PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Gronvall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bornas Lopette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopette comes into a darkened arena with his song building. This is War kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gronvall
vs
Lopette

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stefan Gronvall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bornas Lopette!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopette throws a looping overhand right but Gronvall ducks down to avoid it.

Lopette rushes Gronvall and presses him up against the cage.
Lopette tries to circle away but Gronvall has him pinned against the cage.
Lopette is leaning against Gronvall and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lopette misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopette using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gronvall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopette misses with the head strike.
Gronvall wants a takedown but no success here.
Lopette scores with a shot to the side of Gronvall's head.
Gronvall changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lopette fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Lopette clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopette swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Lopette escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopette throws a head kick that misses.
Lopette lands a leg kick that knocks Gronvall off balance momentarily.
Gronvall blocks a head kick by Lopette.
Lopette lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lopette throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gronvall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopette fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gronvall looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lopette cracks Gronvall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Lopette pushes Gronvall up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopette tries to throw a body punch but Gronvall avoids it by throwing Lopette back against the cage.

Lopette's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gronvall checks a leg kick.
Gronvall has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lopette.
Bornas Lopette is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopette works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lopette lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gronvall's sensitive parts.
Gronvall is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gronvall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopette finds it's way round the side to connect with Gronvall's head.
Lopette misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gronvall blocks a head kick by Lopette.
Lopette feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gronvall's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lopette.
Gronvall takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lopette, right into the meat.
Lopette feints and then cracks Gronvall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gronvall down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gronvall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopette fakes the leg kick and cracks Gronvall in the body.
Gronvall gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Lopette points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Gronvall wakes up just in time to hear Lopette thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bornas Lopette!
During a confident post fight interview, Bornas Lopette thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.