PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emmanuel Baptiste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lopez
vs
Baptiste

182 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emmanuel Baptiste!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez tries to clinch but Baptiste moves out of range.

Lopez pushes Baptiste up against the cage in a clinch.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick and Baptiste moves out of range easily.
Baptiste has a takedown stuffed.
Lopez has his takedown stuffed

and Baptiste counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Baptiste wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lopez, who protects the arm well.
Lopez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lopez throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Baptiste moves into full mount!

Baptiste looking to secure an arm triangle but Lopez defends it well.
Baptiste moves to back control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lopez is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Baptiste is working for a rear naked choke. Lopez is not defending it well and Baptiste has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Lopez refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Lopez's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Emmanuel Baptiste!