PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Winnfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jules Winnfield has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Lopez's chin.

Lopez
vs
Winnfield

185 cm
25
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jules Winnfield!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winnfield scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick and Winnfield moves out of range easily.
Winnfield looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lopez is fending him off so far but Winnfield persists. Nope, Lopez circles away and we're back to standing.
Lopez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winnfield drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lopez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Winnfield 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.
Winnfield shoots in looking for a takedown. Lopez tries to sprawl out of it but Winnfield 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.
Winnfield lands with a right hand.

It looks like Frank Lopez has been cut.
Winnfield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Winnfield throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice cross by Winnfield.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.
Winnfield throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Lopez. Those never looked like landing.
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winnfield.
Lopez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lopez lands a slapping body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Winnfield throws a sloppy head kick

and Lopez counters by moving into the clinch.
Lopez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Winnfield prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.
Lopez presses Winnfield against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.

Winnfield scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lopez tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez is trying to get back to his feet.
Lopez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Winnfield advances to mount.
Winnfield trying to control but Lopez is having none of it.
Winnfield controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winnfield trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winnfield sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lopez wants to hold on but Winnfield pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winnfield prevents Lopez from getting the reversal.
Lopez tries to hold on but Winnfield pushes him away.
Winnfield sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
It looks like Winnfield might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to reverse the position but Winnfield maintains control.
Winnfield looking to control and managing it successfully.
Winnfield is continuing to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lopez tries to lock up and control but Winnfield gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lopez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Winnfield controlling from the full mount.
Winnfield landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winnfield controlling the position easily from mount.
Lopez is working to get back to half guard.
Winnfield controlling the pace for now.
Winnfield looking to finish Lopez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lopez!
Winnfield controlling the pace for now.
Winnfield's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jules Winnfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Lopez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lopez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Some wild striking there from Winnfield.
Lopez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Winnfield.
Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
and Winnfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winnfield.
Frank Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Winnfield throws an overhand right that lands on Lopez's shoulder, as Lopez tries to avoid the shot.
Winnfield throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Winnfield avoids them all with ease.
Winnfield wants to counter with a clinch but Lopez pushes him away.
Winnfield throws the kick towards the body but Lopez avoids it.
Frank Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Lopez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Lopez tries to bum rush Winnfield with a series of wild strikes but Winnfield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lopez throws a head kick that Winnfield semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Winnfield avoids them all with ease.
Lopez throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winnfield swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Danga de danga de dang - Lopez scores with a four punch combination!

Winnfield is rocked!
Lopez pounces like a tiger and cracks Winnfield with a vicious hook! Winnfield is down but not out! Lopez follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Lopez!