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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rey Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautista comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen. Lopez has chosen Vamos as his entrance music. Miguel Lopez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rey Bautista!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bautista.
Lopez throws a leg kick but Bautista sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bautista is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bautista crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lopez - the referee stops the clock and Bautista gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lopez. Bautista manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Lopez lands a jab-cross combination.
Bautista slips a jab from Lopez.
Bautista lands a really nice looking cross but Lopez seems unphased.
Lopez lands a jab to Bautista's midsection.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
Miguel Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bautista keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
Lopez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bautista misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
Bautista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez misses with a body punch
and Bautista counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bautista. That did some damage!
Lopez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lopez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bautista stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lopez falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bautista.
Lopez throws a low kick, looking for Bautista's leg but Bautista calmly moves out of range.
Lopez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bautista tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A big right from Lopez misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bautista.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lopez tries to clinch up.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bautista.
Bautista throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lopez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bautista's calf.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Lopez wants to clinch up but Bautista keeps it at a distance.
Bautista misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Some wild striking there from Bautista.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista loads up on a big right hand but Lopez slips the punch.
Lopez scores with a nice body kick.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez scores with a leg kick.
Bautista swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.
Lopez takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bautista is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
Bautista tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lopez throws a hook but Bautista avoids it easily.
Bautista staying out of range there.
Lopez scores with a head kick.
Lopez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Lopez - just one landing.
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bautista.
Lopez misses with a hook. Bautista ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Bautista ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Some wild striking there from Bautista.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bautista slips a jab from Lopez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
Lopez throws a sloppy body shot
and Bautista counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bautista misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Lopez dominated that round.
That's time! Bautista's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lopez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bautista manages to avoid it.
Bautista defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Lopez is looking to land body kicks.
Bautista lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lopez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bautista moves out of range of the strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lopez, right into the meat.
Bautista misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Bautista misses.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bautista.
Lopez thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista fails to land with a series of punches.
Lopez cracks the inside of Bautista's front leg.
Bautista throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lopez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bautista's sensitive parts.
Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bautista misses with the combination.
Bautista misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Lopez throws a hook but Bautista blocks it.
Lopez moves out of range as Bautista strikes.
Bautista ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Bautista's shoulder, as Bautista tries to avoid the shot.
Bautista steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
A cross from Lopez lands.
Lopez moves into the clinch successfully.
Lopez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bautista's efforts to push away.
Bautista wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez prevents Bautista from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Lopez - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bautista has had enough of the clinch but Lopez keeps him there for the moment.
Bautista is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
Bautista tries to pull guard but Lopez holds him up against the cage and eventually Bautista drops back down to his feet.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lopez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bautista backwards.
Lopez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bautista wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Lopez.
Lopez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lopez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bautista takes a shot to the head.
Lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez scores with a shot to the side of Bautista's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez gets through Bautista's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lopez keeps control of Bautista as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bautista misses with a body shot.
Lopez scoring well with a low kick there.
Lopez scores with a jab to the body.
Bautista blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Bautista misses its intended target.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bautista. That did some damage!
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Bautista is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rey Bautista is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bautista throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.
Bautista lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Bautista.
Bautista slips a jab from Lopez.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lopez thuds his right hand into Bautista's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bautista scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A good leg kick by Lopez.
Lopez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lopez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bautista's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez jabs at Bautista's body.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bautista steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lopez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lopez.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Bautista's shoulder, as Bautista tries to avoid the shot.
Bautista throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bautista slips under a jab from Lopez.
A slow jab from Bautista misses its intended target.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Bautista is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Bautista takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lopez catches Bautista with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista lands an overhand right.
Bautista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Miguel Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lopez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bautista makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bautista tests Lopez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Lopez misses.
A solid body kick from Lopez.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Bautista sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bautista swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bautista keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
Bautista keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lopez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bautista looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lopez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bautista will feel that in the morning.
Lopez 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 Bautista has time to react.
Bautista uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
A combination from Bautista does no damage.
Lopez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lopez throws a hook but Bautista blocks it.
Bautista 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 throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bautista throws a combination. Lopez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bautista. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lopez.
Good shot there by Lopez.
Lopez throws a shot from downtown. Bautista moves away and avoids it.
Lopez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bautista fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lopez misses the jab.
Lopez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bautista looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Lopez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bautista manages to avoid it.
Lopez throws a hook but Bautista blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista throws a series of punches but Lopez avoids them all with ease.
Lopez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bautista counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lopez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bautista momentarily.
Lopez throws a leg kick that misses.
Lopez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lopez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bautista looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.
Lopez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bautista at a distance.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Bautista moves out of range of the body kick from Lopez.
Lopez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Lopez really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lopez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bautista looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big right from Bautista misses.
Lopez lands a nice shot to the body.
Bautista throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bautista looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range.
Lopez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bautista is out of range and Lopez settles back down.
Bautista thows a body shot but no joy.
Lopez thows a body shot but no joy.
Lopez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lopez moves away from the strike by Bautista.
Bautista throws a lazy right hand but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bautista.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bautista.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bautista.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
The fighters circling - Bautista throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bautista throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a nice body kick.
Lopez missing with a left hand there. Bautista was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Bautista.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
Bautista throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bautista.
Some wild striking there from Bautista.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bautista swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez thuds his shin into the meat of Bautista's side.
Bautista defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Lopez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bautista's head.
Bautista misses with a combination
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bautista chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lopez can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bautista swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A clash of legs there as Bautista blocks the low kick.
A big left from Bautista misses.
Bautista has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bautista there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lopez throws a good cross that connects.
Bautista ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bautista dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez misses with a body kick.
Bautista misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bautista in his tracks.
Bautista moves forwards but Lopez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bautista walks into a straight right hand from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a combination
and Bautista counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bautista takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bautista rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lopez misses the jab.
Bautista doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bautista will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bautista uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bautista misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Bautista.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Lopez dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Lopez throws a hook to the side of Bautista's head but Bautista sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bautista moves away.
Bautista throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Bautista avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bautista keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bautista misses with the combination.
Bautista lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bautista lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bautista staying out of range there.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez throws a head kick that Bautista semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Bautista slips the punch.
Lopez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot lands for Lopez.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Bautista looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Lopez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bautista counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lopez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bautista uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bautista counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bautista connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lopez. Lopez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bautista slips under a jab.
Bautista fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bautista digs a good body shot into Lopez's ribs.
Lopez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bautista cracks Lopez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bautista works the jab nicely.
Bautista misses with a wild body shot.
Bautista swinging wildly here.
Bautista uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista misses with the combination.
Lopez scores with a jab to the body.
Bautista throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Bautista.
Lopez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lopez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
Lopez throws a hook but Bautista avoids it easily.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Bautista sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donk. Lopez catches Bautista right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a hook. Bautista ducked under it nicely.
Bautista staying out of range there.
Rey Bautista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Bautista does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Lopez. That snapped Bautista's head back.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Bautista avoids them all with ease.
Bautista uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bautista waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopez.
Bautista throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a head kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Lopez as he connects with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Lopez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lopez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 44:50
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 44:50
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Lopez! Miguel Lopez retains his lightweight title!
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