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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gerard Mullins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawson has chosen Personality Crisis as his entrance music. Gerard Mullins is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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168 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gerard Mullins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Karl Lawson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lawson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mullins shoots in for a double leg but Lawson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lawson throws a shot to the body.
Lawson stuffs the takedown attempt from Mullins. Mullins gets slowly back to his feet.
Lawson stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerard Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mullins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mullins is breathing heavily.
Mullins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Lawson. That's going to slow Mullins down.
Lawson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lawson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Lawson lands an elbow just above Mullins 's eye.
Lawson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Mullins. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lawson working Mullins over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mullins's defenses.
Lawson lands a nice knee to the body.
Lawson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lawson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lawson lands an elbow inside that Mullins shrugs off.
A right hand to the body from Lawson.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lawson landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson lands an elbow inside that Mullins shrugs off.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson scores with a knee to the head.
Lawson scores a nice knee to the body.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawson obliges.
Mullins takes an elbow to the temple.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lawson lands with a short shot to the head.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mullins's defenses.
Lawson landing knees to the head.
Lawson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mullins's face.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
Lawson landing knees to the body.
Lawson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Mullins won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Lawson presses Mullins against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lawson lands an elbow just above Mullins 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawson obliges.
Lawson scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lawson.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
Lawson scores with a hook to the body.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Lawson.
Lawson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lawson landing knees to the body.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Mullins is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lawson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lawson scores a nice knee to the body.
Lawson lands a nice elbow.
Lawson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mullins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lawson.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lawson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mullins takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lawson lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Lawson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawson obliges.
Lawson lands a knee to the head.
Mullins is looking to control Lawson's arms but Lawson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mullins has his back to the cage.
Lawson landing knees to the body.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Mullins trying to stall but Lawson improves his position.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mullins's defenses.
Lawson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawson lands a knee to the body.
Lawson scores with a knee to the head.
Mullins breaks the clinch.
Mullins shoots in for a double leg but Lawson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lawson lands a body shot.
Lawson connects with a looping right hand.
Lawson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lawson connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawson lands a nice looking body shot.
Lawson scores with a leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lawson.
Mullins sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lawson pushes Mullins up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawson obliges.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mullins wants a takedown but no success here.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Mullins won't want to take too many of those.
Lawson lands a nice knee to the body.
Lawson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lawson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mullins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Lawson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lawson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lawson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lawson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lawson.
Gerard Mullins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lawson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mullins, pushing him back against the cage.
Lawson lands an elbow just above Mullins 's eye.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lawson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mullins's face.
Mullins takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lawson landing knees to the body.
Lawson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mullins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson lands an elbow inside.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Lawson lands a nice knee to the body.
Lawson pushes Mullins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Karl Lawson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lawson lands an elbow just above Mullins 's eye.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Lawson lands a knee to the head.
Lawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lawson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lawson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mullins is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Lawson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lawson cracks Mullins with a nice body shot.
Mullins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lawson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lawson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lawson.
Mullins shoots for a takedown but Lawson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mullins on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lawson. Lawson obviously looking to wear him down.
Lawson drives through and clinches with Mullins against the cage.
Lawson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerard Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mullins is trying to force a seperation but Lawson has the dominant position.
Lawson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lawson lands a nice elbow.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mullins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Lawson.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lawson.
Lawson lands a nice elbow.
Mullins takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Mullins won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mullins's defenses.
Lawson lands an elbow that stopped Mullins in his tracks for a moment.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Mullins won't want to take too many of those.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lawson landing knees to the body.
Lawson with a knee to the head.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mullins.
Lawson working Mullins over with knees to the body.
Lawson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lawson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullins takes an elbow to the temple.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lawson obliges.
Lawson working Mullins over with knees to the body.
Lawson scores a nice knee to the body.
Lawson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lawson lands a knee to the body.
Lawson prevents the takedown attempt.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lawson lands a good knee to the midsection. Mullins won't want to take too many of those.
Lawson scores a nice knee to the body.
Mullins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lawson working Mullins over with knees to the body.
Lawson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mullins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lawson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mullins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Lawson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Lawson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mullins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lawson sprawls well. Lawson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mullins gets slowly back to his feet.
Lawson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lawson wants it to stay on the feet.
Lawson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Lawson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
Lawson lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Lawson gets underhooks to prevent Mullins's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerard Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice left hand lands by Lawson.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mullins's defenses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lawson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lawson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawson lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson landing knees to the head.
Mullins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mullins tries to score a body lock takedown but Lawson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Lawson.
Lawson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Lawson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lawson.
Lawson crunches a lovely knee into Mullins's ribcage.
Lawson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lawson struggles to land a body shot inside as Mullins controls his hands.
Mullins has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Lawson regains guard immediately.
Mullins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lawson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mullins looking to sit in guard and control but Lawson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mullins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mullins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lawson is one step ahead there.
Lawson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mullins content to control rather than advance.
Mullins is looking to stall here but Lawson recovers full guard.
Lawson keeping moving, preventing Mullins from controlling successfully.
Lawson wants to stand up but Mullins is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mullins trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mullins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lawson controlling Mullins's posture.
Mullins trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lawson scores with a leg kick.
Mullins closes the distance and clinches up with Lawson, looking for a takedown. Mullins pushes Lawson against the cage but Lawson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lawson punishes Mullins's body with a nice straight punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lawson.
Nice takedown defense from Lawson. No joy for Mullins on that attempt.
Gerard Mullins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lawson delivers a nice body kick.
Karl Lawson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lawson scores with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Lawson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lawson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 25:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 25:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Lawson!
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energy
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hype
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