PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Tiernan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martyn Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiernan comes to the cage accompanied by DESERT STORM by Tartanic. Martyn Lawrence is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tiernan
vs
Lawrence

180 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
172 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Tiernan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martyn Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawrence misses with a two punch combination.
Tiernan doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.
Lawrence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lawrence fails with a takedown attempt.
Tiernan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tiernan tries to clinch up but Lawrence circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence is having none of it.
Lawrence will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawrence fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiernan tries to close the distance and clinch but Lawrence swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tiernan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawrence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lawrence avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Tiernan does no damage.
Tiernan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tiernan misses with a low kick.
Lawrence swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tiernan counters with a one-two to the body.
Tiernan wants to clinch up but Lawrence keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan is looking to clinch.
Tiernan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiernan doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.
Tiernan misses the jab.
Tiernan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawrence counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence moves away
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combo that has Tiernan backing up. Tiernan nods at Lawrence to acknowledge the strikes.
Tiernan tries to clinch up
and Lawrence counters with a big head kick but Tiernan shrugs it off.
Tiernan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tiernan tries to clinch up
and Lawrence counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tiernan is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawrence counters with a straight right hand.
Tiernan looks to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a big head kick but Tiernan shrugs it off.
Lawrence misses with a series of wild punches.
Tiernan lands with a nice body punch.
Tiernan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawrence counters with a head kick. That will keep Tiernan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence is having none of it.
Tiernan tries to clinch
letting Lawrence counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan fails to land with a series of punches.
Lawrence checks a leg kick.
Tiernan misses with a looping right.
Tiernan wants to clinch.
Tiernan tries to clinch up but Lawrence circles away and keeps his distance.
Patrick Tiernan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lawrence swats away the attempt to clinch by Tiernan.
Tiernan throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Lawrence to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiernan throws a combination that misses
and Lawrence counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tiernan avoids the head kick by Lawrence.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martyn Lawrence dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tiernan darts in trying to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a two punch combo.
Tiernan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Lawrence counter with a right hand.
Tiernan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patrick Tiernan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiernan tries to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combo that has Tiernan backing up. Tiernan nods at Lawrence to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiernan blocks a head kick by Lawrence.
No joy there for Lawrence, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tiernan misses with the combination.
Tiernan throws a combination that misses
and Lawrence counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tiernan wants to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a one-two to the body.
Tiernan misses with a combination
enabling Lawrence to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiernan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lawrence at a distance.
Lawrence throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tiernan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tiernan misses with a few strikes there.
Tiernan clinches but Lawrence breaks the clinch
and Lawrence counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tiernan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lawrence circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence moves out of range.
No joy there for Tiernan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lawrence throws a combination that misses
and Tiernan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tiernan tries to clinch there but Lawrence circles away.
Tiernan throws a body punch but Lawrence moves out of range.
Lawrence tries a head kick but it misses.
Tiernan misses with a body shot.
Martyn Lawrence seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tiernan lunges at Lawrence with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lawrence's hand.
Tiernan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a big head kick but Tiernan shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Tiernan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tiernan throws a sloppy body shot
and Lawrence counters with a two punch combo.
Lawrence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tiernan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short uppercut from Tiernan.

Lawrence ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lawrence no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Tiernan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Lawrence isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tiernan stacks Lawrence 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 Tiernan!
Lawrence is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tiernan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Tiernan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tiernan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tiernan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiernan doesn't manage to clinch there - Lawrence circles away.
Tiernan misses with a jab to the body
and Lawrence counters with a one-two to the body.
Lawrence gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch combination from Tiernan misses.
Lawrence fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tiernan lands a lovely overhand right.
Tiernan tries to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tiernan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patrick Tiernan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tiernan throws a nice looking combination but Lawrence bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tiernan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Lawrence counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiernan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Tiernan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiernan looks to land a left hand but Lawrence moved out of range nicely.
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tiernan counters with a left and a right that stings Lawrence.
Lawrence swats away the attempt to clinch by Tiernan.
Some wild striking there from Lawrence.
Tiernan misses with a series of wild punches.
Tiernan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tiernan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lawrence counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tiernan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tiernan wants to clinch.
Tiernan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawrence counters with a series of strikes. Tiernan will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tiernan clinches but Lawrence breaks the clinch
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combo that has Tiernan backing up. Tiernan nods at Lawrence to acknowledge the strikes.
Tiernan swinging wilding here.
Lawrence misses with a two punch combination.
Lawrence keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiernan.
Tiernan misses with a body shot
and Lawrence counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tiernan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawrence counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tiernan slips a jab and a cross from Lawrence.
Tiernan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tiernan moves in looking to clinch but Lawrence pushes him off.
Tiernan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawrence.
Tiernan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawrence cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tiernan darts in trying to clinch
enabling Lawrence to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tiernan tries to clinch
and Lawrence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiernan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lawrence was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiernan.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lawrence.
Tiernan wants to clinch.
Lawrence throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lawrence counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Patrick Tiernan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lawrence keeps the fight on the outside.
Lawrence will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawrence swats away the attempt to clinch by Tiernan.
Tiernan darts in trying to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a big head kick but Tiernan shrugs it off.
Tiernan missing with a left hand there. Lawrence was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lawrence throws a nice looking combination but Tiernan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tiernan looks to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combo that has Tiernan backing up. Tiernan nods at Lawrence to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Lawrence misses
and Tiernan counters with a stiff right hand.
Lawrence takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tiernan wants to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a series of strikes. Tiernan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lawrence scores with a jab. Tiernan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tiernan!

It looks like Martyn Lawrence has been cut.
Lawrence looks to land a combination but Tiernan avoids it well.
Tiernan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lawrence counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tiernan as he jumps to the side.
Tiernan looks to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tiernan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tiernan tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Lawrence to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiernan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawrence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tiernan darts in trying to clinch
enabling Lawrence to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiernan lands a jab.
Tiernan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan throws a nice looking combination but Lawrence bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tiernan tries to clinch
and Lawrence counters with an outside leg kick.
Lawrence uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tiernan.
Tiernan wants to clinch but Lawrence slips to the side
and Lawrence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiernan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawrence counters with a series of strikes. Tiernan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tiernan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tiernan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawrence moves away.
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence moves away
and Lawrence counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan dodges the punch combination from Lawrence.
Tiernan tries to close the distance and clinch but Lawrence swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tiernan looks to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a stiff right hand.
Tiernan throws a one two combo.
Tiernan swinging wilding here.
Lawrence misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tiernan misses with a series of wild punches.
Tiernan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawrence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Tiernan had his way with Martyn Lawrence in that round.
The cut man is working on Martyn Lawrence's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tiernan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lawrence's head backwards.
Tiernan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lawrence throws a right and a left that Tiernan avoids nicely.
Lawrence throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tiernan closes the distance but Lawrence moves to the side
and Lawrence counters with a head kick. That will keep Tiernan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tiernan cracks Lawrence with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lawrence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiernan misses with a double jab
and Lawrence counters with a two punch combo.
Tiernan is looking to clinch but Lawrence is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiernan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawrence counters with a series of strikes. Tiernan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lawrence counters with a head kick. That will keep Tiernan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tiernan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tiernan lands with a nice body punch.
Tiernan misses with the combination.
Tiernan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence moves away
and Lawrence counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan tries to clinch up but Lawrence circles away and keeps his distance.
Tiernan is looking to clinch.
Lawrence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lawrence counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawrence keeps the fight on the outside.
Tiernan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawrence counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiernan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lawrence misses with a series of wild punches.
Tiernan swinging wilding here.

Tiernan has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tiernan.
Lawrence drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tiernan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tiernan misses with a double jab.

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.
Tiernan throws a body punch but Lawrence moves out of range.
Tiernan throws a right and a left that Lawrence avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiernan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lawrence throws a head kick that misses.
Martyn Lawrence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lawrence takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tiernan moves in looking to clinch but Lawrence pushes him off.
Tiernan tries to clinch but Lawrence is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tiernan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawrence counters with a series of strikes. Tiernan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Patrick Tiernan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tiernan is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrick Tiernan.
Well Tiernan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 49:46
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Tiernan!
Patrick Tiernan retains his welterweight title!