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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Martyn Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jean claude van pipes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martyn Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, jean claude van pipes!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van pipes closes the distance and clinches up with Lawrence, looking for a takedown. van pipes pushes Lawrence against the cage but Lawrence circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lawrence tries to clinch up but van pipes circles away and keeps his distance.
Lawrence tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van pipes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
van pipes tries to clinch
and Lawrence counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in van pipes's guard now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now van pipes is on top in guard.
van pipes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lawrence is proving hard to escape from.
van pipes won't allow Lawrence to get back to his feet.
Lawrence has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but van pipes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lawrence is breathing heavily.
van pipes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
van pipes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lawrence is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence keeping moving, preventing van pipes from controlling successfully.
van pipes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lawrence swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
van pipes defending well as Lawrence loads up on a big left hand.
van pipes misses with a takedown attempt
and Lawrence counters with a nice double leg into guard.
van pipes throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
van pipes looking to control.
Lawrence stands up and waves to van pipes to follow him.
Lawrence tries to close the distance and clinch but van pipes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van pipes tries to clinch there but Lawrence circles away.
van pipes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawrence counters with a straight right hand.
van pipes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
van pipes tries for a takedown but Lawrence circles away easily
and Lawrence counters by moving into the clinch.
Martyn Lawrence has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jean claude van pipes.
Lawrence looking to throw knees to the head but van pipes is blocking nicely.
Lawrence tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lawrence looking to throw knees to the head but van pipes is blocking nicely.
Lawrence throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van pipes blocks it with crossed arms.
Lawrence missing with knees to the body.
Lawrence looking to throw knees to the head but van pipes is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van pipes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lawrence has him pressed against the cage.
van pipes has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lawrence uses from the top position.
Lawrence is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lawrence stands and steps away. van pipes gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lawrence throws a quick head kick that skims the top of van pipes's head.
van pipes tries for a takedown but Lawrence circles away easily
and Lawrence counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for van pipes!
Lawrence is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lawrence gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
van pipes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lawrence fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. van pipes sprawls well initially but Lawrence persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawrence trying to control the pace.
Lawrence is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, van pipes has managed to free his arm - good work.
van pipes trying to control from the bottom.
Lawrence postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for van pipes to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawrence scores with a takedown into van pipes's guard.
Lawrence is looking to stand up but van pipes won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martyn Lawrence dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lawrence moves in looking to clinch but van pipes pushes him off.
van pipes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
van pipes doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lawrence counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
van pipes working a defensive guard here.
van pipes looking for a sweep. Not yet van pipes, not yet.
Lawrence is in close to van pipes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lawrence sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed van pipes's guard.
Lawrence moves into full mount! van pipes won't be happy about that!
van pipes tries to lock up and control but Lawrence gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence get's back to his feet.
Lawrence circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lawrence counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lawrence prevents the takedown attempt.
Lawrence throws an elbow but it's blocked.
van pipes blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Lawrence.
Lawrence breaks from the clinch.
Lawrence throws a head kick that misses.
van pipes gets caught flat footed, as Lawrence shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lawrence gets to his feet. van pipes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
van pipes scoring well with a low kick there.
Lawrence misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van pipes misses with a takedown attempt - Lawrence sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Martyn Lawrence has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jean claude van pipes.
Lawrence throws a head kick but van pipes moves out of range.
Lawrence doesn't manage to clinch there - van pipes circles away.
Lawrence looks to land a right hand but van pipes moved out of range.
Lawrence shoots in but van pipes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
van pipes misses with a takedown
and Lawrence counters by moving into the clinch.
Lawrence scores with a knee to the head.
Lawrence has van pipes pushed against the cage.
Lawrence lands a knee to the head.
van pipes tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lawrence throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence tries to land a knee to the head but van pipes blocks with his arms.
Lawrence breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
van pipes keeps the fight on the outside.
van pipes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawrence counters by clinching up.
Lawrence pulls guard successfully.
Lawrence looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
van pipes trying to control but Lawrence is working from the bottom.
Lawrence has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but van pipes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
van pipes with a flurry of punches that miss.
van pipes tries to free his leg and advance position but Lawrence is retaining full guard.
Lawrence is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that van pipes can do to turn this around?
Lawrence is looking for a triangle but van pipes pushes his legs off easily.
Lawrence is looking to stand up but van pipes isn't so interested in that idea.
Lawrence escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. van pipes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martyn Lawrence dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
van pipes tries to keep at a distance but Lawrence has taken the fight into the clinch.
van pipes blocks an elbow strike.
Lawrence breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
van pipes wants to clinch but Lawrence slips to the side
and Lawrence counters with a single leg into guard. van pipes didn't expect that.
Lawrence is working van pipes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lawrence trying to control but van pipes is working from the bottom.
Lawrence stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. van pipes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lawrence looking to sit in guard and control but van pipes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawrence has his foot on van pipes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. van pipes works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence wants to stand and escape but van pipes is having none of it.
Lawrence is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
van pipes misses with a wild combination.
van pipes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lawrence counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lawrence.
Nice elbow from van pipes.
Lawrence jumps into guard, dragging van pipes to the mat.
van pipes wants to control from the top but Lawrence keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lawrence trying to control the position.
Lawrence tries to strike from the bottom.
van pipes wants to control from the top but Lawrence keeps moving.
Lawrence wants to sweep but no luck.
van pipes trying to control but Lawrence is working from the bottom.
Lawrence has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but van pipes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lawrence wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence working for a triangle but van pipes defends it easily.
Lawrence trying to control the position here.
Lawrence wants to stand but van pipes is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lawrence trying to keep a closed guard but van pipes is proving a slippery customer.
Martyn Lawrence is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
van pipes passes Lawrence's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lawrence is refusing to be controlled, as van pipes sits in half guard.
Lawrence looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lawrence desperately trying to maintain half guard.
van pipes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lawrence does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martyn Lawrence showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lawrence has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martyn Lawrence!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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