PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and luiz lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Conway
vs
lopez

190 cm
26
240 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
240 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, luiz lopez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lopez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Conway as he avoids it easily.
Conway rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
lopez moves in looking to clinch but Conway pushes him off.
Conway throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Conway has a takedown stuffed.
Conway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

lopez instigates a clinch.
lopez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Conway has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from lopez.
Conway working hard to break the clinch.
lopez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
lopez landing knees to the head.

It looks like Shaun Conway has been cut.
Conway takes an elbow to the temple.
lopez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
lopez prevents Conway from breaking the clinch.
lopez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Conway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
lopez lands an elbow inside.
A shot in the inside from lopez.
lopez misses with a knee strike.
lopez lands an elbow inside that Conway shrugs off.

Shaun Conway's cut is getting worse.
lopez looks gassed!
lopez lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Conway.
Conway blocks the elbow strike.
lopez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
lopez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Conway has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
lopez stops a takedown attempt from Conway.
lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Conway takes an elbow to the forehead.
lopez has Conway pressed against the cage, preventing Conway from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for lopez.
lopez prevents Conway from breaking the clinch.
lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Conway working hard to break the clinch.
Conway gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Conway tries for a takedown but lopez manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shaun Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conway wants to stall.
Conway is looking for a takedown up against the cage. lopez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by lopez.

lopez gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Conway regains guard.

lopez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Conway, up you get!

lopez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Conway tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. lopez is in Conway's guard.
lopez tries to stand but Conway is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conway not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

lopez stands and steps away. Conway gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Conway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
lopez shoots in looking for a takedown. Conway tries to sprawl out of it but lopez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Conway manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Conway tries to clinch but lopez is having none of it.
lopez tries to clinch up
and Conway counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Conway tries to keep at a distance but lopez has taken the fight into the clinch.
lopez lands an uppercut.
Conway looking to throw knees to the head but lopez is blocking nicely.
lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
lopez lands an elbow just above Conway 's eye.
lopez lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Conway is trying to break the clinch but lopez has him pressed against the cage.
lopez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
lopez prevents Conway from breaking the clinch.
lopez scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from lopez.
Still in the clinch, lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
lopez scores with a shot to the side of Conway's head.
Conway is trying to push lopez away but lopez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Conway.
lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from lopez.
lopez lands an elbow that stopped Conway in his tracks for a moment.
lopez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Conway backwards.
A short right from lopez.

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.
Conway looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
lopez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conway backwards.
lopez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
lopez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
lopez tries a knee to the head but Conway blocks it.
lopez lands with a light punch inside.
Conway takes a shot to the head.
Conway tries to break the clinch but lopez is controlling the position.
lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Conway blocks with his arms.
Conway is trying to force a seperation but lopez has the dominant position.
lopez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
lopez throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from lopez.
Conway throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but lopez blocks it with crossed arms.
lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Conway stalling in the clinch but lopez improves position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
lopez tries to score a body lock takedown but Conway shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Conway blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from lopez.
lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Conway wants a takedown but no success here.
lopez lands an elbow just above Conway 's eye.
lopez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conway backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luiz lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Conway's cut.
That's time! Conway's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

lopez wants to clinch up but Conway keeps it at a distance.
Conway throws a leg kick that misses.

Conway throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. lopez was covering up waiting for the punch and Conway finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Conway pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. lopez is keeping the position for now.

lopez has his feet on Conway's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Conway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Conway walks into a straight right hand from lopez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by lopez.

lopez stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
lopez takes a head kick and keeps coming.

lopez has closed the distance and engaged Conway in a clinch.
Conway throws a head punch that misses.
lopez scores with a knee to the head.
lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Conway is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
lopez lands a left hand.
Conway tries to break the clinch but lopez is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Conway fails to land.
Conway has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
lopez looking to throw knees to the head but Conway is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from lopez.
Conway stops a takedown attempt from lopez.
lopez lands a damaging elbow.
Conway wants to get back to striking at distance but lopez won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
lopez has Conway pressed against the cage, preventing Conway from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Conway's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters up against the cage, lopez throws an elbow but misses.
lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
lopez lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Conway pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

lopez gets a clinch.
Conway is working for takedown but lopez is calmly controlling the position for now.
lopez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
lopez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Conway backwards.

Conway pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

lopez takes the fight into the clinch.
Conway throws a punch but it's blocked by lopez.

lopez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and lopez manages to end up in side control.

lopez decides to stand back up. lopez steps back and let's Conway get back to his feet.
Conway with a lazy takedown attempt
and lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Conway slaps away a takedown attempt from lopez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
lopez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Conway.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by lopez.
Conway scores with a three punch combo!

lopez has taken the fight to the clinch.
lopez scores with a shot to the side of Conway's head.
Conway tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. lopez smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shaun Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lopez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Conway defends it nicely.
lopez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Conway counters with a stiff right hand.
Shaun Conway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conway defends well against a solid takedown attempt from lopez.
lopez throws a quick inside leg kick.
lopez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Conway as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lopez darts in trying to clinch
and Conway counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Conway shoots in but lopez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
lopez tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
lopez misses with a knee strike.
lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
lopez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conway backwards.
Conway wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Conway misses with some punches.
Conway is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Conway has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luiz lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shaun Conway's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

lopez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Conway did well to prevent lopez getting side control.
Conway preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
lopez is thwarting Conway's attempts to control the position.
lopez seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Conway wants to control but lopez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
lopez wants to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Shaun Conway just wasn't active enough.
The fight stays on the outside here - Conway looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
lopez misses with a takedown
and Conway counters with a big head kick but lopez shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Conway. That snapped lopez's head back.
lopez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A bone on bone clash there as lopez blocks the leg kick.
Conway takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by lopez.
lopez tries to clinch but Conway moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from lopez. Those never looked like landing.

lopez scores a takedown into full mount!
Conway wants to try and get back to his feet.
Conway is in all sorts of trouble here.
Conway is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lopez trying to control but he's not successful this time.

lopez stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Conway's hands are dropping dangerously low here and lopez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Conway scrambles back to his feet.
lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
lopez tries to clinch but Conway moves away
and Conway counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice sprawl there from lopez as Conway shoots in.
Conway tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
lopez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Conway tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. lopez defends it nicely.
The crowd cheers as lopez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Conway doesn't seem phased though.
Conway tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but lopez swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shaun Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lopez catches Conway with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

lopez feints and as Conway raises his hands in defense, lopez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
lopez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
lopez wants to get up but he can't break Conway's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
lopez won't allow Conway to get back to his feet.

Conway is working an open guard so lopez takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Conway is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from lopez. No joy for Conway on that attempt.
Conway ducks right into an uppercut from lopez.
Conway throws a nice inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
lopez scores with a knee to the head.
lopez lands a nice uppercut.
lopez looking to throw knees to the head but Conway is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by lopez.
Still in the clinch, lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Conway wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Conway tries to circle away but lopez has him pinned against the cage.
Conway blocks an elbow strike.
Shaun Conway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Conway wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Conway 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. Conway gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Conway lands a jab-cross combination.
luiz lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Conway thows a leg kick but lopez checks it

and lopez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
luiz 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... luiz lopez!