PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Colby Cauliflower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Lawton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floyd Lawton will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cauliflower
vs
Lawton

170 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Colby Cauliflower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Floyd Lawton!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A jab-cross combination lands for Lawton and sends Cauliflower crashing to the mat! Lawton follows him down to the mat - Cauliflower regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Cauliflower is rocked!

It looks like Colby Cauliflower has been cut.
Cauliflower wants to get back to full guard.
Oh Cauliflower is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lawton is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Lawton decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Cauliflower seems to have got his legs back now.
Lawton throws a right and a left that Cauliflower avoids nicely.
Lawton stuffs the takedown attempt from Cauliflower. Cauliflower gets slowly back to his feet.
Lawton swinging wilding here.
Lawton tries to bum rush Cauliflower with a series of wild strikes but Cauliflower uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Lawton gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cauliflower to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Cauliflower is breathing heavily.

Lawton manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cauliflower avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lawton misses with a few strikes there.
Cauliflower slips a jab and a cross from Lawton.
Lawton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A big left from Lawton misses.

Cauliflower gets a takedown into half guard.
Lawton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cauliflower wants to control but Lawton is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lawton kicks off Cauliflower and gets to his feet.
Lawton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cauliflower shoots in looking for a takedown. Lawton tries to sprawl out of it but Cauliflower keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lawton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Colby Cauliflower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cauliflower takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Lawton drops Cauliflower with a left and a right! Oh, Cauliflower is hurt - Lawton dives into side control looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lawton stands up and we're back to a striking position.
No luck for Cauliflower with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawton looks to land a combination but Cauliflower avoids it well.
Cauliflower fails with the takedown.
Lawton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawton misses with a series of wild punches.

Cauliflower drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cauliflower tries to free his leg and advance position but Lawton is retaining full guard.
Cauliflower trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cauliflower tries to free his leg and advance position but Lawton is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cauliflower wanted to stand there but Lawton had control of the position.

Lawton pushes Cauliflower off and gets back to his feet.
Lawton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Colby Cauliflower's cut is getting worse.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawton swinging wilding here.
Lawton throws a nice looking combination but Cauliflower bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Lawton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colby Cauliflower's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cauliflower is looking to clinch but Lawton is avoiding it.
Lawton tries to bum rush Cauliflower with a series of wild strikes but Cauliflower uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lawton goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lawton misses with a series of wild punches.
Cauliflower tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Cauliflower gets a takedown into half guard.
Cauliflower is trying to control. Lawton wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cauliflower slows the pace down in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cauliflower is trying to control the action in half guard but Lawton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lawton wants to get back to his feet.
Cauliflower knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lawton on the ground.
Lawton is staying active underneath Cauliflower, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lawton is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cauliflower missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lawton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lawton misses with a wild combination.
Lawton misses with a double jab.
Cauliflower closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lawton circles away.
Lawton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lawton misses with a wild combination.
Floyd Lawton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cauliflower shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lawton pinned against the cage. Lawton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cauliflower throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cauliflower displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lawton throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawton misses with a jab, cross combination.

Cauliflower shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cauliflower was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lawton tries to buck Cauliflower off but he can't manage it.
The referee warns Lawton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cauliflower thowing shots but they're missing.
Cauliflower looking to control but Lawton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cauliflower punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cauliflower can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lawton is looking to escape.
Cauliflower is really struggling to control Lawton but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Cauliflower dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Colby Cauliflower's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lawton throws a right and a left that Cauliflower avoids nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Lawton. No joy for Cauliflower on that attempt.
Lawton lands a nice shot that snaps Cauliflower's head back.

A jab-cross combination lands for Lawton and sends Cauliflower crashing to the mat! Lawton follows him down to the mat - Cauliflower regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Cauliflower is trying to get back to full guard.

Lawton gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Lawton lands a big shot that drops Cauliflower! Can he finish him?

Lawton gets to his feet - Cauliflower follows without any prompting.
Lawton is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
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!
Lawton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Lawton misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawton lands a slapping body shot.
Cauliflower shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Lawton misses.
Cauliflower dodges the punch combination from Lawton.
Lawton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lawton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cauliflower misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawton throws a series of punches but Cauliflower avoids them all with ease.
Cauliflower fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Colby Cauliflower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab from Lawton.
Lawton takes a swing at Cauliflower's ribcage but misses.
Cauliflower is looking to clinch but Lawton is avoiding it.
No joy there for Lawton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Floyd Lawton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lawton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Lawton misses.
Cauliflower lands a head kick. Lawton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cauliflower fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Lawton.
Lawton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cauliflower shoots for a takedown but Lawton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lawton clobbers Cauliflower with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cauliflower is looking to clinch but Lawton is avoiding it.

Cauliflower bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Cauliflower decides to stand back up. Cauliflower steps back and let's Lawton get back to his feet.
Lawton moves out of range of the body kick.
Lawton fails to land with a series of punches.
Lawton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Cauliflower drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cauliflower wants to control but Lawton is keeping him busy.
Lawton being controlled for a moment.
Cauliflower throws a strike aimed at the side of Lawton's head but Lawton avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cauliflower tries to get to his feet but Lawton is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Cauliflower in his guard.
Lawton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Lawton pushes Cauliflower off and gets back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Floyd Lawton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lawton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floyd Lawton!