PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 3563 p4p, 2282 weight class) and John Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawrence has chosen No Surrender as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that John Johnson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily John Johnson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Johnson
vs
Lawrence

182 cm
21
188
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
34
195
23 - 20 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence scores with the left hand. Johnson knows he should have avoided that one.
Johnson shoots in but Lawrence avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lawrence is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.

Lawrence closes the distance and clinches.
Lawrence lands a body shot in the clinch.

Lawrence gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lawrence lands a nice short elbow.
Lawrence landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Lawrence is working for a kimura but Johnson is defending it quite comfortably.
Lawrence looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Lawrence there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawrence is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lawrence scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lawrence has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence controlling the pace.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lawrence slows the pace down in half guard.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
Lawrence looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawrence lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Lawrence wants to work for an arm triangle but Johnson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lawrence not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lawrence is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nice strikes from Lawrence there.
Lawrence lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lawrence in particular looking to stall.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johnson is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence working Johnson over with strikes.
Lawrence looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Lawrence is working for a kimura but Johnson is defending it quite comfortably.
Lawrence is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lawrence takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Lawrence lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lawrence is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Lawrence.
Lawrence winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lawrence takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lawrence is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Lawrence is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Lawrence lands strikes from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Lawrence dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Lawrence counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lawrence counters with a left to the body.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Lawrence sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lawrence defends well and Johnson ends up having to push Lawrence into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lawrence lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Lawrence.

Lawrence turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lawrence manages to end up in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawrence creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Johnson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Lawrence controlling the position from side mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lawrence connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Johnson some visible discomfort.
Johnson trying to remain calm as Lawrence controls from the top position.
Lawrence cracks Johnson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lawrence works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
A lull in the action here as Lawrence stalls from top position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lawrence working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Lawrence scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lawrence has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Johnson to see if he's OK.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Lawrence working the ground and pound.
Lawrence controls the position.
Johnson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lawrence connects with a decent elbow.
John Lawrence has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lawrence working the ground and pound from side control.
Lawrence working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawrence controlling from the full mount.
Lawrence lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?

Johnson is rocked!
Lawrence controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence unloading with bombs!
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Lawrence! Johnson is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Lawrence!
John Lawrence made sure to mention his sponsor, KOMBAT KLOTHING in his post fight interview.