PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zachariah Assad Ii (ranked 24549 p4p, 3256 weight class) and Miguel Lopez (ranked 453 p4p, 322 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Zachariah Assad Ii has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Zachariah Assad Ii seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Assad Ii
vs
Lopez

180 cm
19
156
2 - 4 - 0

172 cm
27
155
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zachariah Assad Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miguel Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assad Ii thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zachariah Assad Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez swings for the body but Assad Ii moves out of range.
Assad Ii thinks about countering with a body kick.
Lopez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Assad Ii.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Assad Ii lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lopez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lopez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lopez throws a shot from downtown. Assad Ii moves away and avoids it.
Lopez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good leg kick by Assad Ii.
Lopez checks a low kick from Assad Ii.
Assad Ii misses with a leg kick

and Lopez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Assad Ii!
Assad Ii struggling a bit here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Assad Ii some visible discomfort.
Lopez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Assad Ii some visible discomfort.

Lopez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Assad Ii has escaped the position, nice work there.
Assad Ii takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez grinds an elbow into Assad Ii's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez wants to stand but Assad Ii is controlling his arm.
Assad Ii tries to buck Lopez off but Lopez is having none of it.
Lopez staying calm.
Lopez working the head and body with strikes.
Lopez working the head with strikes.
Assad Ii takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Assad Ii's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lopez scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assad Ii is trying to control Lopez's posture but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez working the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Lopez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lopez cracks Assad Ii with a big right hand but Assad Ii just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lopez advances nicely into full mount.
Lopez controlling his opponent.
Lopez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Lopez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Assad Ii is surviving well by controlling Lopez's body position as best he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Assad Ii is rocked!
Lopez lands with some strikes.
Oh Assad Ii is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lopez connects with a bit shot that sees Assad Ii covering up! More strikes from Lopez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lopez is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Lopez!