PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forrest Arona could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jesus Lopez's chin.

Arona
vs
Lopez

210 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

200 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Arona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lopez closes the distance and pushes Arona back into the cage.
Arona looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Arona has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.

Lopez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Arona is trying to keep an underhook but Lopez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lopez throwing shots but Arona is blocking nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lopez in particular looking to stall.
Lopez wants to free his trapped foot but Arona is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Well, if Lopez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Arona knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lopez on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jesus Lopez.
A head kick from Lopez lands but Arona takes it in his stride.

Lopez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Arona's half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lopez controlling the position easily from mount.
Lopez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lopez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lopez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lopez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lopez landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez controlling his opponent.
Lopez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Arona hang on?
Lopez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lopez controlling the pace for now.
Lopez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lopez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Arona's face.

Lopez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Lopez punishing his opponent with strikes.

Arona is rocked!
Lopez controlling the pace for now.
Oh Arona is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lopez forces the positional change into back control.
Arona is covering up but some of the strikes from Lopez are getting through and doing damage.
Arona is trapped and Lopez is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Lopez lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez controlling the position well here. Arona rolled but Lopez kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Lopez has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Arona.

Lopez looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Arona taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jesus Lopez!