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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trent Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Tocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paco Tocha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trent Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paco Tocha!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tocha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawrence's sensitive parts.
Lawrence looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A good leg kick by Tocha.
Lawrence takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Trent Lawrence has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tocha tries to clinch there but Lawrence circles away.
Lawrence stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tocha.
Tocha lands with a kick to the temple. Lawrence shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tocha lands with a nice body punch.
Tocha misses with a takedown attempt - Lawrence sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tocha thuds his shin into the meat of Lawrence's side.
Tocha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tocha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lawrence keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tocha closes the distance and clinches.
Tocha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tocha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lawrence takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trent Lawrence's cut is getting worse.
Tocha misses with a series of wild punches.
Tocha goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tocha is looking to clinch.
Tocha has closed the distance and engaged Lawrence in a clinch.
Tocha tries to break the clinch but Lawrence is controlling the position.
Lawrence prevents Tocha from breaking the clinch.
Lawrence wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tocha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tocha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawrence swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tocha lands with a kick to the temple. Lawrence shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tocha throws a head kick that half lands.
Trent Lawrence's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tocha moves into range and clinches up with Lawrence.
Tocha breaks the clinch.
Tocha lands a head kick. Lawrence smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tocha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tocha lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tocha misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tocha moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tocha can't break the clinch.
Tocha breaks the clinch.
No luck for Lawrence with that takedown attempt.
Lawrence takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lawrence tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawrence wants to clinch up but Tocha keeps it at a distance.
Tocha misses with a few strikes there.
Tocha tries to clinch there but Lawrence circles away.
Tocha fails with a takedown attempt.
Trent Lawrence has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paco Tocha.
Lawrence falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tocha counters with a low kick, right behind Lawrence 's knee.
Tocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tocha throws a head kick but Lawrence moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tocha tries to clinch up but Lawrence circles away and keeps his distance.
Tocha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lawrence shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lawrence was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lawrence breaks from Tocha's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lawrence controlling his opponent.
Lawrence is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lawrence is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tocha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tocha has worked his arm free - good work by Tocha!
Lawrence throwing strikes but Tocha manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Lawrence tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tocha wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lawrence looks to move to half guard but instead Tocha has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lawrence keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paco Tocha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trent Lawrence's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A head kick from Tocha lands but Lawrence takes it in his stride.
Tocha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawrence swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paco Tocha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lawrence fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tocha scores with a spinning back kick!
Tocha wants to clinch.
Tocha forces Lawrence back against the cage and clinches.
Lawrence is working for takedown but Tocha is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tocha tries to pull guard but Lawrence won't allow it.
Tocha wants to get back to striking at distance but Lawrence won't allow it.
Tocha breaks from the clinch.
Tocha throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tocha lands a nice hook to Lawrence's body. Lawrence takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tocha scores with a head kick.
Tocha stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trent Lawrence. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tocha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tocha goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tocha stuffs the takedown.
Tocha thuds his shin into the meat of Lawrence's side.
Tocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tocha tries to close the distance and clinch but Lawrence swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tocha has Lawrence up against the cage in a clinch.
Tocha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tocha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lawrence fails to land the takedown.
Tocha tries to clinch up
and Lawrence counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lawrence working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lawrence looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lawrence throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tocha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lawrence working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lawrence with a nice head shot there.
Lawrence tries to free his leg and advance position but Tocha is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence trying to control but Tocha is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lawrence accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lawrence working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tocha's head.
Lawrence wants to pass the guard but Tocha is keeping the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lawrence shoots in looking for a takedown. Tocha tries to sprawl out of it but Lawrence keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tocha manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawrence takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tocha throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lawrence.
Lawrence scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lawrence shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tocha but Tocha pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tocha misses with a head kick.
Tocha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lawrence throws a lazy body kick
and Tocha counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lawrence shoots for a double leg takedown but Tocha sprawls well. He's pushed Lawrence's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lawrence misses with a takedown attempt - Tocha sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tocha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tocha tries to clinch but Lawrence moves away
and Lawrence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tocha slips a jab and a cross from Lawrence.
Lawrence tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tocha swivels and escapes.
Tocha pushes Lawrence up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lawrence wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tocha has him pressed against the cage.
Tocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lawrence has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Tocha clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Lawrence missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paco Tocha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Trent Lawrence's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Lawrence rushes Tocha and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tocha clinches but Lawrence breaks the clinch
and Lawrence counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tocha!
Tocha is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Lawrence throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lawrence throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tocha because Lawrence loaded up on that one.
Lawrence throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lawrence sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tocha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lawrence is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tocha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Lawrence.
Lawrence raining down shots from the mount!
Lawrence punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lawrence postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tocha looks a forlorn figure.
Lawrence lands a big shot there that rocks Tocha but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lawrence lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tocha hang on?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lawrence lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lawrence scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tocha?
Lawrence sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Tocha that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence looking to finish Tocha with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tocha!
Lawrence misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lawrence looking to finish Tocha with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tocha!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lawrence scoring with strikes but Tocha is staying in there.
Lawrence lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lawrence cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lawrence postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tocha looks a forlorn figure.
Lawrence jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Tocha manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence looks up at the clock and then as Tocha takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lawrence smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Trent Lawrence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lawrence trying to control the action but Tocha is working from the bottom.
Lawrence tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lawrence has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Lawrence showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tocha has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paco Tocha!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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