PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Choco Lobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Choco Lobo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lobo
vs
Mara

190 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Choco Lobo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Mara!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lobo misses with an uppercut.
Mara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Mara.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lobo.
Mara circles away from the clinch attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Mara.
Mara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lobo. That did some damage!
Mara throws a sloppy head kick and Lobo moves out of range easily.
Lobo misses with a looping right.
Mara tries to clinch up but Lobo circles away and keeps his distance.

Mara pushes Lobo up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lobo's defenses.
Mara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mara looking to throw knees to the head but Lobo is blocking nicely.
Mara lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Choco Lobo has been cut.
Mara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mara with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Choco Lobo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lobo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lobo is breathing heavily.

Lobo tries to keep at a distance but Mara has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mara scores with a knee to the head.
Lobo takes a knee right on the jaw!

Lobo is rocked!
Mara looking to throw knees to the head but Lobo is blocking nicely.
Oh Lobo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lobo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lobo seems to have got his legs back now.
Mara looking to throw knees to the head but Lobo is blocking nicely.
Mara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mara tries a knee to the head but Lobo blocks it.
Mara looking to throw knees to the head but Lobo is blocking nicely.

Mara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lobo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mara keeping control of the position.

Lobo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mara is controlling Lobo's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lobo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

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.
Lobo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mara blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lobo.
Lobo is trying to control. Mara wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lobo is looking to clinch.
Lobo tries to clinch up.
Mara stuffs the takedown attempt from Lobo. Lobo gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Mara throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Lobo is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jack Mara!