PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Lopes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateuszis Rosiakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pedro Lopes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lopes
vs
Rosiakos

178 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pedro Lopes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mateuszis Rosiakos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rosiakos has managed to clinch.
Lopes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rosiakos is leaning against Lopes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rosiakos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lopes backwards.
Lopes is trying to push Rosiakos away but Rosiakos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lopes swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosiakos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rosiakos.
Lopes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lopes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lopes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A frustrated look appears on Lopes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopes tries to throw a body punch but Rosiakos avoids it by throwing Lopes back against the cage.
Rosiakos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rosiakos trying to land knees to the body.
Lopes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rosiakos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosiakos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rosiakos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lopes is trying to break the clinch but Rosiakos is controlling him.
A right handed body shot lands from Rosiakos.
Lopes takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Rosiakos.
Lopes tries to work over Rosiakos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopes is breathing heavily.
Lopes jumps guard but Rosiakos turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rosiakos missing with knees to the body.
Rosiakos lands with a light punch inside.
Lopes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rosiakos is keeping busy.
Rosiakos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lopes avoiding damage as Rosiakos throws knees to the body.
Rosiakos lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosiakos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rosiakos lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Rosiakos - that landed with a thud.
Rosiakos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rosiakos.
Rosiakos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rosiakos.
Lopes goes for a takedown attempt but Rosiakos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Rosiakos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Lopes!
Rosiakos moves into full mount!
Rosiakos lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosiakos dominating with strikes here.
Rosiakos unloading with bombs!
Rosiakos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rosiakos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lopes is in a horrible position here. Rosiakos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rosiakos lands with some strikes.
Rosiakos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rosiakos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lopes?
Rosiakos breaks from Lopes's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosiakos lands a big shot there that rocks Lopes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lopes wants to control but Rosiakos is having none of it.
Rosiakos working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosiakos lands a couple of good shots and Lopes has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Rosiakos loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Lopes hold on?
Can Lopes hold on?! Rosiakos is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Rosiakos scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Can Lopes hold on?! Rosiakos is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Lopes is covering up but some of the strikes from Rosiakos are getting through and doing damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosiakos lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Rosiakos is working the ground and pound. Can Lopes escape?
Rosiakos controlling from the back.
Rosiakos lands shots from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mateuszis Rosiakos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lopes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mateuszis Rosiakos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rosiakos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lopes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rosiakos lands a few punches from side control.
Rosiakos is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Lopes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Lopes taking a bit of punishment here - Rosiakos scoring with strikes.
Lopes trying to remain calm as Rosiakos controls from the top position.
Lopes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosiakos cracks Lopes with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rosiakos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lopes is not content to let Rosiakos control the position.
Rosiakos taking a breather here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosiakos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lopes taking a bit of punishment here - Rosiakos scoring with strikes.
Mateuszis Rosiakos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lopes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rosiakos grinds an elbow into Lopes's temple.
Rosiakos cracks Lopes with a big elbow.
Rosiakos lands a nice forearm strike.
Lopes is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Rosiakos is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rosiakos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lopes looks a forlorn figure.
Rosiakos breaks from Lopes's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosiakos lands a nice shot to the head.
Rosiakos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rosiakos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rosiakos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lopes is looking to escape.
Lopes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Lopes is rocked!
Rosiakos with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Lopes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rosiakos landing shots from mount.
Rosiakos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rosiakos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rosiakos cracks Lopes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosiakos cracks Lopes with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mateuszis Rosiakos!
Mateuszis Rosiakos thanked the fans post fight for their support.