Round 1: MacDonald in white, Lawler in black.Lawler looking to palm the stiff jab of Rory. MacDonald with a nice straight right. Left from Rob. Gut kick from "Waterboy/Ares/Red King". Both men with leg kicks. Rory kicks the junk, but Robby waives away Big John McCarthy. 1-2 from MacDonald, not perfect, though. Both men circling, looking for the proper angle. Uppercut from Rory. Crowd doesn't like it, but neither man are willing to open up so far. MacDonald shoots, Lawler stuffs it and knees Rory in the head on the way up. Uppercut from Bob. Nice right hook as well.
10-10 round
Round 2: Body kick from the Canadian. Nice lead right from Lawler. Rory gets in a stiff jab. Straight rear hands from both men connect. Jab from Robert. Nice left, too. Both men with right hands. Sweet 1-2 from the champ. 2-1 from Rory. MacDonald is bleeding and Lawler looks a bit more aggressive. Both men are punching and landing here. Lefts from both men. Lawler's left is scoring with alarming frequency. MacDonald isn't going anywhere, and he lands a right hand, followed by an elbow.
10-9 Lawler
Round 3: Rory opens up with a pair of straight rights. Lightning jab from Lawler. Both men standing and wanging. They each land. Both men have their jabs on point, and Rob's is looking great. Lawler with a nice level change on a single, but Lawler shows off some incredible balance, stuffs it and pounds on Rory for a bit before the Canuck can stand. Rory's looking like he ate some of Brock's strawberries. Solid 5 on the Muta scale. The pace slows for a minute. Rory gets in a nice headkick. Rory jabs to the body, but eats Lawler's counter right. Nice slip from MacDonald to avoid the jab, but does nothing with it. Rory goes for a headkick, partially blocked, but the end wraps around to the back of the head and he's wobbled badly. Rory surges forward and starts throwing the kitchen sink at the champ. Jump knee. Elbow. Robbie's surviving until the round ends and he does it.
10-9 MacDonald, might be 10-10 because of Rob's early round work
Round 4: Coming out again. Same headkick wraps around the block and wobble Lawler. He's hurt again and Rory is pouring it on. 4-piece combo. Knee. Elbows. Lawler is tough as nails and is firing back when he can. Elbows. Headkick again. Rory stops and the pace slows down. Jab into headkick from the challenger. Right hook from Lawler, who's also bleeding. 2-3 from Lawler. Clinch and Rory gets in an uppercut. Elbow from "Ruthless". Lawler looks to be slowing down. MacDonald tosses up a lazier headkick than the ones we saw earlier. MacDonald shoots, Lawler stuffs it and gets in a couple of free shots on MacDonald. Another front kick to the body of Lawler. Right hand from Rory. Lawler stuffs a step-in elbow. Nice left hand from the American.
10-9 MacDonald
Round 5: Superman punch from MacDonald and a right from Lawler. Both men with solid lefts. Lawler coming out stronger here. Elbow from Rory. HOLY SMOKES! LEFT HAND BREAKS RORY'S NOSE AGAIN! MACDONALD CRUMPLES IN PAIN AND LAWLER POUNDS HIM OUT!
Final result: Lawler wins via TKO (punches). Round 5 - 1:00