing Lawrence from controlling successfully.
Lawrence lands a couple of digs.
Lawrence trying to control but Damba is working from the bottom.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damba keeping full guard, as Lawrence tries to pass.
Damba isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lawrence stacks Damba on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lawrence!
Lawrence throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lawrence is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Damba knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lawrence trying to control the action but Damba is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Damba on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Damba manages to get back to half guard.
Damba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lawrence drops an elbow to the side of Damba's head.
Damba is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lawrence scores with a couple of nice shots.
Damba looking for submissions off his back.
Lawrence is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Damba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lawrence pulls his head out easily.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Malachi Lawrence showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Damba gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Damba has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Damba is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lawrence missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence postures up.
Damba keeping full guard, as Lawrence tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lawrence stands and throws Damba's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Damba is trying to control Lawrence's posture but Lawrence avoids it.
Lawrence has control of an arm but Damba manages to advance to Lawrence's back!
Lawrence trying to control the action but Damba just sinks the hooks in.
I really don't envy Lawrence right now.
Lawrence prevents Damba from getting a body triangle.
Lawrence rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damba trying to control the pace.
Lawrence wants to control but Damba is keeping busy.
Damba seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lawrence does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lawrence trying to control from the bottom.
Damba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lawrence is trying to maintain the position but Damba is very close to passing his half guard.
Damba decides to stand up.
Damba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lawrence. That did some damage!
Damba throws a quick inside leg kick.
Damba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lawrence shoots in and gets a takedown into Damba's guard.
Lawrence trying to control the position from guard on top but Damba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lawrence sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Damba doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Lawrence paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Damba - great work!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dado Damba!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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