PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Adriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lopez
vs
Adriano

178 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jorge Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, AJ Adriano!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Adriano as Lopez shoots in.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
AJ Adriano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lopez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Adriano pushes Lopez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adriano lands a hook that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Nice elbow from Lopez.
Adriano tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lopez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lopez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Adriano smiles and moves away.
Adriano looks to clinch

and Lopez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Adriano goes for a takedown attempt but Lopez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adriano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adriano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adriano slips a jab and a cross from Lopez.
Adriano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Lopez has closed the distance and engaged Adriano in a clinch.
Adriano working aggressively here.
Lopez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adriano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adriano goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lopez prevents it.
Jorge Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Adriano.
Adriano is pressed up against the cage. Lopez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adriano down to the mat. Adriano avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adriano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Adriano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Adriano clinches up against the cage.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adriano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.
Adriano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lopez counters with a takedown into side control.
Adriano is looking to reverse the position.
Adriano is not content to let Lopez control the position.
Adriano is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adriano is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Lopez decides to stand and escape the position.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Adriano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez slips under a jab from Adriano.

Lopez rushes Adriano and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez blocks a body shot from Adriano.
Adriano wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Adriano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Adriano pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lopez misses with a head kick.
Adriano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Adriano throws a body kick that misses.
Adriano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adriano tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lopez counters by moving into the clinch.
Adriano lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adriano decides to pull guard.

Adriano has his feet on Lopez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Adriano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Adriano moves into the clinch.
Adriano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lopez or not.
Lopez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Adriano tries to pull guard but Lopez holds him up against the cage and eventually Adriano drops back down to his feet.

Adriano pulls guard effortlessly.
Adriano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Adriano managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adriano has his feet on Lopez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Adriano tries to clinch up.
Adriano scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Adriano changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lopez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lopez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Lopez is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Adriano decides to stand up, so the ref orders Lopez to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AJ Adriano dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Adriano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Adriano misses with a two punch combination.
Lopez tries to clinch up.
Adriano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Adriano misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Adriano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
Adriano working hard to break the clinch.
Lopez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Adriano pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Lopez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lopez landing knees to the head.
Adriano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adriano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Adriano on the inside.

Lopez breaks the clinch.

Adriano closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Adriano is trying to break the clinch but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Adriano blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adriano gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Adriano ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Adriano no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Lopez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Adriano is proving hard to escape from.

Adriano is looking for a triangle but Lopez pushes his legs off easily.
Adriano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lopez!
Adriano lands a big shot there that rocks Lopez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Adriano putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Adriano.
Adriano landing strikes, looking to finish!
Adriano content just to control the position here.
AJ Adriano has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adriano trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Adriano is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Lopez can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adriano fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Adriano with a couple of short strikes.

Adriano is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lopez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lopez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Adriano trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Adriano with shots to the head and body - Lopez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Adriano with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is squirming around, avoiding Adriano's attempts to control the action.
Adriano cracks Lopez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Adriano has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lopez's face.
Adriano lands a heavy elbow.
Adriano with a couple of short strikes.
Lopez is in a horrible position here. Adriano smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Adriano with the ground and pound from mount.
Lopez working to try and regain half guard.
Lopez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AJ Adriano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Adriano lands with a nice combination. Lopez backs away looking to recover.
Lopez misses with a series of wild punches.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adriano.
Adriano clinches but Lopez breaks the clinch

and Lopez counters by moving into the clinch.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adriano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adriano.
Adriano tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lopez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Adriano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lopez prevents the takedown attempt.
Lopez prevents Adriano from breaking the clinch.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Adriano won't allow it.
Lopez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adriano.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Adriano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adriano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Adriano.
Adriano throws a nice looking combination but Lopez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body kick there by Lopez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adriano misses with a series of wild punches.
Adriano looks to throw a body kick

and Lopez moves into the clinch.
Adriano has Lopez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lopez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jorge Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Adriano.
Lopez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Adriano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Adriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adriano wants a takedown.
Adriano presses Lopez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adriano can't get the takedown.
Adriano goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lopez prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lopez.
Lopez can't get the takedown.

Adriano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lopez. Adriano shrugs it off though.
Adriano scores with a decent looking hook.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adriano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adriano's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Adriano duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adriano misses with the body kick

and Lopez counters by clinching up.
A shot in the inside from Lopez.

Lopez jumps guard and drags Adriano to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Lopez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lopez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Adriano trying to control but Lopez is working from the bottom.
Adriano scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lopez wants to stand up but Adriano is controlling him.

Adriano gets to his feet. Lopez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Adriano throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adriano throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Adriano misses with a wild combination.
Adriano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lopez leaves Adriano with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Adriano on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Lopez moves into range and clinches up with Adriano.
Lopez prevents Adriano from breaking the clinch.
Lopez stalling.
Adriano fails to pull guard.
Adriano has had enough of the clinch but Lopez keeps him there for the moment.
Adriano changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lopez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jorge Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adriano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adriano looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.

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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adriano defends it nicely.
Adriano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Adriano circles away.
Jorge Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Adriano has taken the fight to the clinch.

Lopez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Adriano uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Adriano stands up from Lopez's guard - Adriano perhaps looking for a knockout.
Adriano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lopez circles away quickly and effectively.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lopez wants to clinch up but Adriano keeps it at a distance.
AJ Adriano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left and a right from Adriano both land. Nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to AJ Adriano.
I've got Adriano winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AJ Adriano!