PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brande Eideann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eideann comes to the cage accompanied by We Didn't Start the Fire. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Eideann
vs
Lopez

194 cm
24
221 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
23
207 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode
Syndicate Nutrition

[CLOSED] Nothing For Sale!

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brande Eideann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alfonso Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eideann shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lopez as he jumps to the side.
Eideann dips to his left and cracks Lopez with an uppercut!
Eideann tries to bum rush Lopez with a series of wild strikes but Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lopez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Eideann at a distance.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Eideann throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lopez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Eideann with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lopez to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Lopez!
Eideann is breathing heavily.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Eideann.
Lopez digs a good body shot into Eideann's ribs.
Eideann's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lopez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Eideann scrambles back to his feet.
Eideann gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lopez counters with a solid body kick.
Lopez throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brande Eideann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez throws a body kick that misses.
Lopez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lopez scores with a nice strike.
Eideann walks into a left hand.

Lopez has closed the distance and engaged Eideann in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Lopez.
Lopez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
Lopez scores with a shoulder strike.
Lopez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lopez gets through Eideann's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Lopez.
Eideann jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lopez walks away with a smile on his face. Eideann gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brande Eideann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eideann stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lopez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eideann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez lands a right hook to the body.
Lopez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez feints a jab promting Eideann to slip. Lopez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Eideann slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lopez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Eideann on the side of the head.
Lopez scoring well with a low kick there.
Lopez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Eideann at a distance.
Lopez pushes Eideann away with a front kick.
Lopez lands with a cross.
Eideann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Eideann. That did some damage!
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Eideann is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lopez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lopez punishes Eideann's body with a nice straight punch.
Lopez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Eideann looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
Lopez lands a really nice looking cross but Eideann seems unphased.
Alfonso Lopez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lopez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lopez cracks the inside of Eideann's front leg.
Lopez scores with a kick to the body.
Eideann will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lopez.
Lopez thuds a left hand into Eideann's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lands a slapping body shot.
Lopez scores with a hook.
Lopez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Eideann stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lopez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lopez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eideann in his tracks.
Eideann moves forwards but Lopez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lopez cracks Eideann with a right hand to the side of the head.
Eideann shoots in for a takedown but Lopez shows good takedown defense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eideann takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Eideann takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Eideann gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lopez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Eideann scores with a nice head shot.
Lopez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lopez throws a nice looking combination but Eideann bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Horrible takedown by Eideann or perhaps it was just good defense by Lopez which made him look bad.
Lopez stuffs the takedown attempt from Eideann. Eideann gets slowly back to his feet.
Lopez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Eideann closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lopez lands a nice hook to Eideann's body. Eideann takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eideann uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopez.
Lopez delivers a nice body kick.
Lopez throws a head kick but Eideann moves out of range.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Eideann. That did some damage!
Lopez lands with a good body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lopez, as that shot connected.
Lopez cracks Eideann with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Eideann looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.
Eideann has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with Eideann's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eideann on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Eideann. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses.
Lopez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eideann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez stuffs the takedown attempt from Eideann. Eideann gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brande Eideann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eideann throws a jab but it's blocked by Lopez.
Nice uppercut there from Lopez.
Alfonso Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eideann throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Lopez thuds a left hand into Eideann's body.
A left lands for Eideann.
Lopez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice uppercut lands for Lopez. That snapped Eideann's head back.
Eideann shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lopez as he avoids it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lopez.
Eideann has his takedown stuffed
and Lopez counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lopez is looking to land body kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lopez.
Lopez keeps Eideann at a distance using the push kick.
Lopez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Eideann.
Lopez scores with a leg kick.
Eideann looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
Eideann looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range.
Eideann moves forwards but Lopez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Eideann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lopez scores with a spinning back kick!
Lopez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lopez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Eideann takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lopez lands a jab to the nose.
Eideann fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eideann on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab, jab by Lopez - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonso Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Eideann slips under a jab.
Eideann misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Eideann looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lopez blocks a jab.
Eideann keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lopez slips under a jab from Eideann.
Nice sprawl there from Lopez as Eideann shoots in.
Eideann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eideann fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brande Eideann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eideann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Eideann moves forwards but Lopez connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Eideann.
Eideann has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with Eideann's head.
Lopez scores with a hook.
Eideann throws out a loose jab but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Eideann on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lopez. Lopez obviously looking to wear him down.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez punishes Eideann's body with a nice straight punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lopez, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eideann's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lopez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Eideann scrambles back to his feet.

Eideann is rocked!
Eideann shoots in but no luck this time.
Eideann shoots in looking for a takedown but Lopez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Eideann's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lopez throws a good cross that connects.
Oh Eideann is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eideann checks a leg kick.
Eideann seems to have got his legs back now.
Eideann shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A lazy left from Lopez finds it's target.
Eideann misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a right hand to the body.
Eideann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez scores with a three punch combo!
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eideann shoots in looking for a takedown. Lopez tries to sprawl out of it but Eideann keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lopez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eideann doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lopez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lopez takes one on the button.
Eideann dives in and grabs Lopez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lopez pushes down on Eideann's head and hops out.
Eideann is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lopez scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lopez. That's going to slow Eideann down.
Eideann stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lopez.
Eideann shoots in but no luck this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez works Eideann's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez sizes up Eideann with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brande Eideann has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eideann shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lopez sprawls well. Lopez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Eideann gets slowly back to his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lopez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Eideann takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Eideann looks for a takedown but Lopez sprawls well.
Lopez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Eideann's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso Lopez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lopez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso Lopez!
During a confident post fight interview, Alfonso Lopez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.