PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fabrici Gorfal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabrici Gorfal has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gorfal
vs
Law

175 cm
27
160 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

169 cm
23
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabrici Gorfal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Law!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Law scores with a body shot.
Gorfal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Law misses with a kick to the body.
Law shoots in and drives through. Gorfal sprawls well.
Law throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gorfal.
A bone on bone clash there as Gorfal blocks the leg kick.
Law misses with a head kick.
Gorfal has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gorfal stuffs the takedown.
Gorfal shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Law as he avoids it easily.
Gorfal dives in for a single leg takedown but Law sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Gorfal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Law rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gorfal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Law feints a jab promting Gorfal to slip. Law then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gorfal slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Law misses with the combination.
Law swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorfal slips a jab and a cross from Law.
Gorfal blocks a head kick by Law.

Gorfal shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Law manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Law looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Law looks winded!
Law keeping moving, preventing Gorfal from controlling successfully.
Gorfal wants to pass the guard but Law is keeping the position.
We've been hearing that Gorfal has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gorfal throwing strikes from guard but Law blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorfal advances to half guard.
Gorfal missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gorfal missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gorfal perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Gorfal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Law really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gorfal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gorfal frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gorfal jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Law manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Gorfal tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Law is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gorfal connects with a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorfal is putting a hurting on Law here, landing some big shots from side control.
Law is not content to let Gorfal control the position.
Gorfal content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Gorfal in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabrici Gorfal dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gorfal shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Law as he jumps to the side.
Law lands the left hand.
Law thuds a left hand into Gorfal's body.
Law is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gorfal sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Law shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fabrici Gorfal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Law misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gorfal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Law sprawls well. Law wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gorfal gets slowly back to his feet.
Law throws a nice looking combination but Gorfal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Gorfal scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gorfal works his way into side control.

Gorfal is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Law knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Law is trying to get back to half guard.
Gorfal tries to move into full mount but can't pass Law's legs.

Gorfal is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Law knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law tries to bench press Gorfal off him but Gorfal keeps the position.
Law is trying to escape the position but Gorfal is controlling the position.
Gorfal wants to control but Law is keeping him busy.
Gorfal controlling the position from side mount.

Gorfal looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gorfal is trying to get an arm triangle but Law is defending well.
Law bucks up and tries to throw Gorfal off but instead Gorfal has got his back!
Gorfal throwing sloppy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorfal missing with punches from the back.

Gorfal has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Law! Can he survive? No! He's out! Gorfal gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fabrici Gorfal!