PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rice Farmer Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rice Farmer Dude will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Lopez
vs
Farmer Dude

190 cm
24
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

197 cm
25
262 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sebastian Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rice Farmer Dude!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farmer Dude misses with a looping right.
Lopez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Farmer Dude lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lopez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Farmer Dude pinned against the cage. Farmer Dude gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Farmer Dude jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lopez slips under a jab from Farmer Dude.
Farmer Dude lands a nice shot that snaps Lopez's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Farmer Dude connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lopez thows a body shot but no joy.

Lopez gets the takedown into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Farmer Dude can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lopez cracks Farmer Dude with a big elbow.
Farmer Dude struggling a bit here.
Farmer Dude is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lopez working the ground and pound but Farmer Dude is defending the strikes.
Lopez working the body and head with strikes.
Farmer Dude tries to bench press Lopez off him but Lopez keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez landing a few strikes.
Lopez working away.
Lopez working the ground and pound but Farmer Dude is defending the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farmer Dude parries the strikes from Lopez easily there. Lopez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Farmer Dude to escape.
Farmer Dude really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lopez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lopez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lopez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Farmer Dude down.
Lopez lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Farmer Dude can't escape the position.
Lopez cracks Farmer Dude with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lopez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Farmer Dude looks a forlorn figure.
Lopez breaks from Farmer Dude's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Farmer Dude is rocked!
Farmer Dude looks gassed!
Farmer Dude tries to hold on but Lopez pushes him away.
Farmer Dude is bucking up trying to escape but Lopez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Lopez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farmer Dude is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lopez with shots to the head and body - Farmer Dude looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lopez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lopez landing punches.
Lopez is landing with some decent strikes but Farmer Dude is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Farmer Dude tries to hold on but Lopez pushes him away.
Lopez lands a big elbow.
Lopez with the ground and pound from mount.
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lopez lands a big elbow.
Lopez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Farmer Dude is still in real trouble! Can Lopez finish him?
Lopez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Farmer Dude is in all sorts of trouble here.
Farmer Dude seems to have recovered his senses.
Farmer Dude taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is landing with some decent strikes but Farmer Dude is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lopez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lopez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farmer Dude is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lopez unloading with bombs!
Lopez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lopez landing strikes from the mount and Farmer Dude is in trouble!
Lopez landing shots from mount.
Lopez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lopez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farmer Dude tries to hold on but Lopez pushes him away.
Farmer Dude is trying to escape the mount.
The referee warns Farmer Dude that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Lopez dominated that round.
That's time! Lopez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Farmer Dude scores with a shot to the body.
Farmer Dude misses with a wild body shot.
Farmer Dude tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Lopez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Farmer Dude. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farmer Dude throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Lopez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lopez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Farmer Dude's head.
Farmer Dude is looking for a sweep. Lopez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farmer Dude can do to turn this around?
Lopez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez working Farmer Dude over with strikes.
Farmer Dude regains full guard. Nicely done.
Farmer Dude is breathing heavily.
Farmer Dude looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lopez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lopez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lopez postures up in Farmer Dude's guard and throws a big left but Farmer Dude blocks it.
Lopez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lopez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lopez forces his way into half guard.
Lopez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sebastian Lopez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Farmer Dude blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lopez.
Lopez wants to pass the guard but Farmer Dude is defending well.
Farmer Dude wants to improve his position but Lopez is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farmer Dude avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lopez.
Lopez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lopez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lopez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Farmer Dude's head.
Farmer Dude tries to roll over but Lopez keeps him under control.
Farmer Dude keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lopez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Farmer Dude's head.
Farmer Dude tries to get to full guard but Lopez has control of the leg.
Lopez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lopez prevents Farmer Dude from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Farmer Dude leaves Lopez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rice Farmer Dude is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farmer Dude misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Lopez shoots in for a double leg but Farmer Dude sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Farmer Dude lands with a shot to the body.
Farmer Dude thows a body shot but no joy.
Farmer Dude connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lopez momentarily.
Lopez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lopez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Farmer Dude scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farmer Dude digs a good body shot into Lopez's ribs.
Farmer Dude sizes up Lopez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farmer Dude throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Farmer Dude fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lopez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lopez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Farmer Dude throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rice Farmer Dude seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Farmer Dude misses with a body punch

and Lopez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Farmer Dude won't be happy with that.
Farmer Dude can't do much from the bottom here.
Farmer Dude is looking to regain half guard here but Lopez keeps moving and retains side control.
Lopez working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farmer Dude tries to improve position but can't.
Farmer Dude is trying to control Lopez's posture but Lopez avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rice Farmer Dude showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Farmer Dude thows a body shot but no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Farmer Dude as he connects with a hook.
Lopez shoots in but Farmer Dude avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Farmer Dude lands a jab.
Farmer Dude ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Lopez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Farmer Dude's waist but Farmer Dude gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lopez off to one side.
Farmer Dude scores with a nice strike.
Farmer Dude throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Farmer Dude connects with a jab.
Rice Farmer Dude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farmer Dude cracks Lopez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lopez shoots in for a double leg but Farmer Dude sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Farmer Dude.
Lopez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Farmer Dude lands a really nice looking cross but Lopez seems unphased.

Lopez is rocked!
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oh Lopez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Farmer Dude misses with a looping right.
Lopez seems to have got his legs back now.

Lopez tries to keep at a distance but Farmer Dude has taken the fight into the clinch.
Farmer Dude has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Farmer Dude avoiding damage.
Farmer Dude lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lopez or not.
Farmer Dude lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Farmer Dude just leaning against Lopez, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farmer Dude lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Lopez is trying to drag Farmer Dude to the mat but Farmer Dude just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Farmer Dude lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farmer Dude creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Farmer Dude throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Farmer Dude.
A nice right hand lands inside from Farmer Dude.
Lopez takes a shot to the head.
Lopez tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Farmer Dude.
Farmer Dude controlling the action here for a moment.
Farmer Dude lands a nice uppercut.
Farmer Dude gets underhooks to prevent Lopez's takedown attempt.
A left hand lands to the body for Farmer Dude.
Farmer Dude lands with a right to the head.
Farmer Dude is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farmer Dude creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Farmer Dude - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Farmer Dude swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Farmer Dude leaning his opponent against the cage.
Farmer Dude lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Farmer Dude.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farmer Dude lands with a right to the head.
Farmer Dude lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Farmer Dude dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rice Farmer Dude comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Farmer Dude has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rice Farmer Dude!