PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hassan Mohammad (ranked 4192 p4p, 5549 weight class) and Rick Lawler (ranked 472 p4p, 534 weight class). Lawler has chosen Donna Summer - I Feel Love as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Mohammad
vs
Lawler

190 cm
25
175
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Combat Wombat Laundry

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hassan Mohammad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Mohammad.
Lawler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mohammad fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lawler raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lawler moves away from the strike by Mohammad.
Mohammad fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mohammad tries to clinch there but Lawler circles away.
Lawler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lawler moves out of range of the strikes.
Lawler throws out a counter right but Mohammad avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammad lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lawler circles away quickly and effectively.
Mohammad doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawler circles away.
Lawler moves out of range of the strikes.
Lawler raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammad moves in looking to clinch but Lawler pushes him off.
Lawler throws a fast counter high kick but Mohammad manages to duck under it in time.
Mohammad keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lawler gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mohammad.
Mohammad swinging wildly here.
Lawler is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Hassan Mohammad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawler takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mohammad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lawler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lawler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad closes the distance but Lawler moves to the side
and Lawler counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mohammad is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Donk. Mohammad catches Lawler right on the button with a cross.
Nice shot by Mohammad.
Lawler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohammad scores with the left hand. Lawler knows he should have avoided that one.
A combination from Mohammad does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad lands with a right hand.
Mohammad misses with an uppercut. Lawler saw that one coming.
Lawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mohammad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
Lawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mohammad throws a jab when Lawler was well out of range.
Lawler throws out a counter right but Mohammad avoids it with no problem.

Mohammad instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohammad.
Mohammad throws a head punch that misses.

Lawler breaks from the clinch.
Mohammad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lawler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lawler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Lawler.
Lawler's coach down at Lionheart Combat Sports was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lawler's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mohammad moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawler.
Mohammad lands a left hand.
Mohammad swings wildly with an uppercut but Lawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Mohammad fails to land.
Mohammad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lawler or not.
Mohammad misses with the head strike.
Mohammad lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mohammad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mohammad misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawler.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hassan Mohammad 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.

Mohammad lands a glancing blow to the side of Lawler's head.
Lawler slips a jab and a cross from Mohammad.
Lawler shapes to counter with a head kick.
Mohammad misses with a looping right.
Lawler throws a fast counter high kick but Mohammad manages to duck under it in time.
Mohammad scores with a jab to the body.

Mohammad has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mohammad fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mohammad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mohammad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawler.
Lawler blocks an elbow strike from Mohammad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohammad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawler.
Mohammad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lawler can do to turn this around?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mohammad.
Lawler is trying to force a seperation but Mohammad has the dominant position.
Mohammad has a couple of punches blocked by Lawler.
Mohammad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mohammad tries to throw a body punch but Lawler avoids it by throwing Mohammad back against the cage.
Lawler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lawler is trying to force a seperation but Mohammad has the dominant position.
Mohammad scores with a shot to the side of Lawler's head.
Mohammad misses with an elbow strike.
Mohammad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lawler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawler.
Mohammad misses with some punches.
Mohammad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lawler blocking some punches.
Lawler looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lawler blocking some punches.
Mohammad struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawler controls his hands.
Mohammad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mohammad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohammad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mohammad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohammad.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mohammad working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad has a couple of punches blocked by Lawler.
Mohammad swings wildly with an uppercut but Lawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mohammad swings wildly with an uppercut but Lawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mohammad swings wildly with an uppercut but Lawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lawler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohammad can't find room to land a body shot as Lawler controls the action.
Mohammad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
Mohammad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
Mohammad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
Mohammad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hassan Mohammad has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mohammad has a couple of punches blocked by Lawler.
Mohammad is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mohammad lands with a right to the head.
Lawler blocks an uppercut.
Mohammad lands a shoulder strike.
Lawler blocking some punches.
Lawler tries to circle away but Mohammad has him pinned against the cage.
Mohammad lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mohammad throws a head punch that misses.
Mohammad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mohammad presses Lawler against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Mohammad.
Lawler working hard to break the clinch.
Lawler avoids the elbow strike from Mohammad, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hassan Mohammad dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Lawler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mohammad getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hassan Mohammad is winning the standup battle so far.
Mohammad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lawler was well out of range. Poor timing from Mohammad.
Mohammad misses with a two punch combination.
Lawler throws a big counter head kick but Mohammad avoids it with no problem.
Mohammad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lawler.
Mohammad thuds his right hand into Lawler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammad lunges at Lawler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lawler's hand.
Lawler staying out of range there.
Lawler is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lawler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A shot to the body from Mohammad misses
and Lawler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mohammad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Mohammad fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lawler, pushing him back against the cage.
Mohammad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mohammad misses with the head strike.
Mohammad misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohammad.
Hassan Mohammad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad throws a head punch that misses.
Lawler blocks an uppercut.
Lawler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lawler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mohammad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler slips under a jab from Mohammad.
Lawler is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Lawler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mohammad.
Lawler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Mohammad rushes Lawler and presses him up against the cage.
Mohammad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lawler looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Lawler's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four 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.
Lawler is trying to break the clinch but Mohammad is controlling him.
Mohammad keeps control of Lawler as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lawler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mohammad lunges at Lawler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lawler's hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mohammad darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rick Lawler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mohammad misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hassan Mohammad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mohammad has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hassan Mohammad!