PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renan Pschwosne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lopez
vs
Pschwosne

201 cm
22
265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
260 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renan Pschwosne!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez throws a hook but Pschwosne blocks it.
Lopez misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Pschwosne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Pschwosne moved out of range nicely.

Pschwosne takes the fight into the clinch.
Pschwosne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Pschwosne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez prevents the takedown attempt.
Pschwosne working hard to break the clinch.
Pschwosne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pschwosne is trying to drag Lopez to the mat but Lopez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Pschwosne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Pschwosne avoids them all with ease.
Pschwosne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Lopez scores with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Lopez as Pschwosne shoots in.
Gustavo Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renan Pschwosne.
Lopez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pschwosne doesn't seem bothered though.
Pschwosne looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gustavo Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.

Lopez cracks Pschwosne with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Pschwosne looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Lopez finish him?

It looks like Renan Pschwosne has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez misses with a few strikes there.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
A combination from Lopez does no damage.
No joy there for Lopez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pschwosne drops his hands momentarily and Lopez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gustavo Lopez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pschwosne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Good standup being displayed there by Lopez as he connects with a hook.
Pschwosne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lopez punishes Pschwosne's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pschwosne dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Pschwosne moves forwards but Lopez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good shot there by Lopez.
A left and a right from Lopez both land. Nice combination.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pschwosne defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Lopez misses the jab.
Pschwosne takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lopez scores with a three punch combo!

Pschwosne closes the distance and pushes Lopez back into the cage.
Pschwosne wants to stall.
Lopez tries to break free but Pschwosne pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez wants to break free but Pschwosne has control.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Pschwosne is controlling him.
Lopez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Pschwosne keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Pschwosne keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez wants to break free but Pschwosne has control.
Pschwosne drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lopez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pschwosne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez swinging wildly here.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Pschwosne's shoulder, as Pschwosne tries to avoid the shot.
Lopez misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lopez misses with a wild combination.
Lopez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Lopez duly obliges.
Lopez misses with a wild combination.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Pschwosne ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Pschwosne wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Lopez lands with an uppercut that bounces Pschwosne off the cage and back into rage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lopez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pschwosne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renan Pschwosne's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lopez thuds his right hand into Pschwosne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Pschwosne moved out of range nicely.
Lopez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pschwosne ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
No joy there for Lopez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big left from Pschwosne misses.
Lopez blocks the body kick.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pschwosne.
Pschwosne should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Pschwosne fails to land with a series of punches.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Pschwosne's shoulder, as Pschwosne tries to avoid the shot.
Pschwosne throws a right hand that Lopez ducks under and follows up with a left that Lopez also avoids with ease.
Lopez works over Pschwosne's head and body with a nice combination.
Pschwosne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pschwosne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez stuns Pschwosne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lopez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.
Good shot there by Lopez.
Pschwosne has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gustavo Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pschwosne dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Pschwosne moves out of range of the strikes.
Pschwosne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good shot there by Lopez.
Lopez lunges at Pschwosne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pschwosne's hand.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pschwosne can do to turn this around?
Pschwosne doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
Lopez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lopez lands a nice shot to the body.
Lopez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pschwosne.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Pschwosne.
Pschwosne has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pschwosne fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pschwosne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Lopez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pschwosne.
Gustavo Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renan Pschwosne.
Nice defenses there by Pschwosne.
No joy there for Lopez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lopez misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Gustavo Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.

Pschwosne drives through and clinches with Lopez against the cage.
Lopez tries to circle away but Pschwosne has him pinned against the cage.
Pschwosne fails to pull guard.
Lopez wants to break free but Pschwosne has control.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Lopez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lopez is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Lopez's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Pschwosne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pschwosne darts in and clinches Lopez up against the cage.
Pschwosne has Lopez pressed against the cage, preventing Lopez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Pschwosne won't allow it.
Lopez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Pschwosne is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pschwosne takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lopez tries to circle away but Pschwosne has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Lopez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pschwosne prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.
Lopez tries to break free but Pschwosne pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez tries to break free but Pschwosne pushes him back against the cage.
Pschwosne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pschwosne has had enough of the clinch but Lopez keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Pschwosne keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pschwosne jumps guard but Lopez stands there with Pschwosne around his waist. Pschwosne gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pschwosne working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renan Pschwosne's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Lopez throws a series of punches but Pschwosne moves out of range.
Lopez misses with a hook.
Pschwosne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lopez stuffs the takedown attempt from Pschwosne. Pschwosne gets slowly back to his feet.
Lopez lands a jab to Pschwosne's midsection.
Pschwosne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez scores with a nice strike.
Lopez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lopez lands with a cross.
Lopez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pschwosne momentarily.
Lopez lunges at Pschwosne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pschwosne's hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pschwosne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pschwosne wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
Pschwosne shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a hook but Pschwosne avoids it easily.
Pschwosne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Pschwosne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pschwosne has time to react.
Lopez falls off balance throwing a combination

and Pschwosne counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pschwosne.
Pschwosne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Pschwosne is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pschwosne obliges.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Pschwosne keeps him there for the moment.
Pschwosne tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lopez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gustavo Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renan Pschwosne.
Lopez tries to circle away but Pschwosne has him pinned against the cage.
Pschwosne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Lopez can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pschwosne looking for a takedown.
Pschwosne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Pschwosne just leaning against Lopez, taking a breather.
Pschwosne jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lopez walks away with a smile on his face. Pschwosne gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pschwosne takes one to the chin there.
Pschwosne takes one on the button.
Pschwosne ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Pschwosne has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pschwosne there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Pschwosne avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Lopez lands a right hook to the body.
Pschwosne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lopez as he jumps to the side.
Lopez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pschwosne. Pschwosne circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pschwosne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
A nice combination there by Lopez.
Pschwosne avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pschwosne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez throws a left and a right that both miss

and Pschwosne holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Lopez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lopez tries to circle away but Pschwosne has him pinned against the cage.
Pschwosne has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lopez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pschwosne is trying to drag Lopez to the mat but Lopez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pschwosne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pschwosne stalling in the clinch but Lopez improves position.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Pschwosne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Lopez working hard to break the clinch.
Pschwosne tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Pschwosne won't allow it.

Pschwosne gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Pschwosne trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Renan Pschwosne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez wants to stand up but Pschwosne is controlling him.
Gustavo Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lopez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Lopez!