PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milos Dragan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhammed Lawal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Face The Pain - Stemm. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dragan
vs
Lawal

184 cm
19
216 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Milos Dragan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Muhammed Lawal!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragan misses with a double jab.
Dragan misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Dragan. Those never looked like landing.
Dragan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Lawal counter with a right hand.
Lawal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dragan misses with a series of wild punches.
Dragan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dragan lands a really nice looking cross but Lawal seems unphased.
Dragan throws a poor cross that misses
and Lawal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lawal counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragan looks to land a combination but Lawal avoids it well.
Lawal dodges the punch combination from Dragan.
Dragan throws a low kick but Lawal avoids it.
Dragan misses with an uppercut
and Lawal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dragan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lawal.
A shot to the body from Dragan misses
and Lawal counters with a stiff right hand.
Dragan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dragan throws a combination that misses
letting Lawal counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragan throws a leg kick but Lawal moved away.
Dragan looks to land a combination but Lawal avoids it well.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawal counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragan throws out a loose jab but Lawal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragan cracks Lawal with an open hand slap.
Dragan throws the left hand but Lawal avoids the punch easily.
Dragan jabs Lawal right on the nose. Lawal blinks but takes it well.
Dragan misses with a hook
and Lawal counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dragan looks to land a combination but Lawal avoids it well.
Dragan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan throws a head kick that misses.
Dragan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lawal counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Dragan!

Dragan is rocked!
Dragan is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawal wants to stand up but Dragan has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Dragan wants to get back to his feet.
Lawal wants to stand up but Dragan manages to regain full guard.
Lawal would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawal wants to stand and escape but instead Dragan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Lawal is working an open guard so Dragan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dragan misses with a wild combination.
Dragan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dragan scores with a nice right hand.
Dragan throws a body punch but Lawal moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragan throws a series of punches but Lawal moves out of range.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Lawal counter with a right hand.
Dragan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lawal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muhammed Lawal dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dragan tries a head kick but it misses.
Lawal ducks right into an uppercut from Dragan.
Dragan motions for Lawal to come forward. Dragan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dragan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lawal.
Dragan misses with a few strikes there.
Dragan misses with a low kick.
Dragan falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Lawal counter with a right hand.
Dragan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lawal. Lawal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dragan misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dragan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dragan cracks Lawal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawal counters with a one-two to the body.
Lawal walks into a jab.
Dragan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragan throws a series of punches but Lawal moves out of range.
Milos Dragan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dragan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dragan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragan misses with an uppercut. Lawal saw that one coming.
Dragan lands a jab to the nose.
Dragan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dragan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lawal eats them both and turns towards Dragan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Muhammed Lawal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dragan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawal counters with a left to the body.
Lawal slips under a jab from Dragan.
A telegraphed right hand from Dragan misses the target.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawal counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan swinging wildly here.
Lawal takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dragan throws a head kick but Lawal moves out of range.
Dragan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dragan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dragan falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Lawal to counter with a crisp jab.
Dragan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan misses with a body punch
and Lawal counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dragan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dragan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lawal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragan swings widly with a right hand

and Lawal counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Dragan down! Lawal is looking to finish but Dragan is intelligently defending himself.
Oh Dragan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lawal wanted to stand there but Dragan had control of the position.
Dragan seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawal prevents Dragan from getting back to his feet.
Dragan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dragan tries to get out of the position.
Lawal is looking to stand up but Dragan won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muhammed Lawal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dragan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawal.
Dragan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dragan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dragan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dragan misses with a double jab.
Dragan misses with a few strikes there.
Lawal has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dragan throws a body punch but Lawal moves out of range.
Dragan misses with a lunging right hand
and Lawal counters with a left and a right that stings Dragan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragan takes a swing at Lawal's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dragan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lawal was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragan.
Dragan misses with a straight right.
Dragan throws a series of punches but Lawal moves out of range.
Dragan missing with a left hand there. Lawal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Milos Dragan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragan misses with the combination.
Dragan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragan misses with a hook
and Lawal counters with a nice body shot.
Dragan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lawal counters with a nice uppercut.
Dragan tries to score with a low kick but Lawal moves his leg out of the way.
Dragan falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Lawal counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lawal counters with a beautiful punch that sends Dragan to the canvas!
Lawal is looking to stand up but Dragan won't let him.

Lawal stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dragan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lawal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dragan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Dragan misses its intended target.
Dragan misses with a hook.
Dragan misses with a wild body shot.
Dragan throws a nice looking combination but Lawal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dragan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dragan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lawal counters with a straight right hand.
Dragan misses with an uppercut
and Lawal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lawal counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Dragan badly! He tries to strike back but Lawal puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Dragan out cold! Oh man, Dragan will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Muhammed Lawal!