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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ruth Paulie (ranked 4460 p4p, 4668 weight class) and Robert Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawler has chosen Hold On, I’m Comin’ as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ruth Paulie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawler throws a combination that misses
and Paulie counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Paulie.
Paulie content to stall in guard here.
Paulie scoring with some ground and pound.
Paulie stays in close to Lawler's body and controls the position.
Paulie passes into half guard.
Paulie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulie seems to be looking for submissions.
Paulie content to control rather than advance.
Paulie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paulie working over Lawler with some ground and pound. Lawler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Paulie working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Paulie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lawler sees it coming and defends easily.
Paulie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Paulie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulie working the head and body with strikes.
Paulie sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Paulie's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Paulie seems to be working for a kimura but Lawler defends the submission attempt.
Paulie controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulie prevents Lawler from standing back up.
Paulie lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Paulie controlling the action here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses.
Paulie has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lawler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lawler is trying to push Paulie away but Paulie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Paulie has hold of one of Lawler's legs. Lawler is fighting the takedown attempt but Paulie gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Paulie is standing up over Lawler. Lawler looks to escape but Paulie dives into side control.
Lawler trying to remain calm as Paulie controls from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paulie working the ground and pound from side control.
Paulie taking a breather here.
Paulie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paulie misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruth Paulie dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Paulie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Paulie working Lawler over with strikes.
Lawler is trying to stand.
Paulie stalling.
Paulie is pressing down on Lawler's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lawler is holding on for now.
Ruth Paulie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lawler defending well though.
Paulie content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Still in half guard, Paulie seems content to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Paulie passes the guard and advances to mount!
Paulie controlling from mount.
Lawler is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Paulie controlling his opponent.
Paulie with the ground and pound from mount.
Paulie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Paulie with good strikes from the mount here!
Paulie looking to control and managing it successfully.
Paulie seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Lawler for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Paulie controlling from mount.
Paulie lands a big shot there that rocks Lawler but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Paulie controlling the pace for now.
Further stalling from Paulie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Paulie with shots to the head and body - Lawler looks very uncomfortable down there.
Paulie controlling his opponent.
Paulie with good strikes from the mount here!
Lawler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paulie cracks Lawler with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paulie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Paulie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruth Paulie dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lawler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paulie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lawler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Paulie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Paulie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paulie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulie continues to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Paulie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lawler throws a left and a right that both miss
and Paulie counters by clinching up.
Paulie gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Paulie chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulie passes Lawler's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Paulie scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Paulie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Paulie takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Paulie is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lawler!
Paulie raining down hammerfists from mount.
Robert Lawler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulie lands a couple of good shots and Lawler has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulie lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Lawler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paulie controls the action.
Can Lawler hold on?! Paulie is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Paulie just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Paulie.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruth Paulie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Paulie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruth Paulie!
In defeat, Robert Lawler stepped up to the mic, saying 'I've been through a lot of ups and downs'.
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hype
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