PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logan Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lawson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Last. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lawson
vs
Stien

190 cm
23
213 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logan Lawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Stien!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stien is out of range.
Stien slips under a jab from Lawson.

Lawson drives through and clinches with Stien against the cage.
Lawson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Stien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lawson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lawson tries to clinch but Stien moves out of range.

Lawson moves into the clinch.
Stien swings wildly with an uppercut but Lawson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawson misses with some punches.
Lawson is pressed up against the cage. Stien has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lawson down to the mat. Lawson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lawson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stien avoids the head kick by Lawson.
Stien showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lawson.
Lawson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lawson misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stien looks to land a left hand but Lawson moved out of range nicely.
Stien misses with a body shot.
Lawson misses with a low kick.
Lawson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stien swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stien fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lawson checks it well.
Stien avoids the head kick by Lawson.
Lawson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lawson throws a lazy head kick
and Stien counters with an outside leg kick.
Stien moves out of range of the strikes.
Lawson avoids a kick to the body.
Stien cracks Lawson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stien scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stien moves out of range as Lawson strikes.
Stien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stien missing with a left hand there. Lawson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stien takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawson scores with a head kick. Stien tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Ben Stien has been cut.
Lawson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stien.
Stien throws a leg kick but Lawson checks it.

Lawson takes the fight into the clinch.
Stien blocks an uppercut.
Stien struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawson controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stien misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stien digs a right hand underneath Lawson's ribcage. Lawson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lawson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Stien fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Stien turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lawson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Stien working the ground and pound.
Lawson wants to get back to his feet.
Stien moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Stien working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
A lull in the action here.
Stien cracks Lawson with a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawson tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stien is working the ground and pound. Can Lawson escape?
The referee is taking a good look at Lawson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Stien!
Stien throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Lawson!
Stien just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Stien is working the ground and pound. Can Lawson escape?
Lawson controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stien is punishing Lawson with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Stien dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Stien's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lawson lands with a hook. Stien tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lawson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stien throws out the jab.
Lawson misses with a combination
enabling Stien to counter with a crisp jab.
Logan Lawson is winning the standup battle so far.
Stien uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lawson has time to react.
Stien throws out a leg kick but Lawson moves out of range and Stien only half commits.
Lawson lands a leg kick that knocks Stien off balance momentarily.
Lawson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stien throws out the jab.
Lawson looks to throw the jab but Stien is out of range.
Lawson moves to clinch but Stien breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lawson is looking to clinch but Stien is avoiding it.
Stien misses with an uppercut
and Lawson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stien avoids the head kick by Lawson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lawson wants to clinch
and Stien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Lawson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lawson has a couple of punches blocked by Stien.
Stien blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stien can't find room to land a body shot as Lawson controls the action.
Lawson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lawson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stien lands with a left to the head.
Lawson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stien goes for a takedown attempt but Lawson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lawson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stien lands an overhand right.
A big right from Lawson misses.
Lawson moves in looking to clinch but Stien pushes him off.
Stien throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Logan Lawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stien avoids the head kick by Lawson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stien takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lawson throws a head kick that misses
letting Stien counter with a right hand.
Lawson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stien blocks a head kick by Lawson.
Lawson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lawson avoids a kick to the body.
Stien goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Stien.
Logan Lawson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson throws a leg kick but Stien sees it coming and moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Lawson.
Stien avoids the head kick by Lawson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stien fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lawson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lawson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lawson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lawson walks into a straight right hand from Stien.
Nice shot lands for Stien.
Stien lands a jab to the nose.
Lawson throws a jab when Stien was well out of range.
Logan Lawson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Stien gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Stien asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Lawson bucks up and tries to throw Stien off but instead Stien has got his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stien just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Stien lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Stien is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Lawson. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Stien scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Stien has Lawson flattened out and is raining down punches.

Lawson is rocked!
Stien connects with a couple of big shots that have Lawson covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Lawson! Stien fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Stien!
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