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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Lawyer (ranked 6248 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Rovati (ranked 6797 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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177 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Lawyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Franco Rovati!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawyer walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawyer. Rovati does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rovati uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lawyer has time to react.
Lawyer bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rovati tries to buck Lawyer off but Lawyer is having none of it.
Lawyer controlling the position.
Lawyer tries for a kimura but Rovati is defending well.
A lull in the action here as Lawyer stalls from top position.
Lawyer trying to control the action but Rovati is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawyer is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Rovati struggling a bit here.
Rovati is trying to improve his position.
Rovati can't do much from the bottom here.
Lawyer tries for a kimura but Rovati is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rovati is looking for a sweep.
Rovati taking a bit of punishment here - Lawyer scoring with strikes.
Lawyer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rovati is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Lawyer is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rovati is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lawyer throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rovati tries to improve his position but Lawyer has taken his back! Lawyer has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Rovati tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Lawyer pushes Rovati away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luke Lawyer!
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energy
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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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