PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between August Derleth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Derleth
vs
Lopez

176 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, August Derleth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Derleth pushes Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

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

Derleth has taken the fight to the clinch.

Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Brian Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Derleth wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Lopez throws a right and a left that both miss.

Derleth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lopez, pushing him back against the cage.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Derleth lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Derleth lands a knee to the head.

Lopez is rocked!

It looks like Brian Lopez has been cut.
Derleth looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lopez is still on wobbly legs! Can Derleth finish him?
Lopez is looking to break free of the clinch but Derleth has double underhooks.
Lopez seems to have recovered his senses.
Derleth misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Derleth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Derleth misses with an elbow strike.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Derleth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Derleth'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.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Derleth misses with a knee to the head.
Derleth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Derleth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lopez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Derleth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lopez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Derleth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derleth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Derleth tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derleth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Derleth moves out of range.
Derleth lands a high kick!
Derleth lands with a slapping head kick.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Derleth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brian Lopez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Derleth gets a clinch.
Derleth prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.
Lopez wants to break free but Derleth has control.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Derleth manages to break the clinch.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lopez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derleth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Derleth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Derleth fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

August Derleth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian 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 throws a jab when Derleth was well out of range.
Derleth avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses

and Derleth counters with a shoot takedown. Lopez fights it but they end up in guard.
Lopez working a defensive guard but Derleth manages to pass into side control anyway.
Lopez wants to control but Derleth postures up.

Derleth decides to stand back up. Derleth steps back and let's Lopez get back to his feet.

Derleth has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Derleth pushes off an throws an elbow but Lopez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Derleth manages to break the clinch.
August Derleth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Derleth counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lopez's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez wants to stand but Derleth is controlling the position.
Lopez is breathing heavily.

Derleth stands up and waves to Lopez to follow him.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lopez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derleth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Derleth breaks from the clinch.
Derleth doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.

Derleth shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Derleth decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lopez, up you get!
Lopez throws a leg kick

and Derleth counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Derleth decides to return to a standing position.
Derleth lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Derleth.
Derleth lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derleth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Derleth forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.
Derleth lands a left hand.
A knee to the head by Derleth.
Derleth lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.
Derleth lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Derleth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Derleth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Derleth lands a knee to the head.
Derleth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lopez blocks it with crossed arms.
Derleth stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Derleth tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Derleth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derleth leaning against his opponent.
Derleth misses with an elbow over the top.
Derleth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Derleth keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Derleth misses with a knee to the head.
Derleth taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Derleth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derleth keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

August Derleth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Lopez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Derleth wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.

Derleth clinches with his opponent.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Derleth is controlling the position.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Derleth lands a shoulder strike.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Lopez is predictable there

and Derleth counters by moving into the clinch.
Derleth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Derleth won't allow it.
Lopez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Derleth taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Derleth won't allow it.

Derleth manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Derleth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lopez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Derleth.

Derleth breaks the clinch.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Derleth counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lopez is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Derleth shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Derleth was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Derleth gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derleth tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Derleth wants to clinch.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Derleth is just out of range.
Lopez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a combination

and Derleth counters by clinching up.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Derleth lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Derleth.
Derleth tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez letting Derleth take a breather here.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Derleth is controlling the position.
Derleth avoiding damage.
Derleth keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Derleth stalling in the clinch.
Derleth looking to throw knees to the head but Lopez is blocking nicely.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Derleth won't allow it.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Derleth lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.
Derleth lands an elbow just above Lopez 's eye.
Derleth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Derleth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Derleth slows down the pace here.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brian Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Derleth misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
August Derleth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Derleth has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... August Derleth!