PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Rhino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Vamos. Rhino comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Glass to the Arson -- Anberlin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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
Rhino

181 cm
25
162 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

180 cm
29
179 lbs
24 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Gilop®
TGC WEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Rhino!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhino misses with a lunging right hand
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lopez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rhino to score with a decent uppercut.
Rhino lands with a shot to the body.
Rhino feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lopez's calf.
Lopez throws a leg kick but Rhino sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rhino tries a low kick but Lopez avoids it.
Rhino thuds a left hand into Lopez's body.
Rhino scores with a leg kick.
Lopez walks into a straight right hand from Rhino.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rhino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Rhino coming out on top.
Rhino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez with a jab.
Lopez swings for the body but Rhino moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Rhino blocks the low kick.
Rhino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez thuds his right hand into Rhino's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Lopez.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rhino throws out the jab.
Lopez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
Rhino scores with a leg kick.
Lopez defending well as Rhino loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Rhino does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rhino walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lopez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lopez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rhino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhino lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lopez's sensitive parts.
Rhino throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lopez moves into the clinch successfully.
Rhino is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
Lopez blocking some punches.
Rhino lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Rhino tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez trying to control the position but instead, Rhino has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lopez into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhino wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rhino backwards.
Rhino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rhino throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Lopez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lopez has Rhino pressed against the cage, preventing Rhino from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lopez keeps control of Rhino as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhino tries to circle away but Lopez has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez working aggressively here.
Lopez tries to work over Rhino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez lands with a left to the head.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhino.
A nice left hand lands by Lopez.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Rhino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Rhino misses the target.
Rhino tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rhino throws a combination that misses
and Lopez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rhino just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhino throws a jab but it's blocked by Lopez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Rhino dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rhino throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rhino throws out the jab.
Rhino scores with a jab to the head.
Lopez walks into a stiff left hand from Rhino.
Rhino sizes up Lopez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rhino scores with a jab.
Rhino throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rhino throws a sloppy head kick and Lopez moves out of range easily.
Lopez lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez misses with a hook.
Rhino lands with a right hand.
Rhino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rhino walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rhino cracks a nice hook into Lopez's ribs.
Rhino throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lopez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lopez misses with a body kick.
Lopez blocks a head kick by Rhino.
Lopez throws a body punch but Rhino moves out of range.
Lopez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rhino scores with a punch to the head.
Lopez misses with a wild combination.
Rhino checks a low kick from Lopez.
Lopez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lopez scores with a nice head shot.
Rhino throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rhino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez blocks a leg kick.
Rhino misses the shot to the body.
Rhino smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhino throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Rhino loads up on a big right hand but Lopez slips the punch.
Rhino needs to keep his hands up - Lopez had a free shot at his head there.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhino throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Rhino seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rhino throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Rhino lands a high kick!
Rhino scores with a leg kick.
Rhino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhino.
Rhino slips a straight right by Lopez.
Lopez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lopez checks a leg kick.
Lopez connects with the punch.
Rhino throws a leg kick but Lopez moved away.
Rhino lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lopez throws a chopping leg kick but Rhino manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Rhino scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lopez throws a hook but Rhino blocks it.
Rhino misses with a lunging right hand
and Lopez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rhino's knee momentarily.
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rhino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Lopez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rhino doesn't seem phased though.
Lopez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lopez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lopez tries to clinch but Rhino moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez swings widly with a right hand
and Rhino counters with an outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Rhino misses
and Lopez counters with a nice body shot.
Rhino throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lopez counters with a nice body shot.
Lopez lands a jab to Rhino's midsection.
Rhino lunges at Lopez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lopez's hand.
Lopez misses with a shot to the body
and Rhino makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lopez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rhino.
Lopez wants to land a leg kick but Rhino is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez's corner calls for a 1-2. Lopez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Rhino.
Rhino takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Rhino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lopez thumps Rhino with a low kick.
Rhino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lopez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rhino.
Rhino throws out a loose jab but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rhino misses the shot to the body.
Lopez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lopez tests Rhino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rhino misses the shot to the body.
Lopez cracks Rhino with a good jab.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhino feints and then cracks Lopez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lopez down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhino throws a leg kick but Lopez sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lopez.
Rhino lands a nice looking body kick.
Rhino throws the kick towards the body but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez cracks Rhino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rhino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
Rhino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That kick from Rhino tenderised Lopez's leg. Lopez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rhino misses with an uppercut.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhino ducks right into an uppercut from Lopez.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good work by Lopez as he checks the leg kick.
Miguel Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rhino lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rhino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That kick from Lopez tenderised Rhino's leg. Rhino is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lopez throws a push kick but Rhino slaps the foot to one side.
Rhino moves out of range of the body kick.
Rhino works Lopez's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rhino is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Rhino.
Lopez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lopez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rhino scores with a head kick. Lopez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhino jabs Lopez right on the nose. Lopez blinks but takes it well.
Nice shot lands for Rhino.
Lopez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez misses with a right hand
and Rhino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lopez thinking.
Rhino takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Rhino lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rhino checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A shot to the liver by Rhino. Beautiful body shot.
Rhino lands a right hook to the body.
A left lands for Rhino.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhino misses with a wild body shot.
Rhino scores with a jab to the body.
Rhino slips under a jab from Lopez.
Rhino fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lopez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice shot by Rhino.
Lopez looks for the body kick but Rhino saw that one coming.
Lopez throws the left hand but Rhino avoids the punch easily.
Rhino takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhino.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhino.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rhino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lopez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rhino is out of range and Lopez settles back down.
The Rhino is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lopez is looking to slow Rhino down with leg kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Rhino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rhino winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Rhino!
An out of breath The Rhino thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.