PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krwawy Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantastic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, System Of A Down-Cigaro. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lopez's choice of entrance music: DJ Kronic feat. Bombs Away - Looking For Some Girls. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fantastic
vs
Lopez

180 cm
25
180 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

179 cm
29
180 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Fantastic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Krwawy Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lopez looks for a takedown but Fantastic sprawls well.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Fantastic.
Lopez shoots in and drives through. Fantastic sprawls well.
Lopez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lopez.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic misses with a low kick.
Fantastic shoots for a takedown but Lopez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lopez is defended easily by Fantastic.
Johnny Fantastic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Krwawy Lopez.
Fantastic chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez moves out of range as Fantastic strikes.
We've been hearing reports that Fantastic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fantastic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lopez throws a shot from downtown. Fantastic moves away and avoids it.
Lopez throws a head kick but Fantastic moves out of range.
Fantastic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fantastic scores with a push kick.
Fantastic throws a leg kick but Lopez checks it.
Fantastic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
Krwawy Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Fantastic throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Lopez scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez throws an off balance right hand

so Fantastic counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lopez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lopez wants to improve his position but instead Fantastic has moved into half guard.
Fantastic trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fantastic is working hard here to advance position.
Fantastic blocks the strikes from Lopez.
Fantastic is looking to take a break and control but Lopez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Johnny Fantastic has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Lopez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fantastic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lopez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fantastic.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Decent striking displayed by Lopez there.
Fantastic misses with a body kick.

Lopez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fantastic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lopez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Fantastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fantastic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Fantastic will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice cross by Fantastic.
Nice straight punches there by Lopez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lopez.
Lopez misses with a hook.
Lopez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fantastic defends it nicely.
Lopez throws the left hand but Fantastic avoids the punch easily.
Lopez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lopez cracks Fantastic with an open hand slap.
Fantastic throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Fantastic throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Lopez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fantastic's head.
Fantastic avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Fantastic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic misses with a double jab
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic walks into a stiff left hand from Lopez.
A head kick by Lopez misses

and Fantastic counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez is trying to maintain the position but Fantastic is very close to passing his half guard.
Fantastic wants to take a breather but Lopez is having none of it.
Lopez is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic trying to control from Lopez's half guard. Lopez has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lopez controls Fantastic momentarily but Fantastic frees himself.
Fantastic advances to half guard.
Lopez is trying is best to control the position here.
Fantastic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lopez flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Lopez wants to control but Fantastic is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lopez wants to get back to full guard.
Lopez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lopez is still trying to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic is looking to advance position but Lopez won't allow it.
Lopez tries to get to full guard but Fantastic has control of the leg.
Fantastic passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lopez!
Lopez tries to hold on but Fantastic postures up.
Fantastic wants to control the pace but Lopez is squirming around nicely.
Lopez wants to hold on but Fantastic pushes him away.
Lopez is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to lock up and control but Fantastic gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lopez gets back to half guard.
Lopez manages to get to full guard.
Johnny Fantastic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lopez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lopez trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krwawy Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Fantastic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fantastic throws a right hand that misses
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Krwawy Lopez has been cut.
Fantastic throws out a loose jab but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez checks a leg kick nicely.
Fantastic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lopez to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lopez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fantastic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lopez doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab by Fantastic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fantastic misses the shot to the body.
Lopez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lopez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Fantastic to the mat! Fantastic manages to get full guard.
Fantastic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lopez stays in close to Fantastic's body and controls the position.
Fantastic controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Fantastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lopez content to stall in guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Johnny Fantastic wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lopez works the jab nicely.
Krwawy Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lopez lands the left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fantastic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lopez under the eye.
Lopez misses with the body kick
and Fantastic counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Fantastic.
Lopez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lopez cracks the inside of Fantastic's front leg.
A lazy left from Lopez finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic pulls Lopez in close to prevent any damage.
Fantastic throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fantastic is trying to control the position but Lopez postures up.
Fantastic keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fantastic throws out a loose jab but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Fantastic misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Lopez throws a hook to the side of Fantastic's head but Fantastic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lopez avoids the head kick by Fantastic.
Fantastic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic misses with a lunging right hand

and Lopez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fantastic's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lopez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fantastic keeping full guard, as Lopez tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez controlling from the top position.
Fantastic wants to sweep but no luck.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krwawy 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krwawy Lopez!
In his post fight interview, Krwawy Lopez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.