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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Miller (ranked 4717 p4p, 2337 weight class) and Malachi Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 339 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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 Helsinki, Frank Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malachi Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence dives in and scores a takedown into Miller's guard.
Lawrence is in close to Miller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lawrence cracks Miller with a solid left hand.
Lawrence cracks Miller with a solid left hand.
Lawrence connects with a couple of short punches.
Lawrence is working Miller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lawrence is working Miller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lawrence chips away with some ground and pound.
Miller utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lawrence chips away with some ground and pound.
Lawrence passes Miller's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lawrence is controlling the pace.
It looks like Lawrence might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence drops an elbow to the side of Miller's head.
Lawrence 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.
Miller on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lawrence is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Miller on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lawrence lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, Lawrence seems content to control.
Miller is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lawrence scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is nestled in close to Miller, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lawrence is nestled in close to Miller, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lawrence working over Miller with some ground and pound. Miller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lawrence lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Lawrence.
Lawrence controlling the action here.
Miller on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lawrence is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lawrence is controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Lawrence has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence 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.
Lawrence looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lawrence working the head and body with strikes.
Lawrence lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lawrence working the head and body with strikes.
Lawrence is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Lawrence.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence controlling the action here.
Lawrence is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lawrence 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.
Lawrence scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Miller knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lawrence on the ground.
Lawrence working Miller over with strikes.
Lawrence scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Miller taking some punishment here, with Lawrence in his half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lawrence slips a nice elbow through Miller's hands, connecting with Miller's forehead.
Lawrence 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.
Lawrence controlling the action here.
Lawrence landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that is 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.
Lawrence fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lawrence shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lawrence showed some decent athleticism there.
Lawrence is taking a breather. Miller says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lawrence lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Malachi Lawrence has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lawrence is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence lands strikes from half guard.
Lawrence has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lawrence is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Miller taking some punishment here, with Lawrence in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lawrence scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lawrence in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Miller tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Lawrence!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Malachi Lawrence!
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FIGHT
RATING
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