PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Consuelo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tappa Kappa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Lopez
vs
Kappa

192 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

188 cm
18
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 1, fighting out of New York, Consuelo Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tappa Kappa!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Consuelo Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kappa tries to clinch up.
Lopez wants to clinch

and Kappa counters by moving into the clinch.
Kappa scores with a knee to the head.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Kappa won't allow it.
Kappa prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kappa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kappa trying to land knees to the body.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kappa wants to clinch but Lopez slips to the side
and Lopez counters with a leg kick.
Kappa tries to clinch up
and Lopez counters with a left and a right that stings Kappa.
Kappa tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lopez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kappa wants to clinch but Lopez slips to the side

and Lopez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez avoiding damage as Kappa throws knees to the body.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kappa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez is looking to break free of the clinch but Kappa has double underhooks.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kappa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopez avoiding damage as Kappa throws knees to the body.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Lopez wants to break free but Kappa has control.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kappa has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Kappa blocks with his arms.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kappa looks gassed!
Kappa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lopez up against the cage.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez managing to block the knees to the body from Kappa.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lopez avoiding damage as Kappa throws knees to the body.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Kappa wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
Kappa looks to clinch
and Lopez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lopez looks to land a combination but Kappa avoids it well.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kappa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kappa dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Kappa is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Lopez tries to clinch but Kappa moves away

and Kappa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kappa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kappa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kappa misses with a knee to the head.
Kappa scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Consuelo Lopez has been cut.
Kappa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kappa missing with knees to the body.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kappa misses with a knee strike.
Kappa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kappa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lopez counters with a nice leg kick.
Kappa slips a jab and a cross from Lopez.
A low kick from Lopez misses

and Kappa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Kappa closes the distance but Lopez moves to the side
and Lopez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lopez lands a head kick. Kappa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lopez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kappa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lopez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kappa dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lopez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez throws a nice head kick!
A nice combination there by Lopez.
Lopez looks to land a combination. Kappa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Good leg kick by Lopez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez is looking to clinch but Kappa is avoiding it.
Kappa tries to clinch but Lopez moves away
and Lopez counters with a series of strikes. Kappa will be more careful next time no doubt.

Kappa has closed the distance and engaged Lopez in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kappa tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Lopez tries to clinch up

and Kappa moves into the clinch.
Kappa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kappa trying to land knees to the body.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kappa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kappa tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Kappa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Kappa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kappa has him pressed against the cage.
Kappa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.
Kappa missing with knees to the body.
Kappa keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Kappa is controlling the position.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Kappa is controlling the position.
Kappa misses with a knee strike.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kappa has him pressed against the cage.
Kappa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Kappa won't allow it.
Kappa is breathing heavily.
Kappa tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
The referee calls for Kappa to work.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Kappa won't allow it.
Kappa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lopez wants to break free but Kappa has control.
Kappa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Kappa has him pressed against the cage.
Kappa prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Kappa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lopez looks to clinch

and Kappa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kappa.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Kappa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Kappa won't allow it.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kappa crunches a lovely knee into Lopez's ribcage.
Kappa stalling the fight.
Kappa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kappa avoiding damage as Lopez throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kappa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lopez up against the cage.
Kappa misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Kappa looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Kappa tries to clinch
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.

Kappa clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Kappa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopez avoiding damage as Kappa throws knees to the body.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kappa tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kappa crunches a lovely knee into Lopez's ribcage.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Kappa clinches but Lopez breaks the clinch
and Lopez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kappa keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kappa wants to clinch
and Lopez counters with a leg kick.
Lopez tries to land a front kick but Kappa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kappa is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Kappa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lopez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kappa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez managing to block the knees to the body from Kappa.
Kappa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kappa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee calls for Kappa to work.
The crowd are getting on Kappa's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Kappa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kappa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kappa missing with knees to the body.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Kappa is controlling the position.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kappa tries to clinch but Lopez moves away

and Lopez counters with a left and a right that hurts Kappa! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Lopez jumps into full mount!

Kappa is rocked!
Kappa is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Lopez has taken his back!
Lopez is riding his opponent, not letting Kappa buck him off.
Lopez trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
I would not like to be Kappa right now.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lopez's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Kappa 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Consuelo Lopez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Consuelo Lopez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.
Kappa tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lopez moves into the clinch.
Lopez wants to break free but Kappa has control.
Kappa misses with a knee strike.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Kappa keeps him there for the moment.
Kappa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kappa misses with a knee strike.
Lopez is looking to break free of the clinch but Kappa has double underhooks.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Kappa circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kappa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kappa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A punch combination from Lopez misses.
Kappa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kappa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lopez counters with a three punch combo that has Kappa backing up. Kappa nods at Lopez to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lands with a nice body kick.
Kappa swats away the attempt to clinch by Lopez.
Kappa moves out of range of the body kick.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Consuelo Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kappa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kappa tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick from Lopez misses.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
Kappa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Consuelo Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kappa tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Kappa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez wants to clinch but Kappa slips to the side

and Kappa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kappa.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Kappa won't allow it.
Kappa lands a nice knee to the body.
Kappa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kappa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lopez's face.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Kappa avoids the damage to the body.
Lopez is looking to break free of the clinch but Kappa has double underhooks.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Kappa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kappa avoids the elbow strike from Lopez, against the cage.
Kappa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kappa tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
Kappa keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez managing to block the knees to the body from Kappa.
Kappa tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
Lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kappa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Kappa keeps him there for the moment.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Lopez looks to land a combination but Kappa avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Lopez.
Kappa dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Lopez throws a head kick that Kappa semi-blocks.
A combination from Lopez does no damage.
Lopez lands a high kick!
Lopez lands a right hook to the body.
Lopez scores with a hook to the body. Kappa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lopez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lopez throws a solid leg kick but Kappa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lopez.
Kappa tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Kappa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lopez counters with a series of strikes. Kappa will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kappa tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Kappa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kappa ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Kappa wants to clinch.
Kappa tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Tappa Kappa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kappa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kappa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.

Kappa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kappa trying to land knees to the body.
Lopez wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Consuelo Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lopez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Consuelo Lopez!