Post by The Sandmen on Dec 24, 2014 1:30:38 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Rockhold while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
Robbie Lawler looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Lawler looks to be in very good shape.
Robbie Lawler attempts to cut off Rockhold with punches
Rockhold reels from the strikes.
Nice punch by Robbie Lawler
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
A wicked punch by Robbie Lawler
rocks Rockhold!
There is a small laceration on Luke Rockhold's Left cheek
Robbie Lawler launches a rapid series of punches
taking Rockhold from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Robbie Lawler goes with a looping right hand while Luke Rockhold jumps back and jabs
Rockhold seems staggered and Robbie Lawler runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Rockhold's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Rockhold is holding Robbie Lawler's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Robbie Lawler loses balance and goes to the ground.
Luke Rockhold is in side mount over Robbie Lawler
Lawler measures the resilience of Rockhold's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Rockhold's side.
Luke Rockhold is in side mount over Robbie Lawler
Lawler measures the resilience of Rockhold's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Rockhold's side.
Luke Rockhold is in side mount over Robbie Lawler
Lawler tries to show some ground skills
Robbie Lawler put Rockhold in half guard.
Luke Rockhold is in half guard over Lawler
Robbie Lawler launches a few punches to Rockhold's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Rockhold tries to cover his face,
Rockhold is out! He has a broken orbital bone!
Winner is Robbie Lawler by TKO (Injury - Broken orbital bone) at 1:57 Round 1
Statistics: Luke Rockhold
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 43 s
Statistics: Robbie Lawler
Punches 19/24 (79%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 6/7 (86%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 43 s
Lawler completely decimated Rockhold here. The injury was just Lawler being a prick about the whole thing, really.
Robbie Lawler looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Lawler looks to be in very good shape.
Robbie Lawler attempts to cut off Rockhold with punches
Rockhold reels from the strikes.
Nice punch by Robbie Lawler
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
A wicked punch by Robbie Lawler
rocks Rockhold!
There is a small laceration on Luke Rockhold's Left cheek
Robbie Lawler launches a rapid series of punches
taking Rockhold from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Robbie Lawler goes with a looping right hand while Luke Rockhold jumps back and jabs
Rockhold seems staggered and Robbie Lawler runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Rockhold's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Rockhold is holding Robbie Lawler's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Robbie Lawler loses balance and goes to the ground.
Luke Rockhold is in side mount over Robbie Lawler
Lawler measures the resilience of Rockhold's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Rockhold's side.
Luke Rockhold is in side mount over Robbie Lawler
Lawler measures the resilience of Rockhold's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Rockhold's side.
Luke Rockhold is in side mount over Robbie Lawler
Lawler tries to show some ground skills
Robbie Lawler put Rockhold in half guard.
Luke Rockhold is in half guard over Lawler
Robbie Lawler launches a few punches to Rockhold's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Rockhold tries to cover his face,
Rockhold is out! He has a broken orbital bone!
Winner is Robbie Lawler by TKO (Injury - Broken orbital bone) at 1:57 Round 1
Statistics: Luke Rockhold
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 43 s
Statistics: Robbie Lawler
Punches 19/24 (79%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 6/7 (86%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 43 s
Lawler completely decimated Rockhold here. The injury was just Lawler being a prick about the whole thing, really.