PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amadeu Nicanor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lopez
vs
Nicanor

175 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Amadeu Nicanor!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicanor keeps the fight on the outside.

Lopez has managed to clinch.
Lopez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lopez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lopez stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Lopez.
Lopez lands an elbow that stopped Nicanor in his tracks for a moment.
Lopez lands a good knee to the midsection. Nicanor won't want to take too many of those.
Nicanor being controlled against the cage.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nicanor avoids it.
Nicanor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lopez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Lopez stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lopez throws an elbow but misses.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nicanor avoids it.
Lopez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nicanor's defenses.
Nicanor takes an elbow to the temple.
Lopez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nicanor taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicanor blocks an elbow strike from Lopez.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nicanor blocks it with crossed arms.
Lopez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lopez misses with an elbow over the top.
Lopez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nicanor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nicanor blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lopez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nicanor's brow.
Nicanor is looking to control Lopez's arms but Lopez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nicanor has his back to the cage.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nicanor avoids it.
Lopez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nicanor blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nicanor dodges an elbow strike from Lopez.
Nicanor is trying to break free.
Nicanor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nicanor's face.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nicanor avoids the damage to the body.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nicanor avoids the damage to the body.
Nicanor avoids the elbow strike from Lopez, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nicanor avoids the damage to the body.
Nicanor avoids the elbow strike from Lopez, against the cage.
Lopez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lopez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nicanor's brow.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nicanor avoids the damage to the body.
Nicanor trying to control the position but instead, Lopez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nicanor into the cage.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez working Nicanor over with knees to the body.
Lopez blocks an uppercut.
Lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Lopez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Nicanor.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
Amadeu Nicanor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nicanor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nicanor scores with a hook.
Nicanor throws a right hand that Lopez ducks under and follows up with a left that Lopez also avoids with ease.
Nicanor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lopez circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch lands to the side of Lopez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Nicanor.
Nicanor throws a right hand that Lopez ducks under and follows up with a left that Lopez also avoids with ease.
Lopez dodges the punch combination from Nicanor.
Lopez throws a head kick but Nicanor moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Nicanor.
Nicanor tries to bum rush Lopez with a series of wild strikes but Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Nicanor tries to keep at a distance but Lopez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lopez with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicanor is trying to break free.
Lopez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nicanor up against the cage.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lopez lands a knee to the head.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but Nicanor blocks it.
Nicanor avoiding damage as Lopez throws knees to the body.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Nicanor blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but Nicanor blocks it.
Nicanor blocks an elbow strike.
Nicanor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Nicanor blocks with his arms.
Nicanor avoids a wild elbow strike from Lopez.
Nicanor tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nicanor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nicanor scores with a shot to the side of Lopez's head.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nicanor is trying to push Lopez away but Lopez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez connects with a knee to the head.
Nicanor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lopez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lopez has Nicanor pressed against the cage, preventing Nicanor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nicanor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lopez is keeping busy.
Lopez looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lopez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nicanor.
Lopez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nicanor is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
Nicanor wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nicanor avoids the damage to the body.
Nicanor can't break the clinch.
Lopez lands an elbow just above Nicanor 's eye.
Lopez throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez has Nicanor pressed against the cage, preventing Nicanor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nicanor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
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 Jason Lopez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nicanor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nicanor throws a right and a left that Lopez avoids nicely.
Lopez thows a body shot but no joy.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nicanor misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from Nicanor lands.
Nicanor throws a right and a left that Lopez avoids nicely.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice shot lands for Nicanor.
Amadeu Nicanor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicanor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nicanor.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nicanor avoids the head kick by Lopez.
Nicanor throws a right and a left that Lopez avoids nicely.
Nicanor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nicanor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicanor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nicanor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
Nicanor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lopez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nicanor slips under a jab from Lopez.
Nicanor misses with a series of wild punches.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Nicanor.
Nicanor throws a series of punches but Lopez avoids them all with ease.
Lopez connects with a right hand. Nicanor shakes it off.
Nice body kick from Lopez.
Lopez lands a nice looking body shot.

Lopez takes the fight into the clinch.
Lopez lands an elbow inside that Nicanor shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez scores with a knee to the head.
Jason Lopez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lopez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nicanor up against the cage.
Nicanor blocks an elbow strike.
Lopez leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicanor looking to slow down the pace here.
Lopez lands an elbow that stopped Nicanor in his tracks for a moment.
Nicanor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lopez.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lopez.
Lopez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nicanor avoids a wild elbow strike from Lopez.
Nicanor takes an elbow to the temple.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Nicanor blocks with his arms.
Nicanor is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez stalling in the clinch.
Lopez misses with a knee strike.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nicanor wants to stall.
Nicanor managing to block the knees to the body from Lopez.
Lopez looking to throw knees to the head but Nicanor is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicanor trying to control the position but instead, Lopez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nicanor into the cage.
Nicanor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

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