PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Lopez (ranked 479 p4p, 848 weight class) and Abdullah Zaire (ranked 9 p4p, 24 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lopez
vs
Zaire

193 cm
26
240
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
215
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

PWNAGE™
Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abdullah Zaire!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaire shoots and misses
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
Zaire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Zaire moves out of range.
Lopez leaves Zaire with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Zaire gets a clinch.

Zaire has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lopez uses from the top position.

Zaire is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Zaire working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lopez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lopez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Lopez is sitting in close to Zaire's body. Zaire has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Lopez is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Lopez is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Zaire.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Abdullah Zaire!
A very excited looking Abdullah Zaire made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.