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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Theodore Fisherman (ranked 5237 p4p, 589 weight class) and John Lawler (ranked 5432 p4p, 603 weight class). John Lawler is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Theodore Fisherman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisherman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lawler shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fisherman as he jumps to the side.
Fisherman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fisherman decides to stand up, so the ref orders Lawler to his feet.
Fisherman closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lawler's guard.
Lawler is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lawler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lawler has control of Fisherman's left arm, preventing Fisherman from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisherman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lawler has control of Fisherman's left arm, preventing Fisherman from doing any damage.
Lawler looking to control.
Lawler working a defensive guard but Fisherman manages to pass into side control anyway.
Fisherman fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fisherman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lawler on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler is trying to get back to half guard.
Lawler gets back to half guard.
Fisherman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Fisherman tries to pass to full mount but Lawler defends it.
Lawler makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lawler.
Lawler is pulling down on Fisherman's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler wants to sweep but no luck.
Fisherman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lawler is proving hard to escape from.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Fisherman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lawler looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fisherman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lawler.
We've been informed that Lawler has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Fisherman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lawler slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lawler is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler has a closed guard, preventing Fisherman from standing up.
Fisherman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lawler controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Fisherman 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.
Lawler shoots in for a double leg but Fisherman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lawler tries for a takedown but Fisherman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lawler fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fisherman avoids it really well and circles away.
Theodore Fisherman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Lawler.
Lawler tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fisherman defends well and Lawler ends up having to push Fisherman into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fisherman closes the distance and pushes Lawler back into the cage.
Lawler looking for a takedown.
Fisherman tries to circle away but Lawler has him pinned against the cage.
Lawler gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Fisherman regains guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fisherman pulls Lawler in close to prevent any damage.
Fisherman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lawler can do to turn this around?
Fisherman throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler landing with the ground and pound.
Lawler won't allow Fisherman to get back to his feet.
Lawler wants to control from the top but Fisherman keeps moving.
Fisherman wants to stand and escape but Lawler is having none of it.
Fisherman working a defensive guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lawler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fisherman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lawler has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Fisherman doesn't defend quickly enough and Lawler has managed to lock this one up! Can Fisherman escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Lawler on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Lawler!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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