PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Consuelo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Picard (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.

Lopez
vs
Picard

192 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

King Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Consuelo Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raymond Picard!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lopez drives through and clinches with Picard against the cage.
Picard is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Picard has him pressed against the cage.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Picard misses with a hook.
Lopez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Picard tries to avoid it but Lopez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Picard to the ground. Picard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch but Picard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Picard misses with a few strikes there.
Picard stuffs the takedown attempt from Lopez. Lopez gets slowly back to his feet.
Lopez scores with a nice body kick.
Lopez fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Consuelo Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lopez wants to clinch up but Picard keeps it at a distance.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Picard circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez tries to clinch but Picard moves out of range.
Lopez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Picard misses with a head kick.
Picard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Picard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Picard gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Picard breaks the clinch.
Raymond Picard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Picard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez misses with a head kick.
Lopez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Lopez duly obliges.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lopez.
Lopez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Picard wants to clinch.
Lopez scores with a jab. Picard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lopez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Picard finds it's way round the side to connect with Lopez's head.

It looks like Consuelo Lopez has been cut.
Picard throws a nice looking combination but Lopez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Picard throws a sloppy head kick
and Lopez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Picard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Picard throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lopez's waist but Lopez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Picard off to one side.
Nice uppercut there from Lopez.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Picard avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lopez pushes Picard up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Lopez trying to land knees to the body.
Picard prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.

Lopez decides to pull guard.
Picard wants to control from the top but Lopez keeps moving.
Lopez wants to sweep here but Picard controlling him for the moment.

Picard gets to his feet - Lopez follows without any prompting.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lopez, right into the meat.
Lopez throws a head kick that Picard semi-blocks.
Picard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez is looking to clinch but Picard is avoiding it.
Picard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lopez. Lopez obviously looking to wear him down.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Picard circles away.
Lopez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Picard walks into a stiff left hand from Lopez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Picard tries to avoid it but Lopez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Picard to the ground. Picard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Lopez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Picard shoots in for a double leg but Lopez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lopez tries to clinch but Picard moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Lopez.

Lopez instigates a clinch.

Picard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lopez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Picard tries to avoid it but Lopez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Picard to the ground. Picard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Picard forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.

Picard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Picard gets the takedown into side control.
Lopez is not content to let Picard control the position.
The ground and pound from Picard seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Picard advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picard unloading with bombs!
Picard controlling his opponent.
Lopez is looking to improve his position but Picard isn't that keen on the idea.
Picard content just to control the position here.
Lopez wants to control but Picard is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Picard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Picard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Consuelo Lopez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Consuelo Lopez's cut.
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.

Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
Lopez keeps control of Picard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Picard tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Picard avoiding damage as Lopez throws knees to the body.

Picard breaks the clinch.
Lopez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Picard misses with a takedown attempt - Lopez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Picard avoids the head kick by Lopez.
Lopez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lopez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopez tries to clinch up but Picard circles away and keeps his distance.
Lopez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
No joy there for Picard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lopez slips under a jab from Picard.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lopez cracks the inside of Picard's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Picard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Lopez clinches.
Picard lands a nice uppercut.
Picard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lopez or not.

Lopez pulls guard effortlessly.
Lopez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Picard puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Picard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lopez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Picard seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Picard looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lopez looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Picard decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Lopez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Picard's head.
Lopez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Picard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
A low kick from Picard is predictable there
and Lopez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Picard's knee momentarily.
Lopez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Picard. That did some damage!
Picard takes a kick to the side of the head.

Picard is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez throws a leg kick which misses Picard's front leg but catches the back leg as Picard tries to avoid it.
Picard is still on wobbly legs! Can Lopez finish him?
Lopez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lopez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lopez.

Lopez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Picard 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.
Picard can't do much from the bottom here.

Lopez stands up.
Lopez wants to clinch up but Picard keeps it at a distance.
Picard seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picard takes one to the chin there.
Picard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Horrible takedown by Lopez or perhaps it was just good defense by Picard which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Consuelo Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lopez.

Lopez instigates a clinch.
Picard keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Picard tries for a takedown but Lopez manages to get underhooks.
Picard blocks an elbow strike from Lopez.
Picard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Picard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Picard.
Consuelo Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Picard throws a right hand that misses

and Lopez counters by clinching up.
Picard tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Picard avoids the damage to the body.
Lopez is looking to break free of the clinch but Picard has double underhooks.

Picard breaks from the clinch.
Lopez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Picard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez scores with a leg kick.
Consuelo Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Picard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Picard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Picard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez tries to clinch but Picard is having none of it.
Picard misses with a double jab
and Lopez counters with a big head kick but Picard shrugs it off.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Picard swinging wilding here.
Picard swinging wilding here.
Lopez swats away the attempt to clinch by Picard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Picard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Picard circles away.
Picard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lopez counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Consuelo Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Consuelo Lopez'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. This is the final round!

Lopez throws a right and a left that Picard avoids nicely.
Picard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lopez. That one must have hurt.
Picard tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.

Picard scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Picard stands up and beckons Lopez to his feet.
Lopez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Picard shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lopez pinned against the cage. Lopez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lopez tries to clinch up.
A lazy left from Picard finds it's target.
Picard missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lopez tries for a takedown but Picard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Picard misses with a two punch combination.
Picard misses with a wild combination.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Picard as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Consuelo Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Picard has him pressed against the cage.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Picard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Picard stopping the sweep attempt from Lopez.
Lopez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Picard!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lopez is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lopez wants to clinch but Picard slips to the side

and Picard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picard throws an elbow that misses.
Picard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez cracks Picard with a nice body shot.
Picard wants to get back to striking at distance but Lopez won't allow it.
Lopez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Picard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Picard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Picard misses with a jab, cross combination.

Lopez rushes Picard and presses him up against the cage.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Lopez lands a body shot in the clinch.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Picard tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Lopez does no damage.
Picard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Picard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lopez wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Lopez. No joy for Picard on that attempt.
Lopez is looking to clinch but Picard is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez punishes Picard's body with a nice straight punch.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Picard.
Picard takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lopez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lopez throws a one two combo.

Lopez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Picard avoiding damage as Lopez throws knees to the body.
Lopez takes a shot to the head.
Picard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Lopez.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Picard fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lopez is looking to clinch.
Picard keeps the fight on the outside.
Lopez shoots in but no luck this time.
Lopez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Picard's head.
Lopez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
Picard cracks Lopez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lopez darts in trying to clinch

and Picard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Picard.

Picard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lopez wants to clinch but Picard slips to the side
enabling Picard to counter with a crisp jab.
Picard misses with a wild body shot.
Picard tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Picard misses with a double jab.

Picard looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez wants to stand and escape but Picard is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Picard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Picard stopping the sweep attempt from Lopez.
Raymond Picard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Picard chips away with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond Picard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lopez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!