UFC 195: Lawler Vs. Condit: Greatest Fifth Round In History?, UFC Welterweight Title Fight, Arlovski

Welcome to Wrestling Inc's live coverage of UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit! Tonight's show features a big main event for the welterweight title, as well as a virtual top contender fight for the heavyweight title. In addition to this, Joseph Duffy, the last man to defeat Conor McGregor will compete on the prelims. You can check out the full card at this link.

We'll have quick results of the prelim fights starting at 6:30 PM EST, with full, live, round-by-round coverage of the PPV at 10 PM EST.

Prelim Card:

Sheldon Westcott defeates Edgar García via TKO (punches) Round 1, 3:12

Michinori Tanaka defeated Joe Soto via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Dustin Poirier (#12) defeated Joe Duffy via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Drew Dober defeated Scott Holtzman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Justine Kish defeated Nina Ansaroff via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Michael McDonald (#8) defeated Masanori Kanehara via submission (rear naked choke) round 2, 2:09

MAIN CARD

Abel Trujillo vs. Tony Sims
Round 1: Sims is using his footwork really well against Trujillo, and counters Abel's wild punches. Trujillo lands a punch and shoots in, but Sims isn't having it. Sims shoots a double, but leaves himself open for a guillotine choke and has to submit.

Official Result: Abel Trujillo defeated Tony Sims via submission (guillotine) Round 1, 3:18.

Abel Trujillo keeps somehow finding his way onto UFC PPV cards. He really needs to bite Chad Gable's "Ready, willing and ABEL," line.

Diego Brandao vs. Brian Ortega
Round 1: Brandao wades in with big punches, and almost gets caught in an armbar, but gets out. Brandao lands some strikes in Ortega's guard, but opts to stand back up. Ortega is coming up empty on strikes and eats a leg kick. Ortega manages to land a solid body kick and a jab to close the round.

Wrestling Inc scores the Round 10-9 for Brandao

Round 2: Ortega stops a takedown about a minute in, then lands a jab. Brandao's stance is straight up and down, and he scores with a body kick. Ortega gets a couple of punches, but Brandao counters. A whole lot of nothing int his round

Wrestling Inc scores the Round 10-9 for Brandao

Round 3: Brandao takes Ortega down, but Ortega gets up and hits Brandao with a knee to the body. Ortega applies a guillotine, switches to a triangle and submits Brandao.

Official Result: Brian Ortega defeats Diego Brandao via submission (Triangle choke) Round 3, 1:37

That was an insane submission with a beautiful transition. Ortega needed that submission badly.

Albert Tumenov vs. Lorenz Larkin
Round 1: Tumenov counters a leg kick with a straight right, but Larkin lands a couple of kicks shortly after. Tumenov hits a big two punch combo and a head kick, but Larkin survives, only to get punched again. Larkin finds a home for another leg kick, and is going well staying just out of the range of Tumenov.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 for Tumenov

Round 2: Tumenov with a couple of straights, but both guys are finding air with most of their punches. Tumenov succeeds with a couple of uppercuts, but Larkin blasts him with a nice leg kick and jab. Tumenov feels no pain, and follows with a right hand to the ribs of Larkin, then two lefts. Tumenov recognizes the beauty in his work and keeps attacking the body. Huge left hook lands for Tumenov, setting up some more body punches. Tumenov's leg is changing colors from all the leg kicks he's eating.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 for Tumenov

Round 3: Larkin opens up with leg kicks, but Tumenov is trying to stay light on his feet. Tumenov is trying to switch stances, but Larkin lands a spinning back leg kick three times. Tumenov is still alive, but Larkin is beating the hell out of those legs. He's spamming leg kicks at this point, but Tumenov goes back to the body. Larkin tries a takedown with 30 seconds left, but no dice.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 for Lorenz Larkin, making it 29-28 Tumenov
Official Result: Albert Tumenov defeated Lorenz Larkin via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Larkin defeated Robbie Lawler just a few short years ago, so that's a big win for Tumenov. I'll bet the EA UFC developers are cursing, since they don't have time to add spinning back leg kicks to EA UFC 2.

Andrei Arlovski (#2) vs. Stipe Miocic (#3)
Round 1: Arlovski starts with a Jon Jones-style oblique kick, but gets popped by a short right hand. Miocic follows up, Herb Dean steps in! Miocic wins.

Official Result: Stipe Miocic (#3) defeated Andrei Arlovski (#2) via TKO (punches) Round 1, 0:34

Miocic killed the Cinderella story dead. He screamed at Dana White for a title shot. He better hope Overeem doesn't use the title shot for negotiating leverage.

UFC Welterweight Championship
Robbie Lawler (c) vs. Carlos Condit (#4)
Round 1: Condit lands several leg and body kicks early on, but Lawler slugs him with a couple of big punches. Condit drops Lawler with a right hand and Lawler is smiling, he's smiling! Condit lands a big left hook and a knee to the body. He's mixing up his strikes very well.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 for Carlos Condit

Round 2: Condit opens with several kicks, keeping Lawler at range. Lawler drills Condit and drops him! Condit gets guard before a stand up. Condit has recovered and lands a few more combos towards the end of the round, but keeps leaving his chin up.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 for Robbie Lawler

Round 3: Condit opens in his familiar manner, using range and kicking Lawler. Lawler counters one of the kicks with a huge, wild combination. Condit with a flying knee, but Lawler gives zero damns and cracks Lawler with an elbow. Lawler catches a Condit leg kick and delivers one of his own.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-10 even

Round 4: Round 4 starts just as the last three did, leg and body kicks from Condit. Lawler eats a knee to the body, then gets dropped by a leg kick. Lawler gets back up and hits a stiff left, but gets caught by a right when going wild. Condit smacks Lawler's ribs with a big kick. Another body kick and a punch hurts Lawler. Condit is swarming Lawler with spin kicks, knees, punches. This was a dominant round for Condit.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 Carlos Condit

Round 5: Lawler comes out aggressive, but Condit avoids punches and lands several of his own. Lawler connects with a right hand, but eats about ten strikes from Condit. Condit is pummeling Lawler at this point, but Lawler won't die and scores the occasional big punch. Condit works a thai plu, buy Lawler starts slugging him! They're trading. This is crazy! Now Condit won't die! 20 seconds left, still trading punches. One of the greatest rounds in MMA history.

Wrestling Inc scores the round 10-9 for Robbie Lawler, making it a draw at 48-48
Official Result: Robbie Lawler (c) defeated Carlos Condit (#4) via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) to retain the UFC Welterweight Championship

I dunno about all that. I thought it was a draw at best for Lawler. The numbers will tell a really interesting story. That was probably the best fifth round in MMA history, though. Just incredible.