PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alehandro Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Personality Crisis kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alehandro Garcia has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Garcia
vs
Lawson

174 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alehandro Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Karl Lawson!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawson keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alehandro Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawson misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia wants to clinch up but Lawson keeps it at a distance.

Lawson has managed to clinch.
Garcia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lawson smiles and moves away.
Lawson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Lawson counters by clinching up.
Garcia tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lawson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Garcia fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alehandro Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawson cracks Garcia with a nice body shot.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garcia's defenses.

It looks like Alehandro Garcia has been cut.
Lawson scores with a knee to the head.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
Lawson lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia takes an elbow to the temple.
Garcia tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lawson lands a nice knee to the body.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Lawson.

Alehandro Garcia's cut is getting worse.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Lawson lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garcia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lawson landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawson obliges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lawson.
Nice body punch from Lawson.
Lawson digs a right hand underneath Garcia's ribcage. Garcia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lawson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garcia's defenses.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Garcia's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Alehandro Garcia's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lawson lands an elbow just above Garcia 's eye.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Lawson lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, Alehandro Garcia's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Lawson scores a nice knee to the body.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Garcia's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Lawson.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garcia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
Garcia takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garcia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lawson lands an elbow inside that Garcia shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alehandro Garcia's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Karl Lawson!