PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between kimo lupido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

lupido
vs
Lopez

195 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, kimo lupido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pedro Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

lupido gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
lupido looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Lopez stands and steps away. lupido gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
Lopez throws a hook but lupido blocks it.
lupido misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
lupido swats away the attempt to clinch by Lopez.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Lopez.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown but lupido shows good takedown defense.
lupido fails to land the takedown.
Lopez misses with a head kick.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
lupido circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez wants to clinch.
lupido shoots in and drives through. Lopez sprawls well.

Lopez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lopez decides to stand back up.
lupido doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
Lopez tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and lupido counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by lupido.
lupido drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kimo lupido. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lupido missing with knees to the body.
Lopez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. lupido just stands there and leans against the cage.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
lupido tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Lopez has closed the distance and engaged lupido in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez taking a breather.
lupido is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
lupido fails to pull the fight into his guard.
lupido is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lopez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

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

Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
Lopez tries to pull guard but lupido holds him up against the cage and eventually Lopez drops back down to his feet.
lupido trying to land knees to the body.

Lopez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics lupido uses from the top position.
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lopez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lupido stopping the sweep attempt from Lopez.
lupido is standing up over Lopez. Lopez looks to escape but lupido dives into side control.
Lopez is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but lupido is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Lopez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

lupido doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lopez counters with a one-two to the body.
Pedro Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
lupido circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez tries to clinch but lupido is having none of it.
lupido fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
lupido shoots in looking for a takedown. Lopez tries to sprawl out of it but lupido 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.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kimo lupido. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lupido circles away from the clinch attempt

and lupido counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by lupido.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lopez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. lupido tries to avoid it but Lopez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag lupido to the ground. lupido escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick and lupido moves out of range easily.
lupido fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from lupido as Lopez shoots in.
Lopez tries to clinch up.
lupido closes the distance and clinches up with Lopez, looking for a takedown. lupido pushes Lopez against the cage but Lopez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Lopez moves into range and clinches up with lupido.
Lopez lands a body punch.
lupido unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
lupido tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
lupido looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lopez lands a takedown into guard.
Lopez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lopez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lopez controlling from the top position.

Lopez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on lupido, up you get!
lupido gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lopez counters with a nice double leg into side control. lupido won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez staying calm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lupido on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lopez taking a breather here.
lupido manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lopez tries to pass to full mount but lupido defends it.
Lopez content to control rather than advance.
lupido is refusing to be controlled, as Lopez sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Lopez 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! And we move into the final round!

lupido keeps the fight on the outside.
Lopez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
lupido fails with the takedown.
Lopez is looking to clinch but lupido is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up but lupido swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez swinging wilding here.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lupido looks for a takedown but Lopez sprawls well.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch but lupido swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
lupido shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lopez as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kimo lupido. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lopez feints and as lupido raises his hands in defense, Lopez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lopez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but lupido is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lopez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but lupido manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Lopez keeping moving, preventing lupido from controlling successfully.
Lopez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez wants to stand up but lupido is controlling him.
lupido wants to pass the guard but Lopez is keeping the position.
lupido wants to stand and escape but instead Lopez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Lopez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

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.
lupido blocks a head kick by Lopez.

lupido forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
lupido misses with a takedown attempt - Lopez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Lopez has taken the fight to the clinch.
lupido misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Lopez moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Lopez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lopez 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Lopez!